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Police have launched an appeal to find a missing teenager. Ariyan Galil (14) is missing from Holbeach. Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call 101.    

A Donington man says he was so inspired by a local charity that he was able to stand up unaided for the first time in around a decade. Now Mark Davis (62) is targeting walking again thanks to the Safe Places group when previously he thought his days of being on his own two feet were over. He has a number ...

South Holland communities which want street lights on all night may well have to pay for the benefit. A report into the county’s part-night lighting initiative is due to go before the overview and scrutiny management board today (Thurs). There are a total of five recommendations for members to discuss following a review. A range of topics were covered by ...

A couple affected by cancer held hands as they completed the London Marathon. Georgie Jones (41) and her husband Paul (50), who has twice beaten testicular cancer, have raised over £12,000 for the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust and Macmillan. The pair completed the 26.2 miles in 7hrs 29mins. “We realised pretty quickly it wasn’t going to go as expected and held ...

Phil Newton had said the London Marathon would be his first and last – but now he’s got the running bug. The 41-year-old from Sutton St James has raised over £1,750 for the World Horse Welfare charity. He’d never even considered running the event before but around Christmas time heard a place running for the charity was available. Thankfully the ...

Running the hottest London Marathon ever was described as “brutal” by Spalding mum of two Emma Wilson, but she completed it in memory of her younger sister. Emma Wilson has raised over £7,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust as a tribute to Louise Miers who passed away in April last year aged 25 just six months after being diagnosed with ...

There were right royal celebrations at a Spalding residential home at the weekend. St John’s Care Home enjoyed a London-themed street party to celebrate the Queen’s 92nd birthday on Saturday. The event was run with Care Home Open Day and regular PAT dog Monty made a special trip. Singer Rosa Mae also added to the celebrations later in the day. ...

The family of a Spalding man who died from asbestos-related cancer are appealing for his colleagues to help provide information. David Gibson died in July 2017 just a month after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer commonly associated with asbestos exposure. His son Graham, also of Spalding, has instructed a specialist company of lawyers to investigate the circumstances ...

The Co-op shop and petrol station in Whaplode is to be demolished and rebuilt. The whole site is being redeveloped in a £1.6m investment, which will take around a year. The Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station will close at 9pm this Saturday (April 28). Lincolnshire Co-op said the site will repoen in 2019 with “extra facilities” including a Costa ...

The victim of a hit and run incident that’s written off his car has appealed for help identifying the driver. Simon Walker of Surfleet was sitting in his Renault Laguna parked outside Mace Stores in Pinchbeck on 4pm on Friday, April 20 when a silver 4×4 collided with him and drove off. To watch the video click here. Simon believes ...

More than 100 people took advantage of last Sunday’s glorious weather to enjoy a special event at Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve. The SHout and About Quest’s Walk on the Wild Side saw a range of activities from nature watching to cooking activities from the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. SHout and About is a 12-week series of activities aimed at encouraging ...

A special needs school has launched a crowd funding campaign to buy a car its students can learn mechanics with. The Priory School is looking to raise £200 to buy the vehicle from a friend of the school so its Personal Social Development Year 10 pupils can learn key skills by getting it back up to MOT standard and roadworthy. ...

To celebrate a 40th birthday a Sutton Bridge couple are to walk from one English coast to another to raise money for charity. Janice and Tony Cooper will be taking on the 192-mile Coast to Coast Path Walk from the Lake District to Robin Hood’s Bay in Yorkshire. They will spend 14 days taking on the route mapped out by ...

A new view of last weekend’s Moulton Tractor Run has been provided by a GCSE student with a flair for drone flying. Harry Howards (14) has set up a YouTube channel to show off his high-flying videos, which include stunning fly-by shots of Moulton Windmill and the Fun Farm High Ropes play area in Weston. To view the videos, visit ...

A 29-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in the centre of Spalding last month. Eugen Ancuta (29), of Holbeach Road, Spalding, had the kitchen knife in a public place without good reason or lawful authority on New Road in the town on Monday, March 19. He was committed to prison for four months suspended for 12 months ...

There was no generation gap in sight when young and old joined forces for a creative session. A group of children aged from seven to 11 were invited to Holbeach Hospital for the arts afternoon with older residents. The event was organised by activities co-ordinators Jackie White and Maggie Ward. “For some time now I have been interested in the ...

Lincolnshire County Council is looking at sharing its HR administration and payroll services with an authority over 100 miles away. When its current contract with Serco comes to an end in April 2020 it says it is looking to “enter a shared service” with Herefordshire County Council. That authority has set up its own company called Hoople to carry out ...

Police are appealing for information over a missing 15-year-old who was last seen in the Holbeach area. Shaneil Martin, 15, has been missing since Wednesday (April 18). Shaneil was last seen in the Holbeach area at around 3.30pm on Wednesday. She is described as being a black female, of slim build, around 5ft 4in in height, with long braided hair ...

The weather has finally turned spring-like and the time is right to start planning your floral displays. Whether bedding plants are your thing, or you prefer the wild flower look, a beautiful garden can brighten any summer. If you have a front garden and live in Holbeach then you could be in with a chance of winning a cash prize ...

South Holland needs its heroes – could you be one of them? It might surprise you to know that over 75 per cent of firefighters in South Holland are retained and work full time in other jobs, but there’s currently a shortage of them in the area. Holbeach are the perfect example. The fire crew are still on call to ...