Author Archives: Richard Rush

Outdoor cinema for Ayscoughfee

An outdoor cinema is coming to Ayscoughfee Gardens later this month. For the first time a big screen is set to be erected in the historic grounds on Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19.It will be showing a sing-along version of The Greatest Showman, Frozen and the Tom Cruise classic Top Gun.It’s being organised by the Spalding Round Table ...

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Man pleads not guilty after £100k worth of cannabis found at Spalding property

A man accused of being responsible for £100,000 worth of cannabis discovered at a Spalding property has been sent for crown court trial. Appearing before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Aleksandras Zacharovas pleaded not guilty to four charges in connection with the find by police on February 7. He is accused of producing cannabis between November 6 last year and ...

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Three vehicles involved in Whaplode collision

The air ambulance was among those that attended a three-vehicle collision that closed a road in Whaplode last night (Thursday, July 27). The incident happened around 5.40pm on Wesley Road. Holbeach Fire Crew attended and made two of the vehicles safe, provided casualty care and assisted with traffic management at the scene.

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Bearded man told police he was his mother after being pictured driving while disqualified

A speeding South Holland motorist claimed it had been his mother – despite police having photographic evidence of a man with a beard. Gary Church had been disqualified two months earlier for driving while unfit through drink or drugs, Boston Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday.Then he was clocked doing 35mph in a 30mph speed limit on Bridge Road in Sutton ...

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Man stole air fryers after being told he could lose some weight

A banned driver who borrowed his best friend’s car to steal two air fryers has been given a suspended sentence. Tommy Lines, of Weston Hills, walked out of The Original Factory Shop with the kitchen appliances after the friend told him he could benefit from losing some weight. Lines – a serial shoplifter – was spotted by staff and the ...

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Physio fails to attend sexual assault case

A male physiotherapist accused of two sexual assaults on a woman left the country the day before his court case. Marib Zaibi was living in Stonegate, Spalding, when the offences are alleged to have happened in Crowland on February 7 last year. The 27-year-old defendant was due before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday. However, his solicitor said Zaibi told him ...

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In court over serious sexual assault

A Spalding resident has been sent for crown court trial accused of a serious sexual assault. Nerijus Rozaitas (41) appeared before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday charged with penetrating the vagina of a woman with a finger without consent. The offence, said to have occurred between January 1, 2017 and April 30, 2022, is indictable only and therefore the case ...

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Volunteers wanted for speed watch

Spalding’s Community Speed Watch scheme is ready to launch. South Lincolnshire Community Speed Watch organiser Coun Jan Whitbourn has long wanted to set up the volunteer scheme in the town as she says it’s where she gets the most reports of speeding drivers.However, as Spalding doesn’t have a parish council, there was nobody to take on the public liability insurance.Now ...

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Lions help charity forge ahead

The Spalding Lions have donated £200 to a Spalding institution. A spokesman for the club said: “Members voted to present The Friends of Chain Bridge Forge with a donation to help them to continue with their aim of preserving the site as a living museum.“Lions Julie Grant and Trevor Gilliatt presented Geoff Taylor and Ryan Atkin with a cheque to ...

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Applications totalling 52 new homes in Crowland are passed

A total of 52 new homes are to be built around Harrington Drive in Crowland. Ashwood Homes was given permission to build 42 homes south west, and five each south west and north east of the road by South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee.The three separate applications had previously been deferred by councillors when the applications came before them in ...

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Harriet makes waves for charity

A Saracen’s Head swimmer has swum the equivalent of the English Channel. Harriet Tuckett completed 44 miles (2,900 lengths) of the Castle Sports Swimming Pool to raise money in aid of Diabetes UK.The feat had to be done over 12 weeks so Harriet swam two miles every other day.“I love swimming and I grew up in Spain, so I have ...

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Charity closes doors for good

A scheme set up around the time of the pandemic has closed for good. Members of The Spalding and Pinchbeck Good Neighbour scheme have decided to wind-up the charity.A recent annual meeting was told a lack of volunteers and service-users meant the scheme could close.It had helped members of the community who needed support ranging from chores to posting letters ...

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Engineers help out school

A school’s entrance has been given a spruce up thanks to volunteers who work at a Pinchbeck food manufacturer. St Mary’s School in Weston has been given some much needed improvements by staff from the Woodhead Bros (Morrison’s) site in Brunel Road.Tina Ellis, the Community Champion at Woodhead’s, said: “The school asked for our help earlier in the year, as ...

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Solar farm passed after farmer’s plea

A solar farm on the edge of South Holland has been given the go-ahead following a plea by the landowner. Chris Wray, of Wray Farms, told South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee he was looking to lease 15 per cent of agricultural land for the proposed development near the Boston village of Bicker.More than half the site, which could provide ...

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Judges visit Long Sutton

The East Midlands In Bloom judges visited Long Sutton last week. John Constable and Emma Schofield were escorted on their tour of the town by Bloom members Christine Palacio-White and Kay Jenkinson.A spokesman for Long Sutton In Bloom said: “The judges were full of admiration for the town centre and the support that is obviously given by the town’s traders.“Another ...

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Bid to bring back Spalding’s bloom

A plea has gone out to try and get Spalding back into the In Bloom competition. The town has won East Midlands in Bloom 11 times in the past, Spalding Town Forum was told last week.But a lack of volunteers means it doesn’t even enter it anymore.Long time members George Slinger and Geoff Hoare told the forum that shoots had ...

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LETTERS – Family gathering invitation

Anyone who is a member of the Mason and Dennis families, or who knows or remembers them is invited to a family reunion on Sunday, July 30, in Moulton Chapel Community Centre from 1pm until 4pm.The guest of honour is 91-year-old Trevor Dennis who was born in Treena, Woodgate, and who married Maureen Mason at St James’ Church in 1954.Trevor’s ...

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LETTERS – Sick of party politics

Last week’s Spalding Voice contained some fine examples as to why some people are thoroughly sick of party-political government.There was a report on the South Holland homelessness situation which appears to be much as it has always been.The report was summed up by Coun Tracey Carter, thus “I think we all know the country is in a difficult position” this ...

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LETTERS – The final nail in town’s coffin?

Is this the last nail in the coffin for Spalding?The ticket office at the railway is to be closed.The railway companies have ridden rough shod over Spalding town for years, with road closures, frustration for drivers, moving heavy wagons on to our line etc.Why can’t they do some good for a change for our town?An idea would be for some ...

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Dental training centre is planned

A dental training centre is being considered to solve Lincolnshire’s recruitment and retention crisis. The project would mirror the recently-inaugurated Lincoln Medical School, aiming to train dentists who would stay in the county.A centre for dental development is one of the options being explored, although no funding has been identified due to the early stage.The Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) ...

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