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Staff at a number of factories in South Lincolnshire will be wearing new disposable visors amid the COVID-19 crisis. Last week Bakkavor – which has factories in Spalding, Sutton Bridge and Bourne – took delivery of 350,000 face visors for its UK workforce. With priority placed on supply equipment to NHS staff, Bakkavor has developed its own disposable visor for ...

The staff at two Spalding schools have posted videos to raise smiles and tell students how much they’re missing them. Staff from St Paul’s School and The Garth School have created the videos. You can view St Paul’s video here and The Garth School here. The Garth’s creation is an all-singing, all-dancing, all-signing affair featuring the teachers as the students ...

A staff nurse at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital has died after testing positive for COVID-19. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust which oversees the hospital confirmed Anujkumar Kuttikkottu Pavithran died last night (Monday). Andrew Morgan, chief executive of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, said: “I am deeply saddened to share the news that one of our colleagues, who had tested positive for ...

A Spalding drug dealer has started a three-year jail term. Paulo Tiago Marques-Pintor was sentenced at a Lincoln Crown Court hearing on Monday. The 21-year-old, of Pennygate, had failed to answer bail and appeared in custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Last November he appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing ...

Police are appealing for information after an assault in Spalding that’s being treated as a hate crime. Three offenders reported to be on push bikes assaulted a victim outside the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding between 5.40pm and 6.30pm, Lincolnshire Police say. The victim received minor injuries. A spokesman said: “We are appealing for witnesses and information about an assault ...

Vehicles including a mini-digger have been stolen in a burglary at Spalding Common over the weekend. They were taken from a property overnight sometime overnight on Saturday, (April 25). Mini Digger with SSL business branding on it The missing vehicles are: Mitsubishi L200, registration with the registration AE67XWD and SSL sign writing around the sills.An IFor Williams Trailer (serial number ...

Lincolnshire Police are urging drivers to continue to be safe during the lockdown period. Despite there being many less cars on the roads, the force says it has seen an increase in the number of irresponsible drivers. Motorists are being urged to stick to speed limits and observe the ‘fatal four’ that contribute to fatal and serious injury collision, using ...

The resurfacing of Woolram Wygate in Spalding has been completed a day ahead of schedule. Lincolnshire County Council say work on repairing the potholes ended today (Friday, April 24) after beginning on Tuesday. It followed numerous calls for the road to be repaired. Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “Work has now finished on ...

Two fire crews attended a kitchen fire in Gosberton this morning. The fire was out by the time the crews attended the property on Belchmire Lane after the fire occurred at around 11.45am today (Friday, April 24). Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said there had been severe damage by fire to an extractor fan and kitchen cupboard as well as light ...

Spalding Cemetery is to reopen from Monday – albeit on reduced hours. The cemetery has been closed to the public during the coronavirus outbreak despite a number of complaints from people wishing to visit and tend the graves of their loved ones. At last Saturday’s central government coronavirus briefing, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick asked councils to keep open or reopen, ...

A person was airlifted to hospital this morning after suffering a cardiac arrest in Spalding. The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance landed close to The Parkway in Spalding after being called to the area just before 10.45am (Friday, April 24). It took the casualty to Lincoln County Hospital. A spokesperson at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance said: “On Friday, ...

Residents in Holbeach St Marks are being urged to keep windows and doors closed due to a building on fire in the area. Three fire crews are in attendance at the incident in Sluice Road this afternoon. The crews were called at around 2.15pm this afternoon. An agricultural building, 20 tonnes of wheat and a tractor have been destroyed. A ...

Employees of a company where more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed have said they’re ‘terrified’ working at its Spalding site where at least one person was hospitalised with the virus. In an article posted yesterday (Wednesday) The Voice, reported that Dalehead Foods, which is a division of Tulip Ltd, had confirmed an employee at its Fulney Lane site had ...

The company that runs South Holland’s leisure centres is to be given monthly payments to stay afloat by the district council after appealing to the authority for financial support. Parkwood Ltd took on the running of both the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding and the Peel Leisure Centre in Long Sutton last year on behalf of South Holland District Council, ...

Spalding Cemetery is to remain closed to the public despite a plea from the government. The cemetery is currently only open for funerals but closed to the general public, meaning people are unable to visit the graves of their loved ones. At the government’s daily coronavirus briefing on Saturday, communities secretary Robert Jenrick asked councils to keep open, or reopen, ...

A nurse who’s helping on the frontline battling the COVID-19 outbreak has been left upset after her bike was stolen from her Spalding home On a rare day off from working for the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS, Lucy Brown left her Giants women’s bike outside her home on the Holland Park estate on Saturday (April 18) when it was taken. ...

A Spalding food supplier has said it’s continuing to work safely after an employee was hospitalised with COVID-19. Dalehead Foods, which is a division of Tulip Ltd, told staff of their colleague’s illness at a briefing on Monday, it’s been claimed. A concerned employee contacted The Voice saying workers had been left worried and were upset they hadn’t been told ...

A group making scrubs for NHS staff is on the lookout for donations of clothes and people to help sew up in South Holland. For The Love of Scrubs Lincolnshire was set up by Pilgrim Hospital nurse Ashleigh Linsdell after an appeal to make the gowns used to prevent infections because the hospital was “severely short of scrubs”. Within a ...

A mum and daughter are supporting NHS staff by knitting ‘sore ear savers’. Vicci Tyler (38) was on her second week of furlough leave when she saw a post on Facebook asking people to knit sore ear savers for staff at Boston’s Pilgrim and Peterborough hospitals. Vicci tagged in mum Kathy Easey, who is retired and loves knitting. The pair, ...

Our Donate A Dinner appeal has received a massive boost thanks to two local companies. Kelly Newman, of A Country Kitchen, has offered to donate 30 freshly prepared chilled meals every week, while Karen Slator, owner of The Fun Farm at Weston, has donated boxes of crisps and around 50 soft drinks. The Spalding and South Holland Voice has teamed ...