Monkshouse School is not a footballer’s usual stop off before appearing at the Champions League Final. But that’s where freestyle football star Jamie Roberts was last weekend ahead of his trip to Kiev where he will be providing the warm-up before Liverpool v Real Madrid. Before performing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Mo Salah and James Milner though, last week he was ...

Holbeach councillors are hoping shoppers will choose their cause and help improve the facilities at the town’s nature reserve. The parish council is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. It’s hoped the award of either £4,000, £2,000 or £1,000 will go towards improving visitor access at the Fishpond Lane nature reserve. Planned improvements include ...

The generous folk at the Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland made presentations to two local charities last week. At its latest meeting at the South Holland Centre it donated £1,800 to both Marie Curie and Thorpe Hall, the Sue Ryder Foundation’s hospice in Peterborough. Both charities have worked and helped the relatives of club members. The money was raised ...

A man who killed another while fleeing the scene of an attempted ram raid in Crowland has been jailed. Dale Smith (30), of Front Road, Murrow, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while driving without a licence, burglary, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving and handling stolen goods. While sentencing Smith to 12 years’ imprisonment at ...

Holbeach Cemeteries Trust has launched an appeal for money to buy a six-foot ‘Tommy’ statue to stand near its war graves. One Tommy, by charity There But Not There, costs £750. More will be bought if donations allow. To donate, visit the donations page online here, drop money in a collection box in a town shop or post a cheque ...

by Tracey Vowels, Lifetime Fitness Professional and Women’s Health and Wellbeing Coach Find a group of ladies around the coffee table and its almost guaranteed that at some point the subject of ‘weight loss or gain’ will be discussed. Whether it’s the latest diet that someone is on or a new gym workout aimed at fast inch loss, who’s taking ...

Pinchbeck logistics company Freshlinc has joined the calls to make the A47 a dual carriageway which it says will boost the area’s economy. South Holland District Council is among the partners of The A47 Alliance that has launched the Just Dual It campaign. It’s calling for the 115-mile length between Peterborough and Lowestoft to be made a dual carriageway by ...

The hottest rock and roll acts from across the country will set Springfields hopping at a red-hot rock and roll weekender. This weekend (May 12 and 13), the Hot Rock n Boogie Weekender welcomes 13 bands and three DJs for two days of jiving and dancing at Springfields Events Centre. The weekender is run by dance tutors Boston Jive, who ...

A Tydd Gote man who repeatedly sexually abused a young girl and told her “God would not forgive her” if she reported him has been jailed for 12 years.   Lincoln Crown Court heard Darren Barnes (47) abused the girl, who can not be named, while she was aged between eight and 11 years old.   Gareth Gimson, prosecuting, said ...

Conservative candidate Sue Wray has been elected district councillor for Donington, Quadring and Gosberton. More than a quarter of the electorate (26.39 per cent) turned out to vote in the by-election yesterday (May 3) with 1,517 ballot papers issued. Sue Wray won with 1,021 votes. She stood against Terri Cornwell (Independent, 185 votes), Neil Oakman (Lib Dem, 169 votes) and ...

A Spalding teenager was found in possession of cocaine and cannabis when he was stopped by the police because of his erratic driving in the early hours of the morning. Anthony James Madine (18), of Balmoral Avenue, admitted possession of the two drugs as well as driving with more than four times the permitted level of cannabis in his bloodstream, ...

The death of a man in Spalding on Wednesday has been confirmed by police as not suspicious. A man was found dead at an address in the town and the case has been referred to the coroner’s office. Officers had posted a message on the social media site Twitter referencing the: “sad task of telling a Polish family their loved ...

An air ambulance was called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Holbeach. The emergency services were called to the A151 Spalding Road around 5.10pm on Saturday. The 24-year-old driver of a Citreon Saxo was taken to Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries. A 68-year-old woman driving a Renault Clio also suffered minor injuries in the crash. ...

A Spalding company is launching a recruitment drive with up to 40 new jobs on offer. Dalehead Foods is looking for both skilled and unskilled workers to join its team from next month. The Spalding site, in Fulney Lane, is part of Tulip Ltd and already employs 550 staff. An open day will be held later this month so potential ...

There were mermaids and pirates galore at one South Holland school this week. Eye patches, tricorn hats and moustaches were the order of the day for the pirates at William Stukeley Primary School, Holbeach on Monday. Their mermaid counterparts were all shells, scales and sequins for the event. The children rotated around a variety of activities from Steal the Treasure ...

A former football referee died after a small wound on his hand became infected, an inquest has heard. Andrew Pamby (53), of Finley Close, Spalding, passed away on March 6, 2016 at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston after attempts to save his life failed including amputation to a finger and subsequently his right hand. The inquest into his death at Boston ...

RE Court date as council error agrees proposal (The Voice April 26), I hate to say it but this council are fast becoming the joke of the century, and what is it with this ‘The committee was told the site presented an “unsustainable form of development” and it was also situated on the “wrong” side of the A17’ anyway? Not ...

What a disgrace some of today’s youths are. Having read there have been several attacks on police, by biting kicking and spitting in the last couple of weeks, I saw a report where the police now have permission to use tasers against these people, and that’s fair enough, but what about ordinary law abiding folk like me and my wife ...

Gedney Victory Hall is a successful community hall which is in use every weekday. It is also regularly used at the weekends for weddings, parties and other social events. Currently there is a committee of six people who manage the hall, supervise events, help to raise funds etc, however we are looking for some new members who could bring some ...

RE Children’s ward may be closed (The Voice April 26). Why are our local MPs not doing something about this? They are supposed to represent us and make sure local people get the services they need and indeed pay for. Time to step up Mr Hayes! Jane Francis Spalding