Spalding and District U3A are making plans to resume “normal service” with further easing of the lockdown restrictions eagerly anticipated in June. The U3A movement founded in 1982, with 1,057 charitable groups within the UK, last year undertook a successful major rebranding programme, to appeal to a wider audience and to emphasise that there are no formal qualifications or exams ...

On March 28 we parked our car on a layby on the west side of the A15, about three miles north of Bourne, near the Haconby and Stainfield crossroads, and went out walking in the Stainfield direction. Halfway round our walk, we discovered my husband had not got his keys, which he thought were in his pocket. We hoped he ...

A Pinchbeck opera singer is to sing 100 songs on his doorstep in memory of both his mother-in-law and Captain Sir Tom Moore. Jeff Woods, also known as Pavanotti, will on Sunday stand outside his Mountbatten Avenue home and belt out the songs to raise money for both Dementia UK and the bid to raise money to improve Pinchbeck’s parks. ...

Dog lovers came from across the country to Whaplode Drove on Saturday. The East Anglian Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club held its first dog show since restrictions were lifted at the Elizabethan Centre in the village. And competitors came from as far afield as Wales for the event which boasted 83 entrants. Show manager Martin Johnson said: “It went absolutely to ...

Residents and staff at Beech Lodge Care and Nursing Home in Holbeach have swapped their uniforms and regular clothing for a day of denim wearing in support of Alzheimer’s Society. As part of Denim for Dementia day on Friday May 21, everyone was encouraged to wear denim in exchange for a donation to Alzheimer’s Society. Denim for Dementia day takes ...

Tanks paraded through South Holland last week as part of the send off for a 100-year-old World War Two veteran. The coffin containing George Wing was on one of two armoured DUKW vehicles that were part of the procession to his funeral at South Lincolnshire Crematorium in Surfleet. George, who lived in Bourne, was one of those evacuated from the ...

Lincolnshire County Council has launched a new online map on which the authority says you can see where current and upcoming road works are to take place. The map can be viewed online at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/worksprogrammes A county council spokesman said: “The county council’s map shows upcoming resurfacing, surface dressing, footway works and more, and allows you to filter works by ...

The Long Sutton Men’s Shed is now back in business opening its doors again for the first time since March 2020. The group set up to help alleviate loneliness meet at Silverwood Tea Rooms near Long Sutton. The club has also had a literal boost thanks to Western Power Development providing them with a brand new power source for the ...

A number of people who dropped litter, drank, spat or urinated in Spalding town centre in 2019 are hundreds of pounds out of pocket after court hearings last week. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on May 10 heard a number of cases of people who had failed to pay the on the spot fines for the anti-social behaviour handed out by South ...

A human rights activist from Spalding is calling on the UK to help Nepal with its fight against COVID-19 after returning home to Spalding. Andy Hall has returned to the country where he grew up. It follows Thailand’s Supreme Court dismissing its lower court rulings that Andy was guilty of defaming exporter Natural Fruit Company. He had previously been ordered ...

An inquest was unable to establish why a Spalding car driver crossed into the opposite lane of theA16 into the path of an oncoming lorry. Szymon Suwala, 34, was killed when his Vauxhall Corsa collided head-on with a DAF truck on a straight stretch of the road between the roundabouts at West Marsh Road in Spalding and Surfleet. It happened ...

A pensioner due to face a jury trial later this year over allegations of historic sexual assaults has died. David Walker, 73, of Coronation Close, Spalding, was accused of three charges of attempted rape and five charges of sexual assault alleged to have taken place between May 2004 and June 2012. At a brief hearing at Lincoln Crown Court today (Tuesday) ...

A bridge that’s part of a footpath that links Spalding to Pinchbeck could be closed for up to nearly two years, it’s been revealed. Two Plank footbridge will close on Saturday, July 17 and won’t be open until ‘Winter 2022’ Lincolnshire County Council has said. Just last month the authority said following vandalism the bridge which takes the footpath over ...

South Holland is to be part of a new £2.6m government scheme that’s looking at ways to encourage workers to self-isolate if they have COVID-19 symptoms. The district has been included alongside Peterborough and Fenland as one of 12 areas being given a combined £12m nationwide where the government says it will ‘pilot alternative accommodation and translation help to further support those ...

A man accused of ripping off mourners is on the run from police after failing to attend a court hearing. Julian Karl Gaunt (52) had previously pleaded not guilty to eight counts of fraud relating to failing to supply memorial headstones to customers. Last Thursday he failed to attend when his case was listed for a pre-trial hearing at Lincoln ...

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information after a spate of vandalism on cars in Spalding. The incidents are understood to have happened in the early hours of yesterday morning (Thursday, May 20). Police have not said how many vehicles were affected, or what streets were hit, but The Voice understands areas include West Parade, Pennygate and Winsover Road. A police ...

Specialist equipment donated to the NHS by a local charity to support people to access eye clinics is now in place at Spalding’s Johnson Community Hospital. The Visual Fields machine is used to measure a person’s entire visual field – the range of what youcan see above, below, and on either side of you while your gaze is fixed on ...

Those eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, which now includes everyone aged 34 and over, are being urged to book their first jab. Dr Nigel Sturrock, regional medical director at NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands, has issued the plea alongside new figures showing over 5.7 million people in the region have now received their first dose of the ...

A burglar forced his way through the roof of a Spalding store before raiding the premises, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Andrew Searle went on to steal £1,000 worth of stock from the Buy and Sell Exchange store on New Road in the town. Steven Gosnell, prosecuting, said Searle then smashed his way through a wall to break-in to the ...

A COVID-19 testing centre that only opened in Pinchbeck last month is one of three in the county to be closing tomorrow, it’s been announced. The lateral flow testing site at Four Seasons House on Enterprise Way is not being used enough, Lincolnshire County Council say. It had opened on Saturday, April 10. It’s also closing testing sites at Sleaford ...