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A candidate in the local elections has apologised after the stamps he used to post campaign details turned out to be counterfeit. Nigel Pepper bought the stamps online during the last lockdown when he didn’t want to go to a shop.He used some of them to post out his election canvassing details over the last few days without realising what ...

Holbeach St Johns residents looking to save their village pub are attempting to raise enough money to buy it for the community. Last Thursday nearly 100 people attended a meeting to discuss the future of the around 200-year-old The Plough. It’s the subject of a controversial change of use planning application to turn it into a home by current landlord ...

A female cyclist was taken to hospital after a road traffic collision in Sutton Bridge on Saturday (April 24). The air ambulance was called to the incident involving a car and the push bike around 4.25pm at the A17 junction with Bridge Road. The woman riding the bike was taken to hospital for injuries not believed to be serious, a ...

A Spalding shop has been refused permission to sell alcohol after owners were unable to prove they have moved on from historic failings. On Thursday (April 22) South Holland District Council’s Panel of the Committee of the Licensing Authority rejected Global Foods’ application for a Premises Licence to sell alcohol. Global Foods, based on Winsover Road, had applied for the ...

As part of the surface dressing programme for this year, Lincolnshire County Council will be redressing sections of the A17 between the roundabout at Boston Road, Holbeach, and Sutton Bridge starting on Saturday (April 24) and running until May 27. Works will take place at weekends and during evenings from 6pm to midnight and the road will remain open throughout, ...

A driver who had never held a licence was today (Wednesday) jailed after Lincoln Crown Court heard how he drove at 110mph in an attempt to evade police. Tracy Hercules was driving a Mercedes Benz in the Spalding area when a police car approached with its blue flashing lights and siren on. The police vehicle was on its way to ...

A South Holland company is creating around 90 new jobs in the fresh food industry that is a mainstay of the local economy. Two planning applications have been submitted, one for FreshLinc and the other for Lincolnshire Field Products, which would result in 30 jobs on one site and 60 on another – both near Spalding.Operations Director at FreshLinc, Lee ...

Cross Keys swing bridge in Sutton Bridge is closing overnight Thursday (April 22) for engineering work.The closure, which will take place from 7pm on Thursday until 6am on Friday, will allow the repair of a hydraulic jack that helps it open and close. The bridge will need to be swung open so that engineers can access it.There will be very ...

Council Tax bills have had to be sent out again in Spalding after an error was spotted which cost £5,713. Residents in the town were re-sent their bills for this year to correct an error in the calculation which was in the first version.“Following the mailing of annual council tax bills in March, we became aware of a calculation error ...

An application to sell alcohol in a Spalding store has hit massive opposition from the police. Members of South Holland District Council’s licensing committee will discuss the application for Global Foods, Winsover Road, at a meeting on Thursday.But the police are recommending refusal as the premises and the applicant ‘has a history with regards to licensing.’Officers attended the shop in ...

Police are investigating the poisoning of a Red Kite in the Crowland area.The raptor was found dead last year and tests revealed it had been poisoned and a detailed multi-agency investigation has been conducted.Addresses in the Crowland area have been searched and items linked to the poisoning and suspected banned pesticides were recovered.Raptor persecution is a wildlife crime and the ...

A COVID-19 testing centre has opened in Spalding for people who have no symptoms. Lincolnshire County Council has opened the new lateral flow testing site at Four Seasons House, 10 Enterprise Way, PE11 3YR.The facility is open from Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm.The doors opened on Monday, but there was no sign-posting ...

Residents of a South Holland village are looking to move because of the heavy traffic thundering through on a busy road.The amount of HGVs using the A151 through Whaplode is causing housing to vibrate and residents are prepared to move to escape it.Around 50 people have contacted Coun Peter Coupland in just two or three days after he issued a ...

A funfair due to visit Long Sutton at the weekend has been cancelled amid confusion over a COVID-19 risk assessment.Long Sutton Parish Council had arranged for the James Dean Funfair to come to the town but has now been forced to cancel it at short notice.A statement from the parish council says: “Long Sutton Parish Council has unfortunately had to ...

Police are appealing for help in locating two people they need to speak with.Kim Collins, also known as Kim Brown, is wanted after she failed to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court in Essex.She had been due to appear in connection with a fraud and has links to Lincolnshire and could be in this area.In a separate case, officers are also ...

Villagers in Holbeach St John have called a meeting as they look to save a nearly 200-year-old pub. As previously reported a change of use planning application has been submitted to turn The Plough on Jekils Bank into just a home. The owner, Ian Osborn, only took over the establishment last July and has been unable to open due to ...

Holbeach Parish Council is to ask teenagers what facilities could be created for them in the town’s open spaces. The authority is set to launch both online and physical surveys to gauge what could help young people, particularly with regards to its open spaces such as Carter’s Park. It was proposed at last week’s parish council to engage with teenagers ...

People in Lincolnshire who are booked in during April to have their second COVID vaccination are being urged to keep their appointments. To-date across the UK, the NHS has given over 39 million vaccines as at 13 April, including over seven million second doses, which means that over one in ten people have now received both a first and a ...

Applications for two masts to bring 5G phone signal to Spalding have both been refused by councillors. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee had been recommended to refuse a 20 metre high pole and associated workings on the corner of Claudette Avenue and Wygate Park, but accept the 18m application at the Birch Grove and Matmore Gate junction. Planning officers ...

A Holbeach driver who ran off after being stopped by police, told a court that he only did so because his friend in the passenger seat had run off and then he congratulated officers for catching him! Terry Fleckney, 34, of Victoria Street, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Fleckney ...