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A councillor has launched a new awards ceremony to recognise the people at the heart of Holbeach. Tracey Carter has launched the Hearts of Holbeach awards to recognise those in and around the town who’ve made a difference during a difficult year. Nominations are now open and a public vote will decide the winners who will be announced in an ...

A former Spalding Grammar School pupil who grew up in Long Sutton has had his second novel published which is set in The Fens. Mark Fitch has released The Treasury which he describes as ‘Lock Stock meets The Sixth Sense’. It involves two groups, one of students and one of gangsters, looking for treasure left by King John. Mark, who ...

It was a super end to the half term for Year One pupils at Spalding’s Monkshouse Primary School. Superheroes have been the topic for the children since they returned to school in September. And to mark the end of the first part of the school year back in class, they all dressed as their favourite superhero. A spokesman for the ...

South Holland is to join the rest of England in going into lockdown amid rising numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement today (Saturday) that from Thursday households are being told to stay at home, non essential shops will be closed and hospitality businesses will have to revert to takeaway systems. The furlough system ...

Spalding residents are being urged to get involved with a new animation film being created as a centrepiece for the town’s Christmas celebrations. South Holland District Council is teaming up with animation production team Different Light on creating a special version March of The Nutcracker. And it wants residents to get involved by sending in their own designs for the ...

Health bosses are encouraging patients to get tested for suspected bladder cancer after a number of people choose not to attend their appointment. Since June this year, over 70 people have declined a cystoscopy test for suspected bladder cancer saying they would not be able to self-isolate for 72 hours before their appointment because of work or other commitments. Andrew ...

Two men have pleaded guilty to thefts of bikes in and around Spalding in separate trials. Thomas Parr of Lyttleport Close in Pinchbeck pleaded guilty to three sperate thefts at Lincoln Magistrates Court. The 22-year-old admitted stealing bikes worth £325 from outside McDonalds in Spalding on September 24, worth £297 from outside Sainsbury’s the next day and worth £250 from ...

South Holland companies and groups have been helping feed youngsters this half term after MPs voted not to fund school meals during the half term and at Christmas. One business owner said she served 75 free meals in the first two days of the campaign inspired by Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford. He campaigned to extend the free ...

Four people who had their car and dogs confiscated because they were hare coursing in South Holland had travelled from Blackpool. Lincolnshire Police were called to North Drove, near Tongue End, at 10.15am on Saturday, October 24. Dogs were also confiscated as a result of the incident. A statement from PCSO Colin Abbotts, of Spalding North Rural, sent out via ...

South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes has urged against lockdown restrictions for the area as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. More schools have been affected in the area in recent weeks while Pilgrim Hospital has closed three wards and stopped visitors from attending after an outbreak there The Voice understands local care homes are also being affected ...

A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the bike she was riding was involved in a collision with a car. The incident occurred at 6.25am on Northgate in Pinchbeck, close to the junction with Glenside South and the bridge over the River Glen. It’s not known how old the woman was that suffered the serious injuries or ...

A senior role at South Holland District Council has been given to the former head of an organisation which had a ‘significant bullying problem.’ Nathan Elvery was the chief executive of West Sussex County Council but left last November with a £265,000 pay out. A report for the Department for Education said the council had a bullying problem that was ...

A survey is set to go out asking Spalding residents if everyone does indeed need Good Neighbours? The Good Neighbours scheme has been set up elsewhere in the country, including in the Long Sutton and Holbeach area, and involves volunteers carrying out tasks for those that need or request them. Now residents are to be asked if a Good Neighbours ...

Proposals have been submitted to build eight homes on the site of a former pub in West Pinchbeck. The former New Bridge Inn has been demolished and plans to redevelop the land have been sent to South Holland District Council. If approved, two blocks of three terraced homes and two detached houses will be built on the junction of Slipe ...

Long Sutton Parish Council is urging people to use facilities in the town or face losing them. It follows TSB announcing that it was closing its branch in the town. People can still bank in Long Sutton using the post office in the Co-Op. But the parish council is urging people to use it to ensure that service and others ...

Patients are experiencing delays in routine blood tests due to a shortage of chemicals. The Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group say a problem with NHS supplier Roche is the reason why GP practices are not able to meet demand for tests currently. A spokesman for the Lincolnshire CCG said: “Unfortunately the problems being experienced by NHS supplier Roche are not fully ...

Spalding High School pupils said #HelloYellow and raised hundreds of pounds for World Mental Health Day. Pupils at the school were invited to wear something yellow or bring a yellow item in while donating 50p on October 10 raising £406 for the Young Minds charity. A spokesman for the school, said: “We were wearing yellow to show young people they ...

A weapons amnesty carried out by Lincolnshire Police has seen more than 100 items handed in within three weeks. Operation Raptor was launched at the end of 2019 to help reduce offences involving weapons, initially in the west of the county. After 150 weapons were either seized or handed in to the police as part of the operation, it was ...

Market traders in South Holland will not have to pay any fees until April next year. In a surprise move, members of the district council’s cabinet voted unanimously to delay the reintroduction of charges. Tuesday’s meeting was due to discuss a range of options for scaling market stall charges but Coun Roger Gambba-Jones put forward a completely different option for ...

Three separate wards at Pilgrim Hospital have been closed off after ‘a number’ of patients and staff tested positive for COVID-19. United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust, which runs the Boston hospital, says it believes the cases in wards that are not linked are connected. A spokesman said: “We have a number of patients and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 ...