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Further structural works look set to be carried out at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. A meeting of the Spalding Town Forum last week heard that structural work and work to step stands was needed. Emily Holmes, South Holland District Council’s communities manager, told the meeting the cost of the work had not been determined as yet but that it ...

A group who were at Spalding Grammar School together 40 years ago recently got together for a special reunion. Stuart Gilks and Steve Lane tracked down around 90 or so peers with 25 attending the champagne reception at the school on Saturday, June 22. Also in attendance were former teacher Brian Sleight BEM along with Mark and Michael Fordham, son ...

A new blue plaque is set to be unveiled in Spalding to recognise the first baron of Spalding who played a key role in political discussions during World War Two. It will be erected on 4 New Road where George Robert Shepherd (1881-1954) was born. He was assistant national agent for the Labour Party from 1924 to 1926 and in ...

A 55-year-old grandmother with mental health problems locked her family in the house before intentionally driving her car into the path of an oncoming lorry. Deborah Ann Jackson died at the scene on the A17, near her home in Garnsgate Road, Long Sutton. At an inquest at Boston Coroner’s Court yesterday (Wednesday), Mrs Jackson’s family apologised to the lorry driver ...

A woman took a wallet containing cash and irreplaceable photographs of the 75 year old owner’s dead daughter rather than hand it in, a court has heard. Carly Foster, 30, of Allison Avenue, admitted theft by finding of the wallet, together with the cash, bank cards, driving licence and photographs it contained. Marie Stace, prosecuting, said pensioner, Mr Michael Bramley, ...

After a new mum lost a battle with cancer, a family has raised over £1,000 to ensure her legacy of helping others will continue in the future. Emily Briston passed away aged 35 after being diagnosed with liver cancer following complications when giving birth to her 10 week premature son Samuel. She enjoyed six months with son Samuel and husband ...

Spalding Academy is celebrating after being rated ‘good’ in its latest ‘Ofsted’. The school had been rated ‘inadequate’ for a third time in three years at its last inspection in 2016. The most recent inspection carried out on June 4 and 5 ranked the school ‘good’ in all categories and is the first since the former Sir John Gleed School was ...

A host of local organisations have launched a new campaign to “challenge under-age drinking” in South Holland. The Spalding Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) aims to not just educate and support young people with their lifestyle choices surrounding drinking but also support local retailers to ensure they’re not selling alcohol illegally. Lincolnshire Police is leading the way with the initiative with ...

Two boys aged just nine and seven got on their bike to thank and raise money for the hospital that saved their little brother’s life. Lincoln (9) and Swaley (7) Douglas cycled the 21 miles from their Tydd St Giles home to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn where sibling Chase (3) spent the first few weeks of his ...

A family have spoken of being terrorised and their property used as a toilet by a particular group of travellers whose stops in the area led to what Spalding’s top cop said was an “unprecedented increase” in police calls. Inspector Gareth Boxall said that members of the public have had to “endure anti-social behaviour and intimidation” from members of the ...

Spalding Academy Year 11s ended their GCSE year in style last week at a glitzy prom at Springfields. Last Thursday’s event saw crowds gather around the Marquee Suite for the annual tradition. And the students didn’t disappoint with their grand entrances and fantastic attire for the end of the school year celebration. A spokesman for Spalding Academy, said: “Spalding Academy ...

An information evening on a new school for children deemed challenging or who have been excluded is being held this month. Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding was due to open at the former Post 16 Centre in Matmore Gate in September 2018. After delays it’s now open, but the current hope is for it to finally move in to Spalding from ...

A nine-foot-long python enjoyed itself in a Spalding retirement home last week. Thankfully Basil is the pet of Kathryn Degg who took him to The Bungalow in Park Road for the residents to experience. The four-year-old snake, who could grow to be more than 20 foot long, enjoyed sliding around the elderly who mostly also took a shine to him. ...

Police in South Holland have seen an “unprecedented increase” in calls in the past few days which is partly due to a particular travelling community passing through the region, Spalding’s top cop has said. Inspector Gareth Boxall said that members of the public have had to “endure anti-social behaviour and intimidation” from member of the community who stopped in Gedny ...

A mum who says she’s watching her 11-year-old daughter slowly waste away has been left distraught over the delay of a potential treatment. Rae White, who turns 12 next week, was born with type two Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) a condition that slowly stops her body functioning. She has always been wheelchair bound and is now also starting to lose ...

A group of travellers have been moved on by police from Gedney after what’s been described as a “sudden increase in crime and disorder” in the village. The group of caravans set up camp on private land at Victory Hall in the village. After being asked to leave its understood the members of the group have moved to a location ...

A snooker cue wielding man wearing just his boxer shorts caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars in a drunken middle of the night spree, a court has heard. William Stuart Miller, 48, of The Chase, Holbeach, has been ordered to pay £700 to the car owners after admitting seven charges of criminal damage when he appeared at ...

Three months of roadworks in Spalding town centre are set to begin next month as a half a million pound water main is installed from the Chatterton Tower. Residents in and around Pennygate and Monkshouse Lane have received leaflets outlining the works. As reported in The Voice in April, the substantial works are to increase the productivity of the Chatterton ...

The community is being asked to back a “phenomenal” proposed upgrade to the Johnson Hospital by completing a survey. As previously reported in The Voice, as part of the local NHS’s Healthy Conversation 2019, the hospital could be upgraded to a Major Treatment Centre providing care for all but the most serious cases. A recent engagement event in the town ...

Spalding saluted current and past Armed Forces personnel in the town on Tuesday. It’s Armed Forces Week which culminates in Armed Forces Day on Saturday. But to show its appreciations for what they do Spalding organised its parade for midweek so as many of the serving forces could join the veterans in attending. Representatives from all of the Armed Forces ...