The family of a Pinchbeck centenarian have given money to charity to celebrate her 100th birthday. Ena Maddison celebrated her big day on Tuesday, July 16 with a special party of family and friends at The Fraiser Room, Surfleet. Rather than receiving presents, Ena asked for everyone to donate to the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. In total £250 was ...

Two Spalding police officers were honoured with a bravery award nomination at last week’s Police Federation Bravery Awards. Representing Lincolnshire at the London awards ceremony, PC William Murphy and Sgt Nicholas Waters were nominated after they risked their own lives in a fire to save a violent knife-wielding man at a Spalding apartment. In September last year, a woman had ...

Two teenage boys have been released on bail following an alleged sexual assault in a Holbeach park during daylight hours. Police were called to Stukeley Grounds at Spalding Road on Monday night (July 29). The incident was reported at 8.32pm and police have put out an appeal for anyone who was in the area between 7pm and 8.30pm. On Tuesday, ...

Construction of the first building at Holbeach’s new Food Enterprise Zone (FEZ) is set to begin later this month. Wednesday (July 31) will see the start of ground works for the University of Lincoln’s agri-food research and development facility. A Lincolnshire County Council spokesman said The Centre of Excellence in Agri-food Technology will be the linchpin of the FEZ, delivering ...

A cyclist in his 60s has been taken to hospital after being seriously injured this morning (Monday) in Spalding. Police attended the scene of a collision between a car and a cyclist on the A151 at the Broadway junction with Monks House Lane after it was reported at 5.49am. Police have appealed for any witnesses or people with dashcam footage ...

Further details regarding a complaint made against a South Holland District Councillor have been published. Ahead of next week’s South Holland District Council meeting, a redacted report has been added to an agenda that was updated today (Thursday). Earlier this month, Coun Peter Coupland was found guilty of “bringing his office into disrepute” by an independent panel but was cleared ...

A wheelchair-bound Pinchbeck teenager could be set to walk again within months of an operation to sever his spinal nerves, if a fundraiser is a success this weekend. Kieran Evans (17) has cerebral palsy after being born three and a half months premature leaving him with mobility issues from birth. Despite only being given 12 hours to live when he ...

A South Holland district councillor has been found guilty of bringing his office “into disrepute” by an independent panel. A complaint about Coun Peter Coupland, Conservative member for Fleet, went before a Joint Standards Hearing Panel for Babergh and Mid Suffolk Council earlier this month. The report was published on the joint website of those councils on Tuesday. Much of ...

Cracking down on rogue landlords, Lincolnshire Police are asking the public to report suspected dangerous conditions in houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs). Since 2018, HMOs need to have a licence issued by the local council. The licence was established to safeguard residents, as the property has to meet approved standards in size, facilities and safety features such as fire doors, ...

A group of volunteers that helps young people with disabilities take part in equestrian events celebrated its end of term with its annual summer gala. The Fenland branch of the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) regularly holds sessions with the pupils from The Priory and The Garth schools. The gala itself saw extra games and attractions as well as ...

Members of a kickboxing club took on the X-Runner recently for a host of charities. The group from Sutton Bridge based AKA Kickboxing raised around £900 thanks to donations after running the 10km muddy obstacle course around the National Watersports Centre near Nottingham. The charities the money will be divided between include the Amy Winehouse Foundation for those struggling with ...

Bakkavor once again hosted a fantastic fun weekend at Springfields. Despite the odd shower and thunderbolt on Saturday, record numbers visited the event on both days. Bakkavor organises the daytime fun weekend in Spalding, by way of a big thank you to all its colleagues in the UK. The company gives out free entry wristbands to those who want to ...

I respond to the letter in The Voice (July 18) “South Holland is worst place to live”. In that letter the question asked was “What is there to make people smile?” In response, I would point out that South Holland is a large area and covers many towns and villages, many of which have much to offer. Moulton is just ...

Following on from my letter that was published in this paper last week, I would like to take the opportunity to correct what inadvertently became a slightly incorrect statement, for which no blame can be attached to the editor of this publication. Between submitting my correspondence and its publication, I did, in fact, have a very “cursory visit” from a ...

I read with interest in the local press that South Holland has become the worst place to live. It is time to stop pretending, with houses in the wrong place, a total lack of infrastructure, and eyesores that have been left to rot in our town for decades. How can this be the pride of South Holland? There have been ...

The UK is home to two of the richest ten regions in Northern Europe and six of its ten poorest regions. Such massive disparity of wealth and advantage is entirely the fault of our inept, party-politically-obsessed political system in Westminster. Disparity and disadvantage in the UK has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with UK membership of the EU. Indeed, if ...

More than £33,000 has been awarded by Lincolnshire County Council from the Government’s Controlling Migration Fund for a “Grow and Share” allotment project in Spalding. The £33,699 project will work with migrant families to support integration in the community by learning to grow their own fruit and vegetables on a shared allotment site, with support centred on language, skills and ...

A Holbeach man who turned 90 years old in May has vowed to dedicate his life to his charity work, with a sponsored church walk planned for September and a bid to scale Lincoln’s Steep Hill. Geoffrey Gott, of Spalding Road, is collecting for his third sponsored Ride and Stride walk in September – having missed last year’s church walk ...

The Holbeach Front Garden competition is back, with prizes on offer to the green-fingered cultivators who take the top three spots. Whether your blooming garden is your pride and joy or you’re looking for a reason to get stuck into some landscaping, the Holbeach Front Garden competition is the perfect reason to share your time and effort. Organised by Coun ...

The new president of charitable organisation Spalding Lions has seized the chance to explain the ethos of the club. New President Lion Stuart East has been handed the Chain of Office by former president Terry Patey. Mr East explained: “As president of Spalding Lions, and with the help of my fellow club members, I would like to raise our awareness ...