Spalding firefighters will be bringing some festive fun to South Holland later this month. The station’s sleigh run will begin on Monday, December 17 starting at Spalding High School before heading to Matmore Gate, Heathfield Avenue, Thornton Road, Mulberry Way, Alexandra Road, Johnson Avenue, Bowditch Road, Clay Lane, Peck’s Drove, Viking Way, Saxon Close, Holyrood Walk, Edinburgh Drive, Balmoral Avenue, ...

Driving to Folkestone and back twice is among the fantastic efforts from our amazing readers in helping those less fortunate have a Christmas to remember. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with We’ll Let Your House director Harry Drury to launch the Give A Gift appeal and since then readers have been leaving gifts at drop-off points across ...

Holbeach Hospital is getting itself well and truly in the Christmas spirit with a range of events over the coming days. The community facility will be holding a Festive Friday this week with everyone encouraged to wear that fantastic Christmas jumper lurking at the back of the wardrobe. There will also be a cake sale and some busking and a ...

Thanks to the generosity of Holbeach residents and businesses there is a new ‘Tommy’ standing guard in the cemetery. The second Tommy arrived after Remembrance Sunday and joins his comrade already in place at the grave of someone who died in World War I. The silhouette outlines of soldiers from the era were sold by a charity organisation to mark ...

Market House in Long Sutton will become a winter wonderland full of the festive food and gifts at the Long Sutton Festive Feast. The event takes place this Sunday, December 9, and is sheltered from the elements inside the historic building. Entry is free and the event runs from 10am to 3pm, with live music and more. Nine local businesses ...

A man who burgled his neighbours’ home after being trusted to look after their dogs while they were on holiday has been  jailed at Lincoln Crown Court.   Peter Buchanan removed the safe from the property in Low Gate Road, Fleet Hargate,  as well as stealing other items including bank cards, clothing, food and shoes.   Philip Plant, prosecuting, said the ...

A much anticipated branch of KFC could be set for Spalding after planning permission for the fast food outlet was submitted. South Holland District Council will decide whether to approve the drive-through and sit in restaurant off the A16/A151 roundabout near Springfields Shopping Outlet after the plans were submitted to the authority last Thursday, November 29. Documents submitted with the ...

A  man who committed sex offences against two 15 year old girls was today (Fri) jailed for five years after a judge described him as posing a risk to young girls.   Neil Amess sent sexually explicit messages to the girls and met up with them. He went on to give them alcohol after taking back to his flat in Spalding and ...

The grand opening of Jack Wills, the popular British fashion brand, at Springfields has been announced, and will open at 9.30am on Wednesday November 21. The new Jack Wills outlet will offer savings on recommended retail prices and as a special opening treat, are offering a further 30 per cent off outlet prices when you buy three or more items. ...

The Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding will no longer deal with walk-in minor injuries if a major review of emergency care in Lincolnshire is approved. The hospital, which operates as a non-appointment unit for minor injuries in the South Holland area, is in the firing line to be re-categoried. If the proposed reforms are approved, it will only be open ...

Thousands came to Spalding for a Remembrance Sunday made even more poignant as it marked 100 years since the end of the First World War. Crowds watched the parades as service personnel, veterans, dignitaries and youth organisations marched two and from the town centre to the gardens of Ayscoughfee Hall. There wreaths were laid at the town’s war memorial. In ...

Pupils from Cowbit Primary School are set to make Christmas extra special for those less fortunate than themselves.   For the third year the school has backed the Rotary Club of South Holland’s Showbox Appeal.   The children have filled boxes with gifts for children from poor families in parts of eastern Europe to provide some extra Christmas cheer.   ...

Food processing company Princes is set to invest in a multi-million pound project at its Long Sutton plant. Members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee are due to discuss the application at a meeting on Wednesday. The site is the company’s largest food production facility and employs 498 permanent staff. The company, which took over the property in 2011, ...

Holbeach’s Armistice Commemorations began with a walking tour around the town’s Cemetery Chapels. Around 50 people were given the stories behind the graves of the fallen from war who are buried in the town, courtesy of the research from Linden Secker and Mike Brett. At each grave a cross was laid and a short tribute read on Saturday. The town’s ...

The annual Remembrance Service and parade held at Springfields Shopping Outlet saw shoppers join a host of people from numerous organisations in paying their respects to the fallen. Wreaths were laid at the memorial in Springfield Gardens on Saturday. The gardens themselves were decorated with 100 hand-crafted poppies made by Nita Clarkson to mark the centenary of the end of ...

A Holbeach gym owner has raised almost £1,000 for RBL and Royal Marines Charity by completing a Centenery Challenge that took almost 10 hours of gruelling physical pain. Former Royal Marine Sam started at 6am on Friday and for the next nine hours and 54 minutes, people dropped in to donate and cheer him on as he attempted to run ...

As an aged male I fell in Spalding town centre last Thursday. Five or six kind ladies and a young man came to my aid. They checked to see if I had any injuries and helped me to my feet. Due to the shock of falling I cannot remember thanking them. It is good to know that there are such ...

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 ...