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A parade and remembrance service gave Donington the chance to honour those who gave their lives for their country. Veterans paraded through the village in beautiful autumn sunshine, accompanied by a bagpiper, before laying wreaths at the village’s Arnhem Oak Tree. They then attended a service at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church, which has an Arnhem memorial in ...

Pupils from 36 primary schools took the chance to look round University Academy Holbeach as prospective students – and every bit of feedback was extremely positive. A Year 7 student gave a presentation of her first few weeks in school and two sixth formers talked about their life in Year 12. Each department of all subject areas attended the evening ...

This image and more feature in the first-ever Long Sutton area calendar produced by the town’s Market House Photography Group. Members submitted entries and the group’s committee chose the 13 images for the calendar. Members who have their work published are Carole Kenyon, Roy Ashton, Jackie Forrest, Angela Reeve, Trevor Swift, Sally Goodacre and Michael Andrews. The calendar costs £5 ...

A pioneering social reformer and evangelist is to be honoured in Spalding. The latest heritage blue plaque – which recognises a person of historical significance – is the fifth in the series and will honour William Booth, the co-founder of church and charity The Salvation Army, which is celebrating its 150th year. Booth’s 86-year-old great-grandson, Colonel Bramwell Booth, will conduct ...

Fleet took a step back in time when tractor drivers descended for the annual Fenland Working Weekend. A field in Branches Lane was filled with tractor drivers from far and wide demonstrating how traditional machinery was used in the past. This popular event attracted many tractor drivers with farming machinery, along with farming enthusiasts who took their tractors and machines ...

An event to relaunch Holbeach youth club and promote the building as a community hub has been hailed a “100 per cent” success. One of the trustees of the “Holbeach Hub”, in Boston Road, Tracey Carter said several community groups had expressed an interest in holding meetings and events as a result of the open day. The building boasts a ...

Two Spalding walkers joined hundreds stepping out in support of a world without dementia. Alan Owen and Melanie Harper took part in the Memory Walk in Peterborough organised by the Alzheimer’s Society. The pair chose to take part after Alan’s uncle died from the disease. He said: “My uncle Ace sadly passed away last year. “He’s from the USA so ...

Three friends have undertaken the trip of a lifetime in a bid to raise cash for a children’s charity. Mark Herd (37), of Pinchbeck, Jason Dixon (44), of Boston, and Tom Pell (27), of Swineshead, have travelled 2,000 miles around Europe in a decorated London black cab as part of the Screwball Rally. The trio, aptly named The Last Fare, ...

People are being urged to be quick with clothes donations to Ella’s Syrian Appeal. The appeal to support migrant children caught up in the crisis was launched by Spalding couple Mark and Sarah Le Sage a fortnight ago is ending on Saturday.(October 3) Dozens of bags of clothes suitable for 0-18 years have been donated and will be transported to ...

Families are being urged to make Spalding Pumpkin Festival another big hit. The annual event takes place on Friday, October 9, with the pumpkin parade (6.30pm from Sheep Market) and fireworks display (Market Place, 7.30pm) the highlights. There’s also daytime entertainment from 11am including a charity market, street entertainment, activities and competitions. In the evening, there will be live entertainment ...

Munro Medical Centre is taking bookings for free flu protection. The sessions are at its Spalding surgery this Saturday (October 3) and Saturday, October 17, and at the Church Walk branch in Pinchbeck on Wednesday, October 14. Patients considered at risk of flu include all aged 65 years and over, people living in residential care, main carers of the elderly ...

A courageous 16-year-old had her head shaved for charity on Monday, in memory of her auntie. Nikki Taylor, of Deeping St Nicholas, has so far raised more than £300 for Macmillan Cancer Support with the chop at Oasis Beauty Salon in Little London, Spalding. And the teenager is donating her shaven hair to the Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs ...

Green-fingered families enjoyed a gardening workshop as part of South Holland District Council’s SHout and About competition. The event took place at Silverwood Garden Centre in Long Sutton where participants learned how to fertilise and care for plants as well as enjoying a variety of gardening-themed games. They also got to take away a hanging basket of pansies and herbs. ...

A brain tumour sufferer has raised £1,041.52 for the hospital caring for her. Alice Prior (20), of Spalding, did a tandem skydive back in June and last week presented a cheque to staff at the neurosurgery department at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. Alice was diagnosed with the tumour, which is currently dormant, in April last year. She said: “It is ...

Spalding In Bloom committee chairman Angela Newton says the town is gunning to come first in East Midlands In Bloom 2016. Spalding won gold for a second year running in this year’s awards in the large town category, with 172 points out of a possible 200. But the town was placed behind fellow gold winners Belper and Market Harborough, which ...

Two South Holland-based not-for-profit organisations are to share details of the work they do. Presentations from Agape Foodbank and the Lighthouse Projects and Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust form part of this month’s South Holland Voluntary Sector forum. The free forum is an opportunity for charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations to meet up, share information and promote their ...

There is a remembrance service and parade in Donington on Sunday (September 27). The 1st Air Troop Royal Engineers the Parachute Regiment World War Two veterans will be parading at 10am in Market Place, followed by a 10.30am service at St Mary and The Holy Rood Church and the laying of wreaths at the Arnhem Oak Memorial. Eveyone is very ...

More than 200 people took the chance to find out more about a huge housing and commercial scheme proposal for Holbeach. Organisers are sifting through feedback from an information day at the University of Lincoln campus on September 17. About 1,000 homes and a new primary school are planned on parcels of land owned by Lincolnshire County Council, Bovis Homes and a ...

Pupils Sienna Foster and Lewis Mitchell get a look at a Viking’s weapons during an insight day at Cowbit St Mary Primary School. ‘Viking’ Jed Jaggard wowed youngsters, starting with the creation of a typical settlement, in St Mary’s Church where school assemblies are held. Then classes had group sessions with Jed, learning how to make fishing nets, fire and ...

Organisers of an appeal to help clothe Syrian migrant children have been overwhelmed by the initial response. But Spalding couple Mark and Sarah Le Sage say it is still early days and urged people to keep donating clothing suitable for 0-18 years. Within three days of Ella’s Syrian Appeal being published in The Voice (September 17), 28 bags had been ...