Final goodbyes have been said to a Moulton woman who has spent years campaigning for justice for veterans of nuclear testing around the world. Sandie Hern passed away aged 75 after a short illness with her funeral having taken place at Surfleet Crematorium last Monday. She dedicated much of her life to helping out with husband Douglas’s charity and campaign ...

Most people in the Holbeach area will be aware that the Holbeach Football clubhouse is undergoing a major refit. The initial part of this re-fit resulted in four mature healthy trees being removed, despite these trees being a condition of planning approval for the erection of a low level phone mast near the entrance to the club. It would be ...

On receipt of a recent parcel from an online purchase amongst the packaging was your letters page from the August 26 edition. We could not help but sympathise and agree with the comments of many of your correspondents. The letters relating to shopping facilities for example, here in Wymondham they are similar, we too have vast numbers of new houses ...

To think back to when we were clapping our frontline and key workers, now, shockingly these people who educate, transport and keep the nation fed are coming under attack. A recent Back-Up report refers to increasing evidence that levels of work-related violence have soared over the course of the Covid pandemic. One clear union demand from across economic sectors is ...

I am from here in Spalding, and today the recycling centre opened in a usual way, rather than with bookings. The issue is, since it opened, the queues are extraordinary. It was out of the centre, down to the first roundabout. And of course any cars or lorries in that queue heading into town, or to any haulage place, cannot ...

Regarding the letter in the September 2 edition Floodgates still open. I wholeheartedly agree with everything this person has voiced, and we are not racists, just realists. Anyone who can’t see what’s happening is living in cloud cuckoo land. What a legacy we leave our children and grandchildren. We have relied far too long on imported workforce in every profession. ...

More than 3,000 visitors enjoyed the weather and the great food on offer at Holbeach’s annual Food Festival. Organiser Nick Worth is delighted with the way the event went, saying it had a “real community feel”. The event was held at Carter’s Park, this year over two days, and most stallholders reported having a great weekend. Nick said: “It was ...

A charity that provides weekday social sessions for the elderly is on the lookout for more volunteers. The Meadows, which runs The Sir John Van Geest Centre in Spalding, is getting busier as people return to its sessions. But that means it needs more volunteers to help it put on and feed its attendees as well as help them get ...

Folk legends Martin and Eliza Carthy are headlining a weekend of music and events coming to Gosberton’s St Peter and St Paul’s Church from September 17-19. Septemberfest is part of English Heritage’s Future of the Past series of events and the link up with Sound Lincs is to feature some excellent musical talent, many of whom will be playing their ...

Firefighters are dealing with a vehicle that’s caught fire between Holbeach Drove and Gedney Hill. The incident happened shortly after 12.30pm today (Tuesday, September 7) on Long Lane. An eyewitness who did not wish to be named said they’d heard an explosion followed by flames being seen. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue received a call at 12:31 to Long Lane in ...

A food manufacturing company, based in Holbeach has been fined after employees were exposed to sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas released as a result of poor planning and unsafe systems of work during the commissioning and operation of a new potato processing line. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard that AH Worth Ltd (formerly known as QV Foods Ltd) purchased a new potato ...

A Holbeach man will stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court after he denied five sex offences against a teenage girl. Tom Louth, 34, of East Elloe Avenue, Holbeach, pleaded not guilty to five charges when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court today (Tuesday.) Louth denied three charges of sexual assault and two charges of assault by penetration. The offences are ...

Spalding’s Waste Recycling Centre has been closed today (Friday, September 3) after a fire broke out. Fire crews from Spalding and Donington attended the West Marsh Road site after a fire started within a compactor at around 1pm A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “Crews used one hose reel and rakes to extinguish. There were no casualties reported.” ...

Patients needing x-rays in Spalding will soon benefit from a £250,000 investment in new state-of-the-art imaging technology. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), which delivers the x-ray and other diagnostic services at the Johnson Community Hospital, is about to replace the imaging equipment on the site as part of a £3.8 million investment in technology across the county. A £2.6 ...

Food businesses and local chefs are invited to apply for the Greater Lincolnshire Menu competition ahead of Lincolnshire Day on October 1. “The importance of supporting local businesses has never been greater than it is now, Launched jointly by Lincolnshire County, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils, the competition aims to celebrate the exceptional food grown and produced across ...

Fifty six percent (56%) of 16 and 17 year olds in Lincolnshire have already taken up the offer of a covid vaccination in the last two weeks. This compares favourably to figures that show nationally (England) 50 percent of 16 and 17 year olds have been vaccinated and Lincolnshire is currently the highest ranking system for uptake in the Midlands ...

A farm has been allowed to store more varied goods in a refrigerator despite over 50 objections from members of the public. JD Robinson and Sons of North Drove applied for change of use planning permission to turn one building from ‘agricultural coldstore to mixed agricultural coldstore and storage of third party agricultural products.’ Speaking on behalf of the company ...

A former owner’s application to turn a now reopened Surfleet pub into flats has been refused in a move welcomed after a similar plan was revealed for another establishment in the village.  As previously reported, The Riverside on Station Hotel has been taken over by Amar Odera and is back operating, but only after previous owner Mr Bond had submitted ...

An application to build 150 homes in Weston has been thrown out by planners following a meeting last nigtht. Persimmon Homes had last month been told to look again at the proposal by South Holland District Council Planning Committee who raised concerns over the number of private drives, bin collections and car parking arrangements on site. But after that deferral ...

A Spalding man has told a court he had ‘fallen in with the wrong crowd’ after he was arrested for driving under the influence of cannabis. James McCormack. 33, of Pennygate, admitted driving while under the influence of drugs and also to an offence of refusing to supply a sample for analysis at Nuneaton in Warwickshire. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said ...