Letters

There have been many letters and articles regarding speeding in whole of the South Holland District area and with much justification. However, South Holland District Council are either reluctant or in fairness powerless to accommodate every person’s wishes. One answer is, that like Weston Parish Council, they have approached both the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s office and the Lincolnshire ...

I was sad to read Mrs Harold’s letter (The Voice, August 17) saying how depressing she found Spalding. Having moved here five years ago (perhaps for the good value properties in the Fens) she says that there are great shops in the town. How right she is – two department stores, quite a few banks, national chains and small independent ...

There have been many letters and articles regarding speeding in whole of the South Holland District area and with much justification. However, South Holland District Council are either reluctant or in fairness powerless to accommodate every person’s wishes. One answer is, that like Weston Parish Council, they have approached both the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s office and the Lincolnshire ...

I was sad to read Mrs Harold’s letter (The Voice, August 17) saying how depressing she found Spalding. Having moved here five years ago (perhaps for the good value properties in the Fens) she says that there are great shops in the town. How right she is – two department stores, quite a few banks, national chains and small independent ...

In response to Tony Bown’s comments on speeding motorists (Voice Letters, August 10), NOTHING will ever happen. I have lived in two different villages, both on 30mph roads which traffic used to speed past my house at around 50-60mph. I spoke to South Holland Council about the possibility of speed bumps/speed cameras and was told that there had to have ...

  Referring to a letter published in The Voice (August 10) from M Moriarty, I absolutely agree with the comments regarding Spalding. I moved to the Fens five years ago and every time I have been to Spalding, my husband and I always say ‘never again’. We have never been there without getting held up in some roadworks, far too ...

Fancy going to some of the UK’s top festivals, but put off by the price of a ticket? Then apply to be an Oxfam festival volunteer and get in for free. Oxfam is recruiting volunteers for Leeds, Reading and Shambala Festivals on August bank holiday weekend. In working three shifts over five days, Oxfam volunteers can catch live performances from ...

County News Summer/Autumn 2017 highlights the unfairness of Government funding for Lincolnshire. We receive £292 each; London £536 each. We ‘miss out’ on £178 million yearly. Fairer funding for Lincolnshire and ending of the shortfall is called for. Lincolnshire County Council has 58 Tory councillors; all others combined only 12. Of the seven MPs for the county, six are Tory ...

Almost £1,000 was raised by a special auction at a Long Sutton church which is planning its 850th anniversary. The event was held at St Mary’s, which will mark the milestone in 2020 and money is being raised to create a new community room by way of celebration. Father Jonathan Sibley, parish priest, said the auction had been a great ...

This morning a friend posted on her social media page that she is liking her home town of Spalding less and less. She was in the town centre and a man was walking with his dog, not on a lead, and it approached my friend who asked the owner “Should the dog not be on a lead?”. He swore at ...

The school holidays are now well under way, and Sea Cadets – a national youth charity with 400 units across the UK – is urging people to stay safe as it launches its Water Savvy campaign. More than 300 people drowned in the UK last year, and more suffered life-changing injuries through near-drowning. But many of these tragic incidents could ...

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of looking after my sister’s dog (a most handsome little pooch!) and this necessitated an early morning walk along Ravens Bank, the main road through the village. I was absolutely astonished at the speeds of some of the vehicles travelling through the village at this time. I have never previously walked this route ...

I am delighted to be hosting Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual Dementia Friendly Awards this year. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate those people who are making an outstanding contribution towards improving the lives of those affected by dementia. I feel certain that there will be many individuals living in the East Midlands who should have their work within the ...

The “dementia tax” may have shaped the General Election campaign, but it’s not a new issue. For too long, the 11,000 people living with dementia in Lincolnshire have been struggling to pay the catastrophic costs of their care. That’s because, unlike other conditions, people with dementia don’t get free care on the NHS. This is wrong. People with dementia shouldn’t ...

I write to you with sheer dismay that over the weekend we had to witness so much anti-social street drinking, along with other acts which are deemed anti-social within the town’s Designated Public Place Orders (DPPO) boundaries. It has become clearly obvious that we have hardly any street patrols and, at the times we have witnessed anything, there is nobody ...

Congratulations on your re-election, John. Although you and I disagree on issues of national policy, I respect the work you do on behalf of local constituents. However, in the wake of the recent General Election, I hope you’ll now re-consider your position on Brexit.   Until now, you’ve interpreted a miniscule, overall majority in an “advisory”, “non-binding” EU Referendum as ...

What a night we had at the Parliamentary General Election Count for the South Holland and The Deepings consituency, held at Springfields Events Centre, Spalding. Firstly I would like to congratulate John Hayes, our local MP for being successful in this general election. John is clearly the people’s choice for South Holland and The Deepings after increasing his majority with ...

So finally we get to see what “strong and stable leadership” looks like. Like me, many are very annoyed that Theresa May’s “vanity project election” has wasted £130m of taxpayers’ money, and rightly so. However, in my view, positives can be drawn. It has exposed Prime Minister May’s complete range of arrogance and incompetence and seals her fate. Also, it seems to have wiped out the dreadful UKIP phenomenon ...

Having watched BBC’s Springwatch last Wednesday (June 7) in which co-presenter Chris Packham appealed to farmers and county councils to protect roadside verges from unnecessary cutting by flail mowers in order to preserve our valuable wildlife, I was saddened to read (Voice, June 8) that certain district councillors are calling for the county council to increase its budget for roadside ...

I would like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all the voters who believed change was possible and voted for me. I am truly humbled to see how many voters supported the Labour Party’s bold vision for Britain. I also wish to thank all the electorate for exercising their right to vote. I am grateful to the returning ...