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Singing for Life to raise hospice cash

A group of South Holland women will be adding their voices to a charity concert later this month. Sing for Life will raise money for Sue Ryder’s Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough. The gala will be at The Cresset, Peterborough, on Sunday, October 21 and more than 100 specially-recruited singers will take part in the fundraiser. Tickets are available via ...

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Songwriting course for young musicians in Holbeach

A free course in Holbeach will give creative youngsters the chance to write, craft and record an original song before making a music video ready for YouTube. George Barnett from Spalding indie-pop duo Alfie Jack – who gig nationally and have appeared on the BBC – runs the six-week course at Holbeach Hub. Alfie Jack have released two EPs and ...

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Cash boost for Long Sutton and Gosberton green projects thanks to the Co-op shoppers

Green space projects in South Holland are set to benefit from a Lincolnshire Co-op scheme. Just under £7,000 will be going to Long Sutton Primary School to help create a wild learning zone and pathway for walks. Almost £5,000 is heading to Gosberton to refurbish a playing field, including a community orchard, and reinstate a summer fair. A total of ...

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Long Sutton charity runner Geoff slays Ely Monster Half Marathon

Long Sutton charity champion Geoff Palmer (67) powered through his first ever half marathon this weekend. Taking part in the Ely Monster Half Marathon, Geoff finished in impressive time. “I completed the run in two hours and nine minutes. I was pleased as I had thought around two hours 15 mins.” Geoff said he enjoyed the day and the views ...

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New homes to join Welland Hospital site supermarket plan?

Almost 40 affordable homes could be built alongside a new superstore on the site of a former Spalding hospital. An application has been submitted for the former Welland Hospital. The central area is already the subject of proposals for a new Lidl superstore. Two areas of residential development are being suggested by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Plans submitted ...

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Creative family show off their talents at new Spalding art exhibition

A talented family of potters and painters will display their crafts at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum this October. Anthony Edwards and his wife Di this year celebrate 45 years of master craftsmanship. The couple run Tydd Pottery at Pode Hole and their Step By Step exhibition is at Aysoughfee Hall Museum throughout October. Anthony’s stepson Mike and Mike’s partner Emma will ...

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Crowland Abbey history reinactment goes with a bang

Amid cannon fire and musket bangs, Crowland Abbey felt the return of Oliver Cromwell’s puritan troops, almost 400 years after they first attacked. Battle reinactment group The Sealed Knot recreated the Siege of Crowland Abbey during the weekend activites. The Rev Mike Ongyerth said: “Large crowds lined the streets of Crowland to see members of the Sealed Knot march through ...

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Daredevil Lindsay entertains up high in Long Sutton

Long Sutton Outreach ‘caring for carers’ had a visit from international circus performer Lindsay Hurd, who entertained with slack-rope tricks and daring stunts. Joan Woolard from the group said Lindsay “has travelled the world with his slack-rope act, wobbling alarmingly while playing a violin or juggling a vicious machete and other objects with a rubber duck in a bowl of ...

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Celebrating blooming success in South Holland

Hard work in South Holland has been rewarded with a raft of medals from East Midlands in Bloom this year. Spalding and Holbeach were both awarded gold medals in the large town and small town categories. There was also a Judge’s Award for the work carried out at Spalding railway station. Long Sutton took a silver gilt, also in the ...

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Serious traffic accidents on the rise across county

LIVES, a Lincolnshire based charity attending 999 medical emergencies, has reported a dramatic increase in the number of serious road traffic collisions (RTC) it has been called to attend across Lincolnshire this year. This is the charity’s busiest year on record, with LIVES volunteers helping nearly 800 people involved in RTCs across Lincolnshire between January and August. This is compared ...

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Gosberton sixth-former aces her advanced driving test

At 17-years-old, a Gosberton sixth-former has become the youngest person in her group to pass the intensive IAM RoadSmart advanced driver course. Billi Jackson, who is studying at Spalding High School, is the first 17-year-old to pass the advanced motorist course at the Boston IAM Roadsmart group. Billi said she was really happy when she passed and took the test ...

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Surfleet villagers back tax rise for Glen Park

The majority of people at a Surfleet public meeting voted to add £12 a year to their Council Tax bill to support Glen Park. More than 100 people attended the meeting and now the charity SPARC which owns the facility says it expects the parish council to abide by the vote taken. A spokesman for SPARC said the parish precept ...

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Schoolchildren to help re-open Spalding Aldi store

A Spalding superstore is due to re-open its tomorrow (Thursday, September 28) after a refurbishment and extension. Children from St John the Baptist Primary will be part of the celebrations at Aldi on St Thomas Road when they help to officially cut the ribbon. The green-fingered pupils will receive a donation of gardening materials from the store to help maintain ...

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Weston St Mary school in special measures

A South Holland school has been put into special measures after Ofsted inspectors declared it inadequate. Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School has had six head teachers since 2014 and according to the report, fails its pupils. The school, which has 46 children on the roll, was inspected in July this year. “Leadership of the school is inadequate. ...

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Coffee, cake and charity at Macmillan’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2017

The only thing finer than coffee and cake is coffee and cake for a good cause. So choose your venue for the Macmillan Big Coffee Morning on Friday, September 29. Across the district, cafes, libraries and community hubs are hosting coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Research. Pick your place and turn up for good food, a cup of ...

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Vintage shop with hair and make-up salon coming soon to Spalding

Dance tutors and events company Boston Jive continue to expand their retro offerings with the opening of a new shop in Spalding. Opening on Friday, October 6, Vera Rose House of Vintage is suitably decked out in 40s and 50s furniture and sells retro clothes in the boutique shop. There is also a hair and make-up salon and a the ...

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Book ahead for critically acclaimed independent films in Spalding

The latest South Holland Centre cinema programme has been released and features a selection of independent films chosen by the Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) Young People’s Programme arts network. The cinema listings up to the start of December are now out. Alongside mainstream films such as The Emoji Movie, Victoria and Abdul and Murder on the Orient Express, LOVFilm Project ...

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Firefighters scrub up and raise cash during charity car wash

Firefighters from Holbeach station turned their attention and hoses to the town’s dirty cars all in a good cause. The team spent Saturday in Tesco car park, Holbeach, washing cars and raising money for the National Firefighter’s Charity. The car wash raised £204 and was one of ten car wash events that took place across the county over the last ...

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Money awarded to help the homeless

An intensive programme of work to help 120 of the most vulnerable homeless people across Lincolnshire has been launched. The county-wide partnership ACTion Lincs has been set up to provide “life-changing support and tackle some of the most complex homelessness cases in Lincolnshire”, says a South Holland County Council spokesperson. ACTion Lincs pools nine district councils, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation ...

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Police tackle latest boy racer hotspots

Boy racers causing a nuisance in South Holland have been given a stark warning from Spalding police. Those causing trouble in the main hotspots – Spalding, Holbeach and Tydd St Mary – are under the watchful eye of the East Midlands Operational Support Service and they will be prosecuted if caught. The Support Service has traffic officers with specialist knowledge ...

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