It was one of the warmest Easter weekends ever – and we weren’t allowed to go anywhere. While hopes the lockdown would be over by Easter proved to be quixotic, there was still plenty of holiday fun. Donna Marie’s kids Evie-Leigh (6), Ayda (3) and Jaiden (10) have a family tradition of getting together for an Easter hunt every year. ...

Two local businesses have helped staff at Peterborough City Hospital get a special personalised gift. The Patient Safety team at the hospital has been given the bags thanks to a number of local businesses. And they include Sign Design Services of Spalding who helped create the bags and the Spar in Pinchbeck who provided food to fill them with. A ...

A planning application has been submitted to turn Moulton Methodist Church into a residential dwelling. Moulton Methodist Church on Bell Lane is believed to have been built in 1830 after around 35 years of the society founded in 1789 of having met in someone’s home. But the planning application submitted to South Holland District Council states that the church is ...

St Barnabas Hospice has launched an urgent appeal for funds as they continue to care for some of society’s most vulnerable during the coronavirus outbreak. The Lincolnshire charity, which runs the Jenny Freeman Lodge in Spalding, continues to care for those living with life-limiting or terminal illnesses during the coronavirus outbreak. They have announced that they could lose £1,000,000 over ...

Random donations of fruit to homes are among the highlights as the Spalding COVID Kindness Team has continued to raise smiles across South Holland. The group has continued to provide care packages to some of the area’s most vulnerable and those who are self-isolating thanks to the generous donations of a number of local businesses. And there were some extra ...

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information as they try to identify the body of an elderly women found in the River Welland, just outside South Holland. The body of a women in her late 70s or 80s was found in the waterway at Deeping St James on Sunday, April 12. Lincolnshire Police say the women is around 5ft 4in and ...

Thousands of homes across South Holland are thought to be without running this water this morning (Tuesday, April 14) after a pump failure. Anglian Water says it hopes to restore all supplies by midday today. It’s website states that everywhere in South Holland east of Spalding town centre is affected. A statement on the Anglian Water website, says: “We’re really ...

A fire broke out at a Spalding home last night after it was hit by lightning. Spalding Fire Crew was called out to a roof on fire on Ambleside Drive off Hawthorn Bank at around 9pm last night (Sunday, April 12). Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said that a loft space suffered “moderate” damage due to the fire which was caused ...

A community fund to support voluntary groups to help vulnerable people through the COVID-19 crisis has been launched by Lincolnshire County Council. Lincolnshire charities, voluntary, community or social enterprise groups working hard to support residents impacted by COVID-19 are being encouraged to get in touch with their local county councillor to apply for grant funding of up to £3,000. This ...

The chair of a group set up to oversee the COVID-19 outbreak in Lincolnshire says that social distancing is working well in the county, but the measures need to continue over the Easter weekend and beyond. The chairman of the Lincolnshire Resilience Forum, Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin, said in a statement today that the county had not seen the ...

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is launching an urgent fundraising appeal as the charity anticipates losing up to £3m and the capacity to fly at night. It’s also announced that it’s already making cut backs including not flying at night through May. It stresses the reason for the reduced service is not just due to funds, but also because staff ...

Six fire crews battled a blaze at a West Pinchbeck workshop overnight. Crews were alerted to the blaze on Six House Banks shortly before 6pm last night (Wednesday, April 8). Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue urged people to avoid the area and asked local residents to keep their doors and windows closed due to the smoke. The final crew left the ...

The book a 10-year-old from Gosberton has written is helping other children with worries during this difficult time. Kiki the Worry Monster has been authored by Erin Smith to help children to manage their worries. It was written last year in an effort to help children and young people to deal with and openly talk about their feelings and concerns, ...

Emergency medical response charity, LIVES, is launching an Easter competition to win a hamper full of Easter Goodies!The challenge is to design an Easter egg that LIVES mascot, Defib Dan, would love, and make the Easter Bunny hoppy! The activity template will be available on the LIVES website. All they are asking is that you like and tag the LIVES Facebook page and Twitter page and share ...

Lincolnshire is receive a donation of 10,000 surgical masks from China. The Hunan provincial government is donating the masks to to support frontline staff during the coronavirus response. Lincolnshire County Council, which has signed a Decleration of Friendship with the Chinese province, say the masks will arrive in the county in the coming weeks. Coun Colin Davie, executive councillor for ...

Nearby residents are being urged to keep windows and doors closed in Weat Pinchbeck due to a large fire in the village. The blaze, which was reported at just before 6pm this evening, is reported to be in an outbuilding off Six House Bank. Four fire crews, two from Spalding, one from Bourne and Donington, are in attendance. A spokesman ...

A family who lost nearly everything they had in a house fire last week have been aided by a “phenomenal” response from the local community. The family – a mother and four boys aged eight, ten, 13 and 19 – had to flee their West Drove North home in Gedney Hill at 2am on Wednesday, April 1. More than 30 ...

Spalding Cemetery has been closed to the public. South Holland District Council announced the move last week. In a statement the council said: “In line with emergency legislation to stop the spread of COVID-19, all cemeteries nationwide are now closed to members of the public and contractors. “Access is only allowed for funeral corteges.” The council also quotes the new ...

A family flower growers has praised Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue for stopping a blaze destroying its business. Smith and Musson on Gipsy Lane in Gedney suffered a large fire in one of its buildings at around 5.30pm on Thursday which destroyed an unknown amount of stock and equipment. But those behind the family-run company are full of praise for the ...

A self-isolating couple are able to see their family members across the world after their three-year campaign to improve one of the worst internet connections in the country ended last month. Roger and Pam Langstaff, of Pipwell Gate in Saracen’s Head, started lobbying authorities in 2017 after the street was named the seventh slowest in the UK for broadband connections. ...