Santa and his friends at Holbeach Fire Station joined forces to raise money for charity at the weekend. Arriving in a fire engine instead of a sleigh, Santa and the crew held a tombola and a ‘name the bear’ competition to help raise funds. They also sold copies of the new Horsey Tales children’s book which has been launched to ...

Staff and students at a Spalding special school have celebrated the official opening of a new facilities block. The Garth School, which caters for pupils with complex and profound learning difficulties, has been remodelled to create five new classrooms with external play space. Headteacher Claire Moore said the new extension will ‘transform’ the learning environment at the school. An appeal ...

A 92-year-old from West Pinchbeck was the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccination at Peterborough City Hospital yesterday. Vera Chappell had an early morning appointment for a regular injection for her eyesight anyway (Wednesday, December 8) and was asked if she’d also take the new coronavirus vaccine. She was among four of the initial people to be lined up ...

Children in Year Six at Ayscoughfee Hall School were transported back to the year 1899 to celebrate a Victorian Christmas. During the day the children experienced life in a Victorian schoolroom, being taught by an incredibly strict teacher and learning that children should be seen and not heard. Other activities that the children took part in included making Victorian style ...

A kind-hearted business has ensured a South Holland primary school has a Christmas tree for the pupils to enjoy. Nicola and John Chappell, of Glenside Nurseries, have donated the tree because there would normally be one in the school hall – but the children can’t be in there together all at the same time due to the COVID-19 restrictions. “This ...

A man who shouted “horrific and frightening” threats to his ex-girlfriend and her new partner has been jailed for two years. Dominic Stubbs (24), of Peterborough Road, Crowland, split up with the woman last year. On September 16 this year, the woman and her new boyfriend returned home in Peterborough at about 1.30pm and were confronted by Stubbs who was ...

A tawny owl had to be rescued after it became stuck in a pipe in a Spalding home last week. The RSPCA and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were called to a property in Mayfair Drive on Friday, December 3 after an occupant heard scuffling behind their kitchen wall and then spotted an owl through a hole above their kitchen cabinets. ...

A man who was found to have a knife while in Spalding town centre and also later assaulted a police officer has been given a community order. Jake Glenn of Alexandra Road in Spalding pleaded guilty to the two charges in a hearing at Lincoln Magistrates Court. He admitted possessing a lock knife without good reason or lawful authority in ...

A man has been placed under curfew and given a suspended jail sentence after assaulting two police officers. Henrikas Lenderskis of Willesby Road, Spalding pleaded guilty to the assaults which took place in the town on November 22. He also pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and of damaging a police prisoner van on the same date. Taking into account the ...

A man has thanked emergency services for saving his life after his car ended up upside down in a Pinchbeck ditch in the early hours of this morning (Monday December 7). Dave Anthony escaped without injury after his car ended up in the icy water at the side of Cherry Holt Lane at 4.52am this morning. PC Phil McAllister was ...

Spalding businesses are being invited to provide financial and physical help to make the town centre better while a survey of residents is set to be launched. The latest meeting of the Spalding Town Centre Improvement Steering Group met last Monday to discuss potential improvements for the town. It followed a discussion on the Town Centre Improvement Plan, which includes ...

A person had to be rescued from a car after a two vehicle collision in Gedney last night (Monday). The incident happened shortly before 7pm at Ravens Drove. Fire crews from Holbeach, Spalding and Long Sutton attended. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Crews used manpower to release one casualty from car and into the care of the ...

South Holland is seeing a ‘huge demand’ in requests to help those facing being left without a home amid a more than 150 per cent increase in Universal Credit claimants. The extent of homelessness in the area was provided by South Holland District Council’s Housing Services Manager Jason King to a joint meeting of the authority’s Performance Monitoring and Policy ...

The mum of a 14-year-old who died at a drugs party has called the sentence handed to the pair branded ‘morally responsible’ for his death as ‘not enough’. Earlier today (Monday) Alastair Turner (19) and Sam King (21) were jailed for 45 months and three years respectively after both admitted charges arising from the investigation into the death of Alex Buchan ...

Two men who organised weekly drugs parties at which a schoolboy died have been jailed at Lincoln Crown Court. Alex Buchan, 14, described by his family as a “perfect son,” collapsed after ingesting fatal levels of MDMA into his bloodstream. An ecstasy tablet with the motif “The Punisher” was found next to him at the home of Sam King in ...

The latest round of grants available to South Holland businesses who have been forced to close due to COVID-19 has been launched. The Local Restrictions Support Grant is the second round of government funding to help businesses through COVID-19 restrictions and is once again being metered out by South Holland District Council. Businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or ...

A 73-year-old woman from Spalding said she was left shaken after fraudsters rang her and told her to pay money to them or they would come for her. The woman, who does not want to be named, is urging others to be aware of the scam and not to panic as she did. The retired pensioner said she received the ...

Santa Claus is all set for his proposed annual tour of Spalding. His friends at the Spalding with South Holland Rotary Club have once again organised him to tour the streets of Spalding from Thursday, December 3. He’ll be driven round as many streets as possible through December and also visiting Hall Place, Morrisons in Pinchbeck and the Holbeach Road ...

A family of five have thanked their neighbours and the fire service for saving their Sutton Bridge home, and potentially their lives, after a fire broke out in an outhouse. Beth and Lee Copland, along with sons Ben (10), Charlie (8) and Jackson (4), had to flee their Princes Street home after their brick outhouse caught alight less than six ...

Fire crews were called to a second fire at a Sutton Bridge home outbuilding in a week last night. Two cars along with a garden shed were destroyed in the blaze that took place at a Bridge Road property around 8.30pm last night (Wednesday). Crews from Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton attended the fire which Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say ...