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A Spalding man has been told he is ‘lucky’ he was ‘not looking at custody’ after he admitted driving to the shops, despite being disqualified. Boston Magistrates heard that James Webb, 32, of St Marks Road, who admitted the offence, was banned from driving under the totting up procedure until December but had been found driving in Skirbeck Road by ...

A Spalding man has been sent for trial at crown court on allegations of attempted incitement of a child to engage in sexual activity. David Gary William Maltby, 21, of Redthorne Close, faces four allegations – that between June 5 and 19, he attempted to engage in sexual communications with a child he believed to be 14 years old; two ...

No-one has been policing paid-for car parks in South Holland for years, it’s been revealed, but the council says they will be monitored ahead of the incoming hike in prices. A South Holland District Council spokesman told The Voice that as part of efficiency savings, the policing of car parks was stopped in February 2017. Last month we revealed car ...

A lottery syndicate set up by a former chairman of Spalding United FC is being investigated by police over a suspected fraud that could affect ‘several hundred’ people. Lincolnshire Police is appealing for anyone who may have relevant information on the Spalding based The Lottery Syndicate Club Ltd. According to Companies House, the sole director of the company set up ...

A 28-year-old man from Donington and a 26-year-old woman have been found guilty of rape and sexual assault offences against children in 2017. Oliver Wilson and Rebecca Holloway, of Rutland Street, Grimsby, have been convicted of a number of sexual offences against children, following a joint investigation between Lincolnshire and Humberside Police. Wilson has also been found guilty of 11 ...

A new wedding venue and pop-in cafe are among the options being looked at for Holbeach’s historic Cemetery Chapels after a planning application was submitted to improve access for the public. The 1854 brick built buildings connected by a stone archway and tower are owned by Holbeach Parish Council. For a decade they’ve looked to bring the chapels back into ...

Plans for the council to build homes on a Spalding playing field have been shelved amid concerns over flooding and increasing costs. South Holland District Council had set aside nearly £3m in its budget for this financial year so its housing company Welland Homes could build 24 homes on land off Severn Road that’s currently designated as public open space. ...

A bid to get protected status for the old Johnson Hospital has been turned down. The 1881 opened Priory Road building has been derelict for a number of years and local resident Jackie Allen had applied to Historic England for it to be given listed status. Despite Jackie being successful earlier this year to put the former Christian Association building ...

A Spalding resident accused of a firearm offence has had his case sent to crown court. Mindageas Stakele (25), of Albert Street, is charged with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. The offence is alleged to have happened in Spalding between August 15 and August 18, 2019, and involved a BB handgun. Stakele, who appeared ...

A seven-year-old business park where around 40 people are employed has never been granted planning permission, it’s been revealed Now GH Myers, which owns Poplar Farm on Austendyke Road in Weston Hills, has submitted a retrospective planning application to South Holland District Council to change the use of units on the site from agricultural use to business. The company has ...

South Holland will remember the fallen in a series of events in and around Armistice Day. Remembrance Sunday on November 10 will see the Royal British Legion’s annual parade from The Market Place to Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding. Volunteers from the local branch of the legion have been in training for the parade which will makes its way through Bridge Street ...

Plans are in the oven to install a statue in the town centre that for nearly 20 years stood alongside the A16. The Spalding Figures, which is more commonly known as The Bakers, stood by the McDonald’s roundabout near the Addo Food Group’s Spalding Bakery until recently. The two aluminium resin figures which are slightly bigger than life-size were taken ...

Finding children’s graffiti from the day World War One broke out on a barn door has sparked the poignant tale of a Quadring family. The graffiti showed the date of the start of the war on August 4, 1914, along with children’s drawings of horses, a bicycle, two ploughs and names and initials. The discovery was made by independent archaeologist ...

A Spalding man punched a police officer as he was being taken to a cell after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly, a court has heard. Matthew Preece, 45, of The Meadows, who admitted the offences, had been arrested in West Street at 5pm on October 7 after officers found him slumped against a wall and magistrates heard how ...

A man spat at and headbutted police officers attending reports of a single vehicle collision. Police called to a single vehicle collision in Hurdletree Bank found Andrew Fraser McDonald (63) of Cranesgate North, Whaplode St Catherinesat on the ground arguing with his wife, a court has heard. He provided a positive breath test, Boston Magistrates were told, and was ‘aggressive’ ...

A Spalding man was ‘spaced out’ on cocaine when he hit a cyclist with his car causing him to fall to the ground, Boston Magistrates Court has heard. Christopher Storm, 57, of Winsover Road, who admitted driving under the influence of drugs, was driving a Renault Clio when he knocked the cyclist off his bicycle in Park Road at 4pm ...

A charity’s community hub in Surfleet was burgled over the weekend. Tonic 44 at Station Road, part of the Tonic Health group the specialises in health and welbeing, was burgled between 1.30pm and 8.40am on Saturday, October 26, police said, adding bottles of beer were stolen. A pane of glass was broken in the door to gain entry and items ...

The outsourcing of pain relief treatment in Lincolnshire has led to thousands being behind the treatment they need, it’s been claimed. One South Holland woman was told she was among 40,000 people in the county behind on pain relief treatment, though those who run the service say the number is “significantly less” than that. It follows the outsourcing of the ...

A charity bookshop in Holbeach has celebrated its first birthday and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who opened the shop last year, was back to sign books, recite poetry and give a speech in praise of books and learning. Benjamin said he was on stage at Warwick the night before and a boy asked what he read as a child. “I had ...

Fire crews were called to a blaze inside a Gosberton Risegate property on Tuesday (October 29). Crews based at Donington and Spalding fire stations were called to the blaze on Chesboule Lane shortly after 3.30pm. The crews used two breathing apparatus and a positive pressure fan to put out the fire before dampening down hot spots. No casualties were reported ...