A woman who looked after a stash of cocaine for a drug dealer was today (Monday) spared an immediate jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court. Leah Hurlock, who was described as being addicted to drink and drugs at the time, was arrested after police raided her Holbeach home in May 2019. Jonathon Dee, prosecuting, told the court “During the course ...

Vandals have caused a bridge between Spalding and Pinchbeck to be closed. Two Plank Footbridge had a handrail broken off and thrown into Vernatt’s Drain earlier this week. Now Lincolnshire County Council, which oversees the bridge, has closed it ahead of a temporary repair. The bridge is due to be fully dissembled and replaced with a more substantial structure as ...

Lincolnshire Police have issued a statement ahead of the latest easing of lockdown measures that come into force from Monday (April 12). Lincolnshire Police’s Assistant Chief Constable, Kerrin Wilson, said: “Lockdown has hit practically every aspect of life as we know it, and perhaps the hardest part has been not being able to connect with family and friends in person. ...

The Queen’s representative in Lincolnshire and council leaders are among those to have paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip who has died aged 99. Buckingham Palace announced the death of The Queen’s consort this morning. Toby Dennis, Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and Her Majesty’s representative in the county said: “Since 6 February 1952, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ...

The candidates for the 2021 elections to Lincolnshire County Council and for the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner position have been announced. The election takes place on Thursday May 6. The candidates for the nine Lincolnshire County Council wards in South Holland are: Crowland – Richard Geoffrey Fairman (Ind), Nigel Harry Pepper (Con). Donington Rural – Martin Colman (Green), Rodney ...

Holbeach Parish Council’s chairman Graham Rudkin is to step down from the position saying he’s become ‘disillusioned’. But he says he will continue to be on the council which South Holland District Council recently stepped in to offer mediation to following a number of complaints, controversies and reports of infighting. “I’ve just been getting disillusioned with everything.” he told The ...

Spalding Fire Crew has been called out to two blazes in the town this afternoon (Thursday, April 8). A garage and its contents, two sheds and a fence suffered severe damage in a fire on St Andrews Road reported around midday. Deeping Fire and Rescue crew also attended the incident that also led to severe smoke damage to an adjoining ...

Spalding and Long Sutton’s libraries are to reopen on Monday (April 12). In order to maintain social distancing, the study space, reading areas and toilets will remain closed. Events and activities will remain online for now, including story times, craft sessions, author talks and fitness classes. To see or take part in these, visit @Lincslibraries Facebook and Twitter channels. Louise ...

It may be set for a bracing start to the season but Spalding Town Cricket Club 1st XI captain Chris Dring can’t wait for Saturday’s opener at Skegness Town. There’s a staggered start for the South Lincs and Border League with a trip to the seaside first up for Dring’s side. As The Voice went to press the weather forecast ...

Pinchbeck United are aiming for Kingfisher Lighting Premier Cup glory as they return to competitive action on Saturday. The Knights are one of six United Counties League Premier Division teams to enter the competition and host Harborough Town in it at 3pm on Saturday. Each team will play each other once with the top two going through to a final. ...

Spalding Hockey Club are returning to action this weekend. The club are set to host a series of training sessions and friendlies throughout the spring and summer. While there’s no official fixtures against other clubs currently planned, the club asked players if they’d like to start playing after the lockdown ended rather than wait for the season to re-start again ...

Pinchbeck Croquet Club have got into the swing of their brand new season. Despite the obvious complications, last year’s season was a hugely successful one for the club both on and off the field. Pinchbeck won the Plate for the 14-point East Midlands Federation League one-day competition. Members also earned plenty of success in individual competitions reaching out to play ...

The ChromaSport Peterborough and District Football League returns this weekend as an end of season cup competition kicks off. With the COVID-19 lockdown resulting in the null and voiding of the leagues, clubs have voted to take part in voluntary cup competitions that begin this weekend. Training started last week with the first friendlies having taken place at the weekend. ...

Plans for a 5G phone mast in one part of Spalding are likely to be refused, while a similar scheme for a different part of the town is set to be accepted. Siting a proposed 20m mast in the Spalding Wygate ward has been recommended for rejection. But a similar mast in the Spalding St Paul’s area has the thumbs-up. ...

South Holland Rotary Club members went for an early morning trolley dash to help a local charity. The team headed to Lidl, Holbeach Road, before opening time on Thursday to shop for the Agape Care Food Bank. The £573 bill was paid for by the Rotary from donations made to the Christmas sleigh appeal. “We are delighted we have been ...

A five-year-old Womble’s egg-cellent initiative has helped raise smiles across the Easter weekend. Chance Savic told his parents he wanted to do something to make children happy over Easter. So he and his family have been painting Wombles on rocks and hiding them around Spalding to be found. Children who discovered them could trade them in for an Easter egg ...

A total of 885 letters have been sent out to South Holland residents in the past 12 months for putting their rubbish out too early, it’s been revealed. Emily Holmes, South Holland District Council’s communities manager, told a meeting of the Spalding Town Forum last week that prosecution action had been started against one individual identified as a repeat offender ...

Three graffiti artists have helped brighten up another Spalding grot spot. Adam Sadd, Karl Barfoot and Edgars Bokans have each created a display on the riverside wall of Westons Farm Supplies off Roman Bank. The project follows up on the work they did earlier this year at Dead Man’s Drop off Mitchell Drive. The trio spent most of Easter Sunday ...

A war of words over litter has erupted on social media between a district councillor and members of the town’s Wombles organisation. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones has been asked to stand down following exchanges after online discussions over the Spalding Town Form meeting he chairs. As reported, he raised litter-picking at the meeting, urging those doing it to work with the ...

Heritage Lincolnshire volunteer Dave Hagen, from Lutton, has received a commendation from Heritage Alliance, the Heritage governing body, for his outstanding contribution to maintenance of the ex- Royal Observer Corp underground monitoring post situated on the old Washway Road at Holbeach. Dave (74), an ex-Chief Observer, volunteered with Heritage Lincolnshire so that he could help to maintain and preserve the ...