This Friday, you don’t have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to learn the ways of the Jedi – you can learn lightsaber tricks and more at Peele Leisure Centre in Long Sutton. The latest Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, opens on Friday, the same day as the special Star Wars event in Long Sutton ...

Next week is half term and the South Holland Centre has a packed family friendly programme, with a sing-a-long, an art event and films. Get your voices warmed up and come and sing your heart out at Sing-a-long-a Beauty and the Beast on Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm. Enjoy a full length screening of Disney’s iconic fairy tale starring Emma ...

Almost 400 people took part in wellbeing activites at Ayscoughfee Hall. Two days of calming crafts and relaxing exercises drew 360 visitors to the Spalding venue for the event, organised by South Holland District Council as part of SHout About Wellbeing Week. The events, last Thursday and Saturday (May 17 and 19), were also organised to align with National Mental ...

Central German Shepherd Rescue in Spalding has received a donation of £5,000 from pet insurance provider Animal Friends. Animal Friends Managing Director, Westley Pearson said: “Animal Friends Pet Insurance is extremely pleased to be able to donate to such a worthwhile cause as Central German Shepherd Rescue, which does such amazing work in promoting humane behaviour towards animals by rescuing ...

A high-profile Brexit event will take place on Friday evening and features a packed bill. The debate is organised by the East Midlands Movement, and the group’s president, the MP Kenneth Clarke, will be in Spalding to lead the discussion. Joining him will be Tom Brake MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Exiting the European Union and International Trade, Amelia Womack, ...

A Holbeach man has appeared in court for the second time for assaulting his mother while he was drunk. Kieron McPherson (24), of Marshlands Drive, admitted assaulting Janet McPherson by beating when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Emma Wright, prosecuting, said police were called to a domestic incident at their home on April 18 after McPherson had arrived home ...

Two people from Sutton Crosses have appeared before magistrates in relation to the killing of fox cubs. Paul Oliver (39) and Hannah Rose (29), appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, charged with a series of offences after footage appeared to show live fox cubs being taken into a kennel of hunting hounds in south Herefordshire. The court case follows ...

A cadet group in Holbeach has responded to requests for food. Upon reading a news story that a surge in usage had left the Holbeach Community Larder and Cafe bare (The Voice, 22/03/18), the young members of the 2430 Holbeach Squadron Air Training Corps took up the cause and brought food from home to present to the food bank. Civilian ...

Outline planning permission for 215 homes has been granted at a Long Sutton site. At the May meeting of the South Holland District Council Planning Committee, the site with access points at Seagate Road and Wisbech Road was deemed suitable for development. Philip Norman said the area in is the emerging local plan and officers recommended the committee approve the ...

We all love to be out in the lovely summer weather, but we also must think about our pets in this weather. Make sure that they have a cool or shaded area in the house and the garden so that they can rest out of the sun and make sure that they have access to plenty of fresh water, as ...

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man stopped by comic shop Strange Apparitions on Saturday, for its packed grand opening. The shop, at Spalding Lifestyle Centre in Pinchbeck, was bustling with comic and film fans on Saturday, who finally have a place to meet their needs locally. New and vintage mainstream and indie comics and graphic novels are stocked, alongside manga and all ...

Did you start Spalding Gleed Girls School in the early 1970s? If so Carol Smylie is looking for you.   Carol (was Gray) has made it her mission for 2018 to find her old school friends and organise a reunion. She is appealing for anyone who started the school in September 1970, 1971 or 1972 to get in touch. She ...

To the Deeping St Nicholas Parish Council, I called in at the church on Wednesday, May 10 to put flowers on my wife and son’s graves and what terrible condition it is in – dead grass all over, long grass between grave stones, very hard to walk to the graves for a visit. I was on the parish council for ...

An application for planning permission has been submitted for a static home park on land off Spalding Drove. In the application, the number of static homes the site would accomodate is stated as “to be determined” but spaces for two car parking spaces per home has been detailed. The design and access statement says one-, two- and three-bed static homes ...

Members of the Spalding U3A group had a blast from the past at their recent meeting when Queen Victoria gave a talk. Her Royal Highness Victoria – aka guest speaker Eve Bacon – arrived in full regal finery for the event. She delivered a speech about her nine children (“although not always warmly,” a spokesman added). There was much entertainment ...

Cowbit motivational speaker and author Taz Thornton is no stranger to cameras, so felt right at home welcoming TV star Tanya Bardsley around to talk about alternative therapies for a new show. Tanya, best know from Real Housewives of Cheshire, invited Taz on Tanya’s Extreme Therapies after finding out about her skills online. Taz took Tanya and co-host Adam Hemadou ...

A Spalding development application decision has been deferred for two reports to be completed. At the May meeting of the South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee, a 26-apartment development on Broad Street was deferred. The full application for the demolition of Broad Street Business Centre and replacement building was brought to committee without the viability study for contributions completed. The ...

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society took artefacts from its museum to a meeting of a dementia group in Spalding. Members of the Tonic Health Movement 4Memory Dementia Cafe enjoyed the talk from Tom Grimes from the society. Mr Grimes gave an overview of the museum’s collection. It was also a hands-on afternoon – group members were able to examine and pass around ...

Giant wicker rabbits have appeared in Surfleet’s Glen Park. The four 7ft by 5ft sculptures were hand-made by artist Alison Walling, who braved the winter weather earlier in the year to create the long-eared giants in time for spring. “I was working through the colder months of January and February but did have to yield to the travelling conditions on ...

The sun came out to play and saw Moulton Chapel celebrate one of its busiest parades in recent history. Crowds of spectators were treated to a whole host of characters as floats travelled through the village. Everyone from the Mad Hatter to pop group The Village People could be found in the heart of the South Holland countryside. Chairman of ...