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The speed limit on the A151 through Moulton and Weston could be reduced by 10mph. A report to Lincolnshire County Council’s Planning and Regulation Committee, due to meet on Monday, October 5, is recommending the committee approves reducing the speed limit at Weston to 50mph and Moulton to 40mph, which will allow the necessary consultation process to bring them into ...

South Holland District Council is among those backing a nationwide scheme to support people on low incomes who have to self-isolate if they test positive for coronavirus and cannot work from home. The Test and Trace Support Payment, is being rolled out as the number of cases nationally rise. Individuals who are required to self-isolate and who meet the benefits-linked ...

Prior to lockdown Long Sutton Parish Council invested £23,500 to provide a trim trail in the Winfrey Park for the younger age group and an outdoor gym in Cinder Ash Park to assist residents to keep fit outdoors and to help embrace a healthier lifestyle. In order to further improve the town facilities the council will be pressing South Holland ...

The search for a teen missing since July has moved to Pode Hole after two weeks of looking in and around the A16 in Cowbit. Bernadette Walker (17) was reported missing from her Peterborough home on July 21. Her parents Sarah (37) and Scott Walker (50), both of Century Square, Peterborough have appeared in court charged with her murder. Search ...

The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance landed at Spalding Grammar School yesterday (Monday) after a 23-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest. A spokesperson at the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance said: “On Monday September 28, at 10.35am, the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance was called to Spalding following reports of a 23-year-old man in cardiac arrest. “Our helicopter arrived in ...

The public is being urged to avoid Main Road in Gedney after a road traffic collision involving five vehicles this afternoon (Tuesday). Police were called shortly after 2.30pm this afternoon and the road remains closed with South Holland Police urging people on social media to avoid the area. It’s not clear if anyone has been injured in the incident. A ...

A man who waved what appeared to be a gun in Spalding town centre has been spared an immediate jail sentence after Lincoln Crown Court was told that witnesses to the incident regarded him as a nuisance rather than a danger. Matthew Bellerson was in a wheelchair in Spalding Market Place when he reached into his jacket and pulled out ...

A former sorting office in Spalding town centre could be ripe for redevelopment after ‘sold’ signs appeared.The building has been empty for around 20 years and is on a prominent site in the town, off the Sheepmarket.It went on the market for £380,000 in March. It had been priced with a guide of £420,000 in 2018.But Longstaff Commercial’s website now ...

A health group in Lincolnshire is urging you to get to know the warning signs of sepsis. As part of World Sepsis Day, Lincolnshire Care Commissioning Group is urging the public to be aware of the signs and symptoms of sepsis to protect themselves and others from this life-threatening condition.The number of people developing sepsis is increasing, with around 123,000 ...

South Holland residents are being encouraged to get involved with a new panel being set up to help provide a voice for the public on healthcare in the county. The NHS has launched Lincolnshire’s first ever Citizens’ Panel to ensure the county’s residents are heard during upcoming crucial healthcare planning.And there’s a chance those who get involved could be £250 ...

Work on the most northerly section of the Spalding Western Relief Road is to step up with demolition work on homes around Spalding Road in Pinchbeck having begun. The homes are making way for the most northerly section of the road which is to be built in five separate sections.Karen Cassar, assistant director for Highways at Lincolnshire County Council, said: ...

Holbeach Parish Council is to enquire about the district council taking over all CCTV cameras after more incidents were reported in its still unlocked parks.A metal bench was stolen and wooden benches broken recently in Carter’s Park, a meeting of the committee heard last week.The council ratified the tender process to ensure someone would lock up its open spaces at ...

A raft of improvements to roads around Pinchbeck have been recommended after a village survey. The results of a questionnaire, along with a report, was presented to the parish council at a meeting on Monday evening.A Traffic Management Strategy up to 2025 has been produced, which includes 20mph zones, evaluating all village cycle routes for safety and looking at a ...

Five police officers were injured while trying to break-up an illegal rave in Holbeach St Marks at the weekend. Police arrested four people for violence or drugs offences when they were called to the event in the early hours of Sunday.Around 200 people were at the rave on the outskirts of the village. The police officers received minor injuries as ...

Ideas to improve Holbeach town centre including the possibility of making High Street one-way are being discussed amid concerns current plans won’t work. Holbeach Parish Council says it will also wants to hear ideas from the public on how to ease congestion in the town, particularly at the Market Hill junction.South Holland District Council is bidding for £4m of the ...

A South Holland District Councillor says he has been stripped of all his roles by his own party.Jack McLean, Conservative member for Spalding St John’s Ward, took to social media to disclose some details about what was happening.“I will no longer be the executive support member for the Communities or Place portfolios, or the vice chairman of the Policy Development ...

A Spalding charity shop has been left with a bill running to thousands of pounds after it was broken into and damaged this week. The Sense shop in Station Road was hit just two days after The Barber Shop was also broken into.Cash and donated items were taken from the charity shop, which was also damaged and ransacked in the ...

Police teams remain in Cowbit searching for the body of a murdered teenager.Cambridgeshire police have been in the Barrier Bank area looking for the body of Bernadette Walker whose parents were charged with her murder.The search team has been looking in areas around the River Welland.Sarah (37) and Scott Walker (50), both of Century Square, Peterborough were remanded in custody ...

A motorcyclist was riding at up to 100mph while overtaking a line of traffic at a junction in the seconds before he died, an inquest has heard. Lee Gardner (30) was riding a powerful track-standard BMW when he hit a car on August 23 last year on the B1192 at Langrick while he was heading for Cadwell Park.The Long Sutton ...

A plot of land given to provide a new medical centre for Holbeach is being sold by the NHS. The 1.58acre site on Dam Gate is being auctioned off by Allsop’s with a guide price of £90,000.It was given to the health service by a local developer as part of a section 106 agreement over a decade ago.Local politicians have ...