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Make this Christmas a happy one for those children who are less fortunate by donating a toy to the Give A Gift appeal. The Spalding and South Holland Voice have once again teamed up with South Holland district councillor and businessman Harry Drury to launch the appeal. Mr Drury, who founded the Give a Gift campaign in 2011, said: “Sadly, ...

A Moulton man who was made to sit through the explosions of five nuclear bombs has been talking about its effects on him and his daughter for a moving documentary. Douglas Hern (83) is featured heavily in Arena – A British Guide to the End of the World which was screened on BBC Four last week and is currently available ...

Spalding Grammar School has supported Rotary Shoebox Scheme by filling 75 shoeboxes. Students and teachers worked together to help the scheme which seeks to send a little happiness to disadvantaged children and adults in eastern Europe. Spalding Grammar’s effort for the local scheme run by Rotary Club of South Holland was co-ordinated by PE teacher Chris Crane. He said: “Students ...

The new Lidl on Holbeach Road in Spalding is set to open tomorrow (Thursday). A ribbon cutting ceremony is due to take place at 8am and there will be a host of offers on offer throughout the weekend, the supermarket says. The new supermarket forms part of the company’s ongoing expansion and regeneration plans in the UK and has created ...

The number of calls to 101 in Lincolnshire that were abandoned due to waiting times increased by 53 per cent in the past 12 months. The average wait time for an answer on Lincolnshire Police’s non-emergency number has risen to 2mins 45 secs from 1min 50 secs, a Freedom of Information request has revealed in the 12 months preceding October ...

Beautiful, yet slightly eerie pictures of Spalding partially blanketed in early morning mist have been captured by an amateur photographer. Steve Ward sent his drone above the town at 8am on Saturday morning (November 16) to catch the dramatic scenes. The Spalding resident said: “I’m a budding photographer and bought a drone to get that different photo than the usual ...

A young Spalding drug dealer found with more than £3,000 worth of controlled substances is facing a jail term. Paulo Tiago Marques-Pintor was also in possession of £1,890 in cash when he was searched in Spalding on July 23, 2018. The 21-year-old, of Pennygate, appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing a ...

A developer has been granted permission to build 136 homes on land off Town Dam Lane in Donington. The application by Ashwood Homes includes 25 per cent affordable housing and 23 letters of objection were submitted citing reasons including doctors and schools being full, but South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted in favour of the development. However the application ...

A free healthy cooking course for people who care for others is taking place in Spalding. Organisers Carers First said it’s for “people who may feel isolated as a carer”. The course takes place on Monday, November 25, from 1.30pm-3.30pm, at Ivo Day Centre, Albion Street. A Carers First spokesman said: “We are hoping this course will provide knowledge and ...

An art showcase will take place on Saturday evening to raise money for Pinchbeck Hub. Since it opened at the beginning of 2016, Pinchbeck Community Hub and Library has hosted organisations looking for a regular home. One such group is Arts INKorporated – a collection of nine local artists who started painting in their later years. Admission is free, refreshments ...

Santa Claus will be touring the villages and towns of South Holland ahead of Christmas and Spalding Lions have released a huge list of where they’ll be heading throughout December. The group will be taking Father Christmas around the streets and collecting for charity throughout the area this year. They will also be taking Santa to Sainsbury’s in Spalding on ...

The chance to decide how to spend the recent cash boost given to Holbeach comes next Thursday night at the next Civic Society meeting. Holbeach Civic Society’s next meeting on Thursday, November 28 will be focussing on South Holland District Council’s recent announcement of town centre improvement funding, which is aligned to their successful expression of interest to the government ...

Police arrested a 24-year-old man in Spalding last night (Tuesday) on suspicion of criminal damage and a public order offence. Police said the arrest at around midnight followed an incident in Bowditch Road. A spokesman said: “He remains in custody and will be questioned in due course.”

Work on installing lifts so those with mobility issues can finally access platform two at Spalding station is due to begin early next month. The work, which is due to start on Tuesday, December 3, also includes putting more lighting on the footbridge and additional CCTV around the station. A spokesman for Network Rail said: “There will be no disruption ...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted kidnap near the Springfields roundabout in Spalding. It was reported that on November 11th at around 9.55am a car pulled up near the roundabout and the female passenger jumped out and attempted to pull a woman, who was walking along the road, into the vehicle. Two people, a man (37) and a woman ...

Over 100 homes are to be built close to a crane factory in Crowland. Last week South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted to give Ashwood Homes full planning permission for 108 homes off Crease Road by just one vote. The application had been deferred from a previous committee meeting where a new noise assessment was requested. Objectors claimed the ...

Union members at a Spalding food factory have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Staff at the Spalding Bakkavor site have planned a walk-out in protest over the company’s offer of a 1.5 per cent pay increase and a 1.5 per cent lump sum. A spokesman for Unite, the union that organised the strike, said this comes ...

Police are seeking assistance in finding wanted man Marcus Roberts-Fogarty.  The 35-year-old is wanted for an offence of commercial burglary which occurred in August in the Spalding area.  Roberts-Fogarty is from Spalding but police believe he could be in the Gainsborough area.    If you see him, or know where he are, police ask you to contact them in one ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after it was alleged that an elderly woman was hit by a black Jaguar car while she was crossing the road in Spalding.   The incident occurred at around 3.30pm on September 25 on St Andrews Road.  The lady received hospital treatment for her injuries. Police would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, ...

Five candidates are seeking to become the MP for South Holland and the Deepings in the General Election 2019. Sir John Hayes, who has held the seat since 1997, is again standing defending a majority of 24,897 from the previous 2017 election. Standing for the Labour Party for this election is Mark Popple who will be hoping to improve on ...