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Councillors from South Holland District Council and Deeping St Nicholas Parish Council joined forces to fund new play equipment and interactive speed signs in the village. Councillors Angela Harrison, Jim Astill and Bryan Alcock from the District Council along with the Parish Council, (through funding from the Windfarm Committee), all contributed to support the insertion of the new slide and ...

Lincolnshire police have failed to record thousands of crimes, including rape. A report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate rated the force as “inadequate” and says “much work remains to be done”. But the force has said it was not the case that the 9,400 crimes were not recorded, but they weren’t recorded correctly. “We are deeply disappointed by this report and ...

A former teaching assistant who caused a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity was today (Friday, July 13) jailed for eight years.   Martin Moon (32) of Bridgewater Lane, Pinchbeck, also sent the girl sexual videos of himself and repeatedly asked her to send him sexual pictures.   Lincoln Crown Court heard Moon had previously been jailed for 30 ...

Lincolnshire Police has released images of clothes found at Moulton Marsh Nature Reserve this morning (Friday, July 13), in the hope someone recognises them and can help identify the owner. Along with photographs of a cardigan, a t-shirt and a bag, a statement from Lincolnshire Police says: “Following a call from a member of the public this morning, we have ...

Magistrates told a “hard working family man” from Spalding that they “had some sympathy” with his situation after they heard he had lost his job after driving with excess cannabis in his system. Kyle Courtman-Young (23) of Third Avenue, Spalding admitted driving with 3.4 microgrammes of cannabis per litre of blood in Carrington Road, Spalding, when he appeared before Boston ...

A Spalding man who assaulted his partner during a drunken argument, has been ordered by a court to go 90 days without consuming any alcohol. Maris Dudars (32) of St Paul’s Road, admitted assaulting his partner  by beating on June 23. Prosecuting, Paul Wood said that during the evening, after they had both taken drink, an argument developed as to ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a house was broken into and items taken in Pinchbeck. Inspector Gareth Boxall of Spalding Police said a 44-year-old man from the Leicestershire area was arrested on Thursday, July 5. The burglary took place at a home on Church Street, between 11.30am and 1pm on Wednesday, July 4. A police ...

A Spalding GP surgery still has to improve after it continues to be rated inadequate by government inspectors. Pennygate Health Centre and lead GP Dr Azmeena Nathu, has 3,460 patients and was inspected in April. The Care Quality Commission inspection came six months after a report rated it inadequate and it was put in special measures with a list of ...

Essential maintenance work has begun on the South Holland Centre – work that could be the result of cost-cutting during a £2.5m revamp 20 years ago. Amid criticism from a number of parties that in the 1990s South Holland District Council cut corners to reduce costs, proof of downgrading specifications and removing items of work at the time has come ...

A teenage boy has been banned from committing anti-social behaviour in South Holland for the next six months. South Holland District Council is celebrating the court order, which has resulted in a 15-year-old boy from Crowland being served an injunction after a court judged an ongoing spate of anti-social behaviour to have caused “undue harassment and distress to residents across ...

A special exhibition on women of the suffragette movement is open at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall. Opened as part of the inaugural National Democracy week (July 2 to 8), the new exhibit, looks into the lives and environments of the women of the suffragette movement. This year recognises the 100th year of the first women getting the right to vote. July ...

It’s not just South Holland residents who have been feeling the heat in recent weeks. While sales of fans have shot up and everyone is heading for the shade, spare a thought for the humble potato. A staple of our agricultural economy as well as our dinner tables, the crop is suffering in the heat and the next few days ...

Police armed with tasers arrested a man with a knife in Spalding. Inspector Gareth Boxall of Spalding Police said on Saturday, July 7 at around 8.30pm, officers were deployed to New Road to a report of a male with a knife. The officers arrested a 21-year-old man from the Boston area on suspicion of possessing a folding lock knife. Insp ...

The Lincolnshire Police Armed Response Vehicle team has “made safe” a number of weapons in Spalding. The unit tweeted a photograph of a replica handgun (right), with the caption: “It’s not real, but we wouldn’t know that if you pointed it at us.” Insp Gareth Boxall of Spalding Police said: “Our officers regularly seize firearms and imitation firearms for a ...

An 85-year-old who has been a patient at Munro Medical Centre since he was born in 1933 helped it celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS last week. Frank Blades (85) and his wife Bernadette (84) have been involved with the West Elloe institution, which moved to new premises in 1996, for many years. The Cathedral Drive couple were invited ...

Spalding Grammar School has celebrated its sporting achievements. At the annual Sports Celebration Evening, six students delivered speeches alongside special guest Dean Headley, former England cricketer and current coach at Stamford School. The evening also paid a fond farewell to PE teacher Mr Hedges, who leaves the school this summer after five years. A new award was named in his ...

This month has marked the acceleration of change in Holbeach. In the past few weeks, the town has seen a new restaurant open, Polka Polish Restaurant in the old String of Horses, Chosen charity open a second shop, Fabric Fae move to larger premises, a gym is being built in the former Limmings site, and a community bookshop is about ...

Frantic final preparations were made to floral displays, installations and town streets ahead of a visit from East Midlands In Bloom judges. Holbeach in Bloom judging took place last week, while Spalding’s scrutiny was on Monday. Spalding in Bloom Chairman Coun Angela Newton was the guide for judge Peter Benham in the morning heat. Stops included Ayscoughfee Gardens, Springfields, St ...

A selection of textile artworks made by creative Holbeach residents has gone on display at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens. The stunning textile panels produced last year, under the guidance of Fiona Guerney, by over 20 adults and 50 schoolchildren are now on display at Ayscoughfee in the main hallway. A Cemetery Chapels Trust spokesman said: “The panels reflect aspects ...

Supporters of the Johnson Community Hospital stepped back almost a century to raise cash at the weekend. The annual ball had a Roaring Twenties theme and gangsters featured heavily. Sally Brown, a sister in the outpatients department and chairman of the Johnson Community Hospital Ball Committee, said: “Thank-you to everyone who attended to make this year’s event such a fantastic ...