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Proposals to site a huge, Gothic-style drinking fountain in Spalding Cemetery have not been universally welcomed. The fountain, gifted by the Spalding Water Works Company as a thank-you to benefactor Mary Ann Johnson, is currently in storage. It had been in the town’s Hall Place since 1874 after Miss Johnson gave £1,500 to pipe fresh water for residents. The sum ...

A parish council has been criticised amid concerns over £27,000 of mystery payments it made while announcing cuts and increasing its share of the council tax. Several members of the public have contacted The Voice over the payments made by Holbeach Parish Council, which last month announced saving measures as well as increasing the precept by 4.55 per cent and ...

Struggling families across South Holland are being offered a lifeline thanks to two kind hearted women. Steph Jennings (30) and Sarah Phoenix (35) have just launched the Spalding and Surrounding Baby Bank, off the back of the success of the Holbeach Heroes Covid Bank which Sarah started in October. The idea is for people to donate unwanted baby items to ...

An ambulance driver who nearly died from COVID-19 has thanked those who saved her life and members of the public who helped raise thousands of pounds for her. Emilie Sanderson is now back at home and continuing her recovery after her family and partner Simon were told to expect the worst on Christmas Eve. After contracting the virus in November, ...

A 23-year-old Spalding woman has been ordered to pay more than a thousand pounds in compensation to a 14-year-old boy who she illegally tattooed. Jordan Wheeler of Estella Way admitted the offence of tattooing the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when she appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Dale Brownless said that while he was at her ...

Lincolnshire Police have launched a new service where you can upload dash-cam footage of dangerous drivers. As part of Operation Snap you can upload the footage via a link from the force’s website. It’s hoped the system will allow more timely investigations. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Working together with the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership we have introduced this ...

Fire crews are on the scene of a property fire in Gosberton this morning (Sunday). The incident on Westhorpe Road was reported at 5.30am. Crews from Spalding, Holbeach, Donington and Kirton were reported as being in attendance. An hour ago a Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue spokesman, said: “Crews are using breathing apparatus, one hose reel and one main jet to ...

Surfleet Reservoir has flooded for the second time this month with fire crews on scene this morning (Saturday). It follows the heavy rainfall in the area leading to rising water levels on the River Glen. Crews were also called to pump water out of gardens earlier this month. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Crews from @stamfordfireuk and ...

Councillors have called on more to be done on getting empty buildings such as the Bull and Monkie and former hospital sites in Spalding tidied up and back in use. A meeting of South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel last week heard that the authority was planning a new policy on tidying up derelict sites. But some councillors expressed ...

A police pursuit of a Holbeach driver ended when her car crashed into a boat. But Charlotte Jade Watson and her passenger escaped a soaking too – it was in landlocked Sutton Road, Walpole Cross Keys. It emerged that Watson was drug-driving and without a full licence. Police had concerns and started following Watson after she passed them on the ...

A Pinchbeck man has told a court a knuckleduster he was found in possession of was a piece of artwork gifted by a friend. James Christopher Collin, 20, of Brownlow Crescent, Pinchbeck also admitted being in possession of a flick lock knife which he claimed was to carry out work on his car when he appeared before magistrates at Boston. ...

A 20 year old who carried out an unprovoked attack on another young woman in the early hours of the morning, has been ordered to pay her compensation. Chloe Harrison of Mill Lane, Gosberton admitted assaulting Beth Prowting by beating when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said that in the early hours of August 16 2020, ...

Spalding’s Johnson Hospital is set to get an upgrade and become an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) when it reopens to walk-in patients in April. The site and the Minor Injury Unit (MIU) was closed to walk-in patients in March with the onset of the first lockdown and has remained that way since, despite other community hospitals re-opening. But last week ...

Plans to redevelop an area of parkland have been put on ‘pause’ by South Holland District Council just two months after it was announced that planning permission would be sought early this year. The district council announced plans for the 23-acre Moulton Park last March which is set to include a children’s play area, a memorial garden and a spot ...

The Spalding Western Relief Road is the “only hope” of stopping future traffic congestion due to increased trains in the town, the leader of South Holland District Council has said. Lord Gary Porter said that a bridge over the railway at Park Road to alleviate issues when the level crossings are down had been looked into but wasn’t feasible. And ...

Pupils at a Spalding primary school have raised more than £2,000 for charity through their tuck shops. Children at St John the Baptist Primary School have chosen to support four charities that are special to them and cheques have been given to The Lily Foundation (£500), The British Heart Foundation (£300), Macmillan Cancer Support (£500) and Spalding Rotary Club (£200). ...

Travel company Hays has confirmed its Spalding branch will not be re-opening when pandemic restrictions are lifted. The Sunderland-based firm bought Thomas Cook when it collapsed in October 2019 and a review of operations was due this year. The Market Place branch of the company will be one of 88 shops to close from its total of 534 across the ...

A blast of winter brought fun and games for residents across South Holland over the weekend. Everyone seemed keen to make the most of some lockdown snow and home-schooling was temporarily suspended while building snowmen was the order of the day. Several centimetres fell across Lincolnshire and carpeted the landscape.Voice readers sent in pictures of the frosty fun. Freezing conditions ...

A South Holland family believe they could be the most vaccinated family in the country after they were called to have their COVID-19 vaccines on the same day. Wendy Rate and her daughter Zoe, who work at West Elloe pharmacy in Spalding, were called to go for the first round of the vaccine at Springfields on Friday, January 22. And ...

A Spalding 15-year-old has been named as a charity’s ambassador. Jake Winkett has, for the last five years, saved up his own money to buy Christmas presents for various charities and this year provided a ‘Giving Tree’ for the Kids Out charity that aims to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds. As well as providing presents, the charity also puts on ...