I would like to add my thanks to the team at Springfields vaccination hub in Spalding. I went for my vaccination this morning. My appointment was for 10.10am. I arrived at 10am and went straight through, and out again by 10.20am. All so calm and efficient. Thank you very much to everyone concerned, you were all so friendly and helpful. ...

Today (Sunday, January 31), with many others, I had my first COVID jab at Springfields. The whole organisation and process was extremely impressive, smooth, and friendly. All those concerned, professionals and volunteers, deserve the greatest thanks and praise. They were splendid. Thank you all! John TipplerSpalding

Just read your article in the current edition of The Voice about the discovery of Roman and Iron Age artefacts. Let’s hope that don’t find any Great Crested Newts otherwise we’ll never get the road built! Terry ByattHolbeach

A 23-year-old Spalding woman has been ordered to pay more than a thousand pounds in compensation to a 14-year-old boy who she illegally tattooed. Jordan Wheeler of Estella Way admitted the offence of tattooing the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when she appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Dale Brownless said that while he was at her ...

Long Sutton Cricket Club is to link up with the Help for Heroes charity for 2021 which is set to include them playing against their cricket team. The South Lincolnshire and Border League Premier Division side are set to face the military charity’s own team of veterans it helps in a fixture later this year. And they’ve signed up to ...

It’s been an incredibly frustrating time for Spalding Rugby Club as the wait to play senior matches goes on. The club had hoped to be back in action this month with a mini-league using adapted rules for local teams meant to provide the first competitive action since Spalding won the RFU Senior Vase on March 14, 2020. But the latest ...

Lincolnshire Police have launched a new service where you can upload dash-cam footage of dangerous drivers. As part of Operation Snap you can upload the footage via a link from the force’s website. It’s hoped the system will allow more timely investigations. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Working together with the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership we have introduced this ...

Fire crews are on the scene of a property fire in Gosberton this morning (Sunday). The incident on Westhorpe Road was reported at 5.30am. Crews from Spalding, Holbeach, Donington and Kirton were reported as being in attendance. An hour ago a Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue spokesman, said: “Crews are using breathing apparatus, one hose reel and one main jet to ...

Surfleet Reservoir has flooded for the second time this month with fire crews on scene this morning (Saturday). It follows the heavy rainfall in the area leading to rising water levels on the River Glen. Crews were also called to pump water out of gardens earlier this month. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Crews from @stamfordfireuk and ...

Councillors have called on more to be done on getting empty buildings such as the Bull and Monkie and former hospital sites in Spalding tidied up and back in use. A meeting of South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel last week heard that the authority was planning a new policy on tidying up derelict sites. But some councillors expressed ...

A police pursuit of a Holbeach driver ended when her car crashed into a boat. But Charlotte Jade Watson and her passenger escaped a soaking too – it was in landlocked Sutton Road, Walpole Cross Keys. It emerged that Watson was drug-driving and without a full licence. Police had concerns and started following Watson after she passed them on the ...

Memories of Spalding Flower Parade are being sought for a new community project, which will also explore potential ways of reinvigorating the event for future generations if there is a demand for it. South Holland Heritage, which is part of Chain Bridge Forge, in Spalding, has secured £15,000 Arts Council funding for the multi-phased project, which aims to collate people’s ...

A Pinchbeck man has told a court a knuckleduster he was found in possession of was a piece of artwork gifted by a friend. James Christopher Collin, 20, of Brownlow Crescent, Pinchbeck also admitted being in possession of a flick lock knife which he claimed was to carry out work on his car when he appeared before magistrates at Boston. ...

A 20 year old who carried out an unprovoked attack on another young woman in the early hours of the morning, has been ordered to pay her compensation. Chloe Harrison of Mill Lane, Gosberton admitted assaulting Beth Prowting by beating when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said that in the early hours of August 16 2020, ...

Spalding’s Johnson Hospital is set to get an upgrade and become an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) when it reopens to walk-in patients in April. The site and the Minor Injury Unit (MIU) was closed to walk-in patients in March with the onset of the first lockdown and has remained that way since, despite other community hospitals re-opening. But last week ...

Plans to redevelop an area of parkland have been put on ‘pause’ by South Holland District Council just two months after it was announced that planning permission would be sought early this year. The district council announced plans for the 23-acre Moulton Park last March which is set to include a children’s play area, a memorial garden and a spot ...

A nature reserve has closed temporarily in the hope that the newly arrived pair of cranes will repeat the breeding success last year – the first time the birds bred in Lincolnshire for 400 years. Willow Tree Fen near Tongue End will not be open to the public to increase the chances of the pair of cranes breeding again. The ...

The Spalding Western Relief Road is the “only hope” of stopping future traffic congestion due to increased trains in the town, the leader of South Holland District Council has said. Lord Gary Porter said that a bridge over the railway at Park Road to alleviate issues when the level crossings are down had been looked into but wasn’t feasible. And ...

Pupils at a Spalding primary school have raised more than £2,000 for charity through their tuck shops. Children at St John the Baptist Primary School have chosen to support four charities that are special to them and cheques have been given to The Lily Foundation (£500), The British Heart Foundation (£300), Macmillan Cancer Support (£500) and Spalding Rotary Club (£200). ...

Travel company Hays has confirmed its Spalding branch will not be re-opening when pandemic restrictions are lifted. The Sunderland-based firm bought Thomas Cook when it collapsed in October 2019 and a review of operations was due this year. The Market Place branch of the company will be one of 88 shops to close from its total of 534 across the ...