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A man was nearly double the drink drive limit when he collided with a taxi, injuring the five occupants, a court has heard. Alexandru Radu (30) of Rookery Farm, Holbeach St Johns, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. The court was told that he collided with the taxi at 10.30pm on Saturday, April 13 ...

Spalding’s Johnson Hospital could be upgraded to an Urgent Treatment Centre and South Holland residents are being urged to back the idea. The hospital is currently designated a Minor Injury Unit but, along with sites at Gainsborough and Stamford, is “being proposed or considered as an Urgent Treatment Centre” according to a report to Lincolnshire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee ...

Holbeach Medical Centre has been threatened with closure unless it improves after being rated ‘inadequate’ for a second time this year. The Park Road healthcare provider with 8,179 registered patients was served two warning notices for breaching the Health and Social Care Act 2008 when inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in January. An announced inspection on April 18 ...

The transfer of licensed premises for a Spalding shop has been granted, despite Lincolnshire Police chief constable’s concerns of criminal involvement. South Holland District Council’s Licensing Committee decided to allow Mohammad Salih Attuf to be named the premises licensee of Delicja in Westlode Street following a hearing on May 1. It follows two previously unsuccessful attempts to transfer the licence ...

National disability charity Sense has thanked Spalding toddler Mia Clucas after she helped them raise an amazing £172,300 as the face of its 2018 Christmas appeal. Mia, who is three in August, was born with two extremely rare genetic conditions – Coffin-Siris Syndrome and PCDH12 – which have left her with a malformed brain and rendered her severely disabled. But ...

Holbeach Hospital is not taking on any new patients for its Day Care Centre as it looks to wind down the service. The community-run hospital says it is prioritising its reablement services going forward. The Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust, which oversees the running, say those who currently use the service will continue to do so. However those wishing ...

The current planning applications for the first two sections of the Spalding Western Relief Road could be decided by central government after South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes urged they be ‘called in’. He’s written to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, asking his government department decides on whether the two sections ...

Lincolnshire County Council has spent nearly £5,000 on a letter written by Queen Victoria to Lincolnshire poet Alfred Tennyson. The letter was auctioned in New York last month by Swann Auction Galleries. The Swann Auction website details the sale, stating that the final price paid for the letter with buyer’s premium was $5,750 (£4,368). The letter was estimated to sell ...

Dental charges are increasing but recruiting staff for dentists continues to be a problem in South Holland, according to a local councillor. Coun Chris Brewis in his report to South Holland District Council’s meeting last night (Wednesday) on health issues in the county states that “recruitment and retention of dentists and dental nurses was putting increased pressure on the services.” ...

Spalding’s Nigel Brasier lasted longer at the World Snooker Championships than Ronnie O’Sullivan as the Motor Neurone Disease sufferer starred in his own way at The Crucible in Sheffield. Nigel was a special guest at the sport’s showpiece event with the MND Association having been named as its official charity for its Disability Day. The 49-year-old father of three has ...

After several months of worry, one of Spalding’s top cops and an RAF veteran has been officially told he can stay in the country. Sgt Rick Mosley (51), the Neighbourhood Sergeant for Spalding, spoke to The Voice in April about his concerns over his citizenship given he’s originally from Canada. He moved to the UK aged five in 1972 and ...

Calls have been made for changes to an A16 junction south of Crowland that campaigners say has led to motorists speeding in Crowland itself. The campaigners, including Angela Harrison, say that drivers are using James Road in the town “to race the slower moving vehicles on the A16 and gain priority at the next roundabout.” “At peak times it is ...

Fewer than one in five people think alcohol is a bigger problem than illegal drugs – despite the fact that South Holland is the UK’s drink-drive capital. A new study by alcohol and addiction advice service Port of Call exposes the fact that most people downplay the danger of alcohol addiction. While recent figures showed South Holland to have relatively ...

Upgraded new digital speed cameras, which can record in both directions, are heading to three locations in South Holland. They will replace the existing speed cameras on Holbeach Road in Spalding, the A151 at Whaplode and the A1073 in Cowbit. The new cameras, that cost between £50,000 and £30,000, use 4G connectivity to relay images of those found breaking the ...

Community Lincs has been awarded over £300,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, to further develop its successful Good Neighbour Schemes throughout Lincolnshire. Community Lincs’ Good Neighbour Schemes have been running across the county since 2017, thanks to the generous support of the Lincolnshire Co-op. There are currently seven schemes already ...

Two people have been arrested after a report a man was stabbed in the leg in Spalding last night (Monday). Police were called to the incident in the Matmore Gate area at 7.42pm last night. One person was taken to hospital with what police described as “non-life threatening injuries”. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: ” We have arrested a 19-year-old ...

A man has been charged with two counts of possessing an imitation firearm after someone was reported as having what looked like a gun in their back pocket in Spalding town centre yesterday (Monday) morning. Kacper Malkiewicz, 21, of Cross Street, Spalding, has been bailed to appear at Boston Magistrates Court on June 19. It follows police raiding a property ...

Neighbours were told to stay indoors and town centre streets were closed as police arrested four men after a man was reported to have been seen with a gun this morning (Monday). At around 11am a number of police cars descended on Winsover Road and Short Street. The police helicopter and dog unit were also in attendance. Their activity centred ...

Spalding town centre has been closed after reports of a person carrying a gun in town. Lincolnshire Police just before 11.30am tweeted: “We are in #Spalding after a report of a man who had what looked like a gun. “It’s unconfirmed what type of weapon, or if it is a replica. No reports of threats made or injuries. “As part ...

Police are looking for help in identifying the body of a man found near RAF Holbeach. The man’s body was found on New Year’s Eve last year in a tidal salt marsh. It’s been estimated by police that he’d died two weeks earlier, around December 16 2018. The man is described as being aged between 20 and 40, of medium ...