Patients will by now have received their letters from the South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (SLCCG). We have been asked to complete an online survey; this is best left for now as the coming public meetings should reveal more details of their true intentions. There are three months until the end of December so there is no rush. Some patients ...

To everyone at the South Holland Centre and the Pride Awards 2018, I would like to say a big, big thank you for such a pleasurable afternoon. I would also like to thank Jan Whitbourn for organising the event. It must have taken many hours of hard work. I’d also like to say thank you for a beautiful orchid she ...

More than £15m of South Holland District Council cash is currently in the accounts of other authorities, with no interest rate above one per cent. Currently, SHDC has almost £10m out to the likes of London Borough of Enfield (£5m) and Cambridgeshire County Council (£4m). These are classed as “cash investments” by the council, rather than loans. The lowest rate ...

A Pride of South Holland Awards 2018 winner who couldn’t make the awards ceremony due to his dedication to his shop has been presented with his award at his workplace. Colin Foxwell was the first-prize winner of the Caring Neighbour award but was working at his Cowbit Village Stores shop. Pride of South Holland Awards organiser Jan Whitbourn said: “It ...

As residents and visitors celebrated Lincolnshire Day on Monday – the Big Lottery Fund revealed that South Holland has received a total of £2.6m grant help since the fund was launched. Lincolnshire as a whole has received more than £70m of Lottery Funding in the 20 years since it started. Some 250 South Holland projects and 3,000 across the county ...

If you know a young person who is reaching for the sky, Holbeach Air Cadets has just the thing. The 2430 Royal Air Force Cadets will be holding a recruitment event later this month. The squadron was founded in 1964 and is looking for new people to join. It meets at the Squardron HQ, Fairfield, Church Street and the open ...

Two women from Spalding are among three to face a jury trial next year accused of conspiracy to supply drugs. Sally Ann Carpenter, 42, of Waterside Court, Double Street, Spalding, and Diara Dixon, 20, of Dover Road, Walton, Peterborough, each denied charges of conspiracy to supply diamorphine and cocaine on dates between July 1 and 30 this year when they appeared ...

More routes have been added to a popular recycling scheme in South Holland and extra spaces were released this week. The garden waste collection service was run as a pilot scheme in a limited area of the district. Some 3,600 households were able to subscribe as there were ten routes available as only one vehicle was adapted. But another has ...

Spalding’s Cats Protection is bursting at the seams with kittens looking for a new home. There are currently 11 bundles of fun in residence with another 11 waiting for room. And volunteers are urging cat owners to make sure they have their pets neutered to help call a halt to the population explosion. “It is vital that people have their ...

South Holland had its cake and ate it last week – all in the name of charity. A host of Macmillan Coffee Mornings have been to raise money for the charity that supports those affected by cancer. It’s something that people of all ages can get involved in with five-year-old Brogan Marshall from Deeping St Nicholas leading the way. He ...

More than £1,000 has been raised at a charity clay pigeon shoot for the Poppy Appeal.   The event, held earlier this month at the East of England Shooting Ground near Whaplode Drove, saw almost 40 contestants in teams of up to four competing for prizes including a Land Rover Experience donated by Duckworth Jaguar Land Rover of Kirton and ...

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust has been rated as Outstanding. The trust provides a range of services, such as community hospitals, including Spalding’s Johnson, minor injury units, out of hours GP services and community nurses. It employs 1,987 staff and the recent inspection gave it an overall rating of outstanding. “We rated safe, effective and caring as good and ...

What do Amy Winehouse, Miles Davis and Gustav Holst have in common? They’ve all been chosen by South Holland and The Deepings MP John Hayes as part of his Desert Island Disc selection. On Saturday, September 22, Broad Street Methodist Church in Spalding hosted its own version of the BBC show in which celebrities choose the music they’d take with ...

Book yourself and your families into Libraries Week with Spalding Library among those hosting a number of events. Libraries Week is the annual showcase of the best that UK libraries of all kinds have to offer. In 2018, with a focus on wellbeing, libraries across Lincolnshire will showcase how they bring communities together, combat loneliness, provide a space for reading and ...

A family pottery firm is holding an arts exhibition at Ayscoughfee Hall for the second year running. Step by Step 2 by Tydd Pottery is returning from October 10 to October 27 with a special viewing taking place on October 13 with some of the artists including Tydd Pottery’s own Ant and Di Edmonds. They will be joined again this ...

A court has heard that a Spalding man waved a kitchen knife from side to side in a ‘slashing motion’ during a dispute in the street with his former partner and her mother. David Briggs (30), of Winsover Road, admitted possessing the knife in a public place when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. The court was told that Briggs’ ...

A remembrance service for the 1st Parachute Squadron of the Royal Engineers was well-attended. The names of the fallen were read at the church service in Donington on Sunday, September 23. Outside, at the memorial beneath the Arnhem Oak, which was brought back as a sapling from the battelfield, a service was held for the internment of Lt Peter Stainforth ...

South Holland schools and nurseries can take part in a special competition to win tickets for a festive fun event. The team at Birchgrove Garden Centre is planning an online poll to pick a group to meet Santa. Local schools and nurseries could win 20 free tickets for youngsters to enjoy the Santa’s Grotto on Wednesday, November 28. The visit ...

A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Spalding man who is accused of defrauding customers by failing to supply orders of memorial headstones.   Judge Simon Hirst granted a prosecution application for the arrest of Julian Karl Gaunt after he failed to attend a pre-trial hearing at Lincoln Crown Court.   Gaunt, 40, of Queens Road, Spalding, ...

A man has died after being trapped under a vehicle in Crowland. Lincolnshire Police were called to The Chase at 7.15pm on Saturday night (September 29) following the incident that is not being treated as suspicious. A spokesman said: “We were called to The Chase, Crowland, at 7.15pm on Saturday (September 29), to a report that a man was trapped ...