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Two areas of Spalding are looking tidier this week after litter picks by volunteers. The purges – carried out in showery weather on Saturday lunchtime – were part of last weekend’s Clean For The Queen campaign, which encouraged communities to smarten their areas in readiness for the monarch’s 90th birthday celebrations. One group targeted Spalding town centre riverside and another ...

Three projects are hoping to get the most votes this week to earn the top £12,000 grant in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Fleet Wood Lane Primary School, Holbeach In Bloom and Spalding Monkhouse Primary School have already done enough to get at least £8,000 each, but they are all asking for people’s support to help them get a ...

Stallholders on Spalding market are holding a prize tombola for customers on Saturday (March 5), with prizes having a Mother’s Day theme. The draw follows the success of a similar promotion last month when 12 Valentine’s Day prizes were offered by traders. David Burgess, chairman of the recently-formed Spalding branch of the National Market Traders’ Federation, said it went “very ...

Kindergarten children at Ayscoughfee Hall school had fun building their own igloo. The whole school contributed by bringing in empty milk cartons. The children in kindergarten spent time sorting the bottles by grouping together the different coloured lids. As the igloo grew in size they took great delight in seeing how many could get in it and if they could ...

Those who have generously donated to 2430 Holbeach Squadron Air Cadets were thanked at an official recognition event. The event thanked local businesses, charities and councillors who donated funds to the squadron following the launch of its fundraising initiative back in October. Those invited included South Holland district councillors Gary Taylor and Tracey Carter, Dave Bryant and Robin Thorpe, on ...

A new dementia café run by volunteers has opened at a Spalding nursing home. Tanglewood Cedar Falls in Little London. has allowed use of its premises for Memory Lane. Residents and families get to enjoy a cuppa and cake and have a chat. Tony Westland, of Whaplode, whose mother Lilian is in the nursing home, said: “It was the idea ...

SPAR Pinchbeck has celebrated a store refit with a grand re-launch event and healthy lunch giveaway for more than 300 local schoolchildren. The store on Knight Street re-opened its doors last Thursday (February 25) after a major refurbishment. It now features a brand new Daily Deli food service department, offering hot and cold food to go, and an improved fresh ...

Madonna, Super Mario and the team from Hi De Hi were just some of the guests at an annual 80s themed disco night. For the fifth year running Ian Haynes and Duncan Wright have organised the event at Spalding’s South Holland Centre to raise funds for Cancer Research following Ian’s diagnosis with oesophageal cancer in 2009. Music on the night ...

Litter picks have been organised for Spalding to coincide with a national initiative. Clean For The Queen is a three-day event with local groups throughout the country encouraged to clean up their villages, towns and grot spots in readiness to celebrate her 90th birthday later this year. District councillors will join other volunteers and are hoping other people join them at two litter-picks ...

Eleven charities and voluntary groups who provided collectors for the annual Spalding sleigh ride at Christmas have all received £300 cheques. The presentations were made by Bob Bradley, president of South Holland Rotary Club – the sleigh ride organisers – at a special celebration evening at the Woodlands Hotel, Spalding. The 11 were ­Spalding and Welland Rotary Club, Spalding Rugby ...

A first ball in Spalding to raise funds for The British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK was so successful that a second has already been pencilled in for September 2017. Last Saturday’s event at The South Holland Centre had 85 guests and raised at least £2,200. Music was provided by Zebra and Sarah O’Brien. Helen Webster, event co-organiser with Jackie ...

Former two-weight world champion David Haye was a hugely popular attraction at Spalding and District Round Table’s annual boxing night. About £10,000 was raised for local good causes, taking the total raised over the event’s 22-year history to about £250,000. Haye proved to be a great booking. When he agreed to attend, it was before he had announced his comeback ...

Youngsters got to grips with chopsticks during a special visit. Year 1 children from Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School were invited to enjoy a Chinese meal at the town’s Crystal Inn. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “They all had a go at using chopsticks and we practiced their table manners. “They loved all the food especially the prawn crackers and noodles. “They ...

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Rotary Club Two Lips black tie charity ball. The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland will be hosting the ball on Saturday, May 7, at the Castle Sports Centre, Spalding. The featured band at this year’s event will be the UK’s number one Beach Boys tribute act and the good causes nominated ...

Residents are being urged to sign up to a campaign to “Clean for the Queen”. The campaign aims to give the country a tidy-up ahead of The Queen’s 90th birthday in April and is being backed by South Holland District Council. The campaign, also supported by the Government, organisations including the Women’s Institute, the National Trust and the RSPB, businesses ...

Spalding PHAB received a cheque for £833.52 from Clover Way Co-op after being their Community Champions from September to December last year. The money will be used to buy indoor games for PHAB’s club nights. With a membership of around 70 and ages ranging from 19 to 93, PHAB provides entertainment and outings.

A new group has started in Spalding to raise awareness of alternative cancer treatments and support those who choose to use them. Help Stop Cancer has been set up with the help of National Lottery Funding and offers advice to anyone who would like to know more about alternative cancer treatments and cancer prevention and support to those taking the ...

Spalding and District U3A had an entertaining but serious talk from Spalding Fire and Rescue Service. Members were told how electrical fires are a problem in Lincolnshire and were advised not to leave electrical appliances running at night, such as phone chargers and washing machines. The group’s next monthly meeting is at Surfleet Village Hall on Thursday, March 3. Doors ...

On April 6, the law in England will change to make it compulsory for every dog to be micro-chipped and registered to a national recognised database. In preparation for this, Alder Veterinary Practice in Bourne Road, Spalding, has a special microchipping event on Saturday, February 27 (noon-4pm) for not just dogs but cats too at the reduced price of £8. ...

A group of Spalding Fulney Women’s Institute members took to the stage to entertain members of other WIs, their family and friends. They performed Cinderella to two sell-out performances at Bromley Memorial Hall in Pode Hall. The audience particularly enjoyed the antics of the Ugly Sisters, the missing cat, as well as numerous WI jokes. The cast and stage crew ...