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South Holland residents unsure on where they stand with regards being able to live and work in Britain in the future can get free help from a group set up by Citizen’s Advice. The EU Settlement Scheme has been set up by the UK Home Office to ensure that EU, EEA or Swiss citizens can easily apply for the right ...

South Holland District Council’s Cabinet has backed two separate purchases of new homes. Through its Welland Homes subsidiary the authority looks set to purchase four properties at Northons Lane in Holbeach and also buy seven homes for its own housing portfolio in Whaplode. The Cabinet backed both purchases of newly built homes.Reservation fees have already been paid and a “discounted ...

A pensioner facing allegations of historic sexual assaults on children is to face a jury trial later this year. David Walker, 73, of Coronation Close, Spalding, is accused of three charges of attempted rape and five charges of sexual assault. The charges relate to dates between May 2004 and June 2012. Walker appeared remotely before Lincoln Crown Court. No charges ...

A man was taken to hospital after being cut out of a car in a road traffic collision that closed a Moulton Road last night (Sunday). Emergency services were called to High Road shortly before 8.15Pm following the collision that involved one vehicle. The driver of the vehicle had to be cut out of the car by Spalding and Holbeach ...

A Holbeach St Marks teenager who admitted viewing indecent images of children was sentenced to a two year community order after a judge decided he needed “urgent help.” Joseph Orbell, 18, of Strawberry Fields Drive, uploaded a total of 782 still and 64 moving images of children between January 2015 and March 2019. Lincoln Crown Court heard police executed a ...

The next phase of work on the most northerly section of the proposed Spalding Western Relief Road is due to start next week. Works to build a haul road construction and dig a final set of trial holes will start at the site off Spalding Road on Monday, (February 15). Coun Richard Davies, Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for highways, ...

An application to turn a former pub and hotel in Surfleet into flats has been deferred amid concerns over flooding. Plans to turn the Riverside Hotel on Station Road into seven self-contained flats came before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Wednesday). Planning officers had recommended that the project be given the go-ahead despite objections from the Environment ...

A father who tried to resuscitate his son who had overdosed on methadone has spoken of his frustration about the police’s failure to catch the person who supplied the drugs. Lincoln Coroner’s Court heard that Darshan Sampson (36) was found by dad David at the Juniper Crescent home he shared with brother Kieron in Spalding but he died despite attempts ...

Spalding residents can look forward to a blooming future and a town full of colour when lockdown is lifted thanks to a local company. The Bridge Farm Group is donating materials for around 100 hanging baskets and 15 flower troughs for the spring. Members of Spalding Town Forum were told at last week’s meeting that the company had made the ...

Over 420 businesses in South Holland have taken up a total of £3.7m as part of the latest round of government grants to help businesses impacted by COVID-19. It takes the total grants handed out in the district to £22m since March. The funding, which is distributed and organised locally by South Holland District Council, has been targeted at those ...

Spalding homes were evacuated on Monday after a Womble and history buff pulled a live grenade from the Coronation Channel. Chris Dark, of Weston, was magnet fishing around St Paul’s Bridge at around 4pm when he reeled in the explosive device, thought to date back to World War Two. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were called in to make ...

Spalding’s Wombles have bought new bins, been praised by the Town Forum and appeared on county radio in the last few days. With almost 2,000 members, the group has opened a bank account for donations to help supply equipment and to provide litter bins. The ten bins will be sited in liaison with the district council and there’s an online ...

The leader of South Holland District Council has called on more funds to make Christmas in Spalding extra special next year, if possible while a proposed council tax increase for the town’s residents was given the green light. Lord Gary Porter has called on the council to dip into its reserves to fund a bigger celebration for the area if ...

A trio of graffiti artists are brightening up a Spalding grot-spot recently cleaned up by Wombles, with a large mural of Captain Sir Tom Moore among the designs. Adam Sadd, Karl Barfoot and Edgars Bokans have painted designs in three of the arches around the former railway line at the bottom of Mitchell Drive, an area known locally as Dead ...

The best way to clean Spalding’s War Memorial is being looked in to after concerns over its upkeep were raised at a meeting. At last week’s Spalding Town Forum meeting, Coun Rob Gibson asked about the condition of the original monument based in Ayscoughfee Gardens. Emily Spicer, South Holland District Council’s place manager, said: “We are aware that there does ...

A Womble who, with her friend, has spent hours trying to tidy up a fly-tipping hot spot just outside Spalding is calling for more to be done to combat the littering. Rachael Wright and her friend Jane Peacock say they’ve spent a total of six hours clearing up mess in the lay-by on South Drove. But every time they’ve done ...

A Fleet woman found with a mobile phone and charger on her while in prison for robbery was suspected to be arranging drug deals. Danielle Brown, who was released from HMP Peterborough on licence last month, produced the equipment from her bra as prison officers were about to start a body search. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard it happened on August ...

A Donington man has been jailed for three years after an assault left his victim with brain damage. At around 11.30pm on January 4, 2020, defendant Paul Hayes, 46, of Quadring Road was drinking in the Black Bull in Donington. His victim, Mark Hatcher had also been in the pub drinking that evening. Mr Hatcher, 46, from Donington, was asked ...

A former Lincolnshire primary school headteacher today (Thursday) denied child sex charges when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court. James Shawley (44), who was headteacher at St Bartholomew Primary School in West Pinchbeck, pleaded not guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a 14-year-old child. He denied two charges of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual ...

Hidden cameras are among the measures being proposed to catch fly-tippers in South Holland. The district council is looking to erect them at local flytipping hot-spots as the number of incidents increase. In December alone the cost of cleaning up fly tips doubled to £6,000.A rise has been reported across Lincolnshire and beyond. In November the number of fly-tips reported ...