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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 ...

A bus service that serves many South Holland towns and villages is to to become hourly from Sunday, January 24. The 505 Spalding to Kings Lynn service currently runs roughly every half hour. The route also serves Weston, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach, Fleet Hargate, Gedney, Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge. Stagecoach East has said that the revised timetable is “due to ...

A 73 year old Spalding man has been sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court on a range of historic allegations of sexual assaults on children aged between three and 15 years old. David Walker of Coronation Close entered no pleas at Boston Magistrates Court to the five allegations of sexual assault and three of attempted rape, all of which ...

South Holland is set for yet more wet weather with an amber warning for rain having been issued by the Met Office. It covers the period from 6am tomorrow (Tuesday) until 12pm on Thursday, January 21. It includes what has been named Storm Christoph with the rain due to start falling tonight (Monday). It comes days after flooding was reported ...

The leader of South Holland District Council says no elderly or vulnerable residents should have to go outside of the district for the COVID-19 vaccine after reports people were being asked to go as far as Bedford for the jabs. Lord Gary Porter and other local politicians including Angela Newton say they’ve spoken to NHS Lincolnshire Care Commissioning Group (CCG) ...

Fire crews helped pump water out of gardens last night (Friday) as the River Glen burst its banks at Surfleet Reservoir. The Environment Agency had yesterday put a flood warning ‘expecting’ flooding in the area around high tide. Another warning was put out for this morning following the rain that’s fallen in the last 48 hours. Last night at shortly ...

A flood warning has been placed on the River Glen following the more than 24 hours of rain and snowfall experienced yesterday. The Environment Agency say properties at Surfleet Reservoir are most at risk, particular ahead of this evening’s (Friday) high tide. The warning from the Environment Agency states: “Heavy rain has been falling on the River Glen catchment over ...

A company building two new retail units on the A52 at Donington has been allowed to change conditions placed on the application just six weeks after they were granted permission. The application for a retail unit on the corner of the A52 Bicker Road and Church Street was back before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week after being ...

Images of the COVID-19 vaccination site at Springfields Events Centre have been published alongside details of how it will be operated. The hub is one of the main vaccine sites for south Lincolnshire and is due to go live in the next two days. The images inside have been published on social media by the Bourne Gatley Medical Practice. The ...

The father of a 42-year-old ambulance driver who nearly died after contracting COVID-19 has urged others to wear a facemask where possible after the ‘worst weeks’ of his and his daughter’s life. On Christmas Eve the family of Emilie Sanderson, from Moulton Chapel, including partner Simon, were told to prepare for the worst after the keen equestrian was hospitalised with ...

An appeal has been set up to help a Crowland 12-year-old regain some of his independence after he was left unable to stand or walk just before Christmas. McKenzie Goldsmith, known as Kenzie, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy seven years ago, a genetic condition which means his muscles are weakening as he gets older. But in the run up ...

Long Sutton-based Freemasons have donated thousands of pounds to a hospital breast cancer unit. The Alexandra Lodge (985) have donated £2,800 to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn. The donation will go toward QEH’s Breast Cancer Unit development charitable fund following the fantastic care given to a close friend of Brother Dean Bowd, The Most Worshipful Master at Alexandra ...