A woman who shoved a plate into a fellow customer’s face at The Ivy Wall pub in Spalding is to receive help with anger management. Chloe Elizabeth Pooley (25) thought the female was mocking an autistic young person she was with. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard today (Wednesday) that Pooley leapt up, scooped up a meal plate and put it in ...

A new recycling trial of collecting paper and card separately in parts of South Holland will begin on Monday, September 23. Homes in Pinchbeck, Surfleet and northern Spalding will from that date collect paper and card in a new purple sack to be collected every other week alternating with the current recycling collections. The around 2,600 affected properties are this ...

Over the past few weeks there has been much talk of the new high speed rail link, HS2, from London to cities in the north. As with many things in life there are differing views. The for camp say it is essential and will give birth to an animal almost as mythical as the unicorn “the northern power house”. The ...

On behalf of all members of the Rotary Club of South Holland, I am delighted to thank everyone who helped us stage a successful and enjoyable Charity Golf Competition at Surfleet on Thursday, August 22. Now all the financial accounting has been completed we can announce a surplus of just over £3,000 for Rotary’s work in the community. We wish ...

I don’t know if anyone has seen the news re Belgium fining citizens for failing to deal with weeds and rubbish on the footpaths etc outside their houses and businesses. I’m not suggesting fines – but wouldn’t it be lovely if everyone took responsibility for the few feet outside their properties. We’d have a clean, tidy, attractive town! And before ...

What fantastic news that Boris has come through with some money for Holbeach town centre. The fanfare article is not really very clear as to what that amount of money will be circa £150k. It will help deliver part of the Holbeach transport strategy which has its “vision and objectives rooted in the Holbeach regeneration project”. Will Coun Worth now ...

I would like to comment on your article “Row over park funding” (The Voice, August 22). It’s about Sparc versus the parish council. Charlotte Hellen does well by asking people to contribute money for the play area and she should carry on collecting money from individuals who are willing to pay it. The article says that Glen Park has “over ...

In your August 22 edition, you published a long letter from a politician, in which he called Leave voters ‘hard-right Little Englanders’. That was obviously intended to be insulting, but I think it went further, far enough to be considered a hate crime worthy of prosecution. I wouldn’t waste police time on making a complaint, but someone needs to explain ...

Two questions for Surfleet Parish Council chairman, Glynn Waltham following your story last week about Glen Park funding. Firstly, in two years, why hasn’t he bothered to just download Glen Park’s annual accounts from Companies House? If that’s beyond him, he should tell the council clerk to do it. Secondly, why is he asking for a business plan 15 years ...

A monthly Spalding bingo night has dedicated its September session to raise money for a teacher’s wheelchair fund. The regular Monkshouse School bingo session takes place this Friday (September 6) and promises great prizes donated by local businesses. Every penny through the door will go to a fund to help Priory School teacher Nicole Amott, who has muscular dystrophy and ...

A new book on what Spalding was like in medieval times has been created after 18 months of hard work. Produced by Spalding and District U3A in conjunction with Spalding Gentlemen’s Society and Ayscoughfee Hall, A Guide to Medieval Spalding is now available for £5 in several places in the town. A spokesman for the U3A said: “Covering the period ...

Amphibious landing crafts could become a memorial to the last time Crowland was an island. The Crowland Buffalo/LVT Association has been formed hoping to bring some of the crafts back to the town that helped out when flooding around it left it stranded. It was in January 1947 that ice blocked Little London Bridge in Spalding backing water up. On ...

A TV was stolen from a football clubhouse during the early hours of this morning (Thursday), the latest in a spate of burglaries in the village. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman the burglary took place at Pinchbeck United Football Club on Knight Street. The spokesman said: “The premises have been broken into and a 42” TV stolen.  “We believe the burglary ...

A 21-year-old man, said to be a paranoid schizophrenic and addicted to amphetamines, assaulted his grandfather when he told him that he could no longer live in a tent in his garden. Jacob Glenn, presently of no fixed address, admitted assaulting his grandfather Derek Pallet by beating when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Glenn had ...

Year 1 children at Spalding Parish Church of England Day School have been studying the life of lighthouse keeper Grace Darling, which then led to a huge summer fundraiser. RNLI volunteer Terence Carter was invited to the school to teach the children all about beach safety as part of their topic. The children were so engaged with the talk that ...

A man whose mum and sister were killed by his controlling murderer father in Spalding said he has got back his “zest for life” through active fundraising. Ryan Hart (28) and brother Luke (29) have worked tirelessly as Refuge Champions to raise awareness of domestic abuse since the 2016 murders, and Ryan has recently got even more active with a ...

Plans to extend a cemetery in Long Sutton have finally been given the go-ahead. Plans for Cinder Ash Cemetery faced the possibility of being “called in” by central government after a request by a member of the public. That would have meant the government themselves would have decided on whether the land from the park should be allocated for the ...

Dropping balls helped raise over £200 for Prostate Cancer UK. Phyllis Newton’s latest monthly bingo night at the Whaplode Village Hall helped the charity after another fantastic turnout for the event. In total the players raised £203 and Paul Denman from Prostate Cancer UK was on hand to collect the cheque. Phyllis said: “It was another good turnout considering it ...

Spalding Fire Station will host its annual charity fundraiser picnic and open day on Sunday, September 1. There will be live demonstrations, a barbecue, raffle and games, fire service shop, vintage fire engine, as well as police, LIVES and ambulance services. A fire station spokesman said: “We will be raising money for The Fire Fighters Charity and The Lighthouse Project ...

In September, South Holland landmarks once again open up as part of Heritage Open Days. This year, Heritage Open Days will celebrate its 25th anniversary with ten days of free events. More than 400 events take place across the East Midlands, with a handful falling in South Holland. These include a ‘Learning Wisdom and Folklore in a Victorian Cemetery’ walk ...