A Spalding eBay trader who was caught with two unworked sections of elephant tusk after police raided his home has been jailed for nine months.Slawomir Kazmierczak (55) of Redthorne Close was also found to have illegal items of ivory jewellery made from elephants which were killed after the 1947 legal deadline.A judge told Kazmierczak that the illegal trade in ivory ...

A teenager was taken to hospital yesterday evening after being hit by a car on Halmer Gate. A police spokesman said: “We received the report at 3.40pm. “He was taken to hospital for treatment. “His injuries are believed to be minor.”

Police are very concerned about missing 14-year-old girl, Summer Grimes and are appealing for information about her whereabouts.Summer, who lives in the Spalding area, has not been seen since around 7.30pm on Tuesday, October 15.She is believed to be somewhere in the Sutton Bridge/King’s Lynn area.Summer is described as white, with shoulder-length auburn hair, around 5ft 2ins tall and wearing ...

The remains of Donington navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders are to be buried in his home village. Following a campaign led locally by the ‘Matthew Flinders Bring Him Home Group’ and in the Houses of Parliament by Sir John Hayes MP, Captain Matthew Flinders will be laid to rest in the Parish Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood ...

Residents could be risking their lives over household batteries which aren’t being disposed of properly, the council says after the latest fire at a collection station. Household batteries discarded in rubbish and recycling bags have been blamed for a number of incidents at transfer stations in Deeping and Boston – and South Holland District Council is warning residents that the ...

Siblings who had thought their mother was dead for nearly 60 years are hoping to reunite with her in American next month – and a Spalding man is helping raise money to get them there. When Margaret Inglis disappeared in 1961, her five children thought their mother, who suffered physical abuse at the hands of their father, was dead.Margaret had ...

‘Don’t be a dinosaur’ is the message from Lincolnshire Police during Hate Crime Awareness Week. Hate crime in Lincolnshire has increased from 432 incidents in 2017/18 to 643 in 2018/19 – a 49 per cent increase.During this period disability related hate crimes have increased by 20 per cent and racially aggravated offences by 50 per cent. Offences relating to sexuality ...

John Tippler has put some of his memories down on paper for readers to enjoy. In the 1930s, crossing the King’s Road footbridge, which spanned the 13 tracks of the shunting yard, was a small boy’s delight. There were usually several shunting engines at work, backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards, with great puffs of smoky steam billowing upwards to ...

The council highways chief has said the recommendation to build the relief road at Bourne Road, which would mean the demolition of houses, as “difficult news for residents to hear”. A council spokesman said: “Following an extensive, evidence-based options analysis process, officers have recommended a route through the centre of the ‘safeguarded corridor’ within the South East Lincolnshire Local Plan ...

A Spalding pub has had its premises licence revoked after police found high readings of cocaine a year after it had been instructed to enforce a zero-tolerance policy. The Black Swan at New Road was under scrutiny today (Thursday) after a police visit in July this year found high readings of cocaine. Further investigation found conditions applied to its licence ...

A 29-year-old Spalding woman has been banned from driving after a court heard that she had illegal amounts of cocaine and cannabis in her bloodstream when driving her car.Amie Browne of Chestnut Avenue admitted three charges of driving under the influence of drugs and one of driving without insurance, when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court.Magistrates heard she was stopped ...

After taking his first few independent steps again, 17-year-old Kieran Evans is aiming to walk to Spalding on his own and then travel to America and Germany after his life-changing operation. After nearly a year of fund-raising to have some of the nerves in the spinal cord cut, the cerebral palsey sufferer is back on two feet and pain free.As ...

Around 250 jobs are under threat at Bakkavor’s Spalding site.A spokesman for the company has confirmed that Bakkavor Salads is entering into a 45-day consultation period with 250 employees based at one of its factories at its Spalding site to propose a reduction in roles. He said: “We believe this reorganisation is necessary to ensure our factory remains sustainable for ...

There was nothing sketchy about the first Drink and Draw event last Thursday at Gin Bar in Spalding.Organised by Weston comic shop Strange Apparitions and Spalding Picture Framing, the event brought together the region’s creatives for a night of drawing, which included a beer mat decorating competition, won by Jason Martindale.Strange Apparitions owner Alexander Hunt said: “It was so nice ...

A Spalding pub’s licence will again come under threat when Lincolnshire Police’s bid to revoke it goes before the council after evidence of drug use was again found on the premises. The Black Swan in New Street faced its first licence review probe in 2011 and in May 2018 went before the South Holland District Council Licensing Committee. A number ...

A shop that’s raised over £300,000 for the community run Holbeach Hospital celebrated its tenth birthday last week.Jenny Spencer and Eileen Ambrose were among those that set up the League of Friends shop in High Street which launched on October 3, 2009.The manager and chair of the shop respectively were both there ten years later with other volunteers to celebrate ...

A selfless nine-year-old who has been growing her hair ever since she survived a rare illness is set to have the big chop for charity. Sophie Callow, of Clumber Drive, Spalding, has bid to help as many of the kind of children she found herself in hospital alongside after she contracted a rare skin condition.It involved a toxin in her ...

Spalding Classic Car Club have put on a fantastic fundraising drive for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.The group picked it as their chosen charity for the year and raised a fantastic £2,196 through a host of events.Most of the proceeds were raised at the club’s annual classic car run in June that attracted more than 70 cars, this year finishing at ...

A live pet rabbit and bottles of ‘human waste’ were among the items a Girl Guides-led clean up of town grot sports found in South Holland. It’s led to calls for more bins in the area.Megan Rangeley took on the task of cleaning up areas of Spalding arranging several litter picks in the area including The Crescent car park and ...

Mr Thackray refers to fly tipping on a large scale as he mentions the illegal disposal of white goods but also less pleasant items.Over the past six weeks in Holbeach we have suffered the removal of black plastic bin bags the night before collection day which are then taken to an alleyway and set on fire. This leaves a rather ...