A group set up to bring the remains of a famous explorer back to Donington are holding a public meeting on Monday (June 3) to explain where they are in the process. The Matthew Flinders Bring Him Home group were formed earlier this year after the remains of the man who first named Australia was found during building work at ...

A village in one of the poorest countries in the world has been given electricity, partly thanks to a South Holland charity. The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland in partnership with the Church of Boston St Botolph has helped to provide the 850 villagers of Janneh Kunda in Gambia with solar power. Through fundraising initiatives the Rotary members were ...

I am a wheelchair user and have difficulty in accessing some of the hairdressers in Spalding due to the height of the steps or insufficient door widths. Imagine my surprise when I came across a little gem called The Style Academy on Red Lion Street. It is fully accessible and they offer a wide range of services. It is true ...

I would just like to say a big thank you to all the bands, musicians, artists and the sound crew that made the musical side of the Spalding Festival possible. Everyone worked extremely hard to produce such a professional and enjoyable event. Special thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers without whose help we would not be able to run ...

Over the past year there have been many dog attacks in Fleet Hargate. These attacks are usually against small dogs but the attacking dogs are always huge. It has also been noticed that the larger the dog, the smaller the owner. I often see a man walking two very large, menacing looking dogs and before I walk my dog within ...

Spalding’s White Horse Writers group is hosting its second open mic night on Thursday, May 30. Serge’s Tapas on Francis Street is again hosting the eclectic mixture of poetry, prose and music, all by local performers. It follows on from the success of the first such event at the end of March. The event starts at 7.30pm and all new ...

Thousands flocked to the Spalding Festival last weekend with the event looking likely to raise even more money for local charities than previous years. Photos by Ben Chapman. It’s the fourth year of the Spalding Round Table event that was previously named a beer and music festival. There was plenty of both those on offer at the Castle Sports Complex ...

Two men have been arrested after armed police were called to Pinchbeck on Monday night. Police said armed officers were deployed to Blue Gowt Lane in Pinchebeck after reports of a man seen with an air weapon at 7.27pm on Monday, May 27. Two men, aged 41 and 29, were arrested in the area on suspicion of possession of an ...

Spalding rock group Zebra played to a full house at the Castle Sports Cafe and Bar last weekend a charity event organised by John Phoenix to raise funds for two charities close to his heart, Guide Dogs for the blind and Dementia UK. John said: “This is the best event I have put on here, everyone has had so much ...

A 42-year-old is being spurred back into the boxing ring to support a family who lost a loved one to a brain tumour. Chris Miller from Holbeach is raising money for Cancer Research and The Brain Tumour Charity by taking part in the Ultra White Collar Boxing Event at the Peterborough Arena on June 29. After taking part once previously ...

Lincolnshire Police arrested a 47-year-old local man for driving whilst unfit through drugs in Spalding Cemetery on Monday morning and seized the uninsured vehicle. Police said at 11.10am they were called to Spalding Cemetery following a report of someone taking drugs in a car. “We arrested the driver for driving whilst unfit though drugs and seized the vehicle as it ...

Assurances have been made to Holbeach Medical Centre patients after it was given six months to improve or face possible closure. As reported in last week’s Voice, the Park Road centre was rated ‘inadequate’ for a second time this year following Care Quality Commission inspections. Following the release of the report last week, South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has ...

The musical director of Holbeach Town Band rubbed shoulders with Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace at a garden party at which his “outstanding service to the local community” was recognised. Mel Hopkin has been musical director of the band for more than 20 years and was joined by his wife, Trish, at the Royal Garden Party. Mel ...

A “large quantity” of class A and B drugs has been found by police in Holbeach following “months of hard work” by Lincolnshire Police and Holbeach residents. On Friday, May 19, police found class A and B drugs after executing a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at an address in Holbeach, with support from Lincolnshire Police Dog ...

Spalding Festival is set to be even bigger and better as it returns for 2019 this weekend. This year’s Spalding Round Table event is both an indoor and outdoor spectacle promising even more fun for all the family than before at the Castle Sports Complex. Not only is there set to be the usual fantastic array of beer and cider ...

South Holland District Council will be able to claim back up to just under £130,000 of how much it costs the authority to fund polling stations and the local count for Thursday’s European Elections. There are 62 polling stations open, 14 more than in the district council election earlier this month. This is due to four of the wards in ...

The date has been set for this year’s Lincolnshire Co-op Big Clean. The event is set up to spruce up the town to help prepare for Holbeach in Bloom and takes place on Thursday, June 6. Meeting at All Saints’ Church at 9.30am, from 10am-4pm, volunteers can get together and get the town looking good. Lunch will be provided. A ...

Elections are highly personal – always have and always will be. The insults on the doorstep stay with you, and the small successes matter disproportionately. But I find in the thick of the campaign, and during the wash of the aftermath, I am reflecting on why I am involved. Who spurred me into this? There are a mixed and myriad ...

Speaking recently in the House of Commons, our superb Member of Parliament, Sir John Hayes emphasised how welcome the news is that the Competition and Markets Authority have blocked the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda supermarkets. Quite rightly, the independent CMA concluded, following a detailed investigation that the merger would ‘raise prices at the supermarkets’ petrol stations and lead to ...

It was inspiring to hear Sir John Hayes speaking in the House of Commons last week about sufferers from acquired brain injury. This is a cause on which he has led the way for many years, drawing on his own personal experience. The detailed, measured and valuable report which the All Party Group he co-chairs has produced is a blueprint ...