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Making South Holland District Council into one big council with Boston and East Lindsey would provide ‘massive benefits’, its leader Coun Nick Worth has said. He was asked if it was correct the South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership was “going down the road of a unitary authority”, by Coun Allan Beal at the meeting of SHDC’s Cabinet on Tuesday ...

A service company owned by the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership is fit for purpose. Leader of South Holland council Nick Worth said a recent peer review which highlighted a number of issues, had been of benefit.Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd (PSPS) provides a range of services to the partnership, including human resources and finance.It was highlighted in the ...

Pupils at University Academy Long Sutton (UALS) were given a glimpse into possible futures at a careers day. There were 716 pupils in attendance from Year 7 to 11.Pupils spent the day with 48 external providers, who discussed their career paths and opportunities with their companies including apprenticeships and future employment, companies included Morrisons, Bakkavor, HSBC, Coveris, Chandlers, and Ford ...

The community-run Holbeach Hospital has received a £3,000 boost thanks to the NFU. Its Spalding branch nominated the Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust to receive a share of a £1.92m Agency Giving Fund.The donation has enabled the trust to purchase one of three new observation trolleys, which cost £2,231 each.Andrea Thorpe, partner, at the NFU Mutual Spalding agency, said: ...

An appeal has been launched after a 12-year-old ended up in hospital after being knocked from his bike by a motorist in a hit and run incident. The boy was not seriously injured in the incident, which occurred at 5.55pm on West Elloe Avenue, Spalding, on Saturday, November 4.He was left badly bruised and shaken by the incident, his family ...

New CCTV cameras have been put up in Ayscoughfee Gardens to deter anti-social behaviour. It’s part of funding from government that Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones unveiled.He says he is confident that the measures will make a significant difference.“It demonstrates the innovative thinking and determination being applied to driving down anti-social behaviour, keeping our streets safe, and providing ...

A 40-year-old father who was killed in a collision with a lorry in Long Sutton days before Christmas was going too fast for icy conditions, a coroner has ruled. An inquest into his death at Boston Coroner’s Court last week heard Andrius Toliunas was driving along Centenary Way in Sutton Bridge at 9.22am on December 16, 2022 when his Vauxhall ...

Lincolnshire County Council is looking at whether to make a former railway line between Holbeach and Fleet an official footpath. Campaigners have for a long time attempted to get official status for the path between Dam Gate and Branches Lane.It would prevent landowners from blocking off the path in the future.Signs have previously been erected at both ends saying its ...

Towns and villages across South Holland will fall silent this weekend to remember those that gave their lives for the country. Armistice Day is Saturday (November 11) followed the next day by Remembrance Sunday.There are three public services in Spalding.* Firstly, Springfields will be holding its annual remembrance event on Friday.A parade will take place from 10.30am at the top ...

Holbeach Hospital has thanked its Care Champion for 25 years’ service including helping many families through end of life care. The role was purposely created for Mandy Secker by Holbeach and East Elloe Trust which runs the community- led institution.It’s because of the comfort and work she’s provided to families receiving palliative care for a loved one.Among the initiatives she’s ...

The annual fireworks extravaganza at Springfields went off with a big bang once again. And the sold-out event raised thousands of pounds towards the NHS in Lincolnshire.The year’s the expertly-choreographed performance celebrated 75-years of the NHS and was hailed as one of Springfield’s biggest displays ever.A range of health-related chart toppers formed the playlist, which paid homage to medical professionals ...

A group with over 150-years of putting on productions in Spalding is on the lookout for a place to keep some of its equipment. For nearly 20-years the Smith family has generously allowed the group to store bits at a shed off Monks House Lane, however that’s now been bought by those looking to complete the Spalding Western Relied Road.Currently ...

A man who carried out a stabbing during a 2017 Boxing day party in Spalding was spared jail after his case was delayed due to the case ‘being lost in the system’. Jaroslav Bogdevic, 37, was arrested in December 2017 after the victim suffered a stab wound to his thigh and was hit over the head with a wine bottle. ...

Bonfire Night this year brought some unexpected celestial fireworks to South Holland skies. The Aurora Borealis, also known as The Northern Lights, was visible on cameras unusually further south on Sunday, November 5.The phenomena is created by charged particles from the Sun interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.It’s usually consigned around the polar regions, but occasionally the sun pumps out ...

Two people had a lucky escape when a helicopter was left in flames after crashing into a light near the A17 in Fleet Hargate. The incident happened around 1.45pm this afternoon (Sunday November 5) at the Anglian Motel. John Kinder, a friend of Anglia Motel owner Harold Payne, said: ”The helicopter was being flown by Colin Bodil an experienced pilot ...

A Spalding man faces jail after he admitted carrying out a third house burglary in a two month crime spree. Paulius Strabeika, 27, was remanded into custody earlier this year after he pleaded guilty to two domestic house burglaries in Lincolnshire during July. Sentence on Strabeika, of Holbeach Road, Spalding, was adjourned after he was charged with another domestic house ...

The news that Spalding railway station will continue to have a manned ticket office is on the right tracks for campaigners. There has been a lot of local opposition to a proposal to stop having manned offices, with most tickets now bought online.Of the 120,000 signatures on a petition to parliament, South Holland residents were the sixth highest in the ...

Councils in Lincolnshire have rejected a four-day working week after the Conservative government called for an end to a Liberal Democrat-run council trial recently. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities instructed councils to halt any four-day working week trials immediately and cautioned authorities against planning such trials in the future.South Holland District Council and Lincolnshire County both say ...

A council-owned trading company providing financial services needs ‘urgent’ attention according to a review of activities. A Peer Review conducted by a group of council officers and members from other parts of the country, highlighted the issue with Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd (PSPSL).The company is owned by South Holland, Boston and East Lindsey councils and provides financial services, including ...

The potential £1.6m electrification of the historic Cross Keys Bridge will result in fewer disruptions than work currently planned, a council officer has said. There will be night time closures of the A17 but they would be ‘minimal’, done at night and ‘one-offs’, John Monk, Lincolnshire County Council’s head of highway design services told a meeting of the authority’s Highways ...