Crime

Opinions about services sought

New surveys have been launched to gauge public opinion on two essential services: GP practices and Lincolnshire Police. NHS England has created a survey asking more than two million people to give their opinions on their local GP surgery. The results are published online at the website https://www.gp-patient.co.uk Here, you can search for your surgery to see how it has ...

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Thieves used gas to cause ATM explosion – shop owner

Thieves used gas to cause an explosion as they stole cash from an ATM machine at a Spalding family business. Neighbours heard a large explosion as cash cartridges were stolen in the raid of The Happy Shopper on Holbeach Road at around 2.40am on Saturday, January 5. The business has been owned by brothers Ranjit and Baldinder Khela since 1983. ...

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Thieves “attack” ATM at Spalding shop

Four offenders took cash after what police described as an “attack” on an ATM in Spalding in the early hours of this morning (Saturday, January 5). The Late Shopper on Holbeach Road was targetted at 2.41am. Those who live close to the shop took to social media to say they’d heard an explosion. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We ...

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Spalding harassment husband given restraining order

A Spalding man has been ordered not to have any contact with his estranged wife after he admitted harassing her by forcing her to stop her car and sending her more than 200 texts in one weekend. Lee Henry Purvis (36) of Parkside Crescent, admitted harassing his wife Amy between July 26 and 31 last year, when he appeared at ...

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Licence review for shop found to be selling alcohol illegally

A Spalding shop could have its license revoked after Lincolnshire Police said it was selling alcohol illegally. Spalding Express in Commercial Road was being investigated for selling illegal cigarettes when the alcohol was found. The police have applied to South Holland District Council (SHDC) for a Review of a Premises Licence which the authority’s Licensing Committee is due to hear ...

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Road in Spalding closed after injured man found

Broad Street in Spalding is closed from New Road to Herring Lane this morning (Thursday, December 20). A police statement said a man was found at Broad Street with injuries and has been taken to hospital. Police are investigating the circumstances and will update in due course. UPDATE 10.20am A police cordon is still in place and police expect the ...

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Suites and dead chickens dumped

A new council Twitter account has taken to posting photographs of fly-tipped rubbish in a bid to help identify the culprits. In the last couple of weeks, the Twitter account of the South Holland District Council Community Safety team (@SHDC_commsafety) has posted photos of a three-piece suite fly-tipped on the outskirts of Spalding and a collection of household rubbish with ...

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Money and cards stolen in Holbeach distraction burglary

Two men pretending to be workmen entered a man’s house in Holbeach this morning and stole a large sum of money. Lincolnshire Police said two white men attended a property in Holbeach this morning (Wednesday) and offered to do work on the victims roof. The men quoted £375 and the victim went inside the property to get cash. The men ...

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Have your say on the state of policing in Lincolnshire

A survey by Lincolnshire Police will let residents’ voices be heard when they appraise the service. Everyone across the county will have the opportunity to answer questions on a range of subjects including police funding, experience of crime, effectiveness of police response and methods of reporting incidents. Each respondent will also be invited to sign-up to a special panel, called ...

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Council worker in near miss as motorist mounts pavement

South Holland District Council is urging motorists to be vigilant and patient around their waste collection vehicles and operatives, after one worker was caught on camera narrowly escaping injury after a car mounted the pavement. The incident, which took place on West Parade in Spalding in November, was caught on the lorry’s mounted camera and shows the motorist attempt to ...

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Spalding charity tin theft – do you recognise this man?

Police want to speak to a man following the report of a theft of charity tin from a Spalding butchers. A photograph of the man in Simpsons Butchers has been released in a police appeal. If you can assist with enquiries, call Lincolnshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 247 of 11 December

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Mum’s warning after “significant increase” in bike thefts

There’s been a significant increase in the theft of bikes with one Spalding mum urging others to be vigilant after her 11-year-old son’s bike he’d bought himself with birthday money was stolen in the town centre. Nichola Good is warning people to wary after son Thomas’s silver Carrera bike was taken while locked up outside Barclay’s Bank in the town. The ...

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New police tech for instant print ID

Mobile fingerprint scanners will be introduced by Lincolnshire Police in a bid to save the force £1.8m. Police will make 130 scanners available at a cost of £29,000. A police spokesman said the scanners will allow officers to take fingerprints on the spot, rather than having to take people to a police station. They will also be used to identify ...

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Shotgun brandished in Gedney Hill armed robbery

A Gedney Hill shop has been robbed at gunpoint. Around 9pm on Thursday, December 6, a man entered the McColl’s Shop on Hillgate in Gedney Hill and threatened a member of staff with a shotgun.  Police said no one was injured and the man made off with a quantity of cash.  He is believed to have left the area in a ...

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Dog sitter stole from neighbours while they were on holiday

A man who burgled his neighbours’ home after being trusted to look after their dogs while they were on holiday has been  jailed at Lincoln Crown Court.   Peter Buchanan removed the safe from the property in Low Gate Road, Fleet Hargate,  as well as stealing other items including bank cards, clothing, food and shoes.   Philip Plant, prosecuting, said the ...

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Sunday Spalding death man named

The man whose body was found on Sunday in Spalding has been named by police. The body of Dean James (49) of West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, was found at a house in Neville Avenue on Sunday morning. A 59-year-old man from the Spalding area was arrested on suspicion of murder and released under investigation on Wednesday.

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Two men charged with burglary after Spalding pub break-in

Two men have been arrested following an early-morning pub burglary in Spalding. Just before 4am on Tuesday November 27, police received a report of a burglary in progress at the Draymans Arms in Little London, Spalding. The caller was alerted to the suspected burglary due to an intruder alarm. A police spokesman said: “We attended and found a fruit machine ...

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Spalding death: Arrested man released under investigation

A man arrested following the discovery of a body in Spalding on Sunday morning has been released under investigation. A 49-year-old man was found dead at a house on Neville Avenue at around 11.38am. A police spokesman said they had arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of murder and he was released under investigation this morning (Wednesday). Officers are not ...

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Costly charges for two fly-tippers in South Holland

Two men face big fly-tipping bills after being taken to court by the district council. Jordan Hughes of Queens Street, Sutton Bridge, pleaded guilty at Boston Magistrates Court for offences relating to a fly tip on Marsh Road, Gedney Drove End in June 2018. Hughes, who appeared in court on Monday, employed a non-registered carrier to remove waste items for ...

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Man and woman arrested in Holbeach drugs bust

A 53-year-old local man and an 18-year-old woman were arrested in Holbeach yesterday after police executed a search warrant at a Holbeach home. On Wednesday, November 21, officers from Holbeach and Spalding Police Stations, supported by regional search officers, executed a search warrant at a residential address in Holbeach, police said. This warrant had been obtained under the Misuse of ...

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