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Holbeach parish councillors were called into a ‘mediation’ meeting with the district council last week as bids to stop infighting continued. A number of reports of infighting and concerns over some of the council’s practices have been raised in the past year Last November, South Holland District Council told The Voice that it had received 13 complaints about Holbeach Parish ...

NHS Lincolnshire has said anyone abusing staff at COVID vaccination and testing sites will be reported to the police. A spokesman for the CCG said staff at the sites, as well as at some GP practices, have been subjected to abuse in recent weeks. He said: “We want to be very clear – abuse of any kind is unacceptable and ...

There’s worries over what Spalding’s nightlife could look like in future after plans were submitted to turn one in the town centre into flats. An application has been submitted to convert Mulberry’s Bar, Swan Street, into three one-bedroom maisonettes. And with other town centre pubs including The White Horse, The Black Swan and PE11 currently up for sale, there’s concerns ...

Last evening/night, I heard music and singing outside my property which was still ongoing at around 10.30pm when I went outside with my dog before bedtime. This morning I have seen and photographed the bottles and rubbish that they kindly left after their ‘party’, and I will now pick up and make the area tidy again. This area has been ...

Over 100 people have signed a petition against a 20-metre high mast transmitting 5G phone signal being erected in Spalding’s Wygate Park. A planning application for the structure and cabinet at its base, to be built on the corner of Claudette Way and Wygate Park, has been submitted by the telecoms company Three. Documents submitted with the application state that ...

A Gedney Hill company has been told it can’t increase its hours of operation amid claims from neighbours that it is already flouting planning conditions. You Garden which is based in Long Lane had applied to South Holland District Council to extend its opening hours from 6am to 10pm on Mondays and Fridays and 7am to 8pm on Saturdays and ...

Police are appealing for information after a man broke into a van in Crowland by smashing its windscreen using bolt cutters. The incident occurred on Beccelm Drive at around 10pm last night (Monday, March 15). A police spokesman said: “We are appealing for help to identify this man after a van was damaged on a driveway in Beccelm Drive, Crowland ...

A popular Spalding takeaway restaurant has been damaged by fire. Smoke was seen emerging from American Burger on New Road yesterday (Sunday) lunchtime. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “We were called out at 12.23pm to a restaurant on New Road in Spalding being used as a takeaway. “Both crews from Spalding attended and used breathing apparatus and ...

A 53-year-old man has been warned that he needs ‘to be very careful’ following a court appearance for causing alarm, harassment and distress to a neighbouring family. David Austen Woolfson of The Tilney, Whaplode had admitted using threatening behaviour with intent to cause Martyn Rice harassment, alarm or distress when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said ...

A Spalding man got involved in a dispute with a group described as ‘travellers’ after going out to a pub on the first day they were opened after lockdown last year, a court has heard. Luke Joshua Purvis, 24, of Laburnum Grove admitted threatening behaviour when he appeared at Boston Magistrate Court. Prosecuting, Lynn Bickley said that at 10pm on ...

A developer has been allowed to cut the number of affordable homes it builds at a Moulton Chapel development by 80 per cent after a tied vote by councillors. Last night (Wednesday, March 10) South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee couldn’t be split on Postland Development’s request that it could only make the 58 home development financially viable if it ...

A motorcyclist has received minor injuries after a road traffic collision with a vehicle in Spalding this morning (Thursday). The incident occurred on Helmsley Way shortly before 8.30am. Police and ambulance were on the scene. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said that the motorcyclist had received minor injuries and there was no reported injuries to the driver of the vehicle.

The planning application for a ‘Cluster Hub’ building at the South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone, has been approved, with work due to start next month. The multi-use space will provide small and medium-sized business tenants with support services, networking, meeting and events space and catering, within the new Food Enterprise Zone near Holbeach. There will also be workshops and offices, ...

An imitation firearm and drugs were among the finds after a 12 mile police car chase down the A16 outside Spalding was ended when a stinger device was deployed. Tracy Hercules, age 22, of no fixed address, has been charged with dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, possession of cannabis and possession of an imitation firearm after ...

There are concerns over healthcare provision in Holbeach after the NHS raised issues over the number of new houses being built in the town. It has requested a sizeable donation from a planning application submitted for 185 homes off Battlefields Lane in the town. Outline planning permission has been granted for the site on several previous occasions but are no ...

‘Fairer funding’ was likened to a unicorn as councillors lamented a ‘horrendous’ year for finances. South Holland District Council portfolio holder for finance Peter Coupland said COVID-19 had ‘ripped to shreds’ the authority’s finances, but praised staff for off-setting most of a proposed £1.7m saving. The full council passed the budget and Mid Term Financial Strategy last week. It includes ...

A couple of residents at a Spalding care home recently celebrated clocking-up nearly a double century. Grace Heeley marked her 100 years and Lilian Brown celebrated her 95th birthday at St John’s care home on Thursday. Staff arranged a special tea party with singing and dancing to mark the occasion. “We wish both Grace and Lilian a very happy birthday ...

Employees at the Spalding branch of a food manufacturer say they’re angry at proposed changes to sick pay. Dalehead Foods is proposing changes which mean both staff on an annual salary and those and paid by the hour would need to be certified off work for more than ten days before they can access sick pay at its Fulney Lane ...

Market traders are set to be given a further three-month holiday from fees, but there’s concerns those in Spalding will eventually be hit with much higher fees than elsewhere. As South Holland District Council passed its budget and medium term financial strategy last week, Coun Angela Newton asked if a stated aim for registered traders at Spalding Market to pay ...

Holbeach county councillor Nick Worth will not be standing for re-election in May. He says the time has come to step down from his role on Lincolnshire County Council but he will continue as a South Holland District Council member for at least another two years. Coun Worth (63) sits on the executive for the county council, with responsibility for ...