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Spalding’s historic drinking fountain could be erected in the town’s cemetery as part of improvement works there, it’s been revealed. A working group has been formed to look at improvements to the Pinchbeck Road site. And placing the historic fountain that used to be in the town’s Market Place is among the considerations. It was introduced into Hall Place in ...

A roving COVID-19 vaccine centre may be needed to ensure a site is within ten miles of the Long Sutton area. District and county councillor Chris Brewis has been campaigning for a place so the likes of that town, Sutton Bridge and Crowland can access the jab closer to home. It follows Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the government was ...

Alternative funding is being sought to keep plans to improve Holbeach town centre a possibility. And those behind the schemes are still hopeful they may get the government funding they missed out on first time around. Proposed improvements of Market Hill junction in the town and the creation of a new ‘public realm’ at the back of the recently renovated ...

Fire crews put out a fire in a Spalding home yesterday (Tuesday, January 26). Spalding and Holbeach crews were called to the incident in Holyrood Walk at around 4.40pm. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said that a kitchen and conservatory had been damaged as a result of the fire and the remainder of the property had suffered smoke damage. A spokesperson ...

A court has heard that a 66 year old Long Sutton man had a million and a half pornographic and indecent images on his computer and other devices within the home. Ian Stuart Bradbury, 66, of Roman Bank admitted three charges relating to 330 category A (the most serious), 419 category B and 45,736 category C indecent photographs of children, ...

A businessman has been given an 18-week suspended sentence for storing and burning waste illegally at a site in Gedney Dyke, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency.  Peter Higgins, 73, the owner of PJH Bathrooms, Kitchens and Tiles Ltd, based at Yew Lodge, Hallgate, Gedney Dyke, stored waste on ground next to the company showroom without a permit for ...

An unusual Roman oven and Iron Age ornaments were among thousands of artefacts discovered in preparation work for the route of the Spalding Western Relief Road. Main construction work on the most northerly section of the project from Pinchbeck Road is due to start in the Spring with the archaeological study part of the preparation work. According to Ian Marshman, ...

Seven people have been arrested over the discovery of a cannabis farm in Gedney Hill. Around 360 plants were discovered at the property in North End, Lincolnshire Police said. A spokesman for the police said: “Our officers carried out a search of the property in North End on Monday 25th January. “Around 360 plants were discovered. “Seven people were arrested ...

Two road traffic collisions in icy conditions caused “chaos” on roads around Tongue End today (Monday). Lincolnshire Police say they believe a two vehicle collision on Counter Drove Drain say a white Audi A4 left the road and then later a silver Ford Fiesta did the same and collided with the Audi. The scene at South Fen Road where lorries ...

A drug dealer was arrested after police stopped a car and found a stash of drugs inside, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Friday, January 22). Terry Parbury was a front seat passenger in the vehicle which drove away from the scene of an alleged assault in Hampton Close, Spalding. Ian Way, prosecuting, told the court “The defendant was observed ...

Lincolnshire health bosses have said they’re ‘delighted’ with the vaccine roll out in the county after it was revealed nearly 50,000 have received doses so far. Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group say that around 60 per cent of care home residents and people aged over 80 have received vaccinations. The government is now announcing daily and weekly updates on the number ...

The discovery of more than 100 bottles of urine and bags of excrement by a group of Wombles has led to calls for better toilet facilities for lorry drivers around Wardentree Lane. Mother and daughter Cheryl Ingleby and Sadie Sharman said they were left “shocked” after litter picking around Wardentree Park having been among the hundreds inspired by the new ...

A ten-year partnership between South Holland and Breckland district councils looks set to come to an end. A report to go before South Holland’s Cabinet on Tuesday outlines a preference for each council to establish new ‘local’ partnerships. The two councils formed a partnership in 2010 with several areas of shared working. Officers and staff also regularly travelled between Spalding ...

A call has gone out to local businesses who may be able to help a historic building. The Cemetery Chapels in Holbeach has a leaking roof and initial estimates are that it could cost £30,000 to fix. The 1854 brick built buildings connected by a stone archway and tower are owned by Holbeach Parish Council. Plans are in place to ...

Holbeach residents will have the council tax share they pay to its parish council increased by 4.55 per cent in a bid to lock up some of the town’s open spaces at night. Councillors also voted to make savings and take £30,000 from its reserves to avoid a tax rise higher than the one passed which equates to £2.84 a ...

A Weston Hills couple’s Grand Designs are set to feature on Channel Four tonight (Wednesday). Nathan and Amye Marshall’s new home modelled on Dutch barn houses is the subject of the latest episode of the hit show presented by Kevin McCloud. South Lincs House A Grand Designs spokesman said: “Lincolnshire-born and bred, Nathan has never moved far from his home ...

An emergency call taker has had extra supervision after “pretty poor” service when a Pode Hole man had a cardiac arrest, an inquest has been told. The hearing, in Lincoln, was told Michal Jagodzki was taken ill at home on November 16, 2019. After being told an ambulance could take an hour by a 111 call handler, his family and ...

Local businesses Ark ICT and Simply Magazines have teamed up to help families source equipment required to aid home learning. It’s estimated around nine per cent of children in the UK do not have access to a laptop, desktop or tablet at home and with many children expected to learn from home during the current lockdown it’s vital they have ...

A traveller site for a family next to an existing one off the A16 in Spalding has been allowed to stay. A retrospective application for the site of three caravans and portable cabin ‘day room’ was approved at a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week. Speaking on behalf of the applicant Robert Home said: “The proposal ...

A man has been injured in what police have described as an “industrial incident” in Holbeach this morning (Wednesday). Park Road is currently closed and the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance in attendance reported at around 10.45am. The air ambulance on the football pitch. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “Emergency services attended and Park Road was closed just after ...