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A Spalding church has helped local people ‘Holiday At Home’. Broad Street Methodist Church put on the sessions for those not able to get away this summer. Along with a host of games, church members put on a host of crafts for the attendees to try and there was also film screenings, including one of the Cliff Richard film Summer ...

A long-standing row over the funding of Glen Park in Surfleet is coming to a head as the park remains closed during the busy summer months. The park has been fenced off since May after a safety inspection showed problems with some pieces of equipment including the Everest Tower, aerial runway and climbing nets. Surfleet Play and Recreation Charity (SPARC), ...

The family of a 51-year-old fun-loving postman who died on the holiday of a lifetime in Italy have thanked the community for their support. Less than 24 hours after Clive Chapman, of Fern Drive in Spalding, was dancing to ABBA in a disco he was placed in an induced coma. The father of three was in Sorrento with youngest daughter ...

A report a gun was pointed at a person driving through Spalding led to a man hunt last night (Tuesday). The Lincolnshire Police helicopter was involved in the search for two men after it was reported two men pointed a black hand gun at the vehicle a witness was driving along Hereward Road between 7.40pm and 7.45 pm on Tuesday, ...

A village kids club was broken into and items including an iPad and cash were taken overnight on Monday. Lincolnshire Police said the Kids Club office at Pinchbeck East C of E Primary School was broken into on Monday, August 20. Aa social media post from a member of staff said the office was ransacked. Police said the offender(s) “climbed ...

Drug deaths in South Holland have continued to increase, with addiction experts blaming “budget cuts” for the rise in deaths. The latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics report a 20 per cent rise in drug poisoning deaths across the East Midlands over the past five years and a 26 per cent rise in drug deaths in Lincolnshire. ...

Miserable conditions didn’t stop a healthy crowd at Fenland Aero Club’s Wing and Wheels Open Day on Sunday, August 11. Though it did stop many of the planes from taking to the air, more than a thousand visitors were able to wander around the 50 trade stands and marvel at the collection of vintage and classic motor cars, motor cycles ...

More than 60 firearms have been handed in across the county during a two-week police gun amnesty. Sixty-three firearms have been handed in to Lincolnshire Police during the fortnight-long surrender. Of the 63 firearms, there were four air pistols, 44 rifles, and 15 shot guns. Detective Inspector Mark Seage said: “We had a selection of weapons handed in during the ...

Police are appealing for information after farm equipment valued at around £35,000 was stolen from a property in Pinchbeck. Between 8pm on Wednesday, August 14 and 7.30am the following day, four items were stolen from Herdgate Lane. They were: Orange Kubota Tractor – model M9540, VRM HF12 AUL Orange Kubota Tractor – model B2350, VRM AE66 BAA Silver Scott Brand ...

Lincolnshire Police are investigating after a man was seriously injured when his quad bike fell into a ditch. The incident happened in the Red Cow Drove area at Moulton March between 6pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, July 20. Police say the rider, who is in his 20s, “received serious but non-life threatening injuries” as a result of the incident. They’re ...

The ninth film by Quentin Tarantino is a kaleidoscopic trip into the old heart of Tinsel Town – while being funny, warm, mournful and occasionally very, very violent. About two and a half hours into Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, the woman in the cinema next to me turned to her friend and loudly exclaimed: “This is the sh***est ...

A Spalding man has been fined after waste from his home was fly-tipped when he paid for it to be removed. Robert Feodor of Teagans Close was identified by the Council after evidence of his details was found among the fly-tipped waste. The case was heard at Boston Magistrates Court on Tuesday, August 6, where in his absence Mr Feodor ...

Top future professionals had a day to remember as Spalding Grammar School claimed its “best ever” A Level results. Students at the school particularly excelled at engineering and mathematics as the school recorded fantastic grades. They include Bradley Ivatt who earned 2 A*s and an A to book a place reading Maths at Cambridge and Will Hughes whose 4 A*s ...

Anglian Water has announced today (Thursday) that works underway to repair the closed Albion Street in Spalding will be completed “within the next month”. An Anglian Water spokesperson said: “We have completed the initial assessment of the damaged section of sewer in Albion Street, Spalding and will be starting the excavation of the site on Monday. “We will be taking ...

There was plenty of celebrations as the bright young things at Spalding High School celebrated excellent A Level results. Flori and Eliza Margaritescu picked up 3 A*, 4A and a B between them, despite the fact they’ve only been in the British education system for the last two years. After their mother moved to the country from Romania to work ...

University Academy Holbeach students celebrated this morning alongside teachers and staff as an increase in A-Level pass grades was once again recorded. The UAH sixth-form building was packed out this morning with pupils collecting their BTEC and A-Level results. Executive Principal Steven Baragwanath said: “I’m really pleased. I’m very pleased with the results. The pass rate’s gone up, we’ve gone ...

South Holland is back to two Community Wardens as it welcomes an experienced new member to the beat. Jason Farmer will be working alongside existing warden Rob Duckett, taking the place of David Rodwell who retired earlier in the year. A South Holland District Council spokesman said the wardens “aim to address concerns around anti-social behaviour and community safety in ...

Young volunteers raised an amazing £300 for charity on Tuesday (August 13) when they ran a bake sale at Baytree Nurseries as part of the National Citizen Scheme for school leavers. Project Manager Mackenzie Toner (16) said the group had to plan a fundraiser and chose between them a bake sale and all baked their own cakes. This was just ...

A Spalding man faces a possible jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to buying unworked sections of illegal elephant tusks.   Slawomir Kazmierczak (55) also admitted trading in illegal ivory jewellery which he bought on eBay.   Kazmierczak, of Redthorne Close, Spalding, will be sentenced in October after a judge said the culling of elephants for profit “could not be tolerated.” ...

Thousands of people were transported back to the 1940s last weekend as a popular event returned for another year. Ayscoughfee Hall’s 1940s Weekend again proved a huge hit with those of all ages. A host of re-enactors brought the period surrounding World War Two to life on both days. The weather cleared on Sunday enough for a special Battle of ...