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A Spalding woman has released her debut single with an eye on chart domination and is building up her profile on the livestreamer network, Twitch. Tune into 18-year-old Kyra Jinx’s Twitch channel online most days between lunchtime and around 10pm, and you’ll find her broadcasting from her bedroom, either just chatting to her followers or playing the online video game, ...

A shoplifter smashed a bottle over the head of a security guard who attempted to stop him fleeing from a Spalding supermarket, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Mon).Adam Isham (33) ran towards the exit of Sainsbury’s when the security officer intervened.Isham then struck him with such force that the guard was knocked to the ground.Isham then ran from the ...

A motorist who fled from the UK after causing a head-on collision which left two people seriously injured has been convicted by a jury despite the fact that he was not in court to face his trial. Abdulla Hamza is believed to have returned to his home country of Iraq and failed to appear for his trial at Lincoln Crown Court. The ...

A flat on Holbeach’s High Street has been emptied by police after complaints over associated drug use and anti-social behaviour. On Monday, Lincolnshire Magistrates Court provided Lincolnshire Police with a Closure Order on the flat. The order means no-one can enter the flat for three months. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: of the Closure Order: “This was obtained after ...

A South Holland landlord has been found guilty of failing to license a house in multiple occupation (HMO) on Vikings Way in Spalding, leading to a fine and other costs totalling over £1,200. Nicholas Moyses was called to Boston Magistrates Court on Monday 14 October after he ignored numerous attempts by South Holland District Council to ensure that he attained ...

A 71-year-old woman was left injured after an escaped dog attacked her own pet she was taking for a walk. David Anthony Barnes, 60, of Spring Gardens, Long Sutton admitted being the person in charge of a dog which was dangerously out of control, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. The court heard that on the morning of July ...

Motorists in Spalding are set to be hit by large increases in parking charges and for the first time will be charged to park in Gore Lane and all Castle Sports Complex spaces. The cost of a parking season ticket in the town will increase by 77 per cent to £460 from £260 in the measures being recommended for approval ...

South Holland District Council says it’s set to spend nearly half a million pounds on improvements for Spalding and Holbeach town centre while the latter could be set for a between £5m and £10m facelift. A programme of work costing under £500,000 over three years is due to go before the authority’s cabinet next week. The allocated SHDC funds do ...

A new dentist for Spalding with extended opening hours is again set to open next March, but hopes of a second new practice for the town have been dashed again. As reported last year, amid a huge demand, NHS England awarded contracts to two companies to open dentist practices in the town in 2019, only for both to pull out ...

Vine Street public toilets will be decommissioned, others in Spalding and Holbeach refurbished and a 20p charge introduced to use them in recommended changes to council-run conveniences. South Holland District Council’s cabinet will next week be asked to back the measures following recommendations made by a task group it set up to look at the service. The council is set ...

South Holland women are being invited to attend a free breast screening clinic at a mobile unit in Spalding. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ULHT) Lincolnshire Breast Screening Service is inviting women registered with Beechfield Medical Centre, Spalding, to attend an appointment on the mobile unit based at the Johnson Hospital in Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, PE11 3PB. Women aged between ...

Children and staff at John Harrox Primary School in Moulton said “Hello Yellow!” in style last Thursday in support of children’s and young people‘s mental health on World Mental Health Day. A spokesman for the school said everyone enjoyed taking part in the fundraising event in aid of the Young Minds charity paying £1 to wear something yellow for the ...

South Holland villages have been hit by a spate of post box thefts – with six stolen this month. Post boxes and their contents were stolen overnight last week. Lincolnshire Police have confirmed that post boxes have gone missing from these locations: Eaugate Road, Moulton Chapel; Cornfield Close, Deeping St Nicholas; Money Bridge, West Pinchbeck; Station Road, Deeping St James; ...

A Spalding group has negotiated a three-night “alternative to Halloween” at a town pub. The three-strong Spalding leg of The Light Collective will take over decorations at The Ivy Wall pub between October 28-31 for “light project evenings”, according to group member Joseph Edwards. Mr Edwards said the evenings will carry a Christian message but still have pumpkins and sweets ...

Shops in Spalding have embraced a new guide to assistance dogs, produced by Guide Dogs UK and distributed to them last week by hand. Volunteer Thelma Warren spent three hours on Friday hand-delivering leaflets to shops and establishments in town to explain the different types of dog jackets and offer window stickers. “I’ve had an absolutely brilliant response from the ...

A vet is taking her passion for pets to new heights by jumping out of a plane at 13,000ft in aid of a cat charity. Ashley Horne will bravely take to the air for a tandem skydive on Saturday and is hoping people will sponsor her to support the Spalding branch of Cats Protection. Ashley, who is a vet at ...

The South Holland branch of the Macular Society were in Spalding recently raising awareness of the condition. In association with Molsom and Associates Opticians, the charity’s members were on Spalding Market, handing out information on the condition. They included Leonard Sharpe, the chair of the group, who has suffered macular degeneration in both eyes for the last 30 years. “We’re ...

The group that oversees hospitals in south Lincolnshire, including the Pilgrim Hospital, is £88.2m in the red and has been branded ‘inadequate’ over how it uses its resources. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has also been told it still “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and will remain in special measures following an inspection from June 11 ...

A new project is set to help young people in and around Spalding is holding its A Future Spalding session at the South Holland Centre on Friday. This Is Not London, a group formed by two artists, are exploring the idea of ‘Does living somewhere isolated make you feel it?’, with a series of sessions and art projects. On Friday ...

Parish councils could fund new projects by borrowing money from the district council and paying it back by increasing council tax under a proposed new scheme. South Holland District Council is looking to create a new £500,000 Community Reserve. Parish and town councils in the area would be able to borrow money for projects including new buildings, play facilities, turning ...