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A request for almost £30,000 to fix ‘urgent’ issues at three town sites has been recommended for April’s budget. On Tuesday, members of the Spalding Town Forum discussed necessary work on three parks: Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, Monks House Lane Pavilion and Spalding Cemetery, to avoid what will “give rise to high risk health and safety concerns on all ...

Proposed measures to curb anti-social behaviour in Spalding and Holbeach public toilets haven’t worked in the six years they have been implemented in toilets in Wisbech, it’s been claimed. South Holland District Council last year voted to get new public toilets that have individual cubicles with automatically locking doors. A report to the authority’s Performance Monitoring Committee last night states ...

Friends of Spalding Cemetery will hold an ‘informal meeting’ next month in the hope of forming a dedicated group to assist with a host of duties. The meeting, which runs from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, February 8, is for anyone interested in learning more about the heritage site and learn about how they can help, with research, photography, litter-picking ...

Fundraising by Spalding Grammar School’s Parents and Friends Association (PFA) over the last seven years has topped £100,000. That’s helped purchased almost £30,000 of equipment for the school including tennis tables, improved sound systems, weather analysis instruments and a 3D printer The PFA, which has 12 members on its committee, comes together with the headmaster, school staff and pupils. Through ...

Last week Dennis Ottaway wrote about a blackbird singing at dusk in Hall Place, Spalding. I too was recently stopped in my tracks by the joyful, exuberant song of a blackbird in a tree. It echoed around the square and was almost unearthly in its intensity, making me yearn for the countryside. So pleased I was not the only one ...

The firefighters and cadets at Spalding Fire Station would like to say thank you to the people of Spalding who gave so generously to The Firefighters’ Charity when we accompanied Santa with his visit to the town just before Christmas. We made six collections between December 12 and December 23 and raised a total of £1,509.87. Phil Marriott Spalding Fire ...

A much loved-figure who founded a popular Spalding ice cream businesses has died. Mario Fragale (85), of Pinchbeck, passed away last week from stomach cancer. He was particularly well known in Spalding for owning Domenic’s ice cream parlour in Red Lion Street. He started the business in 1991 after being made redundant from Geest and son Eric says he loved ...

A closer polling station for Tongue End and a call to only use schools as a last resort are among the measures being called for following a review of polling stations in the area. Recommendations following the review were voted through by South Holland District Council last week. As it met councillors heard that residents in Tongue End had an ...

A department at Pilgrim Hospital has been given a donation by a Holbeach charity. Chosen Charity, which runs two shops in Holbeach, donated the money to the Pilgrim Hospital endoscopy unit, which is run by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust. Mary Cooper, the founder of Chosen Charity, said: “On January 19 we presented a cheque for £1,000 to the Endoscopy ...

The company behind a much criticised pain service is changing after listening to patients, a report into it states. As previously reported in The Voice the outsourcing of the Pain Management Service to Newcastle-based private company Connect Health had left many in South Holland without treatment. In October The Voice spoke to several people concerned about the lack of treatment ...

South Holland district councillors have voted to freeze the allowances it pays to members until 2023. Members followed the advice of an Independent Remuneration Panel which argued they were already the best paid in Lincolnshire. The basic allowance for a South Holland councillor is £6,255 a year. The next highest in Lincolnshire is South Kesteven who pay councillors £5,628 though ...

Police were in attendance in Swan Street on Saturday after the body of a man in his 40s was discovered at a residential address. Several police vehicles were parked outside Mulberry’s Public House on January 25. Police say there is not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. A spokesman said: “Police attended an address in Swan Street where the body ...

The A17 swing bridge at Sutton Bridge is closed in both directions following a collision. Traffic is currently backed up in both directions along the A17 following the collision which was reported to Lincolnshire Police just before 10.15am. Police say they believe the incident involves two lorries and four vans. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue sent three fire crews to the ...

An 18-year-old died when the car he was travelling in collided with a building in Pinchbeck on Friday night. The man has been named locally as Jaylee Waltham who was travelling in a black Vauxhall Astra which was involved in the collision around 8pm on Friday, January 24. The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, was taken to hospital ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman taking her daughter to school was abused and spat at in what’s being treated as a hate crime. The incident took place at around 8.30am on Tuesday, (January 21) on Saltern Drive in Spalding. South Holland Police say a man blocked the woman’s path, spat at her and swore, referring to her ...

A man has been arrested on firearms charges and the Army in attendance after weapons were found at an address just outside Holbeach St Marks. Leadenhall Road near to the Bakkavor Pizza factory is currently closed by police after the weapons were discovered last night (Wednesday) Lincolnshire Police say. Leadenhall Road remains closed A 42-year-old man has been arrested for ...

The Army’s bomb disposal unit are at a property in Holbeach St Marks this morning (Thursday) after ‘a number of weapons’ were found. South Holland Police say a 42-year-old man has been arrested for firearms offences. A spokesman for the police said: “The EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) are helping our officers at an address in Holbeach St Marks. “We were ...

A Crowland teenager has appeared in court on allegations of attempting to groom a 13-year-old. Jason Church, 19, of Reform Street, is accused of attempting to groom a 13- year-old girl for sex between December 27, 2018 and January, 11 2019 by sending her sexually explicit text messages. He entered no plea to the allegation when he appeared at Boston ...

A man who took a taxi to get home after a night out then, ‘for some strange reason’ took out his work’s van and crashed it, a court has heard. Piers Foster, 31, of Sharman Way, Spalding admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates at Boston. The court heard that he crashed the van into a telegraph ...

Holbeach Medical Centre is out of special measures but has been told it still ‘requires improvement’. As previously reported, the Park Road surgery was rated ‘inadequate’ following a Care Quality Commission (CQC). It was inspected again in September in a report published earlier this month and was rated ‘good’ in being Effective, Caring and being Well-led. However the CQC inspectors ...