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Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Spalding on Saturday night.Officers were called to Winsover Road just after 11pm on Saturday following reports of someone being injured. A man in his 20s was found with facial injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. His condition is not life-threatening.An investigation has been opened into the assault ...

Summer visitors to Spalding town centre will benefit from free parking and a range of measures in a bid to encourage them to spend time and money in the town. From next Monday there will be spells of free parking at three of the council-owned car parks.The initiative is the first in a number to be unveiled over the coming ...

One of South Holland’s most well known political figures has been given an MBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her voluntary work. Coun Angela Newton is set for an appearance at Buckingham Palace after being named under her married name of Angela Porter as among those receiving an award. Among the voluntary groups she’s involved with are Spalding ...

Walk-in appointments are being offered for those with an underlying health conditions or their carers and helpers who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 yet. The appointments for those aged 16 and over are available at the PRSA Mass Vaccination Centre, Boston, on Sunday 2-5pm, Monday 9am-12 noon, and Tuesday 3-6pm. A spokesman for the Lincolnshire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, said: ...

A Spalding man has told magistrates that he took cannabis as an alternative to alcohol in at attempt to stop drinking and be a ‘better man’. Darren Paul Osborne, 37, of Chestnut Avenue admitted possession of a personal amount of cannabis when he appeared before Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Ela Crighton said police were called when a man in Pinchbeck ...

An 82-year-old man who crashed into a dyke has never held a driving licence or had motor insurance, a court has heard. Jasper Stewart of Cowley Road, Donington, Spalding admitted failing to provide a sample for analysis and driving without insurance or a driving licence when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Ela Crighton said firefighters saw Stewart, who ...

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has accused South Holland District Council of making queues longer at Spalding tip due to its lack of green waste policy. Coun Martin Hill made the comments at the county council’s Executive last week as the authority looked at the future of its waste recycling site which the meeting heard had received a large ...

Council meetings at district level have been halted this month due to the cost of social distancing. South Holland District Council has pushed all of its meetings towards the end of the month as virtual meetings can no longer be held. In line with all other councils, they had been using Zoom, or similar software for virtual meetings because of ...

The endless horizon of South Holland’s wide skies provides both inspiration and comfort to BAFTA-winning poet Benjamin Zephaniah. The television awards were announced on Sunday evening and Benjamin was named as the winner of the Entertainment Programme category with his Life and Rhymes show. Screened by Sky Arts, the show beat heavyweight competition from Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ...

Police are concerned after drones have been seen flying illegally over buildings and people in West Pinchbeck. Letters have been sent to residents in the village following reports to Lincolnshire Police over the machines and their camera equipment being too close to people’s homes. Inspector Nick Waters said: “There have been reports of drones being flown in the West Pinchbeck ...

The Pupil School Council at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School recently raised £150 for charity. Headteacher Clare Odgen said: “With their usual care and compassion, the children have overwhelmingly chosen to support the RSPCA on this occasion, as they feel more animals than usual have been neglected due to the COVID situation and the RSPCA will have been unable to fundraise ...

Pupils at Gosberton Academy went more than the extra mile to raise money for the school. All the children walked more than 5km on a route around the village to add up to 800km. They teamed-up with Gosberton House Care Home and during their lap of the village, children delivered flowers, letters and poems to residents. “It’s been a tough ...

A number of councillors have resigned from Holbeach Parish Council, including the former chairman, citing a host of reasons including alleged bullying. Graham Rudkin has stepped down after 12 years and wife Carol after 16 alongside Laurence Marchant and Dawn Howarth. With two others recently stepping down it leaves six of its 18 seats vacant. Graham was chairman for much ...

Pupils at The Priory School have been learning about chickens. They enjoyed a jam-packed day recently learning about the science of eggs, farming poultry and birds within the countryside with Kids Country’s ‘Happy Chicks Day’ event. It’s delivered into schools, in partnership with sponsors Central England Co-operative and the Happy Chicks Company. Lesley Perry, teacher at The Priory School, Spalding, ...

Your views are being sought on health services surrounding physical and learning disabilities, autism and mental health in Lincolnshire. Health group HWLincs has teamed up with the county council to ask people about the authority’s services including Wellbeing Lincs, One You Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Carers Service and Connect to Support. A HW Lincs spokesman said: “There is a short survey that ...

South Holland is proposed to consist of the majority of the new South Lincolnshire Electorial Constituency amid a review into electoral boundaries. The new constituency, which would come into effect from 2023, is largely the same as the current South Holland and the Deepings constituency, but many of the Deepings towns including Market Deeping will be split up into other ...

Plans have been submitted to build more than 80 new homes on agricultural land in Holbeach. Ashwood Homes has presented plans to South Holland District Council for the development to the east of Chaffinch Way in the town. Currently used for agriculture, the field also includes a number of glass houses which have fallen into disrepair. A Design Access Statement ...

The NHS is inviting more adults who have not yet been called forward to receive their life-saving COVID-19 vaccine from tomorrow (Tuesday, June 8) – on the six month anniversary of the largest vaccination programme in the history of our NHS starting right here in the Midlands. And, as of 7am on Tuesday 8 June 2021, 25 to 29-year olds ...

A 96-year-old veteran who learned to drive a Buffalo armoured vehicle of the kind pulled from out the Crowland earth recently was lifted on to the vehicle by current serving personnel while watched on by comedian and historian Al Murray today (Friday, June 4). The Crowland Bufallo LVT Association, who recovered the vehicle from the mud, held a special media ...

Three people have been arrested after a knife wielding person impersonating a police officer broke into a Spalding home and assaulted the occupant. The incident occurred in Pennygate at 10.30am on Sunday May 30. A male posing as a police officer attended a property in Pennygate, Spalding and entered the building without permission. The offender then proceeded to assault the ...