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Delaying community investments will secure them for the town, Springfields has said after it applied to alter planning conditions for its expansion. When the Spalding shopping centre’s application for 18 new units on the site of the NFU building was passed in October 2020, a condition was imposed that work had to start by February 2024.Commencing the plans would also ...

The way South Holland is governed could change radically in the near future as devolution plays out across the county. A shift in power sharing between county and district is likely to be coming, and there will be differences in local government whatever the outcome, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines.For South Holland, East Lindsey and Boston it could even ...

Five candidates have been announced for the seat of Spalding St Paul’s ward, including one standing as an independent after being over-looked for the Conservative role. Those standing on Thursday, November 9, for the district council seat vacated by the resignation of South Holland Independent’s Bailey Boulding are; Vanessa Browning (South Holland Independents), Aidan Forman for the Labour Party), Glynis ...

Eight new classrooms have been opened at Spalding Academy. Lincolnshire County Council spent more than £3 million for the new teaching block to be taken over by the business and geography departments.The school has increased the number of Year 7 students it takes in from 270 to 300.The building was officially opened by the Sir John Hayes MP and county ...

A Merseyside-based doctor who lied to bosses about being off sick pocketed almost £10,000 in pay she wasn’t entitled to. Dr Tracy Landu-Landu told officials at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust how between August and December 2020 she was unable to work due to illness. As a result she was given sick pay.At the same time, she ...

Residents of a Pinchbeck road say they’re not happy after their street was resurfaced. Those that live on Mountbatten Avenue were initially pleased work was being done but have criticised the patchy finish.One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: “It looks awful.“It appears shoddily done and there’s been parts coming off and sticking to road users.”Lincolnshire County ...

The former leader of South Holland District Council has been shortlisted for a national award. Lord Gary Porter is up for the Lifetime Legend title at the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) and County Councils and Local Authorities (CCLA) Awards.A spokesman for the awards said: “Lord Porter served as leader of South Holland District Council for two decades.“He is shortlisted ...

Cameras have been put up at a fly-tipping hot spot in Spalding. Residents of Ayscough Avenue have long been blighted with rubbish being left stacked at a corner.Some of them say people put their rubbish out early and that leads to others fly-tipping.District councillors Mark Le Sage and David Ashby have been campaigning for residents in the road.“We’ve had so ...

The first 60 volunteers preparing to be ‘the eyes and ears’ as part of a campaign to tackle domestic abuse have received their first training session. The Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service has been commissioned by the county council with support from Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Jones and NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board.The project is being run by ...

A councillor has resigned from Holbeach Parish Council over the behaviour of its members. Coun Mark Murfet said his ‘integrity was worth more to him more than accepting such behaviour’ after leaving the authority.Holbeach Parish Council was due to meet last week, but it had to be postponed due to a lack of numbers.It’s meant to have 18 members but ...

Spalding 15 Stamford 17 A failure to turn first-half chances into points cost Spalding victory as derby rivals Stamford’s greater experience told in their Counties 1 Midlands East (South) meeting at the Centenary Ground. Defences were on top but Spalding’s scrum had a slight advantage with Sam Cowell returning at prop, alongside captain Luke Turner. With locks Alex Worth and ...

The Spalding family of a dad who suffered a cardiac arrest at the swimming pool, have praised the actions of those that saved his life on Restart a Heart Day including the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance (LNAA). Andrew Briggs (55) suffered a heart-attack while watching is daughters Mollie and Emily swimming at a pool in Grantham.His life was saved ...

A Long Sutton man who was jailed for drugs offences has been ordered to give up over £2,000 in criminal cash and three mobile phones. Martin Norman Portass, 48, was jailed for two years and eight months after he pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis and cocaine in May 2019. A Proceeds of Crime hearing at Lincoln Crown Court was told ...

The owners of the old Johnson Hospital in Spalding have said they have no interest in selling after it was revealed they’re not paying business rates for the site, something branded ‘ridiculous and shameful’ by councillors. It means hundreds of thousands of pounds, potentially millions, worth of rates have not been collected for around 15 years from one of the ...

The chairman of the Spalding Business Board says a bid to give the ‘left behind’ town £20m over ten years is the ‘boost it deserves’. To get the funding from central government announced last week, a body would have to be set up involving local businesses in the town.And the leader of South Holland District Council Nick Worth said it ...

A South Holland carer didn’t think twice before jumping into a river to help after a road crash at the weekend. Amber Bauldry was driving home from work around 7pm on Saturday evening when she witnessed a crash on Glenside South in Pinchbeck, that saw one vehicle end up in the river.“I heard a huge bang and the car behind ...

A couple who say they were scammed out of £1,000 by a cowboy gardener have launched a petition asking for all tradespeople to be required to be registered Dave and Kay Richard, of Gedney, are hoping others will sign their petition on the Government’s web page.On it Kay writes: “The Government should require all tradespeople to be registered legally before ...

A South Holland-based company providing care for people with learning disabilities requires improvement according to a Care Quality Commission report. Domiciliary Care Agency East Area, operated by Achieve Together Ltd, is a supported living service for younger adults and is based at Fleet Road, Fleet.“Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal ...

The details of a proposed offshore wind farm, part of the infrastructure for which is set to be in South Holland, is to be revealed on October 20. Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind has announced a series of consultation events regarding its final plans.The turbines themselves will be 54km off the coast of Skegness.The electricity is due to go into the ...

Waste collection crews and residents are still learning their new routes, a councillor has said. Last week South Holland District Council began new programmes of waste collections.The Voice has been contacted by several members of the public who hadn’t had their waste collected on the day they thought it would.But Coun Jack Tyrrell, the authority’s portfolio holder for environmental services ...