The authority that oversees adult care in Lincolnshire says it has overcome initial problems in gaining personal protection equipment (PPE) and has a stock in case of emergency. The deputy leader and the executive councillor for adult care, health and children’s services of Lincolnshire County Council, Coun Patricia Bradwell made the announcement at a meeting of the authority’s executive on ...

Even before the coronavirus restrictions it was easier to get an audience with the Pope than get into the recycling centre, given its limited opening hours. What’s the big deal? In neighbouring Wisbech they manage to open every day of the year except Christmas. Post crisis can we have a more user friendly service? Rick Stringer Sutton St James

Every year in July I visit the council offices to have an annual Life Certificate certified for the German pension authorities. I then return the certificate to Germany to ensure my pension continues to be paid for another year. However, at present due to the pandemic the offices are closed and there is still no indication on the council website ...

It’s just over 50 years ago since a Labour Ggovernment passed the Equal Pay Act, outlawing workplace pay discrimination. This law was won by women coming together in their workplaces, organising through their unions to demand equal pay and forcing the issue onto the political agenda. This would not have happened without a Labour government willing to take action for ...

I recently received a letter from local MP, Sir John Hayes, dated May 25, 2020 which contained the following somewhat self-congratulatory statement: “Before the economic crash of 2008 the UK’s cyclically adjusted deficit was 5.2 per cent, twice as high as the average advanced country. “In contrast by 2019 it was just 1.3 per cent lower than the developed country ...

COVID has not gone away. Sad to see that opinion on the Cummings affair seems to be dividing into party political and Brexit lines, as are some aspects of the government and opposition approach to the COVID pandemic. All I can say about Cummings is that I wish he had not made the decisions he did but if there was ...

I have nothing but praise for the staff at the recycling centre in West Marsh Road. I’ve been twice now; booking is simple and service is good. The only down side is I can’t take my small trailer 7ft x 4ft and have to try to get garden waste into my car. This is sometimes wet and smelly. However, full ...

Bakkavor has been a major employer in South Holland for many years, Jan Whitbourn writes. I’ve been speaking to Will Naylor, Senior HR Business Partner at Bakkavor Meals for Spalding and Sutton Bridge. He said: “We at Bakkvor are a proud member of this community and continuously support local initiatives, projects and causes which are important to our people and ...

A partially sighted 75-year-old said thank you to the staff that helped him back to health from COVID-19 among the final Clap for Carers held last week. Dennis Pearson joined a host of businesses at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital last Thursday for the event. For ten weeks, the country has stood on their doorsteps together at 8pm on Thursdays to applaud ...

Concerns have been raised over the emergence of new types of scams which try to take advantage of vulnerable households in Lincolnshire during the Covid-19 lockdown. Over 2,000 online fraud attempts have been identified and blocked in the past month, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, including fake online shops and websites which attempt to steal user data, ...

A group that aims to be the voice of the Lincolnshire public in healthcare wants to hear from you about how local care homes have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. HW Lincs says care home deaths in Lincolnshire are the lowest in the country and has launched a survey and is looking for care home staff, residents and their families ...

Two gnomes that have been christened Dom and Boris have been turning up unannounced at the doors of homes in Fleet. For the past two weeks different families have awoken to find the two 2ft 6in figurines outside their homes. Pictures of where the pair have turned up that morning have appeared on the Friends of Fleet Facebook page. And ...

A host of district councillors have donated money to the first responders charity LIVES. Each elected member of South Holland District Council has a designated ward budget to provide to a local charity, and 29 of them have helped donate a total of £5,050 to the Lincolnshire charity which looks to responds to emergency’s as quickly as possible. Like all ...

A 95-year-old woman is back in her own home after two months in hospital beating coronavirus. Violet Sismey spent eight weeks in hospital battling COVID-19 and her family were told to prepare for the worst. But Violet refused to give up and on Thursday was discharged from the Welland Ward at Spalding’s Johnson Community Hospital to return home. Violet was ...

A group of local businesses are continuing to show support for the NHS and provide masks for carers. Once again last week the trio of Barry Disdel, Sam Crane and Gary Goldsmith were out clapping carers at a local hospital, this time Peterborough City Hospital. The convoy organised was even featured on the BBC’s Clap For Carers programme. For the ...

A holiday caravan site is to be allowed to open all year round, despite opposition from Long Sutton Parish Council. Permission for Foreman’s Bridge Caravan Park on the A17 west of McDonald’s was given in 2008 on the proviso static caravans were not allowed on the site from November until March. However South Holland District Council’s development manager this week ...

Spalding’s Agape Food Bank is the latest group to benefit from our Donate A Dinner appeal. The food bank, which is operated by Chas Sandhu of the Lighthouse Church, will be the beneficiary of any items donated this week. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with Coun Harry Drury to launch Donate A Dinner – an appeal which ...

Market traders are eager to get back as the easing of lockdown restrictions continue to be announced by central government. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this week that markets could open from Monday June 1 so long as they were “COVID safe”. The chair of Spalding’s Market Traders, Dave Burgess told The Voice that many market traders were raring to ...

A Spalding couple who marked what would have been their wedding day with a virtual ceremony, said they both had pre-ceremony jitters. Kirsty Woods and Ryan McClenaghan organised a virtual handfasting ceremony over Zoom on Saturday – the day they would have wed had their big day not been postponed due to the coronavirus crisis. Kirsty said: “The day before ...

Repair work has finally begun again on a road that collapsed in Holbeach. Boston Road South has been closed between Cecil Pywell Avenue and Holbeach Primary Academy since early March after issues with the sewer led to large holes opening up. Repair work was paused following the lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with Anglian Water saying it was prioritising ...