Spalding’s Waste Recycling Centre will close when busiest if drivers queue along the A16 to get in, operators have warned with a controversial booking system to be dumped on September 1. The West Marsh Road site was described as ‘a thorn in the side’ of the council as in the past police have had to be called when traffic backs ...

Lincolnshire County Council faces a £500,000 bill after wrongly charging people seeking short-term residential care. 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 county council was using a flat-fee system of payment for short-term residential care, without a financial assessment of those ...

Applications for large housing estates totalling 225 homes in two South Holland villages have been recommended for approval. Full applications to build 150 homes off High Road in Weston and 75 homes accessed from Sunnydale Crescent in Surfleet are before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee next week. Both are on sites where previous planning applications have been granted. The ...

The future of live productions at a Spalding theatre is being questioned after a raft of role redundancies, including technical and operational staff. South Holland District Council announced that the centre is to re-open via the social media network Facebook – and that was the first time staff had heard anything about it said an employee. According to a member ...

A Cowbit teenager has been banned from driving for a year after being found driving with cocaine andcannabis in his bloodstream. William Neal, 19, of Capes Entry, Cowbit admitted two charges of driving under the influence of drugswhen he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Yaysa Hue, prosecuting, said he was stopped while driving his Ford Fiesta on the A16 at ...

A Spalding man who is disqualified from driving and with a ‘terrible driving record’ told police who stopped him that he was driving himself to hospital because he had chest pains, a court has been told. Timothy Edward Hart, 45, of Alexandra Road admitted driving while disqualified, without insurance andwhile not wearing a seat belt, when he appeared before magistrates ...

While we normally gain stuff on our birthday, one Spalding youngster has lost 19 inches of hair to mark turning 11. Alexis Dakteris, a pupil at Spalding Academy, has also raised £300 for the Little Princess Charity which will use her brown locks to turn into a wig for a child who has lost their own hair due to medical ...

Two Spalding Academy students have won a national prize for urban dancing. Alfie Edwards and Danielle Dixey picked up first place in the Be You competition’s Hip Hop and Street category. The pair, who are also part of the Crowland Cheer and Dance group, did their own choreography and performance for the event held online. It was the first time ...

Long Sutton was looking blooming marvellous last week as East Midlands In Bloom judges descended on the town. It proved a somewhat soggy visit, but the visitors were still left impressed with the floral displays created by the dedicated volunteers. Kay Jenkinson chair of Long Sutton In Bloom, said: “John Constable the East Midlands in Bloom judge was impressed with ...

A Sutton St James woman died after suffering serious head injuries following a fall while drunk, an inquest into her death has heard. Karen Page (66) died on January 11 after she was found unconscious outside her Sutton Road home. She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn where she was diagnosed with significant internal cranial injuries and ...

Last week my cat was killed by an out of control dog. It happened on Thursday July 8, at Haarlem Court and also in Ailsmeer Rise. My cat was in the garden when the dog and owner went by. The owner lost control of the dog which broke off its leash and killed my cat. A neighbour says he saw ...

The government introduced its Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill last week for debate. I watched our MP, Sir John Hayes, speak during that debate and he got right to the core of why this is needed. He is widely regarded as the most eloquent MP of his generation. He was right that this is a long overdue return to ...

It has occurred to me, that the proposed repairs to Cross Keys bridge at Sutton Bridge next year will cause unprecedented consequences. According to local reports, the bridge will only be open to one-way traffic, with a manned traffic light system in place. Today, Friday 9 June, I counted 95 cars and 15 trucks going across the bridge to the ...

I am writing to complain about the noisy aircraft. We live at Austendyke Road, Weston Hills and when we got into bed last night at 11.30pm the planes were coming over low and mega loudly. We thought they were going to hit our bungalow. Any idea how long we have to put up with this? Ordinary planes we are used ...

An inquest into the death of a pensioner heard she likely slipped and fell into a ditch. Shirley Margaret Jones (72) of South Drove, Quadring, was reported missing in the early hours of January 13 earlier this year. Her body was found later that morning at around 9.15am face down in a 12 foot deep ditch at Quadring Fen, the ...

Police and ambulance have attended Harlequin Drive in Spalding after a report of a medical incident. The emergency services were alerted at 10.24am this morning with the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance reported to be in attendance. Lincolnshire Police said they are unable to provide an update on the condition. A spokesman said: “Incident 116 of today refers to a ...

Holbeach In Bloom has put out an announcement saying this is the last year it will be providing flowers for the town – however it’s also been claimed the group could continue in some form. The group’s Graham Rudkin had previously said he was considering standing down from the group after he and wife Carol left the town’s parish council ...

A school has been recognised for the lessons it puts on outdoors. Gosberton House Academy has been given the Learning Outside the Classroom Silver Mark thanks to the lessons it conducts in line with the programme. Those include exploring the school’s grounds to the ‘minibeast hotel’ to the sensory garden and enjoying the tyre swings. A spokesman for the school, ...

A luxury Spalding home with a swimming pool, paddocks and 1.4 acres was bought from the proceeds of £1.7million worth of thefts from a pensioner, a court has heard. Des Pickersgill, 83, did casual work for the victim, who is now in her 90s, at her home in a village just outside Bedford. Meanwhile his son Gary Pickersgill, 42, and ...

A boundary dispute between Donington neighbours has led to one of them appearing in court charged with damage. Philip Gardner, 38, of Station Street admitted causing £10 worth of damage to a fence belonging to his neighbour when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting Dale Brownless said it was a neighbours’ dispute which should never have got so far ...