Police have released CCTV images of a group they would like to speak to following an assault in Spalding on Sunday morning (February 25) that left a man in a critical condition. The images show three men and three women who police say can help them with their enquiries after an incident that left a 20-year-old man unconscious outside Loaded ...

Changes to the closure of Winsover Road in Spalding have been announced. Lincolnshire County Council has released a statement saying the road will now be closed overnight from Thursday to Saturday, March 1 to 3. The change is due to the weather conditions. The statement says: “Due to recent and upcoming adverse weather, the below changes have been made to ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man was left unconscious following an assault in the early hours of Sunday morning (February 25). The condition of the man was described as “critical but stable” by Spalding Chief Inspector Gareth Boxall following the incident which took place outside Loaded nightclub on Westlode Street in Spalding at around 1am. The man ...

The cold spell that’s been dubbed “The Beast from the East” looks set to bring below freezing temperatures and snow to the area next week. The Met Office has issued snow warnings that cover South Holland for both Monday and Tuesday (February 26 and 27) next week as a cold front from Siberia is forecast to bring around five days ...

A FRAIL pensioner has pleaded guilty to detaining a then 12-year-old girl whom he gave money and cigarettes, a court has heard. Raymond Mauderne (74) of Hampton Close, Spalding, leaned heavily on a stick and had great difficulty in getting up and down as he admitted the charge of detaining a child under the age of 16, so as to ...

Just two years after playing for Pinchbeck United Juniors, Jack Withers is looking forward to life with a Premier League club. Swansea City fans scanning the news of who the club had signed on Transfer Deadline Day last month were confronted with the name of the 18-year-old centre half from Pinchbeck. Even looking online they may have struggled to find ...

Spalding Road just outside Crowland is to be closed for repairs over night on Saturday (February 24). The route will be closed off from 7.30pm on Saturday and reopen the following morning. The diversion route for the closure will be via Barrier Bank, A16 and James Road and vice versa. A highways spokesperson said: “We’ll be closing Spalding Road this weekend ...

A formerly homeless man killed while cycling at the weekend wrote weeks before that the charitable help given to him last year had let him “start living again”. Lincolnshire Police said on Saturday night a man in his 40s, named locally as Jason Paul, was involved in a collision with a silver Volkswagen Golf at around 7.20pm at Kellett Gate, ...

With only five years’ of burial sites left in Spalding Cemetery, a policy of only burying town residents there is being considered. The Pinchbeck Road grounds have been used to bury the town’s deceased for around 163 years since its consecration in 1854, but alternatives now need to be found. South Holland District Council (SHDC) says that by its estimates, ...

A bubbly evening of fun has helped Spalding Lions raise money for a local girl. Last Friday, February 16, the group held a Gin and Prosecco Evening in aid of the Mia and Me Appeal at Spalding Services Club in High Street. The appeal has been set up to help improve the quality of life of 18-month-old Mia Clucas from ...

A Spalding man who failed to attend court over charges of assault and intending to supply drugs is being sought by Lincolnshire Police. A spokesperson for the police, said: “A warrant has been issued by Lincoln Crown Court for the arrest of Mitchell Ede, aged 24, from Spalding, also known as Mitchell Jones. “Mitchell Ede failed to appear before Judge ...

A 15-year-old has been arrested after a member of staff at a Holbeach school was assaulted. At 8.50am on Monday (February 19), police were called to secondary school, University Academy Holbeach. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “We responded to a call from this school in Holbeach, to a report that a member of staff had been assaulted by a 15-year-old ...

Anyone who sees someone sleeping rough in South Holland is being asked to report them to a charity that’s always available for calls. P3 has a phone line that is constantly manned so the public can let it know of someone who is sleeping on the streets. The charity then arranges for someone to head out to that person as ...

Plans for the first of a series of sculptures for Spalding town centre marking the town’s agricultural history have been unveiled. Planning permission to site the artwork called The Hiring in Hall Place has been submitted to South Holland District Council. The £15,000 piece created by sculptor Laury Dizengremel shows a farmer shaking hand with a shepherd. This piece will ...

Regarding last week’s article (Members are not gagged say council) again, us residents should thank this paper for trying to get us information and answers from Pinchbeck Parish Council. A few years ago I tried to find out what that year’s increased precept was necessary for: no response, and South Holland District Council (SHDC) said parishes were only responsible for ...

A team from Bakkavor’s Central Microbiology Laboratory has raised £850 for Jerry Green Dog Rescue. The laboratory team, which is based in Holbeach St Marks, rallied together to raise funds through a number of events throughout 2017 including a car wash, plant sale and a lucky dip. Marianne Daly, senior laboratory technician said: “For such as small team here at ...

In response to I M Sloan, Holbeach, regarding cycling on pavements and parking on pavements. I totally agree with his comment that it is unlawful, but it is also a traffic offence. A bicycle is classed at a vehicle as is the car. All vehicles are governed by the DVLA, and laws enforced by our police. If you are committing ...

I read your article on van break-ins with dismay as I was a target 20 years ago when I had three of my vans done in one night on my drive when I lived in Boston Road, Holbeach. I have been lucky up to now, it would appear. You report that the police have given advice but when the idiots ...

The committee that oversees how Spalding’s proportion of council tax is spent has asked for more clarity. The precept Spalding residents pay towards the town is being increased by 5.7 per cent, which had already been backed by South Holland District Council’s cabinet even before the Spalding Town Forum met on Thursday, February 15. The forum, set up as Spalding ...

Spalding based Tonic Health charity was the fortunate beneficiary of a substantial grant to the value of £11,199 from business Mick George Ltd late in 2017. The organisation has acted quickly in its pursuit of improved premises. Just four months on and much needed refurbishment works have been completed to the popular health and wellbeing facility. It has proved a ...