The details of a new trial of alternate recycling waste collections for Pinchbeck, Surfleet and northern Spalding have been finalised. In total 2,600 homes are set to be sent a new purple sack to put paper and card waste in for the next year. It will be collected every other week alternating with the current recycling collections. The idea behind ...

Oh dear! Poor Mr Popple, getting so upset because he is known as a Remoaner and unpatriotic, get the tissues out Mr Popple whilst you write letters like last week, things will not change. I do not remember at the referendum voting for a deal, as far as I recall it was in or out, the result out, accept it ...

I was appalled to see The Voice aiding and abetting a criminal act this week. On page 22 you have included a feature entitled “Cheap ways to improve your garden”. Under the section “DIY water feature” it clearly says “Collect pebbles and stones from the beach…” I must advise you that removing stones from beaches is illegal under the Coast ...

I write with reference to the article ‘Councillor’s bad behaviour rap’ that appeared in the latest edition of The Voice. I have known Peter for many years. In all that time, I have found him to be respectable, ‘well behaved’, hard working in the interest of his parishioners. In view of which I read the article and am flabbergasted at ...

I am getting the impression that the Voice should be renamed The Meekings Weekly. Each week we are subjected to a long discourse on why it is wrong to leave the EU, long lectures on British history and the disasters which will befall us all. Mr Meekings goes on at such length that I lose interest after the first sentence. ...

Craig Jackson (Letters, August 1) tells us at length about the part NATO and the US have played in peacekeeping since WW2, but rather misses the point relating to the EU. The most destructive international wars of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and the two world wars of the 20th, began in Europe amongst countries that now make up ...

Recently a lady, who does not wish to be named, celebrated her 80th birthday with a party at the Unique Studio Cafe in Spalding and instead of donations she asked for donations to the Spalding Hospice Foundation. Donations from her family and friends totalled a fantastic £3,000. To add to that, further, Mr and Mrs Goodwin sold cakes at the ...

Seeing the empty supermarket shelves the other day, I thought the no deal Brexit had come early. It is little wonder we feel the same foreboding that thoughtful people in Germany had in the 1930s. We despair at self-seeking politicians and a deluded public swept along by a charismatic leader who is driven by a fantasy of national superiority and ...

Long Sutton Parish Council are taking a pro-active approach in dealing with the high levels of speeding and are continuing their Community Speed Watch campaign with some new volunteers. Following a number of serious incidents within the Long Sutton built up area the Parish Council is determined to raise awareness of the need to reduce the high speeds of many ...

The Conservative Government has committed to a target of making the UK economy carbon-free by the year 2050. The Committee on Climate Change estimates that, to meet our legally-binding climate change targets, we need to plant 1.5 billion trees by 2050. In the year to March 2019, our Government fell short of its target to plant 5,000 hectares of trees ...

Alan Meeking’s excellent letter in last week’s issue demonstrates, yet again, the complete futility and stupidity of this country leaving the EU, with or without a deal. Expert international and national advice is that we cannot get a better deal than the one we have now. Yet the Tory right wing ideologues which currently infest our Government insist that their ...

A 42-year-old has landed nearly £1,500 and plenty of punches for charity. Chris Miller from Holbeach took part in a Ultra White Collar Boxing bout at the Peterborough Arena recently in memory of Angela Sedgwick (68) who passed away following a brain tumour. He won his bout against his matched opponent in the second round while raising £710 in online ...

The district council’s £250,000 investment in its Pride scheme has been described by a councillor as the authority “papering over the cracks” when it comes to curbing antisocial behaviour and problem buildings. At the South Holland District Council meeting on Wednesday, July 31, Long Sutton councillor Andrew Tennant suggested such large investments could be put into targeting well known “grot ...

Two young girls have raised over £600 for charity by having their long locks cut off and used for wigs for children. Isabelle (8) and Marley Bycraft (7) both wanted to have their hair cut after their granddad explained about children losing their hair and how they could help by speaking to the organisation of the Princess Trust to do ...

After receiving fantastic support from Long Sutton’s Men’s Shed at a difficult time in his life a widower is now looking to help the group expand its home. After losing his wife Joan Tiller (74) last September Frank Heinrich-Tiller (70) became one of the 75 members of the town’s Men’s Shed initiative which aims to bring men together who may ...

A Spalding 19-year-old has served up two awards after excelling at Peterborough College. Tom Hannam won the Excellence in Skills Award and was a finalist in the outstanding contribution to England and Maths award at the recent ceremony at Peterborough Cathedral. And it topped a busy night for the Catering and Hospitality student who was the chef serving up a ...

A town’s crisp packet recycling scheme has earned enough money to buy the town new bike racks. Since Holbeach Parish Council set up as a community hub for saving landfill and recycling used crisp packets, the scheme has attracted a number of residents and businesses alike to save their packets and drop them in to the Parish Council offices at ...

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to in relation to a burglary in Crowland. Police at around 10.50am on Wednesday, July 31, someone climbed over a gate at the back of a Thorney Road property. Two transformers were stolen, worth about £100 each, along with a £1,000 JCB hydraulic power pack. If you recognise ...

A man in his 20s was involved in a collision with a car at Spalding Common last night (Wednesday). A section of the B1172 road was closed by police after they received the call at 8.53pm. A police spokesman said: “A man in his 20s was injured after a car collided with him. He was taken to hospital for treatment.” ...

A group of teenagers have planted a dementia garden as just one of the many selfless acts undertaken during their summer holidays as part of the National Citizen Service programme. Wrapping up four weeks of activities, which included a charity bag-pack at Iceland in Spalding on Friday, which raised £176, the team got their hands dirty at the former car ...