A Spalding great-grandad has returned to running at the age of 71 to complete the Great North Run without leaving South Holland in memory of a relative. Brian Ball was a keen runner before ill health meant he had to stop. However he wanted do something to raise money for cousin Clive Baker who died earlier this year after contracting ...

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council says an ombudsman has ‘bullied’ the authority into paying back people it overcharged for care. In July a report from the Ombudsman found the local authority was not adhering to the Care Act 2014 and people had suffered financially as a result. The monitor of local authority practices had been looking at another financial ...

Village residents in South Holland came together at the weekend for a community event. With attractions galore for younger visitors, there was something for everyone to enjoy at the Gosberton Village Fair. The fair is usually held in June but was postponed this year until after the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. There was no event last year because of the ...

On August 29 I popped into the recycle centre on my way back from cutting the grass at my mum’s. As I passed I could see it was empty, which I found extraordinary as I had tried in vain to book in for that day. As I drove in cap in hand requesting: “Could I just offload the grass but ...

Wouldn’t it be good if the councillors of Spalding could agree and promote this market town? This town has many interesting and historical features, such as The Forge – a working museum, the beautiful Ayscoughfee Hall and free lovely family orientated gardens with cafe, the Cenotaph designed by one of the 20th century most celebrated architects Sir Edwin Lutyens, Spalding’s ...

I am an elderly lady, and I would like to express my thanks to everyone who showed me such kindness when I had a bad fall in town last Saturday – the very kind couple who stopped their car, picked me up and drove me to where I was going and the staff at Impressions gave me hot tea with ...

It’s been over 12 months since I revisited my cycling. Now retired I have taken it up on a more serious basis covering many miles of our Fenland countryside. Having regained contact with a lifetime friend, local cyclist Mike Saunders, originally from Pinchbeck, who told me about Helen Forman, who sadly lost her brother Tom, aged 52, to cancer in ...

A Spalding coffee shop owner is after your votes for a national award. Hannah Joe, of Jackalope Joe, has been crowned one of the regional winners of this year’s O2’s Everyday Heroes Awards – celebrating independent and small businesses, and the individuals behind them, who have gone above and beyond to support their communities or have remained resilient and resourceful ...

Visiting rules at hospitals are being changed as a result of rising COVID cases. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is only allowing visitors in for ‘exceptional circumstances’ while United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) which runs Boston Pilgrim Hospital and Lincoln County Hospital says it “is taking a new risk-based approach to patient visiting to maximise visiting opportunities ...

A Long Sutton man was found to have two-and-a-half times the lethal level of sleeping tablets in his system, an inquest into his death has heard. Robert Chapman was found in his bed at his Bull Lane home by his father David on March 23 this year, last week’s hearing at Lincoln Coroners’ Court was told. The inquest heard that ...

A 17-year-old is raising money so she can help teach young people in South Africa. Abbie Brown, from Crowland, is working with the charity Project Trust which sends people on gap year projects. She’s been inspired to do so after seeing her step-sister Charlotte take part in a trip to the country. Abbie, who is set to begin her final ...

A West Pinchbeck road was closed last night after a collision involving a lorry a van and a car. The incident was reported at around 4.40pm with Glenside South closed for just over an hour. Traffic was also being controlled along Dozens Bank through the village. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “A white Peugeot Partner, a black Mercedes C180 ...

A driver has been seriously injured in an incident which closed a Whaplode St Catherine road today. Emergency services were called around 11am after a collision between a black VW Golf and a silver Renault. Lincolnshire Police say the driver of the Golf was taken to hospital while two people in the Renault were uninjured. A spokesman said: “We were ...

A Spalding man who said he had only drunk one can of beer, was over the drink drive limit as ‘some beers are now much stronger than in the past’, a court has heard. Edvardas Kratavicius, 26, of Tweed Close admitted driving under the influence of alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Becky Alsopp said he was ...

Visiting rules at hospitals are being changed as a result of rising COVID cases. The Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in King’s Lynn is only allowing visitors in for ‘exceptional circumstances’ while United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) which runs Boston Pilgrim Hospital and Lincoln County Hospital says it “is taking a new risk-based approach to patient visiting to maximise visiting ...

A local group for people with Parkinson’s is at the forefront of a potentially life changing treatment for the disease. After 18 months without seeing each other, the Spalding and District branch of Parkinson’s UK is due to begin meetings again on Thursday, September 16. But even while they’ve been away, many members have continued trialling an aid invented by ...

A remnant of Spalding’s historic Flower Parade has been erected to brighten up Spalding station. The volunteers that have taken it upon themselves to spruce it up have teamed up with Springfields and the Springfields Horticultural Society. Not only have they provided plants for the flower bed, but they’ve also provided the moss covered rabbit that’s been christened Tulipa. Jan ...

A Navy veteran who now helps others like himself has been awarded the services equivalent of the BEM. Roy Glencross is one of just 16 in the country announced to have been awarded the Merchant Naval Medal for Meritous Service to the Merchant Navy and maritime charities. “It’s come completely out of the blue,” the 73-year-old from Fleet Hargate said. ...

A club for Holbeach’s elderly met for the final time last week, 66 years after forming. The Friday Club was set up in 1954 to give pensioners in the town somewhere to meet up. Demand meant another daily club The Pop In was launched around 1973 and that too ran until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The organising committee of both ...

A veteran of D-Day and recipient of France’s top accolade is to get a guard of honour at his funeral following his death last week. Tony Blackman (96), of Weston, died after a short illness. Born in Northfleet, he joined the Army aged 18 to fight in the war with the 12th Battalion (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment, part of the 6th ...