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Springfields Shopping Outlet annual firework display is set to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal British Legion ahead of its returning Remembrance Parade. The fireworks is set to be a fabulous display specially choreographed to great music for all generations at 8pm on November 4, with access from 6pm. The music has been put together especially for the event ...

A festival in Donington this Sunday is set to help a Holbeach three-year-old lead his best life. The Roman Festival is being held as part of the fundraising for three-year-old Roman Wilson was left brain damaged after suffering two strokes before he’d even been born. He’s already defying doctors predictions with his development, though is paralysed on his right hand side, ...

A Fleet inventor is looking to create a centre of excellence into the treatment of Parkinson’s in Long Sutton after her invention that’s improved her life and that of others with the condition officially launched. Sandra Mcdonough had to retire from her role as a payroll clerk aged 37, but now aged 59 she’s launched her first business after inventing ...

Two couples celebrating wedding anniversaries have raised money for a charity food bank. One of the couples, Barbara and Tony Button, were celebrating their 60th anniversary. They held a joint party in Sutton St James with their daughter and son-in-law, Alison and Danial English, who were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. Together they raised £1,500 for Long Sutton Food Larder. ...

Spalding’s Pumpkin Festival has been hailed a success with a great turnout. The event, which took place on a Saturday this year rather than the traditional Friday evening, saw hundreds of people attend, enjoying the attractions organised by South Holland District Council’s Communities Team. Coun Gary Taylor, portfolio holder for communities and facilities, said: “It went very well. “It was ...

Spalding Parish Day School hosted a cake stall to raise money to help Macmillan Cancer Support do whatever it takes for people living with cancer. Jess, a Year Five pupil, organised it as part of her ‘Make a Difference Project’. The children, in Year 5, also hosted a raffle with Macmillan merchandise to win and held a ‘Guess how many ...

A telephone box that’s planned to be a free mini-museum exhibition in Spalding could be moved a short way. Coun Elizabeth Sneath is adopting the box opposite Ayscoughfee Hall for £1 and working with the museum’s Julia Knight and South Holland District Council’s conservation officer Greg Watkinson on the project to fill the box with images of Spalding’s past. But ...

Children at Monkshouse Primary School in Spalding have been given The Indian Experience ahead of Diwali. The school was visited by Sunita Patel who helped children create traditional Rangoli artwork as shown, as well as speaking about some of the stories surrounding the festival that gets under way next month. The sessions have been run by Lincolnshire-based The Indian Experience ...

Pumpkin celebrations are coming to South Holland this weekend with a family-centred event in Spalding. The celebration of horticulture and harvest will be in the town centre from 10am to 3pm on Saturday with a variety of entertainment alongside the usual weekend market. Local businesses in the town centre are taking part in the annual window dressing competition and there ...

A new incentive scheme to encourage people to shop in Spalding is to launch next month in time for the town’s Christmas celebrations. The bid to encourage people to buy from local independent businesses and potentially win a cash prize is the latest in ideas being worked up as part of the Town Centre Steering Group. Other new ideas being ...

Most people would not be looking to take on extra tasks at the age of 87. But sprightly Audrey Forman did just that for ten years to benefit fellow residents in sheltered housing in Lyndis Walk and other areas of Holbeach. Mrs Forman organised events and acted as committee treasurer. Along with monthly coach trips through the summer to places ...

The owner of a Spalding hotel braved the shave during a charity coffee morning. The Red Lion hosted a cake and coffee sale for Macmillan and, with headshave, more than £800 was raised. “It was a delight to see so many people join us as we raised money for a charity close to the hearts of many. The efforts of ...

Fun runners returned to the London Marathon this weekend and there was plenty of South Holland interest. They included two teachers, Frances Crampton and Haidee Paul, of St John’s Primary School. Frances Crampton and Haidee Paul, of St John’s Primary School. The pair got the children involved with their campaign before completing Sunday’s race. So far Miss Paul has raised ...

Thousands of pairs of glasses have been donated to charity by people around Spalding and the latest batch has been sent for sorting. Over 13 or 14 years, Spalding Lions have collected a total of 76,836 pairs of spectacles which are taken to a central point in Chichester. John Steel, a Spalding Lion, has taken the latest eight boxes recently. ...

A daredevil Spalding woman has raised £800 for charity by taking to the skies. Lisa Piccinelli, who has autism, epilepsy and learning difficulties, was determined to help two charities by jumping from an airplane in a tandem skydive. Along with her mum Ann, Lisa boosted her fundraising with a recipe book they created during lockdown. “We had been cooking on ...

Long Sutton is celebrating winning a silver award in this year’s East Midland in Bloom Awards. It was the only place in South Holland to enter this year’s contest and a call has gone out to encourage others to take part. Chairman of the South Holland in Bloom committee, Stephen Johnson, said members would like to see new volunteer groups ...

Team members from Greencore’s salads sites in Spalding joined colleagues from Boston to support charity. They all took part in the national Dawn Walk for Samaritans which was held at sunrise on Sunday, September 18. Two Greencore teams set off on a 10km walk from the Wardentree Lane site in Spalding and Elsea Park in Bourne. So far the walkers ...

Kind-hearted staff at law firm Roythornes have raised an incredible £5,000 for Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice in memory of a colleague they lost to cancer and who was cared for at the Peterborough hospice. Sarah Banner joined the firm in November 2015 and made a positive impression with clients and staff alike. But she was diagnosed with a returning ...

The Gosberton Academy community came together recently to raise awareness for a fantastic cause. September is Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and pupils wore gold or yellow clothing in exchange for a donation, raising £130. Headteacher Tom Baxter said: “It was fantastic to see so many children taking part. It really shows the fantastic efforts of our families ...

A number of veterans were among those who attended an annual memorial service for a World War Two regiment based in Donington. The 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers Arnhem Memorial Service took place at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church on Sunday. The names of the 59 soldiers who were billeted in the village and who lost their lives ...