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It could be March before all the staff at a hospital trust have been given the COVID-19 vaccine it’s been revealed, as health bosses gave an update on how the virus is affecting Lincolnshire. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), which oversees hospitals including Boston, has more than 1,000 staff off ill, a meeting of Lincolnshire County Council’s Health ...

A former barman accused of stealing money from a Spalding pub will go on trial in May next year. Luke Jackson, 31, faces 29 charges of theft from the Moorings pub in Commercial Road between 26 May 2019 and 3 November 2019. Jackson, of Sewell Way, Spalding, appeared by video-link at Lincoln Crown Court today(Tues) for a pre-trial hearing. No ...

South Holland residents are being told they can only mix with other households on Christmas Day this year after the government announced a change to COVID-19 protocol. Previously it had been announced that you could meet with up to three households over a five day period around December 25, but the identification of a new variant of the coronavirus in ...

Nine year old Annie Clough from South View Community Primary School has been chosen as the winning artist for South Holland District Council’s Chairman’s Christmas Card Competition. The Council had invited primary school pupils from across the District to send in their best festive designs and ideas for the card, which is sent out every year to partners on behalf of the council chairman. Picking ...

A family have been allowed to turn a paddock into a site for their family in Whaplode St Catherine. Whaplode Parish Council objected to the part retrospective planning application for an allocated travellers site only for the family of applicants Mr and Mrs Smith at Hurdletree Bank, claiming the site was ‘unsustainable’. Despite there being no objections from the public, ...

After seeing a recent rise in the number of serious traffic accidents in the county, Lincolnshire Police is urging people to drive carefully this Christmas. The force says that in the first 17 days of this month, they attended seven collisions which left five people seriously injured and two dead. In the last three days 14 people in the county ...

South Holland will remain in the highest tier of COVID-19 restrictions, the government has announced today (Thursday). All of Lincolnshire will remain in Tier 3 at least for the next two weeks. South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes, had hoped that the district could be moved down to Tier 2. But the member of parliament for the ...

Volunteers and supporters of a South Holland food bank have seen around four times the usual number of people because of coronavirus. The Holbeach Food Bank has been open throughout the pandemic, and will be helping many families during the festive season. The volunteers behind the community effort have even put together 56 parcels, complete with gifts, for Christmas. “We ...

The A17 at Long Sutton is currently blocked after a three vehicle collision. The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is among the emergency services called to the road’s junction with with the A1101 following the incident which occurred at around 1pm this afternoon (Wednesday, December 16). Lincolnshire Police said the incident involved a green and red DAF HGV, a red ...

There are mixed messages about which COVID-19 tier Spalding will be put in this week. South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes is still optimistic that the district will drop down to Tier 2. But council leader Lord Gary Porter is convinced that the whole county is likely to stay in Tier 3. Meanwhile, reports from Whitehall suggested ...

A number of people were taken to hospital after a collision between two cars which closed the A16 on Tuesday, December 15. The incident involved a black Audi A3 and a grey BMW estate and occurred around 4.40pm just outside Cowbit. The road remained closed until 7.15pm. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “The driver of the BMW was taken ...

A person stopped for driving suspiciously was found to be at almost twice the legal alcohol limit, a court has heard. Prosecuting at Boston Magistrates Court, Lee Shepherd said that at 11pm on July 26, the police saw a Ford Focus being driven down Hereward Road into Pennygate , West Parade, Winsover Road and back round into Hereward Road. The ...

A Weston man has been fined after being found driving a van while under the influence of cocaine. Ricky Joe Heaviside, 31, of Small Drove, admitted driving under the influence of drugs when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Lee Shepherd said police stopped Heaviside when he was driving a Vauxhall Combo van at 9am on February 2 in ...

A Holbeach lorry driver caused a double fatal crash when he drove straight into the back of a car waiting to turn right off the A17, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Tuesday, December 15). Kelvin Mason failed to see the Citroen Xsara in time to stop and although he braked it was too late and his 18-tonne lorry smashed ...

Police have arrested a man after finding drugs and £22,000 when attending a road traffic collision. The incident on the A16 just outside Spalding happened at 11.30am yesterday (Sunday) and involved an Audi Q3 and an Audi RS5. A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. In a statement, Lincolnshire Police, said: “Just before 11.30am ...

Residents using larger trailers and vans under two metres high vans can apply for a permit to use Lincolnshire tips, including Spalding’s, from next week. From December 15, those wishing to use such a vehicle for a visit to the Household Waste Recycling Centres will be able to gain the permit which will allow them one visit per month, Lincolnshire ...

A map of COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period has been released by the government which shows most areas of South Holland have falling rates of the virus, but not all. In the most up to date figures which cover the week up to December 5, Spalding North has the highest rate of the virus in the district with a ...

Parts of Spalding are without water this morning after a burst water main on Queens Road. An Anglian Water spokesperson, said: “We’re really sorry but some customers in Queens Road, Spalding may have very low water pressure or no water at all. “We’ve identified a burst water main in your area that we’re working hard to get fixed, so that ...

A man who was left upside down in a ditch in freezing water after his car overturned on his way to work has thanked the emergency services who saved his life. Police officer, PC Phil McAllister, jumped into the water and smashed the window of David Anthony’s car to rescue the 60-year-old from the freezing cold water. David, of Glenside, ...

Kind hearted friends have brought some Christmas cheer to care home residents in Spalding. Trudy Roberts and Karen Dakin used social media to ask friends and family for donations of chocolates and toiletries which they packed into 222 parcels and delivered to care home residents. Initially the pair, who met through work, were going to give the parcels to residents ...