Sadly, like many other towns these days, the busy hustle and bustle of shopping has gone. I visualise people living where shops used to be. Thinking of a better future, I wonder if it would be possible to make use of the area the large empty shops have created by providing an all-weather covered market for all kinds of traders. ...

I am writing publicly as the chair of trustees of Holbeach Community Larder to thank the people of Holbeach and the surrounding area for their phenomenal support for the work of the Community Larder throughout the last ten months of the pandemic and, in particular, for their support in the run up to Christmas. In 2019 we fed 517 people, ...

A blast of winter brought fun and games for residents across South Holland over the weekend. Everyone seemed keen to make the most of some lockdown snow and home-schooling was temporarily suspended while building snowmen was the order of the day. Several centimetres fell across Lincolnshire and carpeted the landscape.Voice readers sent in pictures of the frosty fun. Freezing conditions ...

A South Holland family believe they could be the most vaccinated family in the country after they were called to have their COVID-19 vaccines on the same day. Wendy Rate and her daughter Zoe, who work at West Elloe pharmacy in Spalding, were called to go for the first round of the vaccine at Springfields on Friday, January 22. And ...

A Spalding 15-year-old has been named as a charity’s ambassador. Jake Winkett has, for the last five years, saved up his own money to buy Christmas presents for various charities and this year provided a ‘Giving Tree’ for the Kids Out charity that aims to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds. As well as providing presents, the charity also puts on ...

Spalding’s historic drinking fountain could be erected in the town’s cemetery as part of improvement works there, it’s been revealed. A working group has been formed to look at improvements to the Pinchbeck Road site. And placing the historic fountain that used to be in the town’s Market Place is among the considerations. It was introduced into Hall Place in ...

A roving COVID-19 vaccine centre may be needed to ensure a site is within ten miles of the Long Sutton area. District and county councillor Chris Brewis has been campaigning for a place so the likes of that town, Sutton Bridge and Crowland can access the jab closer to home. It follows Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the government was ...

Transported and South Holland District Council are inviting Spalding residents to send in their stories and memories to transform them into pieces of art. Transported, a community arts project, wants to take memories sent in by local people and craft them into reality. The selected stories will be turned into book nooks – pieces of artwork by designers and makers ...

A group that aims to promote cycling says it’s continuing its work throughout the pandemic in a bid to “look for a better deal for Spalding’s present and future cyclists”. PEDALS has been campaigning for better and safer cycling facilities for over 37 years. And they’ve continued to do so throughout 2020. That includes holding small, socially distanced outdoor steering ...

Alternative funding is being sought to keep plans to improve Holbeach town centre a possibility. And those behind the schemes are still hopeful they may get the government funding they missed out on first time around. Proposed improvements of Market Hill junction in the town and the creation of a new ‘public realm’ at the back of the recently renovated ...

Fire crews put out a fire in a Spalding home yesterday (Tuesday, January 26). Spalding and Holbeach crews were called to the incident in Holyrood Walk at around 4.40pm. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said that a kitchen and conservatory had been damaged as a result of the fire and the remainder of the property had suffered smoke damage. A spokesperson ...

A court has heard that a 66 year old Long Sutton man had a million and a half pornographic and indecent images on his computer and other devices within the home. Ian Stuart Bradbury, 66, of Roman Bank admitted three charges relating to 330 category A (the most serious), 419 category B and 45,736 category C indecent photographs of children, ...

A businessman has been given an 18-week suspended sentence for storing and burning waste illegally at a site in Gedney Dyke, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency.  Peter Higgins, 73, the owner of PJH Bathrooms, Kitchens and Tiles Ltd, based at Yew Lodge, Hallgate, Gedney Dyke, stored waste on ground next to the company showroom without a permit for ...

An unusual Roman oven and Iron Age ornaments were among thousands of artefacts discovered in preparation work for the route of the Spalding Western Relief Road. Main construction work on the most northerly section of the project from Pinchbeck Road is due to start in the Spring with the archaeological study part of the preparation work. According to Ian Marshman, ...

Seven people have been arrested over the discovery of a cannabis farm in Gedney Hill. Around 360 plants were discovered at the property in North End, Lincolnshire Police said. A spokesman for the police said: “Our officers carried out a search of the property in North End on Monday 25th January. “Around 360 plants were discovered. “Seven people were arrested ...

Two road traffic collisions in icy conditions caused “chaos” on roads around Tongue End today (Monday). Lincolnshire Police say they believe a two vehicle collision on Counter Drove Drain say a white Audi A4 left the road and then later a silver Ford Fiesta did the same and collided with the Audi. The scene at South Fen Road where lorries ...

A drug dealer was arrested after police stopped a car and found a stash of drugs inside, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Friday, January 22). Terry Parbury was a front seat passenger in the vehicle which drove away from the scene of an alleged assault in Hampton Close, Spalding. Ian Way, prosecuting, told the court “The defendant was observed ...

Lincolnshire health bosses have said they’re ‘delighted’ with the vaccine roll out in the county after it was revealed nearly 50,000 have received doses so far. Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group say that around 60 per cent of care home residents and people aged over 80 have received vaccinations. The government is now announcing daily and weekly updates on the number ...

The discovery of more than 100 bottles of urine and bags of excrement by a group of Wombles has led to calls for better toilet facilities for lorry drivers around Wardentree Lane. Mother and daughter Cheryl Ingleby and Sadie Sharman said they were left “shocked” after litter picking around Wardentree Park having been among the hundreds inspired by the new ...

A ten-year partnership between South Holland and Breckland district councils looks set to come to an end. A report to go before South Holland’s Cabinet on Tuesday outlines a preference for each council to establish new ‘local’ partnerships. The two councils formed a partnership in 2010 with several areas of shared working. Officers and staff also regularly travelled between Spalding ...