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The son of murder victim Claire Hart and their sister Charlotte have appeared on national television as part of an awareness campaign. Luke and Ryan Hart have spoken publicly about the domestic abuse which culminated in their father Lance killing both women in the car park of Castle Sports Complex. He took his own life in the same incident. Luke ...

A consultation on car parking charges in Spalding has been extended after it was revealed an email given for people to send their views to didn’t exist. South Holland District Council first advertised the changes, which include rises for parking at The Sheep Market and Westlode Street, on Thursday, August 13. People were asked to send representation to an email ...

The issue of affordable homes was again a hot topic for South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week after a development of them in Spalding was deferred while the lowering of the number at a Holbeach site was passed. Councillors discussed new government planning policy as concerns were raised over the proposed development of 42 affordable homes on Loxmill ...

Spalding Cemetery has had a lockdown clean-up thanks to a group of volunteers. Undergrowth has been cleared, ivy cut back and stonework cleaned by the group (pictured above). The town’s photographic group has also taken picturess of the oldest and most vulnerable memorials as a record of the site dating from 1854. The Cemetery Chapel and Johnson Mausoleum will be ...

The company running a home that looks after people with learning difficulties, including autism, in Holbeach has been criticised by councillors as they refused planning permission for an extension. Achieve Together Supporting Limited had hoped to build add a one-bed annexe to the property on Spalding Road where it can currently look after up to five people deemed to have ...

A family who look after an allotment taken on as a retirement present say their enjoyment of it has been spoiled by crime. After going on a waiting list, Tim Smith was given a plot on Horseshoe Road in Spalding as part of a retirement present. Tim says the whole family love getting involved in the land for which there’s ...

A 200-year-old former bakery in Gosberton could be set for a new lease of life as a tea room. Sapphira Waterson, who lives at 2 Wargate Way with husband Paul, has applied for planning permission to turn the entire downstairs of her home into something for the community to enjoy. Her daughter Jade Connolly-Beever, who already runs Pretty Baked Cakes, ...

An elderly woman from Spalding died days after suffering a fall while being treated for lung cancer and heart disease at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, an inquest has heard. Patricia Hodson, 83, died on May 9, 2019 four days after an operation on the fractured hip suffered as a result of the May 2 fall. She’d been admitted to the hospital ...

Police are appealing for information after two incidents where women were asked to get in a car. The incidents happened in Spalding and Boston, the incident in the former being reported in Halmer Gate at 2pm. A spokesman for South Holland Police, said: “We are appealing for witnesses to two incidents in which men in cars have asked women to ...

A man has been banned from Spalding town centre and contacting council staff after a spate of anti-social behaviour including drinking in the street. Matthew Bellerson received the interim injunction from the County Court at Lincoln last week after a judge ruled that his ongoing anti-social behaviour and threats of violence posed a significant risk of harm to staff of ...

A woman has been injured in a car fire after accidentally igniting petrol fumes. Emergency services were called to a Ford Focus on fire on Bridgewater Lane in Pinchbeck shortly after 8pm last night (Monday, September 7). The Ford Focus as captured by Claire Cortes Nearby neighbours reported hearing a loud bang followed by flames and a cloud of smoke ...

Spalding High School is the first in the area to have reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 following the return of pupils. The Stonegate school, which remains open, sent a letter to all parents yesterday (Monday) stating a pupil had been sent home after testing positive for the virus. The letter states “This morning we have notified the Sixth Form ...

A trial of separate waste collections for paper and card is set to be rolled out across South Holland, though it could be a few years before it’s to be introduced. A total of 2,600 homes in Pinchbeck, Surfleet and northern Spalding have been putting the waste separately in purple sacks for the last year as part of the trial ...

Two South Holland men are joining forces to deliver bikes to children who might otherwise not have one. Daniel Lunn and John Barton are buying old bikes, reconditioning them and giving them to families who need a hand. They have already completed two refurbishments which have gone to new homes this week. “I am happy to give them away to ...

A family have been left ‘heartbroken’ after their pet cat died after being shot. The Perkins family of Nicollete Way in Spalding only found out what had happened to their six-year-old pet Jerry after taking him to Alder Vets. There, a pellet from an air gun was discovered lodged in his paw. Jerry’s condition was too advanced and vets decided ...

South Holland could be branded among the ‘UK Food Valley’ as part of marketing proposals for Holbeach’s Food Enterprise Zone. Work is already underway on phase one of the multi-million business park being created for food technology companies and City of Lincoln University. Partner Lincolnshire County Council commissioned ‘visioning work’ from consultancy firm Collison and Associates earlier this year who ...

Pupils at Quadring Cowling and Brown’s Primary School will have an improved outdoor environment to return to this week thanks to the actions of a South Lincolnshire company. A couple of weeks ago the school appealed for materials and help to relocate a large shed to enable a new outdoor seating and recreational space to be created. This was to ...

Those behind Spalding’s water taxi hope a year without the service will entice more users in 2021. The attraction which ferries people between the town and Springfields was not able to open in March in line with government guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although those guidelines changed to allow it to operate, it would have left just five weeks ...

The chief executive of South Holland District Council is to step down. Anna Graves has held the role at the authority and at Breckland Borough Council for the last six years. Anna said: “I’ve been working for local government for over 30 years, served many councils and been involved in a huge range of initiatives and great projects working alongside ...

A group of youths carried out a series of terrifying street robberies during a four day crime spree, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Tuesday). Ethan Nicholas Brown, together with two accomplices, targeted lone people out at night in Spalding as they drove around the town looking for victims. Brown and a 16-year-old boy then assaulted and robbed their targets ...