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An appeal to help a Gedney Hill family whose home was destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, April 1) has already raised nearly £2,000. Fire crews were called to the bungalow on West Drove North at around 2am this morning with Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue now saying the fire started in fan heater. A spokesman ...

As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold across the country, we are launching a new appeal to ensure that no child goes hungry. The Spalding and South Holland Voice has teamed up with South Holland district councillor Harry Drury to launch Donate A Dinner. The appeal aims to make sure that those children who would usually get a daily free school ...

Normally at 9am on a Tuesday the streets in Spalding would be at their busiest. But with the current coronavirus lockdown, schools and many shops closed and the majority of people working from home it was a more quiet scene at that time this week. Registered journalist Steve Timewell, of Lincolnshire Drones, sent up one of his machines at 9am ...

Activations by a single speed camera in Spalding have tripled within a year. The camera on the A151 Holbeach Road near Jack’s Fish Bar caught 1,268 motorists exceeding the 30mph speed limit in 2019. The previous year the fixed camera was activated 375 times. The data emerged following a Freedom of Information request to Lincolnshire Police. John Siddle, communications manager ...

A Spalding gym is supporting the community throughout the coronavirus crisis by offering live online workouts and a meal delivery service. Since the announcement was made that gyms would be forced to close, Definitions Health and Fitness instantly adapted to support its members and the wider community by offering free online workouts via Facebook Live. Definitions’ Jack Smith, believes it’s ...

A family have been left ‘devastated’ after a fire destroyed their home in Gedney Hill in the early hours of the morning. In under an hour this morning a Just Giving page has raised over £600 to help fund items like clothes for the mother and four boys aged eight, 10, 13 and 19 following the blaze on West Drove ...

A school has helped spread a little happiness by delivering bouquets of flowers. The Lidl Neighbourly Team donated six pallets of flowers to Spalding Parish C of E Day School. They were delivered by local man Dave Leworthy and his son, just in time for all of the Year Six pupils to take a bucket of flowers home for Mother’s ...

A group of volunteers who for 30 years have been offering low-cost travel for those that need it most in the district are currently looking to pick up prescriptions and essentials for those self-isolating. On a normal week The South Holland Parish Voluntary Car Service would help around 100 people get to locations like the shops or hospitals from nine ...

Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership popped into St Paul’s Community Primary School in Spalding last month to discuss safety. Year Four and Five pupils took part in workshops on the importance of staying safe in a car and wearing cycle helmets when on a bicycle. Seatbelts were the focus for Year Four and their session ended working out whether they were ...

A Spalding-based business has come up with a novel way of explaining COVID-19 to a child. GiftsOnline4U has developed a free personalised eBook. Designed especially for three and four-year-olds the ebook explains why children are unable to go to school, nursery, the park or play with friends during the coronavirus outbreak. Asgar Dungarwalla, founder of GiftsOnline4U, said: “Just as the ...

The community health trust that manages the supply of specialist equipment that helps people stay in their own homes, has appealed to the public to return any unused equipment. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) has today asked for anyone with community support equipment to return it as soon as possible. Among the items that are needed the most ...

Three more people have been confirmed to have died as a result of Covid-19 in Lincolnshire’s hospitals. It takes the total up to four in the county after the first death reported on Friday, that of a woman in her 80s. The latest confirmed deaths were aged between 65 and 80 and all had underlying health problems, said the United ...

A women who was aged in her 80s is the first person to die in Lincolnshire after testing positive for Covid-19. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust said the women died yesterday (Thursday), though they’ve not said where she was being treated. A spokesperson for ULHT said: “Sadly we can confirm that a woman who was being cared for at one ...

Lincolnshire firefighters are set to help in the battle against the Covid-19 virus outbreak. A national agreement has been made so firefighters can deliver food and medicines, drive ambulances, and retrieve dead bodies during the coronavirus outbreak. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue already work closely with partners to help in communities, with many firefighters carrying out extended duties, assisting ambulance service ...

A Cowbit father of two who has a weakened immune system and suspected Covid-19 has praised the staff of Peterborough City Hospital. James Wilson-White (45) was taken to hospital yesterday, but is now back home with wife Emma, who is looking after the family. Despite the family having self-isolated, James who has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), started developing symptoms ...

Peterborough City Hospital has recorded three deaths of confirmed Covid-19 cases to date, while the trust that runs Pilgrim Hospital in Boston says it won’t be making public how many cases are in their hospitals. The trust that runs the hospital said that all three Covid-19 cases and one in Hichingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon that had passed away after testing ...

The proposed closure of the Marks and Spencer Food Hall in Spalding town centre has been put on hold. The store was due to close next in April, but will continue to operate for the moment. Gibbard, M&S head of region for South East Midlands, said: “Supporting communities and our customers during the current unprecedented health crisis is our absolute ...

A plea to help pay for food for the animals has been made by a hugely popular owl and wildlife centre that was due to open for the summer next week. The Easter holidays is traditionally one of the busiest times for the Baytree Owl and Wildlife Centre and it’s just completed some renovations ahead of the annual post winter ...

A Spalding school that caters for those with specialist needs has been rated ‘outstanding’ in every category by Ofsted inspectors. The Priory School, which caters for pupils aged 11 to 16, who have a range of needs including Moderate Learning Difficulties, Autism, SEMH and communication issues, has been upgraded from ‘good’ in March 2019. Ofsted were full of praise for ...

The head teacher of St Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School in West Pinchbeck has been charged with three counts of online sexual offences against a child. Lincolnshire Police said James Shawley (43), of Hereward Street in Bourne, has been charged with the following online offences: Attempting sexual communication with a child, attempt to cause or incite a child to ...