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An extra £9m is to be invested in the East Midlands Ambulance Service. The ambulance trust has agreed terms with the Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for the extra funding this year. Hardwick CCG manages the ambulance contract on behalf of 22 other CCGs across the region, including South Lincolnshire. The additional £9m will be heading for investment into clinical ...

Spalding Grammar School pupils have conquered Win Hill in the Peak District in preparation for a month-long trek in the Himalayas. In July, 21 adventurous students along with staff members will set off on an expedition to northern India with Outlook Expeditions. Grammar School teacher Stephen Lane said they will travel as two separate teams, having planned itineraries including a ...

Spalding Classic Car Club members have celebrated the club’s tenth birthday with a drive and a meal. The group’s birthday outing started at Spalding Market Place and a rural drive led them to the Wishing Well at Dyke for a celebratory meal. A spokesman for the club said the event “attracted an eclectic mix of over 30 classic cars, including ...

The Gosberton summer fair has received backing from Allison Homes via the Larkfleet Homes Community Fund. The fund has given £250 to Gosberton (& District) Community Action Team (GCAT) to help fund the event. Jane Parker of GCAT said: “GCAT aims to bring the community together with our projects and the events. The funding from Allison Homes will help to ...

Concerns raised over proposed changes to a Holbeach nature reserve have been addressed by the parish council. After the announcement that an improvement plan to the Fishpond Lane nature reserve is one of the three Tesco Bags of Choice options this month, a Holbeach resident wrote to The Voice with concerns about the site. In the letter (The Voice, 17/05/18), ...

Next week is half term and the South Holland Centre has a packed family friendly programme, with a sing-a-long, an art event and films. Get your voices warmed up and come and sing your heart out at Sing-a-long-a Beauty and the Beast on Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm. Enjoy a full length screening of Disney’s iconic fairy tale starring Emma ...

To many Moulton Windmill is already a work of art, but an artist has been commissioned to create new pieces inspired by it. Heritage Lincolnshire has asked Graham Elstone to create accessible and inclusive site-specific artworks for the historic mill. It is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the organising of Heritage Open Days. The artworks will officially be unveiled ...

A plaque erected in 1876 has sparked a hunt for its origins and meaning. More than 140 years after it was engraved, a resident spotted it on Saracen’s Head Village Hall and contacted historian Geoff Taylor of Chain Bridge Forge to see if any information was known about it. Geoff said the tablet was put there by the school board ...

Almost 400 people took part in wellbeing activites at Ayscoughfee Hall. Two days of calming crafts and relaxing exercises drew 360 visitors to the Spalding venue for the event, organised by South Holland District Council as part of SHout About Wellbeing Week. The events, last Thursday and Saturday (May 17 and 19), were also organised to align with National Mental ...

May is a month of Bank Holidays and there is absolutely no excuse for not working on your garden at some point. There is another three-day weekend coming up for most of us, so grab your gardening gloves and head to the great outdoors. You could event be in with a chance of winning a cash prize for your effort ...

Central German Shepherd Rescue in Spalding has received a donation of £5,000 from pet insurance provider Animal Friends. Animal Friends Managing Director, Westley Pearson said: “Animal Friends Pet Insurance is extremely pleased to be able to donate to such a worthwhile cause as Central German Shepherd Rescue, which does such amazing work in promoting humane behaviour towards animals by rescuing ...

It would usually take a few lifetimes to join the circus, become a royal cavalry trainer, a horse behavioural expert, trick rider and show revolutionary, but Guido Louis Leidelmeyer mastered it all and shares his skills from his Low Fulney ranch. Guido has lived all over the world but has found his base in South Holland, where he operates his ...

A Holbeach man has appeared in court for the second time for assaulting his mother while he was drunk. Kieron McPherson (24), of Marshlands Drive, admitted assaulting Janet McPherson by beating when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Emma Wright, prosecuting, said police were called to a domestic incident at their home on April 18 after McPherson had arrived home ...

Spalding town centre is likely to lose another major name as Homebase looks set to close. Staff at the Westlode Street store are already in consultation regarding their futures as another high street giant hits a financial crisis. The brand has been in trouble for some time and Australian owners Wesfarmers have been reported to be looking for a buyer. ...

Two people from Sutton Crosses have appeared before magistrates in relation to the killing of fox cubs. Paul Oliver (39) and Hannah Rose (29), appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, charged with a series of offences after footage appeared to show live fox cubs being taken into a kennel of hunting hounds in south Herefordshire. The court case follows ...

A cadet group in Holbeach has responded to requests for food. Upon reading a news story that a surge in usage had left the Holbeach Community Larder and Cafe bare (The Voice, 22/03/18), the young members of the 2430 Holbeach Squadron Air Training Corps took up the cause and brought food from home to present to the food bank. Civilian ...

Outline planning permission for 215 homes has been granted at a Long Sutton site. At the May meeting of the South Holland District Council Planning Committee, the site with access points at Seagate Road and Wisbech Road was deemed suitable for development. Philip Norman said the area in is the emerging local plan and officers recommended the committee approve the ...

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man stopped by comic shop Strange Apparitions on Saturday, for its packed grand opening. The shop, at Spalding Lifestyle Centre in Pinchbeck, was bustling with comic and film fans on Saturday, who finally have a place to meet their needs locally. New and vintage mainstream and indie comics and graphic novels are stocked, alongside manga and all ...

An application for planning permission has been submitted for a static home park on land off Spalding Drove. In the application, the number of static homes the site would accomodate is stated as “to be determined” but spaces for two car parking spaces per home has been detailed. The design and access statement says one-, two- and three-bed static homes ...

Members of the Spalding U3A group had a blast from the past at their recent meeting when Queen Victoria gave a talk. Her Royal Highness Victoria – aka guest speaker Eve Bacon – arrived in full regal finery for the event. She delivered a speech about her nine children (“although not always warmly,” a spokesman added). There was much entertainment ...