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One of the bus companies that runs services in Spalding has announced it will change its timetables from Monday. However Stagecoach has said it does not yet know what those changes entail. A statement on Stagecoach’s website, said: “Our services will be temporarily changing from Monday 23 March until further notice. “Please bear with us as we work hard to ...

Ayscoughfee Hall and Moulton Mill are among the places in South Holland to close as a result of the current Covid-19 outbreak. Moulton Mill is to close for the ‘foreseeable future’. A spokesman for the mill, said: “The Directors/Trustees of Moulton Windmill have decided to close the mill for the foreseeable future to safeguard risks to our volunteers.  This will ...

As the Covid-19 virus turns life in South Holland upside down, the community and businesses are doing what they can to help the district’s most vulnerable and each other. A host of groups have been set up online with volunteers offering to provide help to those self-isolating, be they aged over 70 or suffering from medical conditions. Many have been ...

A knitting group has provided vulnerable people with knitted gifts. Members of the Pinchbeck Baptist Church ‘Knit and Natter’ group presented residents at St John’s Care Home in Spalding with beautiful knitted gifts this week. Members have been busy knitting hats, gloves and twiddle muffs for residents who were delighted with their new accessories. The ‘twiddle muffs’, decorated with items ...

A women’s group has donated money it raised with charity events to a hospice. Michelle Smith and Belinda Taylor, from Gosberton Ladies Circle, said the group was pleased to make a donation of £250 to local charity, the Butterfly Hospice. “The ladies group chose the Butterfly Hospice for their donation this year as so many people are affected both directly ...

A party that’s been put on for everyone over 65 in Quadring has entered its eighth decade itself. Every year for the last 71 years the hugely popular Quadring Senior Citizen Party has been put on for the village’s elderly. And this year was no exception with 97 people at the village hall. A special presentation was made to the ...

The first anniversary of a Crowland parkrun takes place in April and hopes to welcome new runners to the group. Parkrun events have become regular fixtures across the country and a year ago, South Holland got its first. Snowden Field parkrun event director Adam Carress makes it clear the regular running session is just that – a run rather than ...

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An action group has formed to help vulnerable people in South Holland during the coronavirus situation. A group of volunteers has pledged to help people in the area most vulnerable to the virus by delivering shopping to their home to save them mixing with those potentially infected with COVID-19. Long Sutton woman Hayley Gedney, who runs two Diabetes UK groups ...

The community and businesses are being urged to get on board with a potential new water-based festival for Spalding. Members of the Spalding Town Forum raised the possibility of getting a committee together to launch a festival based in and around the town’s waterways, maybe from 2021. And they want to hear from interested people, businesses and groups who want ...

The hunt is on for a new home for Spalding Post Office to ensure the service remains in the town. The lease for its current home at Winsover Road will run out in February next year. With a year to go, both Lincolnshire Co-op, which runs the town branch, and the Post Office themselves are “looking for suggestions and ideas” ...

An annual show aimed at giving the elderly a Saturday night out returned with aplomb recently. The Rotary Club of the Spalding and the Welland’s Annual Variety Show saw 300 people enjoy a host of entertainment at the South Holland Centre on Tuesday, March 3. Showbiz professionals Tracie Hughes and Jennifer Bentley, of Spellbound, MC’d the night which included acts ...

A man who served his community as a retained fire man for over 30 years was given a special salute as a thanks for his service as part of his funeral last week. Roy Ashton, of Holbeach, passed away aged 87 after a short illness on February 7. The funeral procession from Holbeach Methodist Church included a stop outside the ...

A charity ball has helped raised thousands of pounds for a London Marathon runner’s chosen charity. Luke Allen (23), of Gosberton, is taking on the 26.2 mile run next month for the Make a Wish Foundation. The teaching assistant at Gosberton House Academy was inspired to chose the charity after seeing the effect it had on one of his pupils. ...

The 75th anniversary of VE Day will be celebrated in style in Holbeach thanks to a party organised by a district councillor. Coun Tracey Carter has booked one of Britain’s best big bands to make the 1940s-themed event suitably swing. Kalamazoo Dance Band will play the event and the party will take place at the town’s WI Hall on Friday, ...

Young people across South Holland celebrated their favourite stories today (Thursday, March 5) as part of World Book Day. Many schools encouraged pupils to dress up as their favourite characters while others put on book themed events to promote reading. And a huge thank you to our readers for sending in pictures of your little ones getting into the spirit. ...

A Spalding teenager has reached the final of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards. Dylan Scott (15) has been shortlisted for his photo, titled ‘Rescue Hen’. The competition is set to be judged by panel that includes Chris Packham, but there is also a public choice award. To get behind Dylan, visit https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9SYXMGM and vote before 4pm on Wednesday, March 11, ...

Vegetables stood no chance at a village primary school last week as children chopped and cooked them as part of a national initiative to get more children eating healthily. Julie Smith, administrator at Weston Hills CofE Primary School, said the school was supporting the Eat Them To Defeat Them 2020 initiative, designed to combat the stat that 80 per cent ...

Could you join a team that helps some of the most vulnerable elderly people in the area every week? The Meadows needs more help to ensure as many people as possible who use their services are able to access them. Around 45 volunteers in the Spalding and District branch help to bus people to the day centre or maintain the ...

A marriage proposal was one of the highlights as thousands of pounds were raised for charity at a fancy ball. The Leap Year Ball, held at Springfields, Spalding, was organised by members of WeightWatchers and more than £2,810 was raised for Diabetes UK and The Friends of the Garth School in Spalding. It adds to the overall total of fundraising ...