Youth theatre group Act II brought the thrills and fun of a portmanteau horror to Ayscoughfee Hall in an innovative and triumphant three-night run of Ghostly Tales. In the tradition of classic anthology horror films like Dead of Night and Dr Terror’s House of Horrors – which usually had a chiller, a thriller and a lighter tale – Act II ...

Three armed men robbed a shop in Holbeach on Wednesday (October 25), police said. A police spokesman said three men with knives robbed McColl’s Newsagents (formerly Martin’s), High Street, Holbeach, on Wednesday (October 25). A police spokesman said they received a call around 7.30pm reporting three men had entered the store and threatened staff with knives. They stole a small ...

Long Sutton’s Ruby’s and Diamonds Party Boutique is staying open late this Saturday (October 28) for Circue De La Sinister, its day of “face art and special FX”. The shop’s facepainting, costume and prosthetics experts will be on hand to transform visitors into the zombie, ghoul, Gruffalo or any other creature they want to be this Halloween. Costumes will also ...

Members of the Spalding Hospice Committee held a charity stall at the Johnson Community Hospital. Coun Liz Sneath said: “There was a pumpkin theme with lots of delicious cupcakes and knitted novelties donated to the foundation by kind knitters Pauline Seymour and Sue Taylor.” Coun Sneath added, “The Hospice Committee supports the four-bed Tulip Suite in the hospital where palliative ...

The cast has been revealed for this year’s pantomime at the South Holland Centre and tickets are selling fast, organisers say. Aladdin is produced by Polka Dot Pantomimes and stars Vince Williams as Widow Twankey. Panto regulars will recognise Vince from his turn as Dame in the 2016 production. Josh Davis plays Aladdin and the Genie is played by West ...

The prestigious Song For Lincolnshire competition will for the first time be held in Spalding. Hosted by BBC Radio Lincolnshire, the event is in its 23rd year and features live performances from the finalists, as well as sets from professional bands. Proceeds from the evening will go towards the Children In Need charity and the event will be broadcast live ...

A novel Halloween happening takes place in the spooky surroundings of an old hall this weekend. The Ghostly Tales show at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum in Spalding will feature a 41-strong cast and ghost story telling a local legend. Written and performed by theatre group Act II, Ghostly Tales tells six spooky stories suitable for secondary school age and up. Act ...

A Spalding company has been awarded a dream contract taking pictures in the Philippines. Lincolnshire Drones was given a two-week contract to take aerial images of the island of Palawan. Pilot Steve Timewell has recently returned from the job which was commissioned by a travel company. He took two drones with him on the company’s first ever international contract. One ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s Community Safety Partnership has created a hate crime survey for the public to register incidents of hate crimes. Hate crimes include hostility based on race, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. The short survey is for everyone, whether or not you have been a victim of or witnessed hate crime. The survey can be completed anonymously ...

A group dedicated to social cohesion has drawn upon leaders in business, politics and religion for its first meeting discussing the implications of the EU referendum. Social Issues in South Lincolnshire, a group run by Father Jonathan Sibley of St Mary’s Church, Long Sutton, met at Long Sutton Market House to discuss the economic implications of Brexit. Speakers included Lincolnshire ...

Flower and gifts shop Flowers N Things won the Spalding Halloween window display competition, judged by South Holland District Council chairman Rodney Grocock. A council spokesman said Coun Grocock toured the town, looking at the displays made by all the participating businesses. The competition was created to coincide with the Spalding Pumpkin Festival and parade. Spalding was given a spooky ...

The latest food hygiene scores have been revealed and the number of top scores in South Holland is at an all time high. With scores awarded from zero to five, the number within the district rating between three and five is currently 98.4 per cent. “Our food, health and safety team works hard by continually monitoring standards across the district ...

One of the last surviving veterans of D-Day has died at the age of 98. Tom Fowler was awarded France’s highest military decoration, the Legion d’honneur, two years ago. He attended Remembrance Parades both locally and in London and was a well-known veteran in Spalding. He died in the early hours of last Tuesday at the Cedar Falls home. “He ...

Four dinosaurs visited Spalding Parish Church of England Day School for a day of Jurassic fun and learning. Foundation Stage and Year 1 pupils met baby dino Trixie, Ronnie, the four-metre-long T-rex and Spike the Spinosaurus, pictured above with staff. Class teacher Laura McWilliam, who organised the visit, said: “We wanted a fun and educational workshop to support our children’s ...

Lincolnshire Police have released their latest figures detailing instances of use of force. Between July 1 and September 30 this year, police logged 256 use of force incidents in the Boston and South Holland region. Of these, trained taser operators were present at 86 incidents and the devices were used ten times. Irritant spray was drawn by officers nine times ...

Plans to breathe new life into a post-16 centre in Spalding have been submitted to South Holland District Council. The centre opened in 2008 but last year there were no students and its future was unclear. But now the Springwell Alternative Academy is hoping to transform it into a new school. “It is proposed to use the existing South Holland ...

A Spalding woman and her daughter have launched an appeal in the hope they’ll be able to get a homeless couple somewhere to live by Christmas. Stephanie Lamont and her daughter, Clementine Cousins, have launched a Justgiving donations page online which people can use to give money to help homeless couple Jane and Jason Paul. Stephanie is hoping to raise ...

This Saturday, Sunday and Monday, (October 21/22/23), there will be a rail replacement service between Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln. Trains will operate between Peterborough and Spalding. On Tuesday, October 24, trains between Lincoln and Peterborough will operate between Lincoln and Sleaford only. A rail replacement service will operate between Sleaford, Spalding and Peterborough. Network Rail is reminding passengers travelling on ...

Officers investigating an assault that happened outside a pub on New Road, Spalding, shortly before 11pm on October 14, have issued a CCTV image of a man who may be able to assist the enquiry. A 19 year-old man suffered facial injuries during the incident. If you know the identity of the man in the image, please call PC James ...

A man has been sent to Lincoln Crown Court for sentence after admitting offences relating to making, distributing and possessing thousands of indecent images of children. Andrew Gaff, 38, of Fleet Road, Fleet, admitted three charges of making indecent images of children totalling 11,709 photographs; two charges of possessing 141 extreme pornographic images involving humans having intercourse with animals and ...