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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue had to make £1 million of savings in the last financial year, despite its fire stations costing half of the country’s average to run. The cuts came due to reduced government funding despite the county’s fire service costing the public well below average, according to its Statement of Assurance. But Lincolnshire County Council’s executive councillor for ...

Lincolnshire County Council and Network Rail are discussing the potential closure of level crossings around Spalding. As part of negotiations around the South Western Relief Road, both authorities are working out which crossing or crossings could be lost once the road is open for traffic. “We are currently considering options for the closure of some level crossings in the area ...

Waiting times in Lincolnshire for smear test results are still “unacceptable” but are improving, the NHS has said after being questioned by a county health group. In August The Voice reported that women were facing up to 12 week delays on getting their results for cervical screening tests. It’s because the Derby-based laboratory which examines tests taken within South Holland ...

A Spalding man has been warned that he faces jail after admitting offences involving two 15 year old girls.   Neil Richard Amess, 34, of Gaunt Close, Spalding, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Crown Court to charges of sexual activity with a child, meeting a child following sexual grooming and sexual communication with a child involving one of the girls.   ...

A bonfire and firework display this weekend will help fund veterans and young people attend next year’s D-Day celebrations. Local philanthropist and owner of the Anglia Motel, Harold Payne, is hosting the regular event on Saturday, November 3. All profits will go towards taking local veterans to Normandy for the commemorations, as Harold has done for the last 29 years. ...

A Gosberton gardener is hoping your votes can help him dig a victory. Out of nearly 500 entries, Robert and Claire Bailey-Scott’s West Thorpe Road garden has been named as one of the 11 finalists for the BBC Gardener’s World magazine’s Garden of the Year by the likes of green-fingered gargantuan. The award is voted for by the public, but ...

Balaclava wearing thieves used sledgehammers to steal “several thousands” of pounds from a Spalding town centre building society last night (Wednesday). G4S staff were at Nationwide Building Society’s Hall Place branch when two offenders smashed the glass door at 9.50pm. The security guards were able to close the doors and were uninjured, but the thieves made off with several thousand ...

It turned out to be an expensive day for two Spalding men, one the owner of a Mercedes car and the other a man who was test driving his car with a view to purchasing it. Edgaras Sukvietis, 26, of Spring Gardens admitted driving whilst under the influence of cannabis and to driving without insurance when he appeared at Boston Magistrates ...

A 16-year-old with cerebral palsy is to hit the gym in preparation for an operation that could allow him to walk again after the fundraising campaign for it reached £10,000 in just a week. Kieran Evans and mum Melissa Evans of Pinchbeck, are now hoping an operation to cut the nerves in his spinal cord which are affected by the ...

More complaints about Spalding’s ageing swimming pool have been made this week. As the results of a public consultation on the future of leisure provision in South Holland are being discussed by the council, staff issues have been blamed by the company running the town’s Castle Swimming Pool. The Voice was contacted last week by a grandmother after her grandchildren ...

A couple face an uncertain future after a bid to live on a double decker bus amid their deer and poultry farm was turned down by the council for a second time. A petition has been set up backing Brent and Tracy Usher who say they have been living self-sufficiently farming animals including deer and poultry for three years at ...

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving local councillor who has died. Rita Rudkin (85) was a former member of Holbeach Parish Council and had only recently resigned from her positions there and at South Holland District Council. She was a well-known member of the community and a former deputy head teacher of Spalding Academy, when it was the Sir ...

Two brothers’ bid to raise awareness of the signs of domestic abuse after their father murdered their mum and sister has reached the international stage. Luke Hart was one of the keynote speakers at the One Young World annual summit for young leaders, this year held in The Netherlands. Luke was at The Hague to tell the summit his and ...

A vital service which gives carers a break from their role has received a £670 boost. The Masonic Ladies Night, organised by The Hundred of Elloe Masonic Lodge, raised the money from a raffle arranged by almoner Roy Mead. Heather Allan, as the wife of the Worshipful Master of the lodge, chose the charity – The Carers Sitter Service. The ...

Staff at a bakery dressed up in pink for a day to boost a cancer charity. Employees at Addo’s Spalding Bakery in Fulney Lane raised an excellent £106.20 by donning their best pink clothes on Friday, October 19. It was all part of Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink Campaign. HR officer Stephanie Cooling, said: “We wanted to give something ...

Most categories of crime have increased in South Holland and possession of weapons has almost doubled, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. In the data, which lists crimes from July 2017-June 2018, offences including burglary, stalking, violent crime, sexual offences and possession of weapons have all increased from the 2016-17 set. Almost all incidents of ...

Roads in South Holland were closed on Sunday as a generator that’s part of a £100 million energy project was delivered to the area. The F-class gas turbine built by Siemans was delivered to Spalding Power Station after being shipped into Sutton Bridge port. It’s a major part of power station operators Intergen’s new Spalding Energy Expansion project. The 300 ...

A former-Royal Marine owner of a Holbeach gym is taking on a gruelling challenge for charity to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Sam Fowler (31) of Royals Gym has set himself a gruelling challenge to raise money for the Royal British Legion and Royal Marines Charity. On Friday, November 9, at 6am, Sam will ...

The first tree has been planted in a memorial arboretum to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Armistice Day falls on November 11, but the first tree of the Great War Memorial Arboretum at Glenside North, Pinchbeck, was planted in honour of a local anniversary. On October 27, 1917, Corporal Harry Orbell, a Pinchbeck farmer ...

A display of memorabilia to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One is officially opening in Spalding this weekend. Broad Street Methodist Church’s hand-crafted Poppy and Memorabilia display opens on Saturday (October 26) for the first time between 10am and 12 noon. The indoor display will be open on Tuesday and Saturday mornings right up until ...