Residents of Lyndis Walk in Holbeach are returning to normality after the dramatic floods that meant they had to evacuate their homes. The likes of 95-year-old Audrey Forman and 82-year-old Marian Johnson were among those who woke up on Tuesday, June 24 to find water levels rising inside their homes after days of rain. It led to a huge clean ...

A daughter is using her dad’s battle against leukaemia as inspiration as she looks to land the Miss England title. Former Spalding High School pupil Domenique Fragale is among the finalists for the prestigious competition which takes place on July 31 and August 1 in Newcastle. Now living in London, the 24-year-old is no stranger to the spotlight being a ...

A host of Deeping St Nicholas Primary School students have been celebrating winning top awards in a variety of areas. Year Six pupils Georgina Jones and Benjamin Reynolds have picked up the Lincolnshire Young Environment Award for the school. They travelled to Lincoln to make a presentation on what the school does for the environment to a judging panel recently. ...

Holbeach Parish Council has put together a walking trail with 15 stops around the town in a bid to encourage people to get out and about this summer. The trail has been created by members of the Holbeach Action Group to encourage members of the public to walk around the town centre and discover more about the town. The route ...

A man has been sentenced to 12 years and four months after being found guilty of slashing his victim’s face in Spalding. James Ellis (23) has been sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court to 12 years and four months in prison after being found guilty of unlawfully and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm.  The unprovoked attack took place in Spalding, in ...

A 21-year-old man has been given a suspended prison sentence following an armed police raid on a flat in Short Street in May, after the man was twice seen on the streets of Spalding with what appeared to be a hand gun. Kacper Malkiewicz of Cross Street had admitted at a previous court appearance to possession of the air weapon ...

Around 3,000 people descended on Carter’s Park last weekend as Holbeach’s Food Festival returned bigger and stronger than ever. For the first time the event was held over two days and Sunday also incorporated a hugely popular South Lincolnshire Strongest competition that produced entrants from as far afield as Newcastle and Nottingham. That was alongside food merchants, a host of ...

A man who responded to a Facebook request for the disposal of household waste despite not having a licence was fined last month, after the items were found fly-tipped in Holbeach. Liam Scott was identified following investigations by South Holland District Council, and appeared before Boston Magistrates Court on June 24 for failing to comply with the duty of care ...

Further structural works look set to be carried out at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. A meeting of the Spalding Town Forum last week heard that structural work and work to step stands was needed. Emily Holmes, South Holland District Council’s communities manager, told the meeting the cost of the work had not been determined as yet but that it ...

A group who were at Spalding Grammar School together 40 years ago recently got together for a special reunion. Stuart Gilks and Steve Lane tracked down around 90 or so peers with 25 attending the champagne reception at the school on Saturday, June 22. Also in attendance were former teacher Brian Sleight BEM along with Mark and Michael Fordham, son ...

A new blue plaque is set to be unveiled in Spalding to recognise the first baron of Spalding who played a key role in political discussions during World War Two. It will be erected on 4 New Road where George Robert Shepherd (1881-1954) was born. He was assistant national agent for the Labour Party from 1924 to 1926 and in ...

A woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer and her friend have had their heads shaved to raise money for charity. Alison Gray, of Pinchbeck, wanted to give something back, so recently took on the hair-raising tribute to raise £1,500 for Cancer Research UK’s Stand Up to Cancer campaign. Alison roped friend Melanie Rowbottom from Surfleet in for the cut ...

Members of two Spalding bands are left without instruments and a place to play after thieves cleared their rehearsal room out of thousands of pounds worth of instruments. Members of the group are now appealing for a new space to regularly rehearse in the area. Dan Parker, who plays drums in I Am The Dice and Stephen Tanner and The ...

Lincolnshire Police have appealed for witnesses and people with dashcam footage after an early-morning collision on the A16 which left one person seriously injured and the road closed well into the afternoon. A Police statement said: “We are appealing for witnesses, especially those with dash-cam footage, following a collision on the A16 at Cowbit this morning (19/06). “At 6:02am officers ...

Through a recent survey, we sadly discovered that it’s not uncommon for people who’ve lost a partner to also lose contact with friends. At a time when friends are needed most, people are left feeling even more isolated. Over 40 per cent of people questioned felt that others didn’t know what to say, while another third felt isolated after their ...

Following the recent lousy weather, the partially, deep, constructed road on this development now looks like a new Holbeach river! Surely the South Holland planning department should in the future now consider the potential risk to using prime agricultural land for development, because had this road been completed, where would the water have gone? Name and address supplied

Barry Fisher is absolutely right to praise the invaluable work of our MP, Sir John Hayes. (Voice 21/05/2019) It is difficult to overstate just how much damage the proposed merger between Asda and Sainsbury’s would have done to local farmers, growers and food firms, many of whom are already struggling to get decent conditions and a fair price for their ...

As I am sure you are aware things totally escalated last Thursday requiring residents of Battlefields Lane South to sandbag their homes and tankers were deployed to help remove the water. I genuinely believe this is a catalogue of errors by the authorities. I have lived in this house for 21 years, my neighbours have lived in their home for ...

A community space is in blossom after volunteers spruced it up together with Holbeach in Bloom. Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues and members re-planted the borders and tubs around All Saints’ Church in the town as part of the Big Co-op Clean, on Thursday, June 6. Colleagues from its Swineshead Food Store, Gosberton and Holbeach post offices, Holbeach and Spalding funeral homes, ...

The bid to bring the remains of explorer Matthew Flinders back to his birth place of Donington reached Parliament last week. MP Sir John Hayes brought the matter up in a debate saying “South Holland simply wants to pay its final farewell to our master mariner”. Mel Stride, leader of the House of Commons, described Flinders as “a very great ...