Spalding’s Johnson Hospital is to remain open to a select number of visitors over the Christmas period. The Lincolnshire Communities Health Services NHS Trust which runs the Pinchbeck Road site alongside hospitals in Louth, Gainsborough and Skegness, is putting in measures for those wishing to visit patients. To help reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus to vulnerable patients, all visitors ...

Nine year old Annie Clough from South View Community Primary School has been chosen as the winning artist for South Holland District Council’s Chairman’s Christmas Card Competition. The Council had invited primary school pupils from across the District to send in their best festive designs and ideas for the card, which is sent out every year to partners on behalf of the council chairman. Picking ...

A family have been allowed to turn a paddock into a site for their family in Whaplode St Catherine. Whaplode Parish Council objected to the part retrospective planning application for an allocated travellers site only for the family of applicants Mr and Mrs Smith at Hurdletree Bank, claiming the site was ‘unsustainable’. Despite there being no objections from the public, ...

After seeing a recent rise in the number of serious traffic accidents in the county, Lincolnshire Police is urging people to drive carefully this Christmas. The force says that in the first 17 days of this month, they attended seven collisions which left five people seriously injured and two dead. In the last three days 14 people in the county ...

South Holland will remain in the highest tier of COVID-19 restrictions, the government has announced today (Thursday). All of Lincolnshire will remain in Tier 3 at least for the next two weeks. South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes, had hoped that the district could be moved down to Tier 2. But the member of parliament for the ...

Volunteers and supporters of a South Holland food bank have seen around four times the usual number of people because of coronavirus. The Holbeach Food Bank has been open throughout the pandemic, and will be helping many families during the festive season. The volunteers behind the community effort have even put together 56 parcels, complete with gifts, for Christmas. “We ...

Some of the area’s most isolated elderly people have been given a Christmas cheer thanks to The Meadows Day Centre charity and Morrisons. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in March The Meadows hasn’t been able to accommodate the usual sessions bringing elderly people together for games and community. And one of their biggest highlights of the years is the Christmas party ...

The A17 at Long Sutton is currently blocked after a three vehicle collision. The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is among the emergency services called to the road’s junction with with the A1101 following the incident which occurred at around 1pm this afternoon (Wednesday, December 16). Lincolnshire Police said the incident involved a green and red DAF HGV, a red ...

Our annual Give A Gift appeal has now closed and we want to say thank you for the amazing support we have received once again this year. Along with members of the public donating gifts, several businesses across South Holland have got involved with the appeal. Spalding Academy and Giles Academy, which are part of the South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, ...

We have just encountered our first taste of bad weather for this winter which, fortunately, caused very little disruption. However, I do wonder what will happen when the weather causes an accident on the A17 and traffic has to be diverted. If Holbeach High Street is pedestrianised as suggested, where will the traffic be diverted? Previous correspondents have highlighted the ...

Urgent action is required – UK demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) will grow rapidly as regulatory measures take effect and consumer pressure grows. The recent UK government announcement prohibiting new sales of ICE powered vehicles post 2030 must be accompanied by a comprehensive industrial strategy and plan that provides for a just transition for the UK automotive sector. Investment in ...

I refer to the letter from Mr Jackson entitled “Light at end of Covid tunnel” (The Voice, December 10). Whilst I am in agreement with most of his analysis of the development of the COVID-19 vaccine that is now being rolled out in the UK, he is perhaps in error in respect of the approval process. It is not the ...

I often walk into town from our house on the Cradge Bank estate, though usually I arrive home in a bad mood, and today was no exception. Along both sides of the river the situation is the same. The pavements, gutters hedges and verges are full of rubbish, from drinks cans to food wrappers to plastic bags and bottles, together ...

Follow up to Richard Corlett’s letter of 10/12/20: He could not be more correct in his comments, but I would like to also add, I do wonder if the people who come up with these ideas live in or around the village of Holbeach, or if they live out of town, and don’t understand the problems the one-way or closure ...

A family fish and chip shop business has is celebrating opening its second outlet in Spalding. Oh My Cod #No2 opened in Wygate Park last week to go alongside Bill and Sandy Rai’s store on Alexandra Road they’ve been serving from for the last eight years. The pair have been in the food business for over 17 years and say ...

A new Good Neighbours Scheme for people in the south of the district is up and running while those behind a similar proposed project in Spalding say they’re ‘delighted’ with the response they’ve had from the public. The East Elloe Good Neighbour Scheme has begun to carry out some services despite the area being placed in the highest COVID-19 restrictions ...

A Spalding 15-year-old has, for the fifth straight year, bought presents to bring children in care an extra reason to smile at Christmas. Jake Winkett uses his own money to donate toys to good causes, something that he’s done for several years. This year the Spalding Academy pupil donated tens of presents for the Kids Out charity to be handed ...

There are mixed messages about which COVID-19 tier Spalding will be put in this week. South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes is still optimistic that the district will drop down to Tier 2. But council leader Lord Gary Porter is convinced that the whole county is likely to stay in Tier 3. Meanwhile, reports from Whitehall suggested ...

Santa Claus arrived in style on a trike when a broken down sleigh didn’t stop him helping Fleet residents spread some extra Christmas cheer this year while raising a grand for the parish church. The village has looked to boost community spirit via the Christmas Cheerfulness Campaign which was launched this year. But the potential obstacle to last week’s celebrates ...

A number of people were taken to hospital after a collision between two cars which closed the A16 on Tuesday, December 15. The incident involved a black Audi A3 and a grey BMW estate and occurred around 4.40pm just outside Cowbit. The road remained closed until 7.15pm. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “The driver of the BMW was taken ...