Current border delays are killing the automotive industry. Across many sectors, British exporters to the EU are clearly facing disruption caused by new Brexit red tape, increased costs and the impact of the pandemic on staff all bearing down on businesses. The automotive industry is not immune to these challenges, with global supply chains so deeply integrated, and while the ...

I was delighted to read that the Urgent Treatment Centre will be reopening after all. Many thanks to all those who made this happen. Our region in and around Spalding absolutely needs its own centre for urgent treatment. Michael MitchellStrawberry Fields DriveHolbeach St Marks

I was interested to see your report of a wedded couple appointed to parish and pastoral leadership in Spalding. But is this Biblical? The Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer (1662) speaks of parish priests or ministers, but never of parish priestesses. The reason for this is that the Apostle Paul says that women are not to lead in ...

Today, I learned that a producer – based in Lancashire – of ready meals for Lidl had sourced their chickens from Brazil and their cauliflower from the EU. I wrote to the supplier and Lidl to question the logic of such purchases – the UK produces both chicken and vegetables. Surely it would have been better, cheaper and easier for ...

Questions over South Holland District Council’s proposed break-up with Breckland are being raised after it was revealed the partnership only happened in 2010 as neighbouring Lincolnshire authorities turned them down. The pair have shared services for more than a decade, but now look set to end that agreement, with SHDC looking to instead partner with at least one other, more ...

South Holland residents unsure on where they stand with regards being able to live and work in Britain in the future can get free help from a group set up by Citizen’s Advice. The EU Settlement Scheme has been set up by the UK Home Office to ensure that EU, EEA or Swiss citizens can easily apply for the right ...

A South Holland church is remembering 50 years since it set up its own postal delivery and stamps. The Church of St Nicholas in Lutton set up the East Elloe Post during the postal strike of 1971 in a bid to raise money for a heating system. And it worked with collection points and deliveries organised across South Lincolnshire. Among ...

South Holland District Council’s Cabinet has backed two separate purchases of new homes. Through its Welland Homes subsidiary the authority looks set to purchase four properties at Northons Lane in Holbeach and also buy seven homes for its own housing portfolio in Whaplode. The Cabinet backed both purchases of newly built homes.Reservation fees have already been paid and a “discounted ...

A pensioner facing allegations of historic sexual assaults on children is to face a jury trial later this year. David Walker, 73, of Coronation Close, Spalding, is accused of three charges of attempted rape and five charges of sexual assault. The charges relate to dates between May 2004 and June 2012. Walker appeared remotely before Lincoln Crown Court. No charges ...

A man was taken to hospital after being cut out of a car in a road traffic collision that closed a Moulton Road last night (Sunday). Emergency services were called to High Road shortly before 8.15Pm following the collision that involved one vehicle. The driver of the vehicle had to be cut out of the car by Spalding and Holbeach ...

A Holbeach St Marks teenager who admitted viewing indecent images of children was sentenced to a two year community order after a judge decided he needed “urgent help.” Joseph Orbell, 18, of Strawberry Fields Drive, uploaded a total of 782 still and 64 moving images of children between January 2015 and March 2019. Lincoln Crown Court heard police executed a ...

The next phase of work on the most northerly section of the proposed Spalding Western Relief Road is due to start next week. Works to build a haul road construction and dig a final set of trial holes will start at the site off Spalding Road on Monday, (February 15). Coun Richard Davies, Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for highways, ...

An application to turn a former pub and hotel in Surfleet into flats has been deferred amid concerns over flooding. Plans to turn the Riverside Hotel on Station Road into seven self-contained flats came before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Wednesday). Planning officers had recommended that the project be given the go-ahead despite objections from the Environment ...

A father who tried to resuscitate his son who had overdosed on methadone has spoken of his frustration about the police’s failure to catch the person who supplied the drugs. Lincoln Coroner’s Court heard that Darshan Sampson (36) was found by dad David at the Juniper Crescent home he shared with brother Kieron in Spalding but he died despite attempts ...

Spalding residents can look forward to a blooming future and a town full of colour when lockdown is lifted thanks to a local company. The Bridge Farm Group is donating materials for around 100 hanging baskets and 15 flower troughs for the spring. Members of Spalding Town Forum were told at last week’s meeting that the company had made the ...

Over 420 businesses in South Holland have taken up a total of £3.7m as part of the latest round of government grants to help businesses impacted by COVID-19. It takes the total grants handed out in the district to £22m since March. The funding, which is distributed and organised locally by South Holland District Council, has been targeted at those ...

Spalding homes were evacuated on Monday after a Womble and history buff pulled a live grenade from the Coronation Channel. Chris Dark, of Weston, was magnet fishing around St Paul’s Bridge at around 4pm when he reeled in the explosive device, thought to date back to World War Two. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were called in to make ...

Spalding’s Wombles have bought new bins, been praised by the Town Forum and appeared on county radio in the last few days. With almost 2,000 members, the group has opened a bank account for donations to help supply equipment and to provide litter bins. The ten bins will be sited in liaison with the district council and there’s an online ...

The leader of South Holland District Council has called on more funds to make Christmas in Spalding extra special next year, if possible while a proposed council tax increase for the town’s residents was given the green light. Lord Gary Porter has called on the council to dip into its reserves to fund a bigger celebration for the area if ...

A Weston nine-year-old has raised over a thousand pounds as well as awareness for those who are homeless by taking on a sponsored walk every night for seven days. Ollie Carrington-Ford has already raised over £1,000 for the Light Project in Peterborough and is set to bolster that further by holding a raffle. Previously the Spalding Whites U9s FC and ...