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Spalding Primary School has reassured neighbours that they will have a chance for input after its hope for an all-weather sports pitch and outdoor classroom met opposition. Some residents are angry at no consultation to date. Already annoyed about ongoing parking issues at the Woolram Wygate school, they claim they only learned about the pitch and classroom proposal from last ...

This Sunday (June 22) is International SUN-day and South Lincolnshire Astronomical and Geophysical Society is inviting members of the public to have a safe viewing of the sun at Baytree Nurseries Garden Centre in Weston. Members of SoLAGS will be beside the main entrance with a selection of telescopes, and screens, and advice on how to view the sun safely. ...

The final fundraising event in the name of the Anglia Motel Veterans’ Fund was a £2,500 success. Superb weather lured thousands of people to Hunstanton over the weekend as Fleet motel owner Harold Payne’s efforts were rewarded. A large display of military vehicles on The Green was supported on Sunday with a flypast by a Dakota and 50,000 poppies dropped ...

Royal visitor HRH Princess Beatrice of York has officially opened a new £9million facility at the University Academy Holbeach. Princess Beatrice visited the academy to see the new building, which offers a modern learning environment for pupils and provides 3,500 sq m of additional teaching space. The new building, which includes the Academy’s first purpose-built sports hall, specialist Design and Technology and ...

The manager of Spalding’s Oxfam shop will be running the Seabank Marathon in honour of his parents, both of whom he lost to cancer. Gary Peatling takes on the Boston to Skegness marathon on Sunday and will be raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and Oxfam. Gary said: “Completing a marathon is a big task, but Oxfam’s global mission of ...

Nearly 1,500 people proved that Holbeach has the appetite for an annual food festival. Organised by Lincolnshire county councillor Nick Worth, the event at the William Stukeley Primary School, was really well received. On the menu was a mix of food, music and culture thanks to the likes of Transported, Holbeach Town Band and Bakkavor Pizza. Coun Worth said: “It ...

Pupils at Ayscoughfee Hall School learned about a new culture with a visit to Spalding restaurant The Spice Affair. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children in year five had a wonderful time when they visited The Spice Affair in Spalding. “They learnt about the places and culture of Goa. “The children loved making naan bread and afterwards enjoyed a delicious ...

Pinchbeck got into the party mood at the weekend with what many thought was the “best carnival parade” the village has seen. Schools, pre-schools, children’s groups and dancing and music groups joined the Cities of the World-themed parade through the streets, led by the carnival queen and princesses, for the highlight of the weekend. More people than ever joined the ...

If you felt something was missing from Spalding’s calendar this year, never fear. Despite the absence of the annual flower parade in 2014, there is something hoping to take its place in the hearts and minds of locals and visitors in the shape of Spalding People’s Parade. The event is on Sunday and will feature a parade of decorated trolley ...

A fantastic new outdoor area with all-weather sports pitch and auditorium is in the pipeline at Spalding Primary School. The project could cost up to £25,000 and the school’s Parent Teacher Association is fundraising hard – with a big emphasis on this year’s annual fair on Saturday, June 28. Proposals and quotes are still being gathered, but the hope is ...

Rainbow Summer Solstice Festival The Five Bells, Tydd St Mary Saturday, June 21 Free entry 11am to 8pm. Whatever your musical taste, there is bound to be something to suit at the Rainbow Summer Solstice Festival this Saturday. To mark the longest day of the year, The Five Bells in Tydd St Mary is hosting a huge summer party. The ...

Holbeach Town and Country Fayre has been hailed the best yet thanks to a brilliant turn out. The event took place at King’s Field over two days and had something for all the family ranging from martial arts demonstrations and a Hurricane flypast to art and craft stalls and vintage tractors. Committee member Andy French said: “We’d outgrown our previous ...

Pupils at Ayscoughfee Hall School learned about a new culture with a visit to Spalding restaurant The Spice Affair. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children in year five had a wonderful time when they visited The Spice Affair in Spalding. “They learnt about the places and culture of Goa. “The children loved making naan bread and afterwards enjoyed a delicious ...

Nine school choirs took part in this year’s South Holland Primary Schools’ Music Festival. The event was held at Ayscoughfee Hall School with choirs from Spalding St John’s, Holbeach, Long Sutton, Gedney Church End, Spalding St Norbert’s, Gedney Drove End, Holbeach William Stukeley, Bicker Prep and Ayscoughfee coming together for a morning of singing and performing songs from the first World ...

By Tulip Radio business manager Jan Whitbourn Chris Carter and myself travelled from Spalding to France in a very rare 1942 Austin K2 ambulance. Local farmers AH Carter Farms have owned it for over 55 years. It saw service with the Navy and it’s believed there are only two other Austin Navy K2s still in existence out of many thousands ...

  Selfless volunteer Mick Clarkson is building a reputation as a community champion who makes things happen. First it was Pop’s Patch – a four square metre piece of rough council land in Royce Road which he transformed and maintains; now he’s helping to create a 50 square metre sensory garden at The Garth School. The 53-year-old father-of-three is working ...

As a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire, one of Petronella Keeling’s roles is to recommend people for public honours and covertly gather some details on their achievements. So imagine her surprise when the tables were turned and it was she who received an On Her Majesty’s Service letter informing her of becoming a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). ...

A life-saving helicopter has received £2,000 to keep it airborne thanks to a “pride of Lions”. Spalding Lions played host to a Zone D meeting, which saw members from Bourne, Market Deeping and Sleaford get together to hand over of a cheque to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. The cheque was presented by zone chairman Paul Whitworth to Tom and ...

Holbeach Youth Centre is struggling to stay open due to a lack of volunteers. The popular place would appear to be a victim of its own success. One adult is needed for each 15 young people and sometimes around 80 attend the sessions, requiring six grown-ups. Lynn Katze, youth development officer for Holbeach Youth Centre, said: “We’re really struggling to ...

There’s an opportunity for anyone to learn more about knitting, embroidery, crocheting and other needlecrafts in Spalding on Saturday, June 14. Freelance artist Carol Parker is organising an Art On The High Street workshop called #craftarmy. Embroiderers, weavers and spinners will be on hand to show visitors the basics of the craft. Or people can just drop in for a ...