The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Her Majesty’s (HM) Coastguardare calling for families to take care at the coast during the school holidays, as new figures released show RNLI lifeguards saved the lives of 54 children and teenagers last summer. Of those lives saved, 64per cent (35) were aged 12 or under, while RNLI lifeguards also came to the ...

I have just finished last week’s article ‘Drivers Warned Over Tip Queues’ and I can’t believe anyone wants to scrap the booking system. The system makes so much more sense as a user of the centre for the last 20 years there nothing worse then loading up your grass cutting only to find there is a queue so you have ...

I am writing after reading last week’s article ‘Drivers warned over tip queues’. If the booking scheme ends, we will without doubt return to the long queues waiting to use the tip, what is the response? Close the tip when it gets busy. Have the people who make the decisions stopped and thought that this will indeed add to the ...

South Holland District Council are short of drivers because they increased working hours. (Re last week’s article ‘Not Enough Bin Drivers). The job was always finish your route and go home, then they took lorries off routes making the fleet smaller.More houses have been built but yet there’s still not more lorries. I worked as a loader for Blue Arrow ...

Reading or rather wading through the latest gushing letter from Dean Eggleman once again in The Voice seemingly praising his hero Sir John Hayes for doing wonders while in fact all he is doing is what he is paid to do, being an MP. What Mr Eggleman fails to bring himself to also mention is the fact that Sir John ...

As a pilot of over 35 years’ experience I respond to the letter ‘Thought going to hit bungalow’. I understand many people’s aversion to aircraft noise, but please consider why these aircraft are here. They are here to protect our liberty and must train in all aspects of military strategy and tactics to be prepared in the event. The biggest ...

Young people could get more of a say in Holbeach after the parish council pledged to look into setting up a new Youth Council. It has vowed to look into creating the new group, including any delegated powers it can give it and potentially a budget. Coun Sam Richardson, said: “The youth council would be a hugely valuable resource to ...

A hugely popular charity ball in aid of Spalding’s Johnson Hospital is set to make a spooky return this October. Tickets for the Johnson Community Hospital Ball are already close to selling out and the organisers behind the Springfield Events Centre bash are also on the look out for businesses and groups to get involved and donate prizes. Sally Brown, ...

Holbeach’s first Classic and Modified Car Show proved to be a sizzling success. In beautifully sunny conditions hundreds turned out after organisers were inundated with requests to display their vehicles. Emily Day enjoys the trampolines. Alongside them was live entertainment from the McCurdy brothers, a strong man display from Royals Gym and a host of food and drink options. The ...

A councillor is looking to boost businesses in her town with monthly Flash Shop Days. Coun Tracey Carter came up with the idea of promoting a shop every month and then urging people to visit the business on a certain day. The first Flash Shop Day in June brought in 107 visitors to Funky Dora’s and Coun Carter said the ...

You can now hire litter picking kits from libraries From 19 July, over 500 free kits will be available for hire via libraries and a number of community hubs across the county, including Spalding, Donington, Long Sutton and Pinchbeck. Kits contain high-vis jackets, litter grabbers, bags, advice and risk assessments. Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “Our communities do ...

Community arts groups and other organisations will unite at the South Holland Centre on Thursday to call for clarity on the future of live entertainment and functions at the venue. The only professionally equipped arts venue in the district is set to reopen for cinema screenings on Thursday, July 22. South Holland District Council, which owns the venue, says it ...

A 21-year-old from Spalding has been named as the man stabbed to death in an incident in Boston on Wednesday (July 14). Lincolnshire Police say Christopher Higgs sustained a serious knife wound at an address on Portland Street at around 12.15pm. Despite the best efforts of emergency services who were in attendance, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Charlie ...

A health trust wants to know who your NHS heroes are from hospital’s such as Spalding’s Johnson Hospital. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) is seeking nominations from patients and their loved ones to celebrate and recognise the achievements of its staff.  The trust provides local community-based health care services across the county to help people live independently at ...

Spalding Fire Crew had to rescue a deer from roadside railings this morning (Thursday, July 15). The crew were called at 5.37am to reports of the animal having become stuck along London Road in Spalding. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Crew released one Muntjac deer from railings using bolt croppers. “The deer ran off and was uninjured.”

Waste collections in South Holland are being put under strain by a shortage of bin lorry drivers. The district council says it has had to find other employees with an HGV licence so as not to miss a collection due to the national shortage. The reason for the shortfall of 60,000 drivers across the country has included Brexit, a lack ...

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 ...