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Bringing birds of prey into Spalding in an attempt to lessen the amount of pigeon poo on the streets has been mooted amid a proposal to bring outside contractors in to clean parts of the town centre due to staff shortages. Members of Spalding Town Forum last week expressed their concern at the cleanliness of the town, with bird excrement, ...

A family were left ‘terrified’ after being held at knifepoint in their Pinchbeck home by a gang who stole cash and jewellery. The incident happened in Bear Lane between 8.30pm and 8.50pm on Saturday, September 25, Lincolnshire Police say. Thieves used kitchen knives to threaten the occupants. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “We are appealing for information. “The occupants of ...

A former barman accused of stealing money from a Spalding pub will go on trial next year. Luke Jackson, 32, was due to stand trial before a jury at Lincoln Crown Court this week. However a lack of court time and delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic meant his trial could not go ahead. Jackson, of Sewell Way, Spalding, denies theft from ...

An appeal has been launched to help a family with three young children after their Holbeach home was damaged by fire last night. The Holbeach Hero’s Covid Bank has launched the appeal on behalf of the family of five whose Station Road home was damaged by a chip pan fire at around 9.30pm last night. The group’s Sarah Phoenix has ...

Fire crews descended on a Holbeach home last night after a chip pan fire. The blaze destroyed a kitchen and smoke damaged the rest of a house on Station Street after being reported shortly before 9.30pm last night (Sunday). Crews from Holbeach, Long Sutton and Spalding attended putting the blaze out using a hose reel and two breathing apparatus. Lincolnshire ...

Main construction of the north section of Spalding’s relief road will now start during January 2022 despite Lincolnshire Council being yet to have agreed a price for the work with the contractor. Main work on the section from Spalding Road near Pinchbeck was due to start last Spring with preparation work having begun last February. But increased costs of a ...

Amid the shortage of HGV drivers, a Spalding company has set up its own training and testing centre. Gist has launched its own fully accredited facility as it looks for up to 80 eligible Class C drivers and provisional HGV licence holders to be trained and examined through its fully-funded in-house HGV driver programme. The reasons for the shortfall of ...

Lincolnshire Police are to hand out air fresheners as they kick up a stink about people not driving safely on the county’s roads. The force has launched its new road safety campaign urging drivers to “Belt up. Hang up. Ease up” every time they step inside their vehicle. Free air fresheners stating the slogan are being handed out at police ...

Police have urged people to check on elderly family members or neighbours after a spate of reports of balaclava wearing burglars breaking into homes. It follows an elderly person living on Fulney Road in Spalding having to chase them off after they broke a glass at the home on Monday, September 20. The incident has been linked to seven others ...

A former Spalding Grammar School pupil is helping to keep oil, gas and goods flowing safely from the Gulf to the UK for the next few months. Naval officer Lieutenant James Sharpe is one of just 45 men and women aboard minehunter HMS Bangor, currently on an epic journey from her usual home – Clyde Naval Base near Helensburgh in ...

The family of an RAF pilot who sacrificed his life to ensure his stricken plane didn’t hit Spalding homes say they were ‘overawed’ after a memorial to him was unveiled 68 years to the day after the tragedy. Pilot officer George Furniss deliberately steered Meteor III towards fields near Vernett’s Drain on September 27, 1953, losing his life. On Monday ...

Holbeach Parish Council has come under fire for cancelling this year’s Remembrance Day parade. There will still be a service on Remembrance Sunday, November 14, but the traditional parade for veterans is not going ahead. A council statement said the decision was taken ‘with regret,’ and plans were already being worked on to reinstate the parade next year. But the ...

Parking charges are returning to three Spalding car parks as a summer initiative comes to an end. In a bid to encourage shoppers to return to the high street, South Holland District Council axed charges for three months at three short-stay car parks. But normal service will resume on Friday (October 1) when charges will be reintroduced at Vine Street, ...

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 Spalding area teenager has been said to have amassed a fortune of almost £2 million from fraudulent activities, Youth Court magistrates in Boston have heard. The 17-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons but who lives in the Deeping St Nicholasarea, admitted the charges relating to money laundering and committing fraud by false representationinvolving a total of ...

Part of the A16 at its junction with Clay Lake Bank has been closed this morning (Tuesday) after a two car collision. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue are currently at the scene following the incident involving a Renault Scenic and a Citroen van at 8.48am. Lincolnshire Police say nobody was injured in the incident. A police spokesman said: “A section of ...

Motorists have been queuing at filling stations around South Holland despite there being no shortage of fuel. A few garages in other parts of the country had reported problems with fuel deliveries which sparked an immediate burst of panic-buying and queues have been growing longer all morning. At Applegreen, on the A16, the pumps were busy from first thing, with ...

Hundreds of cannabis plants were found growing in a Spalding house after police raided the building, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Wednesday). Officers found that the electricity supply to the house in Bridge Street in the town was bypassed and rooms had been converted for growing cannabis. Andrew Fitch-Holland, prosecuting, said that a total of 783 cannabis plants were ...

Two people have been questioned as part of an investigation into environmental crime in Lincolnshire. The man and woman, both in their 20s, were held at an address in Long Sutton. The arrests were part of a probe by the Environment Agency into catalytic converter theft across the county. Lincolnshire Police assisted the agency, recovering a large amount of cash ...

Two men are in custody after police received two reports of a man making threats to school children, parents, and teachers on Cathedral Drive in Spalding. The first incident was reported at 8.48am and the second at 9.11am today. Armed officers were deployed to the scene and the junction of Cathedral Drive and Park Close was closed shortly before 9.30am. ...