Three hare coursers have been ordered to pay more than £10,000 kennelling costs after their dogs were seized in South Holland. They and a fourth man have all been handed sentences of four months’ custody, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for six months.Nelson Loveridge (38), Stacey Smith (39) and Danny Rainford (33) were dealt with at Boston ...

Ahead of its summer fair, Holbeach Hospital has been given a boost thanks to a birdie or two. Malcolm Miller from Tydd St Giles Golf Club raised £1,200 thanks to a golf day in aid of the institution.A spokesman for the East Elloe Trust, which runs the hospital, said: “Thank you to Malcolm and his wife for all of their ...

The Tulip Academy’s annual Family Fun Day was extra special this year as its new teaching block was officially opened. Pupils from both of its sites gathered at the Waterside Campus to enjoy a host of fun and games with their families invited.And the new £7.8m building there was officially opened by Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for children’s services ...

There were celebrations in Spalding to mark a special anniversary for the Lithuanian community. The Ayscoughfee Gardens event was last Thursday, July 6, the anniversary of the coronation of the country’s first and only king, Mindaugas in 1253.Lithuanian Statehood Day commemorates the anniversary and is widely celebrated.“It’s nice to come and sing together. Kids enjoyed themselves and made crowns, and ...

A Holbeach drug-driver who had a knife in the car has been ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work. Patrick Smith (22) was also disqualified for three years for his second conviction of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs.Police spotted him driving a Ford Ranger erratically in Boston’s Sleaford Road at 12.45am on March 7.Prosecutor Fiona ...

A tip-off to police led to a 51-year-old woman from South Holland being stopped while driving at almost twice the alcohol limit. Sarah-Jayne Lawson was pulled over in High Road, Whaplode, while driving home to Rathkenny Close in Holbeach.Fiona McClelland, prosecuting at Boston Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday, said: “A report was made to police that an intoxicated female had collected ...

It’s been argued lessons need to be learned on the upkeep of Peele Leisure Centre or it faces losing more customers. The delay in repairing volleyball posts there led to it being referred to South Holland District Council’s Performance and Monitoring Panel.Its meeting last week was told that there had been a ‘breakdown in communication’ between operators Parkwood and University ...

Anger drove a South Holland man to smash a neighbour’s window with a paving slab, a court heard. John Stephenson had been drinking when he went to the home of Ashton Linger, who is the partner of Stephenson’s cousin.It happened in Summerson Close in Donington, where they both live, at about 9pm on June 18.Prosecutor Fiona McClelland said: “Ashton identified ...

Year 11 students at Spalding High School celebrated the end of their exams with a glamorous prom. Held at Springfields Events Centre in Spalding, it gave the students a chance to get together and mark the end of five years’ hard work.The students arrived at the venue by various modes of transport including super cars, classic cars, a quadricycle with ...

A village’s talent competition that proved such a huge hit last year is back once again. Moulton Chapel’s Got Talent is back tomorrow (Friday, July 14) at 7pm in Moulton Chapel’s Youth and Community Centre.An array of talented people from all over the area will be on show.Organiser Jeff Woods (aka Pavanotti) said: “Last year’s Moulton Chapel’s Got Talent was ...

A Spalding bookshop is launching The Literary Lounge. The evenings at Bookmark will be with authors and include a question and answer section plus signing of the book.The first session is next Thursday (July 20) with Sue Hubbard, whose novel Flatlands has recently been published.She has published three acclaimed novels and numerous collections of poetry, and was commissioned to create ...

Lights, camera, action for Spalding School of Dance’s latest production. Film Night is coming to the South Holland Centre with six shows, the first at 6pm today (Thursday, July 13).There’s another at the same time tomorrow (Friday) and at both 11am and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.A spokesman for Spalding School of Dance said: “Enjoy singing, dancing and many characters ...

Lincolnshire Police are investigating a spate of burglaries they believe could be linked and where the victims were all of retirement age. Gold, jewellery and silverware were taken in the incidents two of which took place in Spalding. One occurred between 9.30am and 4.30pm on Friday, June 30 on West Elloe Avenue and another between 9.30am and 7.30pm on Chaldean ...

Clothing brand Jigsaw has fallen into place at Springfields. It’s opening its new store featuring womenswear and accessories at the entrance of the shopping outlet next Thursday (July 13). A spokesman for Springfields said: “This new store will be a major attraction as there are no other Jigsaw stores in the region.” “Founded in London in 1970, Jigsaw is an ...

A 61-year-old man from Holbeach has admitted making 1,150 indecent images of children. Steve Pulfer appeared before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday.He pleaded guilty to making 1,103 images of Category C (the least serious) at Holbeach on dates between 2008 and 2021, and 47 images of Category B between 2010 and 2021.Pulfer, of Cecil Pywell Avenue, also admitted distributing 32 ...

A 34-year-old man from Deeping St Nicholas has denied an assault charge. Jack Richardson, of Elizabeth Crescent, appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to assaulting Daniel Sadlo.It’s said to have happened at Holbeach on March 24.A trial was set for October 6 and Richardson was granted unconditional bail. 

A Spalding resident will stand trial at crown court on a GBH matter. Jacob Mizio (29) is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent on Mateusz Ignas on May 15, 2022.Mizio, of Double Street, appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to the offence.He was working as a doorman at Spalding nightclub XO at the ...

Holbeach United have began to unveil their team for the new campaign after starting pre-season with a win. The Tigers won 2-1 at Blackstones on Saturday with Aaron Pike and Jordan Oldham netting.The latter is one of those Holbeach have announced has definitely signed on for the new campaign in the Thurlow Nunn league.Manager Danny Clifton said: “I am so ...

A former EFL League One player is Spalding United’s latest signing as they returned to the pitch ahead of the 23/24 season on Monday night. Wilson Carvalho scored from the spot as the Tulips beat St Ives Town 2-1 in their first pre-season friendly.The 30-year-old Portuguese winger came through the youth set-ups at Fulham and Stevenage.He was snapped up on ...

An 84 from skipper Jon Manton helped Spalding Town to a win over Grimsby Town in the Lincolnshire Premier Division. He helped pace the chase to 201 superbly for a seven- wicket home win on Saturday.On winning the toss Manton opted to bowl and after an opening partnership he was rewarded with two quick wickets from Nilantha Atapattu.Toby Blake patiently ...