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The weather has finally turned spring-like and the time is right to start planning your floral displays. Whether bedding plants are your thing, or you prefer the wild flower look, a beautiful garden can brighten any summer. If you have a front garden and live in Holbeach then you could be in with a chance of winning a cash prize ...

The Good Neighbours scheme is officially up and running in Quadring and Gosberton. Volunteers are ready to help those in the villages that need it most. The first call for help came last week when someone needed a lift to the hospital. Jane Brigginshaw had seen the initiative in action elsewhere and decided to set it up for the villagers ...

Three cyclists from Quadring will ride from Scotland to London next week for a veterans charity. Army veterans and rugby fans Peter Elrick (60) and Tim Barnes (45) will cycle more than 500 miles from Murrayfield in Edinburgh to Twickenham, ending at the stadium on the day of the Babcock Trophy Army v Navy match in May. Peter and Tim, ...

The shelves of the Holbeach food bank are filling up again thanks to generous slimmers. After seeing a story in The Voice about how the food bank was in desperate need of donations, Holbeach Slimming World consultants Alison Merrill and Mel Horscroft felt they had to respond, so the pair asked their group members to donate food and the response ...

Flower is powering plans to take veterans, a restored landing craft and 5,000 roses to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Holbeach businessman and veterans charities fundraiser Harold Payne has launched an RAF, army and navy themed flower festival. Harold will hold the festival on his Anglia Motel site on the A17 over the Bank Holiday weekend of May ...

Elite Sport Academy are among the entries that have been coming in for The Pride of South Holland Awards, Their nominator said:  “I believe the team deserves this award for the tireless efforts they put in to offering opportunities to our local community and beyond “Over 2,000 children  a week take part in events across the sporting spectrum including archery, ...

A Crowland charity has raised around £500,000 since it started has recently presented its latest £45,000. The Crowland Cancer Fund has been raising money for around 25 years and recently held its annual presentation evening. Secretary Libby Jackson said the fund will be closing its furniture warehouse in August as the charity’s landlord has sold the site for redevelopment, but ...

A Holbeach charity has given away more than £12,000 so far this year. In the latest donation, Chosen has presented £500 to Ellie-Mae Belokon-Dennis who is raising funds for her trip to America for the 24th World Scout Jamboree. She will be joining around 50,000 scouts from around the world in West Virginia. The charity has also donated £4,000 to ...

An event that could save your life returns to the South Holland Centre this weekend. The Rotary Club of South Holland is holding Know Your Blood Pressure sessions on Saturday. Between 10am and 3pm professionals will be on hand to check your blood pressure for free as part of the campaign launched by Rotary International and the Stroke Association. A ...

Lincolnshire Police has issued all frontline officers spit and bite guards to help protect against assaults. The hood made of thin breathing material is to be placed over individuals spitting or biting during altercations with officers. Lincolnshire Police’s assistant chief constable Shaun West said: “None of our officers should have to endure assaults of any kind and being bitten or ...

A report outlining the result of consultations on proposals for a new Spalding school for students expelled from elsewhere have been published. The Wellspring Academy Trust is looking to open a facility at the former post-16 centre in Matmore Gate. The Springwell Academy Trust is refurbishing the former centre ready for a planned opening in September. It is a legal ...

Members of the South Holland Market Traders Group took to the seaside to for their latest cheque presentation. The group presented £935 to the RNLI at Skegness on Sunday, March 25. Throughout the past 12 months market customers have been giving generously and helping the traders raise the sums. There was also an auction held with help from Pendragon Antiques, ...

Residents in Lincolnshire who are eligible for a free bus pass have changes to the way applications are now made. From the beginning of this month, there are three ways to either apply for or renew the concessionary pass. Residents can download an application form from the website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/concessionaryfares There will also be a new web portal to allow online ...

A Spalding mum has launched a support group for fellow mums in the area. And the members of Emily’s Support Group for Mums community on Facebook is set for a first meet at a Teddy Bears’ Picnic this month at Ayscoughfee Hall. It was set up by Emily Faulkner. “I was a young mum at 19 with my daughter Sophia ...

A Spalding postman who has raised more than £11,500 in memory of a colleague who died from cancer is fundraising again. Nine years ago Ade Mills set up cancer foundation Ride for Robbie in memory of Robbie Coats. Since then he has participated and organised biannual events to raise money for the cancer wards and department at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital. ...

The next generation of plumbers could be in the pipeline at University Academy Holbeach after its excellence in training them was recognised. It has been awarded Approve Centre status by the industry’s professional body, the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE). Geoff Westall, National President of CIPHE presented the plaque to Miss Lucy Mawer, head of plumbing and ...

Hot drinks, cake and chat are on the menu for a new social scheme. Community Cuppa events launch throughout April, aimed at anyone aged over 50 who would like to find out more about what is going on in their local area. The scheme is designed to build connections between people in communities around Lincolnshire, helping tackle loneliness and social ...

Patients at Sue Ryder’s Thorpe Hall were delighted to receive 70 Easter eggs donated by Roythornes Solicitors and their staff. A spokesman for Roythornes in Spalding said: “The aim of the initiative was purely to bring a smile to the faces of the residents and to those benefiting from the hospice’s bereavement counselling services and day treatment.” The appeal was ...

A Pinchbeck couple celebrated 70 years of wedded bliss together last Tuesday. John (96) and Eve (94) Taylor met just after World War Two at a demob party at a pub in Sheerness. During the war John was a leading aircraftsman with the RAF and Eve aircraftsman two with the WRAF. They married in 1948 in the village of Walkington ...

A Holbeach campaigner has said recent adjustments have made crossing the A17 more dangerous than ever. In 2016, a petition organised by Paula Hayes raised more than 800 signatures and was presented to Lincolnshire County Council. The petition, which had the backing of John Hayes MP, called for better crossing provisions on the A17 but changes made during the recent ...