This week is your last chance to get in your entry to the Holbeach Front Garden competition, with prizes on offer to the green-fingered cultivators who take the top three spots. Whether your blooming garden is your pride and joy or you’re looking for a reason to get stuck into some landscaping, the Holbeach Front Garden competition is the perfect ...

Despite being suddenly left paralysed from the waist down, a Long Sutton mum of six has set herself a target to climb Snowdon. As previously reported, doctors are unsure why Charlotte Bates has been left in a wheelchair and officially classed as T6 paraplegic having lost most of her bodily functions from the waist down. It’s left her struggling to ...

You have until Saturday to vote on seven potential new names for the GP surgery that’s based at the Johnson Hospital. What’s currently known as the Johnson GP Centre was set up at the Johnson Hospital for the patients of Pennygate Health Centre which closed last September after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission. Health officials say they’re ...

This week’s Pride of South Holland Award featured nominee is Elite Sports. The person who nominated them wrote: “I feel Elite are worthy winners of the Community Sports Award for all they do in Spalding and the surrounding area for children of all ages. “Firstly the work they do within schools. Providing a service which enables many children access to ...

A new play-centre for young children which will have an emphasis on role-play is set to open in Holbeach’s historic former pub The Bell. Petite Street is the brainchild of Sophie Sandford whose husband Jamie has bought the building and nearby The Chequers. The mother-of-one is turning the downstairs of The Bell into the centre for early years children. “There ...

An Armed Forces service to commemorate the start of World War Two will take place in Spalding on Tuesday, September 3, at St Mar;ys and St Nicolas Church, alongside a council-run flag-raising marking Merchant Navy Day. The flag raising ceremony at the South Holland District Council offices, at 9.45am. The church service, which marks the day Britain declared war on ...

Fire crews from across Lincolnshire descended on a Pinchbeck factory on Tuesday night after a fire in a plant room. The blaze was reported at 10.37pm at Greenyard Produce’s Distribution Centre off Stephenson Avenue. Crews from Spalding, Donington, Holbeach, Kirton, Bourne, an aerial ladder platform from Boston as well as officers from Grantham and Market Rasen were in attendance. They ...

Cowbit’s annual Fun on the Field will have a few extra gears this weekend. That’s because the annual event will also boast a vintage car show as it takes place from 3pm on the Playing Field off Parkin Road. Cowbit man James Wilson-White will be there raising awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and the motor-sports lover offered to ...

The death of a man at a Spalding bakery is being treated as unexplained, Lincolnshire Police has said. They responded to a report of the sudden death of a man in his 40s on Fulney Road around 1.20pm on Sunday, August 25. The incident happened at Addo Food Group’s Spalding Bakery. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “Incident 250 of ...

The first part of weeks of work on the A17 Crosskeys Bridge is set to take place on Wednesday and Thursday 4 and 5 September. As previously reported, temporary traffic lights, or a 32-mile diversion are the options while specialist surfacing is put down. The main works are due to start on September 30, but a trial of placing the ...

From refereeing, to musicianship to law, Spalding Grammar School pupils are looking at a host of different careers after picking up their GCSE results. Luke Hood would eventually like to become a professional referee and at the age of 16 is already qualified enough to referee Peterborough and District League games as well as run the line for the likes ...

The careers of a host of Spalding High School students have lift off after they picked up their GCSE results today (Thursday). In total 150 students achieved 1,626 GCSE qualifications with 41 per cent of those at grades nine to seven, the equivalent of the previous A* to B. It includes 99 per cent of students achieved the “standard pass” ...

Students at Spalding Academy School are celebrating after some excellent GCSE results. The school says that the results show improvement for the third year in a row and students continue to be above the national average. On the new vocational BTEC programme they enjoyed a 100 per cent pass rate. Top performers included Julija Bindzaite, Matthew Walker, Katie Wiliamson and Luke ...

Four acres of field and one tonne of hay bales have been destroyed in a fire outside Crowland today (Tuesday). Three fire crews from Cambridgeshire aided Spalding and Market Deeping crews in putting out the fire off Spalding Road which was reported at around 12.30pm this lunch time. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say the firefighters used beaters and jets to ...

They cared for their disabled sister and their paralysed mother while studying – now Abigail and Emily Bates are aiming for medical careers after being inspired by their family. It’s been an incredibly tough 18 months for Long Sutton mum Charlotte Bates who left doctors baffled as to why she lost all functions below the chest. Her daughter Alice (12) ...

The newly revamped Ayscoughfee Cafe hasn’t finished its facelift yet, as the owners hope a dramatic remodelling  is on the cards. New cafe managers Sarah Hall and Ellie Clay took over the cafe in July and have revamped the look, feel and menu, with fresh white walls and locally-sourced produce.   But the pair hope the building, which is owned ...

A long-standing row over the funding of Glen Park in Surfleet is coming to a head as the park remains closed during the busy summer months. The park has been fenced off since May after a safety inspection showed problems with some pieces of equipment including the Everest Tower, aerial runway and climbing nets. Surfleet Play and Recreation Charity (SPARC), ...

A report a gun was pointed at a person driving through Spalding led to a man hunt last night (Tuesday). The Lincolnshire Police helicopter was involved in the search for two men after it was reported two men pointed a black hand gun at the vehicle a witness was driving along Hereward Road between 7.40pm and 7.45 pm on Tuesday, ...

It is very encouraging when you see the diligence and effectiveness of a Member of Parliament to know that he represents you and the place in which you live. We are fortunate to have such an MP in Sir John Hayes. John is exceptionally diligent and highly effective. As I read how he had responded to the excellent coverage given ...

May I thank Peter Cole of Sutton Bridge for his response to my letter two weeks ago, though needless to say I am disappointed that he failed to provide any reasons whatsoever as to why the National Farmers’ Union are wrong to say that we must avoid a No Deal Brexit “at all costs”. Surely an organisation with such influence ...