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A group that’s been delivering care packages to some of Spalding’s most vulnerable are looking to hear from businesses who can help provide them with goods. The Spalding COVID Kindness Team have been delivering essential items after working with businesses including Morrison’s, Green Partners and Smalldean Trading. But the group says there’s so many requests for help they could deliver ...

A local food firm has given staff at the Johnson Hospital in Spalding baked potatoes to say thank you for their work. AH Worth last week presented 250g of Potato Lovers Baking Potatoes for staff to take home. The company was ably assisted in the gesture by haulage company Turners who waived the delivery charge. AH Worth’s commercial manager Oliver ...

Easter will be a happier time for 50 children who would not normally receive a chocolate egg thanks to Spalding’s Sainsbury’s store. The Holland Market supermarket has given 50 Easter eggs to our Donate A Dinner appeal which will go straight to Lincolnshire County Council’s Children’s Services department to be distributed to those children most in need. The Spalding and ...

Four months of scheduled work on a £1.5m new water main in Holbeach is set to start next week. Anglian Water will begin the installation of a brand-new water main on Tuesday 14 April, to support the growth of the new Peppermint Junction development. Around 4km of new pipe will be installed in the area, with work expected to be completed ...

A Spalding restaurant and takeaway that’s had to close for a few weeks for the first time in 30 years did a special cook-off and gave the food to hospital staff. The Crystal Inn on Churchgate delivered around 60 meals to the Johnson Hospital on Monday. The Chinese restaurant is run by Andrew Law and Man Yi. They and Andrew’s ...

Huge potholes in a Spalding road will be fixed “as soon as possible” it’s been said amid claims now would be a good time to do them when there are less people on the road. The numerous holes on Woolram Wygate are currently awaiting repairs and last week Lincolnshire County Council announced it had appointed a new contractor to repair ...

A 59-year-old man died while working at a Holbeach Bank vegetable growers yesterday (Tuesday). The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance attended DGM Growers in Oak House at around 10.45am. Despite medical assistance including from his colleagues, the man died. The company has told The Voice there is no evidence the death is related to COVID-19. A spokesman for DGM Growers, ...

The Johnson Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit is to close to walk in patients from tonight (Tuesday, April 7). From 6pm tonight you will no longer be able to access the service at the Spalding hospital and prospective patients are being urged to call NHS 111 instead. In a statement released at 4pm this afternoon, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, ...

Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Holbeach according to the town’s medical centre. The Holbeach Medical Centre has posted on its website urging people follow government guidance in the town as a result of the confirmed cases. The statement says: “With confirmed cases in the Holbeach locality we are asking EVERYONE to ensure they are following the Government guidance ...

A road near Hop Pole in the south of the district is closed after what police are describing as a “serious collision” involving a motorcyclist. The A1175 is currently closed tonight (Monday, April 6) between the village and Market Deeping. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “Diversions are in place, please avoid the area if you can.”

Over 700 small businesses in South Holland have already applied for a share of the £19m government grants and relief set up to help them through the COVID-19 crisis. South Holland District Council is overseeing the initiative in the area and has written to over 1,600 businesses inviting them to submit an online form to make their claim for either ...

Two men today (Monday, April 6) denied a charge of attempted murder at a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court. Anthony Madine, 20, of Cradge Bank, Spalding, and Junior Titilawo,25, of Aspen Green, Huntingdon, appeared via video link Both men denied the attempted murder of 24 year old Liam Heffernan and possession of a prohibited firearm. Judge Simon Hirst set a trial date of 1 ...

It’s been a crazy week for Baytree Owl and Wildlife Centre as the family behind it have been inundated with offers of support while a video of son Oliver (9) has been watched by over three million people. As reported last week, the Weston centre run by Mark Birdsall and Louise Ellis appealed for support concerned they only had enough ...

A couple whose wedding this weekend and honeymoon were scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic have described their devastation. Adam Braybrook and Jenny Howe were due to be married at St Andrew’s Church, near Corby Glen, on Saturday April 11 and fly to Sorrento in southern Italy the following Monday. But as soon as the virus outbreak started to cast a ...

A Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn patient, who is currently receiving treatment for COVID-19, has joined a research trial into a range of potential treatments in the fight against the virus. The patient is the first from QEH to be recruited to the national Recovery Trial, which will include a range of different treatments to establish evidence about which drugs ...

Facemasks specially made by staff at a school are among the ways the community has come to the aid of Holbeach Hospital in the last few weeks. University Academy Holbeach staff have donated face maks made by staff in the school’s workshop to the community run hospital so it can help protect staff from COVID-19. There’s also been donations from ...

A large fire led to smoke billowing across Gedney yesterday evening (Thursday). Residents close to the blaze in an agricultural building on Gipsy Lane were asked to close windows and doors By Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue following the blaze which was reported shortly after 5.30pm. Five fire crews and a water carrier attended the scene. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said ...

The trust that runs a number of Lincolnshire hospitals, including Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, has suspended all non-emergency outpatient appointments. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, which also runs County Hospital in Lincoln and hospitals in Grantham and Louth, say it’s to protect patients and staff amid the coronavius crisis. A ULHT spokesman. said: “United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is working hard to ...

The start of major work on the first phase of the Spalding Western Relief Road has been delayed, though some preparation work may take place later this month. Lincolnshire County Council say work on the first phase of the controversial project is now “unlikely” due to start before the summer. But a spokesman did say that pre-work such as clearing ...

Bakkavor has announced cuts including furloughing some staff “wherever possible” due to a “reduction in orders across all categories”. The firm, which has a base in West Marsh Road, Spalding, says the current uncertainty over the COVID-19 situation is the reason for the measures being introduced. In a statement released this morning, the company said: “We are reviewing capacity across ...