It’s that time of year again with the run up to Christmas and the dust is settling from chancellor Philip Hammond and his third Budget. According to “Feel good “Phil we can all look forward to Christmas as the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. On taxation, the chancellor may well have pulled a rabbit out of ...

After years of bringing the blight of rubbish to the attention of South Holland District Council (SHDC), I feel it is time for the decent, respectable people of Spalding town to insist that SHDC, as the elected representatives of the people, take a much more pro-active stance to the rubbish on the streets. Neighbouring councils (Boston and South Kesteven) provide ...

Just referring to your letter “Nightmare on the A16”. I have to make the drive to Peterborough most mornings and I always use the old A1073 as it feels safer to drive on, although the road is in bad shape and people still speed past me. The problem with Crowland is people let two or three car out at a ...

Sunday, November 11, 2018, what a special day for all armed forces and past heroes of the First and Second World Wars. At 10.40am I proceeded, along with several others, to Pinchbeck War Memorial to pay my respects and gratitude for life today. At 11.30am still no ceremony, no minute’s silence – nothing! Apparently the service was taking place in ...

A sell-out charity concert by the Ukelele Orchestra of Spalding raised an astonishing £4,000 for charity. Several members of orchestra went back to the South Holland Centre venue to present the impressive amount to the East Midlands Alzheimer’s Society last week. The orchestra members covered the cost of hiring the venue and the services of the centre staff, to ensure ...

A Long Sutton woman has died following a road traffic collision that closed the A17 overnight. Police were called to the incident near Long Sutton at 6.38pm last night (Tuesday) with the road remaining closed until around 7am this morning. The woman was driving the Renault Clio when it was involved in a collision with a a white Iveco articulated lorry. ...

A Cowbit petrolhead, who has spent the last year raising awareness of his deliberating condition, is facing an emotional end of the motor-racing season as it could be the last he’s able to travel to independently. James Wilson-White (50) has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a nerve issues that causes pain and affects movement, which is spreading throughout his body ...

Around 50 people a year in the South Holland and the Deepings region are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to Cancer Alliance, and one in four people diagnosed with the disease won’t survive a month. Today (Thursday) is Pancreatic Cancer Day, an event created to bring awareness to the quickest killing form of cancer. Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse, Diana ...

Changing its unused and brand new card-only parking ticket machines to take cash could cost South Holland District Council £7,000, according to a report due to go before its cabinet next week. The authority spent £28,000 on ten new machines last year – eight of which were for card only payments. But only one has been installed. Card-only machines were ...

A mobile cancer treatment unit has received a cash boost thanks to a family of fundraisers who give in memory of their beloved father and husband. Spalding couple Diane and Ian Tilley held a coffee morning to raise money for cancer care recently. It was backed by Diane’s twin sister, Elaine, raising £465 by hosting craft days at her home. ...

Installing a loud alarm and security lights are suggestions made by Lincolnshire Police for their recent rural crime ‘day of action’. As part of the National Day of Action Against Rural Crime, the police published a list of preventative measures people in rural areas can take. “Our advice pages www.lincs.police.uk/reporting-advice/ contain a lot of tried and tested solutions to security ...

A Spalding apprentice has landed a prestigious national award. Aaron Wild has been named the first year DAF Apprentice of the Year at a special awards ceremony recently. The 17-year-old, who works for the Ford and Slater DAF dealership in the town, saw off the competition from more than 100 other DAF apprentices to land the title. As part of ...

Army Cadets from Spalding and Holbeach detachments were among those who took part in a battlefield tour in northern France. The cadets, who are part of Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force (ACF), took part in the three-day trip in late October as part of a national campaign to mark 100 years since the Armistice and give the cadets a greater insight ...

Year Six pupils from Ayscoughfee Hall Primary School visited South Holland District Council’s Priory Road offices to learn about democracy. On Monday, November 12 they met councillors and officers including the authority’s vice chairman Coun Harry Drury and cabinet members Coun Christine Lawton and Coun Roger Gambba-Jones. The visit culminated in the pupils getting a chance to exercise their own ...

A society that helps the blind says it is “desperate” for new members to help people who may otherwise be trapped in their own homes. The South Lincs Blind Society says it needs more volunteers to stay open. Among their chief responsibilities is to visit those who can not see in the area and provide them some company. A number ...

A 76-year-old pensioner from the Spalding area has died following a road traffic collision on the A16 yesterday. The man, who has not been named, was driving a white Vauxhall Astra around 12.20pm at Algakirk when the vehicle was involved with a collision with a white Scania HGV. Lincolnshire Police closed the road for several hours and initially reported that one ...

Ambulance staff will not be sent to those who have suffered non emergency falls in Lincolnshire in a new pilot project that is aiming to cut waiting times. A new “model of response” to deal with falls has been announced and Lincolnshire County Council, which has pledged £300,000 to help fund it, hopes it will be up and running before ...

A Long Sutton man was found in possession of cannabis, close to a children’s play area in Spalding where anti-social behaviour had been observed. Cieren Peter Brownsword, 28, of Little London, Long Sutton admitted possessing 5.79 grams of cannabis, when he appeared before District Judge Peter Veits sitting at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Shelley Wilson said police were carrying out observations ...

There are plenty of ways to pay respect to those lost in the First World War. But there can’t be many villages where the parish council chairman and his wife have hand-made a Tommy for every man killed. The dozen silhouettes can be found around the village and each has an individual’s name and details attached. Bill Harrison said the ...

Pupils at a Spalding school need your votes to help them achieve their dream playground. The Priory Special School supports pupils aged from 11 to 16 years old with a range of needs. Votes are needed for the Tesco Bags of Help initiative as the school is one of three on the latest shortlist. The playground is used by 130 ...