Putting more solar panels on council homes is not “cost effective nor practical” it’s been claimed. Resident David Jones asked if it was something South Holland District Council were looking at in a recent meeting of the Spalding Town Forum. Coun Christine Lawton, SHDC’s portfolio holder for finance, said: “We are doing the best with the government’s agenda installing equipment ...

South Holland District Council has been awarded money from the Community Matters Fund to help recently-opened warm spaces. The council is in the process of making a one-off £500 contribution to support signed-up warm spaces opening on a weekly basis. For those that have signed-up but are open less than once a week, there is a separate grant available of ...

A special cafe set up to aid mental health in Spalding is even more choc full of goodness thanks to a local company. The Night Light Cafe is run by Tonic Health from its Westlode Street premises. Aiming to avert loneliness, on Mondays and Thursday from 4pm to 7pm it provides a safe place to go and have a chat ...

A driver from Holbeach who told police he had just taken cocaine in his car has kept his licence. Aaron Mason was parked on the side of Foxes Low Road in the road with the Kia Ceed’s enginerunning. Police were suspicious about what the 23-year-old was up to and saw white powder all over thecentre console. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard ...

A Spalding man has persuaded one of his favourite tribute bands to land in Spalding later this year as part of a fundraiser for Parkinson’s. Electrik Live Orchestra will be Steppin’ Out to the South Holland Centre and playing a host of hits from Jeff Lynne’s classic band including Sweet Talkin’ Woman, Turn to Stone and Mr Blue Sky. It’s ...

East Midlands Ambulance Service will not be penalised if it fails to improve upon national performance metrics as it takes over the contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services later this year. Instead NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, which will oversee the contract, will look at how satisfied patients and hospitals are with the service, Lincolnshire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee ...

Property owners can apply for grant funding to help make their properties more environmentally friendly. South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, which South Holland District Council has been given additional funding for Green Homes Grants, though hasn’t said how much. Grants of up to £10,000 will be available to owner-occupiers with no contribution required. Grants of up to £5,000 will ...

More than 8,000 people had been waiting longer than 52 weeks for assessment and treatment at Lincolnshire’s hospitals at the end of 2022. Figures shown to Lincolnshire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday, showed that by the end of December, 8,204 patients were waiting 52 weeks or longer. Of those, 965 had waited longer than 78 weeks, write local ...

A Holbeach man who carried out a stabbing on the town’s High Street after a pub altercation was today (Tuesday) sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution. Joshua Marshall, 20, was found near Gedney after crashing his car into a ditch during the early hours of August 28. Lincoln Crown Court heard Marshall and the victim, ex-soldier Charlie ...

A man has been jailed after he was found selling illegal cigarettes at a Spalding store having previously been convicted of doing the same in Boston. Haiman Fatah Mohamad, 36, of Waveney Close, Spalding was convicted after nearly 100,000 illegal cigarettes were seized by police and Lincolnshire Trading Standards. Back in 2016, he was handed a suspended sentence after being ...

A Spalding man faces life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Vincent Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home. Samuel Church, 36, of Acacia Avenue in Spalding, was due to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court today (Thursday) after previously pleading not guilty to murdering Mr Markham, 52. However Church entered a guilty plea to ...

Door staff intervened when a suspected drink-driver hit a lamppost as he parked in front of a Spalding bar. Just before 10pm on January 28, a Mercedes was seen being driven by Edvinas Kasparavicius towards Bentleys Bar in New Road. Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday: “As the defendant approaches the venue he’s driven around the mini ...

A homeless man who took pillows and a duvet from a wheelie bin at the back of a Holbeach charity shop has appeared in court. Benjamin Chapman, who now lives in Spalding’s Carrington Road, originally faced a burglary chargeafter damaging a shed door at Chosen in High Street. But at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that charge was withdrawn and ...

After watching her daughter face hours of surgery and invasive treatment, a South Holland mum has launched a petition to have scans for pregnant women carrying first-born girls. Emily Cooke was born with developmental hip displasia which was diagnosed late, and left her needing major surgery. If the condition is spotted in the womb via an ultrasound scan, it can ...

Police are investigating the theft of several post boxes in South Holland, West Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The iconic red post boxes have been taken from sites including four from the Spalding area. “We are investigating a report of the theft of four boxes in the Spalding area,” said a police spokesman. The boxes were taken from Dawsmere, Gedney Dyke, Lutton ...

The mum of a Spalding teenager has criticised a town gym after her daughter had her usage curtailed. Cydney Wells wants to get fit for her Duke of Edinburgh award and signed-up to £17.35 a month at The Castle Sports Complex gym. The membership allowed her to attend whenever she could and had access to all the equipment. But now ...

Plans for another 76 new homes in Spalding have been submitted to South Holland District Council. The former Ivanda Nursery site on the east side of Monks House Lane would be developed if the plans are approved. “Surrounded on three sides by existing residential development and located within the settlement boundary, the site is considered eminently suitable for residential development,” ...

A pot of money has been put together to improve four areas of Spalding – in some cases years after the money was allocated. South Holland District Council is looking to spend £282,935 on: * Improving seating in Hall Place and removing trees.* Replacing broken planters and looking at the public seating on Double Street and Bridge Street.* Replacing broken ...

Building the Spalding Western Relief Road is more important than contributions for health and education, some councillors have argued as they passed plans for 400 associated homes last week. Others raised concerns that the road will never be completed as South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted through final plans for 100 homes and outline plans for 300 more to ...

Councillors say they have a glimmer of hope in their request for central government to offset the large cost of drainage boards on the area. The latest draft of South Holland District Council’s budget for the 2023/24 financial year states the internal drainage boards in the area have asked for between nine and 26 percent more than last year amid ...