Spalding Children’s Centre has unveiled its latest treasure – a new pirate ship bought by a parents group. The Friends of the Spalding Children’s Centre has purchased the new outdoor play activity after several fund-raising events. It was officially unveiled and is to be named HMS Gail after Gail Tolson who is leaving after five years working at the Bank’s ...

A decision on whether a Spalding care home will be allowed to keep a biomass burner next to residential gardens has been deferred by a planning committee. Residents in Westminster Drive were left shocked when the biomass boiler and its nearly 30 foot chimney appeared metres from their homes in May. After complaints to the council, Tanglewood Care Home submitted ...

I read with interest your article which detailed a proposed development by Seagate Homes which would also involve Crowland Parish Council. As the long suffering near neighbour of a recently completed, much smaller housing development at Spire View in Holbeach, I would offer a word of caution both to the council and any existing neighbours close to the site. Please ...

Mr Jackson (The Voice 4/10/18) shows little respect for the large number of people in the UK who voted to stay in the EU. His references to “remoaners” suggests a playground level of discussion as does his reference to “London centric”, I am sure that the Scots have a view about this. Amongst the reasons why the result of the ...

I am a patient of the former Pennygate Health Centre – now the Johnson GP Centre. The 90 day consultation period regarding the long-term plans for GP practices in Spalding has started and part of this is an online survey. Have you looked at the survey? I have found it very misleading. There are five options to choose from: Option ...

Inflation affects everyone in the UK, but changing prices have different effects on the inflation rates faced by people on low and high incomes because of variations in the goods and services they buy. With the recent rise in the RPI to 3.5 per cent and the current forecast to remain above three per cent into 2019, latest figures show ...

I would like to say thank you to the lady and the gentleman who helped my husband George, who is 79, after he tripped over outside the South Holland District Council offices on Priory Road on Thursday, October 11. They helped us enormously and then everything happened so quickly and I didn’t get the chance to thank them properly. It ...

A Spalding care home which had no manager in place for more than six months has been told it ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission. Southernwood House was the subject of an unannounced visit by inspectors in May of this year. The full report was published last week and shows that the home, on Matmore Gate, requires improvement in ...

Lincolnshire Police Student officer group “cohort 22” were out in force on Friday to tackle “Fatal Four” offences across the county. Police said that during the day, 42 traffic offence reports were issued for speeding, mobile phone use and not wearing seat belts. An arrest was made, 20 breath tests were conducted (all negative), 10 drivers were given the chance ...

Long Sutton has taken the honours in a contest to find the county’s best small town. Judges awarded town the winning place in the category for towns with a population between 2,501 and 7,000. Chairman of the parish council, Dale Frith said everyone was delighted to hear the good news this week. “We are thrilled that Long Sutton has been ...

The good times rolled on Friday at the 2018 Spalding Pumpkin Parade – and we’ve got the pictures to prove it. Can you spot yourself in the gallery? Check out Thursday’s paper for the full report.  

A Spalding shop that was found to be selling illegal cigarettes and smuggled alcohol has had its premises licence revoked. The 7 Day Euro Shop on Westlode Street was stripped of the licence to serve alcohol at today’s (Thursday) meeting of South Holland District Council’s Licencing Panel pending any appeal after several police sting operations. The license holder, Ali Hussein ...

The family of a Spalding man who died in an industrial incident last week have paid tribute to him. Neil Moon (49) was one of two men who died in the incident in Attleborough, Norfolk, on Thursday, October 4. National media has reported that police are investigating a potential refrigeration gas leak close to where the bodies were found. Mr ...

A generous anonymous donor has stepped forward after a hospital run by the community hit unexpected costs in its new £660,000 expansion. Holbeach Hospital has unveiled its recent expansion nearly 30 years after volunteers saved it from closure. It is still community run thanks largely to donations, and opened a new wing with eight much-needed bedrooms to ease the waiting ...

A car burst into flames on a busy road in Spalding last week. Spalding Fire Crew were called to the incident right outside The Royal Mail Cart on Pinchbeck Road at around 10.50am on Thursday, October 4. It’s believed the fire was started due to a fault in the engine. The driver of the vehicle escaped unscathed. A spokesperson for ...

A delegation of high-ranking Chinese officials is due in the county later this month. The party will be signing a document for Lincolnshire and the Hunan Province to become “sister regions”. Mr Kemin Wang, deputy director of Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People’s Congress will lead the group. He is the highest ranking official from Hunan to visit the county ...

Allotment holders have changed premises to make way for a development in Crowland. Up to 45 homes are planned for the site on James Road with the project well under way. The scheme has been called the Abbey Farm Development and the land is owned by the parish council. Developers Seagate Homes are working with the council to develop nearly ...

Five innovative new groups including a reminiscing film club and a get together for adults with autism are to be launched by charity Tonic Health after receiving a share of a £300,000 NHS cash pot. Sessions to support the likes of those with autism, mental health issues, dementia and the carers of people in need themselves are among those being ...

The Brexiteer cry of ‘they are trying to undermine our democracy’ as echoed by Craig Jackson in the letters section of last week’s the Voice, has become somewhat a tired, if not completely broken, record. The one thing that I have learned in my 40 years as a Conservative, about democracy, is that it is not a constant. But rather ...

I read with interest on your website a recent letter from Craig Jackson (Spalding Voice, 03/10/2018) about the so-called Brexit of the UK from the EU. He seems to imply that such a decision could not be reversed as it will stop people voting again. But isn’t the whole point of a democracy that the people always get to vote ...