Residents and staff at Holbeach Hospital were treated to a fish and chip supper as a thank you for the care they gave a former patient. The Hungry Plaice donated over 50 freshly cooked meals for those there and even came back later on Wednesday, May 20 so the evening staff didn’t miss out. Owner Georgina Lee-Price put on the ...

Good causes in South Holland have received grants from Lincolnshire County Council to support them during the coronavirus pandemic. All eight councillors covering divisions in our district have helped to issue cash from the Covid-19 Community Fund Scheme. Each of the 70 county councillors is able to allocate up to £3,000 to community groups in their division. As of May ...

A bonfire got out of control causing fire damage to two workshops and fence panels this afternoon (Thursday, May 21). Fire crews from Spalding, Crowland and Holbeach were called to Highstock Lane in Gedney Hill shortly before midday. Two metal framed workshops and 10 fence panels were damaged by the blaze. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say it was “caused by ...

Two local food banks have been given thousands of pounds to be able to continue to help some of the most vulnerable in South Holland with one reporting a nearly 550 per cent increase in its service last month. Both the Agape Food Bank in Spalding and Holbeach’s Food Bank have received the grants to help them continue through the ...

A Spalding couple who were due to marry on Saturday are marking what would have been their big day with a special virtual ceremony. Kirsty Woods (29) and Ryan McClenaghan (31) had been planning their wedding for two years and were devastated when the coronavirus pandemic forced them to postpone. Kirsty Woods and Ryan McClenaghan Kirsty said: “We were having ...

An air ambulance landed in Spalding yesterday (May 19) after a women in her 70s fell ill. The helicopter, which is based in Huntingdon and usually serves the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire area, was seen flying low over the town and landed at 3.50pm. A MAGPAS spokesman said: “At 3:50pm yesterday afternoon (20th) Magpas Doctor Simon Lewis and Critical Care Paramedic ...

More planning applications will be decided behind closed doors during lockdown after South Holland District Council decided not to hold online Planning Committee meetings yet. In March, central government changed rules to allow councils to hold planning meetings online. Many have done so, including neighbouring South Kesteven. SHDC’s Full Council held an online meeting last week where they voted to ...

Spalding Cemetery is open for almost all of its normal hours now, following a period of closure and then reduced opening hours. The cemetery was closed to the public during the coronavirus outbreak despite a number of complaints from people wishing to visit and tend the graves of their loved ones. At the central government coronavirus briefing on April 18, ...

Face masks are being created and delivered to NHS workers and carers thanks to kind-hearted local businesses. For the past few Thursdays, organised convoys have been visiting local hospitals for the 8pm clap for the NHS. Kel Hodds and son Scott. And at the last one in King’s Lynn, landscaper Barry Disdel presented 105 masks he’d paid for to be ...

Holbeach Food Bank is the latest group to benefit from the Donate A Dinner appeal. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with South Holland district councillor Harry Drury to launch the campaign at the start of April. Since then generous donations have ensured that scores of groups and individuals across the district have been supported. The idea behind ...

The Spalding COVID Kindness Team will disband at the end of next month. The committee behind the team has decided to close it on June 28. On a post on their Facebook page, founder Keira Williamson said: “This decision has not been an easy one to make. “We are not by any means out of the COVID woods yet, but ...

People with diabetes are being urged to access support available to them as the NHS says they’re ‘significantly’ more at risk of COVID-19. The plea comes as new NHS research has revealed that people living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with Covid-19. The study shows that people living with type 1 diabetes are at three and ...

A woman is looking to beat The Great North Run in September alongside her friend just months after beating breast cancer. Teresa Walton, of Weston, was diagnosed with the disease after a routine mammogram just two days after son Sam got married last July. But after radiotherapy she was given the all clear on New Year’s Eve and is now ...

As manufacturers return to work, best practice guidance can ensure a safe return to work, with social distancing and appropriate PPE being vital for all concerned. With both the UK’s new car market and used car market – which declined 8.3 per cent during Q1 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Society Of Motor Manufacturers & Traders ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s new logo should be “Close it”. Cemetery – Close It: Thanks to Coun Angela Newton for getting it opened. Skips – Close It: Eddy Poll, executive councillor in charge, comes up with a bright idea – let’s do it online. Not all people have computers. As for taking somebody with you to unload, what about social distancing ...

What?! Unbelievable! After all the posturing and touting support for our NHS and other frontline workers, this government, it seems, has plans to ‘reward’ them with another pay freeze!! Since taxpayers pay their salaries too (something often conveniently forgotten) could ministers not save money by cutting their own pay? Perhaps John Hayes would like to lead the way by promising ...

I’ve just read the letter from Spalding cycling group telling people that they can walk or cycle to work especially if they live in a two-mile radius of Spalding, but may I just say that there are a lot of cyclists who need educating first as majority of them using Pinchbeck Road towards town don’t, or won’t, use the cycle ...

In response to Aaron Woods’ letter of May 7, it would seem that Morrisons’ security changes the rules depending who you are. On Thursday May 7, I was waiting to go into the shop there were about three people in front of me. The security guard was talking to a young couple and going by what was said, I assumed ...

I am sure anyone who regularly travels along Park Road, Spalding will be pleased to see that at last works have started to repair the road subsidence that has caused problems for so long. It’s an unfortunate fact that councils frequently need reminding of their responsibilities and I am certain that had it not been for Coun Angela Newton’s influence ...

Would you please say a very big thank you to all The Spalding COVID Kindness Team, who recently delivered a bag of fruit and vegetables to my home for myself and my husband. It was very generously given and very gratefully received. Linda and Colin RackhamLadywood Road Spalding