Regarding the recent letters about non-delivery of domestic refuse sacks. Do you not realise how fortunate we are in South Holland? I have never lived anywhere else where free sacks are supplied plus we are one of the few areas left to retain weekly collections – most councils only provide fortnightly or even three-weekly collections. So someone’s house was overlooked? ...

Towards the end of May I wrote to you about the closure of South Holland District Council offices in Priory Road presenting a problem for those like me in receipt of a German pension and having to get the annual Life Certificate authorised. But the good news is that I have now received the Life Certificate from the German pension ...

Occasionally I’ve heard complaints that there are too many charity shops in Spalding. While not formerly sympathetic to these gripes, it’s been recently depressing to see the build up of discarded items donations outside of some such shops that no-one in them seems to care about. A notable recent case is Oxfam, which seems to have piles of clothes outside ...

I have written to the council about Spalding’s Recycling Centre booking in system. You have to book to go to the centre, which I understand, which obviously helps reduce the numbers of people attending to limit the spread of COVID-19 which is a good idea – no problem with that. What is confusing however is the wording that is used ...

Workers in the care system are dying at twice the rate of the rest of the population through coronavirus because of the government’s failings, unions have warned. Government claims to have put a ‘protective ring’ around the care sector early in the pandemic were exposed via a new Office For National Statistics release recently which revealed the shocking death rates ...

Spalding Lions have marked the end of term with a host of socially distanced presentations. President Stuart East’s last act before his term of office ended was to present vice president Lion Elaine Mothers, second vice president Lion Eileen Robson and Lion John Steel with a Melvin Jones Fellowship Award for all their hard work and commitment to service within ...

An incredible volunteer who has dedicated her time to supporting people with diabetes in her local community has been presented with an award by Diabetes UK. Hayley Gedney, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017, works tirelessly to support people living with diabetes in her local area. She was instrumental in setting up peer support groups in Spalding ...

A group of Spalding neighbours have used lockdown as a reason to improve community spirit in their street. Residents of Farthingales started out by joining in with the clapping for carers. Steve Marriott said: “During the weeks of clapping for carers our neighbours all came together to support each other. “We looked at ways in which we could all make ...

A lake, boat house and bar boat are some of the attractions at a new West Pinchbeck wedding venue. Natalie and Lewis Slack, who run Ace Tones Entertainments, are busy renovating Crown Hall Farm. The farm has a lake and boat house in which they hope to hold wedding ceremonies, plus a bar boat and luxury marquee. Lewis started Ace ...

This week’s nominee of the week for the Pride of South Holland Awards are the South Lincolnshire Advanced Motorcyclists. The group have been nominated for the Bakkavor Local Charity Champion Award. Originally set up as a Boston-based car group, a lottery grant in 2002 led to the setting up of the motorbike session. They hold sessions across South Lincolnshire, including ...

How do you follow up arguably the best video game on the previous generation of consoles? If you’re famed developer Naughty Dog the answer, it seems, is ato set about building a bona-fide contender for the top game of the current generation. The Last Of Us Part II, which is once again a PlayStation exclusive, is a remarkable feat in ...

Holbeach United have celebrated being named Lincolnshire FA’s Grassroots Club of the Year by launching a new Under 18s side. It will mean the club will now have two sides playing at that level and providing a bridge between its thriving junior section and its senior teams. Due to the volume of players being produced through the academy, the club ...

The strong winds made conditions difficult for the latest Tydd Gote AC Sunday club match at Main Road and it showed in the weights. The anticipated nets of bream just didn’t materialise and it was those who could encourage the small silvers to feed that took the leading weights. Andrew Kilby knows how to target the silvers and made no ...

Lincolnshire’s first ever drive through vaccination centre will open its doors in Spalding on Friday (July 10) to 50 12-13 year olds to receive the first dose of their Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) vaccination. The drive in vaccination centre will be open at Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding from 10am for appointment only HPV vaccinations. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS ...

One person was treated by ambulance staff after a two car collision in Low Fulney this morning. The incident occurred at around 11.40am this morning (Monday) on Rangell Gate. Fire fighters from Spalding were in attendance. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Crews used small tools and absorbent granules for scene safety.”

A proposed trial to reduce accidents on Crowland’s Radar Junction has been thrown out by councillors. Instead, Lincolnshire County Council will look at altering the speed limit along that stretch of the A16, a meeting of its Planning and Regulation Committee has decided today (Monday, July 6). The authority had looked to spend £78,000 on implementing a barrier system for ...

A man who posted ‘revenge porn’ pictures of his girlfriend as a way of threatening her to pick up her phone has been jailed. Shane Boyton, of College Close, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, even used a winch from a recovery truck in a bid to get the woman to open her front door. The 41-year-old moved in with the woman earlier ...

Fire crews helped rescue a dog from water in Long Sutton yesterday (Saturday, July 2). Fire crews from Spalding, Holbeach and Boston together with Swift Water Rescue Teams attended the incident at around 1.30pm just off London Road. Crews used a four metre boat to rescue the dog.

South Holland has had the eighth highest COVID-19 infection rate in England new figures have revealed, though the district council leader has said the spread has now slowed. According to the latest government’s statistics the district has had 695 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. That works out at 739.5 cases per 100,000 people, the level which the govenment is measuring ...

Concerns motorists are flouting Spalding’s day time pedestrian areas have been expressed as a bid to encourage cycling and walking in the town and Holbeach has been announced. Since COVID-19 lockdown, more cars have been driving through Spalding’s Market Place and Sheep Market when it should be a pedestrian area, even now shops have re-opened. One member of the public, ...