A former police sergeant says shoplifters who keep re-offending should receive community service punishments as prison sentences are not effective. Stuart Brotherton, the Business Watch co-ordinator for Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce is taking his fight for a change in how repeat offenders are dealt with to central government. The former police sergeant for Spalding says there are 38 such repeat ...

Across South Holland, people have been raising money for Sports Relief. One of the stars was 10-year-old Peter Bailey who has raised a significant amount for charity thanks to a danceathon and singathon at his school Gosberton House Academy. In preperation, Peter collected pennies in a jar, all of which he is to give to Sport Relief. Pupils at Sutton ...

Lincolnshire is set to receive an additional £3.4m from the government’s Pothole Action Repair Fund. The money will go towards repairing local roads badly affected by the winter weather. The county council now has a total of £12.4m to spend on potholes, road repairs and other improvements during 2018/19. It includes £9m previously earmarked by the council for this financial ...

A South Holland school has been praised for developing the life skills of its pupils along with academic performance. A recent Ofsted inspection resulted in a letter to the head teacher praising the leadership team at the William Stukeley Church of England Primary School, Holbeach. “Your ethos of developing pupils’ life skills, such as resilience, independence and the ability to ...

I have just watched a news item about potholes and the terrible state of the national road network in general. North, south, east, west – the story is the same neglect, neglect, neglect and the reasons are the same austerity, lack of money, tight budgets and an estimated repair bill of £9 billion is totally out of the question. The ...

I read with interest your front page story regarding a potential “planned overhaul of the leisure facilities ie the swimming pool and the Castle Sports Complex”. Having discussed this at length with friends recently, can I put forward a few suggestions? Firstly – and controversially to residents who live in Spalding – move the whole complex out of town. As ...

South Holland District Council is to spend £250,000 over five years on improved lawnmowers to keep the area looking trim. On Tuesday, the authority’s cabinet backed providing £50,000 every year until 2022/23 to purchase one new mower a year. A report by Emily Spicer, the district council’s environmental service manager, states that the current equipment has a life span of ...

A new radio station is set to take to make waves in the Spalding area. Internet-based station Sound of Spitfire will officially launch on Monday (April 2). It is being operated by three local business owners, Chris Hyde, Thomas Smith and Zandra Tiitso. “We are already getting lots of interest via our Facebook page,” said Zandra, commercial and marketing director. ...

Spalding legal firm Roythornes has presented Alzheimer’s Society with more than £2,100, which employees raised over the course of 2017. After becoming its charity of the year, Roythornes Solicitors, of Pinchbeck, set out to not only fundraise for the organisation, but also raise awareness of dementia and dispel the stigmas attached to it, through workshops where members of staff committed ...

Apprentices from Spalding were among those recognised for their bright futures by Boston College. The Apprenticeships Awards were handed out in a recent ceremony overseen by BBC Radio Lincolnshire presenter Melvyn Prior. Russel Dalton, Stephen Shea, Simas Vaupas and Liberty Studd, all from Spalding, were among the winners. Since starting his apprenticeship in 2014, Russel has excelled in both ability ...

I hadn’t visited the Gurkha Oven since the new owners Paul Sharma and Ravi Acharya took​ ​the helm in March 2017 and not everything I had heard was in their​ ​favour, but I had an open mind when I was invited to review the​ ​restaurant on a Monday evening with my friend Vicki. The venue is exactly as it was ...

A property near Sutton Bridge has been largely destroyed following a fire overnight. At around 11pm last night (Friday, March 24) fire crews were alerted to Guys Head Road, a rural road with a handful of properties on just north of the town. Nobody has been injured in the blaze which Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say has damaged 70 per ...

In a “moment of madness” a 26-year-old woman took a bank card that had been left in a parking ticket machine and used it three times to buy goods under £30 until the card was rejected because it had been cancelled. Abigail Matthews of Amos Way, Sibsey admitted one charge of theft and three of committing fraud by false representation ...

A Lincolnshire woman has admitted having a dog which was out of control when it injured another woman. Sharon Foster, 38, of High Road in Whaplode, near Spalding, will be sentenced next month after she admitted the charge at Lincoln Crown Court. Victim Emily Ormes was injured after the Alsatian cross breed type dog escaped on Thursday May 18 last ...

A driver who abandoned his car and hid when he realised he was being followed by police in the early hours of the morning, was facing his second excess alcohol conviction in less than 10 years, a court has heard. Darryl Gebhard, 61, of Starlode Drove, West Pinchbeck, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates at Boston ...

Motorists on the A16 have been faced with tailbacks this morning (Thursday, March 22) after a collision involving a car and a lorry on the A16 at the Sutterton roundabout. Lincolnshire Police were called to the incident shortly after 9am. A spokesman for the police, said: “The car was on its roof. One person has been reported injured. The injuries ...

The team behind a new community bookshop in Holbeach is looking for volunteers to help run it. The Holbeach Bookshop, is a new not for profit community second-hand bookshop. As a community shop-style venture it is to be staffed by volunteers and will ultimately benefit the local community by supporting other local charities and good causes. It is intended that ...

The Spalding and South Holland Voice is on the move – but don’t worry your favourite free local newspaper will still be available in all the regular outlets, along with a couple of new ones. After four successful years in the town, we are moving to newly constructed premises at the Lincs Gateway Business Park on the A16 in Spalding. ...

A poster put up by Holbeach Parish Council warning dog owners about a “suspected case of poisoning” on the Netherfield park was only precautionary, the council said. A parish council spokesman said: “One of the park staff reported that there was a member of the public who told them that they only exercised their dog on the Netherfield park and ...

A Spalding woman who always wanted to be a hairdresser has won a national competition for her skills. Chloe McConnell (20) won first place in the ladies evening style category of The Association of Hairdressers and Therapists National Finals held at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens last week. She and friend Zoe Herd, who also studies at Stamford College, attended the prestigious ...