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One of Lincolnshire’s top cops has told a meeting in Long Sutton about his fears over crime-fighting post Brexit. Deputy Chief Constable Craig Naylor was among the speakers at the recent talk entitled The Implications of Brexit on the Lincolnshire Economy. It was part of the Social Issues in South Lincolnshire talks held bi-annually at St Mary’s Church in Long ...

A Spalding couple have launched a crusade to promote vegan food in the town. Ian Tarplee and Karina Saunders have been into local restaurants and cafes asking for them to have vegan options on their menus. They’re also frequently seen handing out information leaflets and recipes promoting not eating anything that utilises animal products. Several restaurants have already come on ...

Plans to turn a commercial site in Holbeach into a seven-house residential plot have been refused. The housing development proposed for the former Swepstones site on Battlefields Lane was unanimously turned down last Wednesday, by South Holland District Council’s planning committee on the grounds that commercial land would be lost and it is too far from town. Planning officers recommended ...

A host of performers from the district took to the stage last week for The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland’s annual Age Concern Concert. The event on Tuesday, March 6, was specially put on by the Rotary members as a night out for the community’s elderly population at the South Holland Centre. Compère Richard James oversaw the entertainment which ...

Lincolnshire life-saving charity LIVES has received a glowing report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an inspection. The inspectors focussed on key areas: whether the organisation is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well led. It involved examining LIVES governance and policies, interviews with staff and volunteers, as well as seeing some of the team in action ...

Lincolnshire Police has launched an appeal after fake £50 notes were used in Holbeach. CCTV images of  men who the police would like to speak to have been released following the incident at the Co-Op in Fleet Road on February 27. At around 8pm on that evening an attempt was made to purchase goods using the forged notes. A statement ...

World Book Day has enjoyed an epilogue this year as your pictures continue to roll in. Most schools were closed on the day itself (March 1) but schools and pre-schools across South Holland have re-arranged the day so the children don’t miss out. Among those was St Bartholomew’s Primary School, West Pinchbeck, On Monday, March 5, pupils from the school ...

A South Holland company has been named by the government for under-paying staff on minimum wage. MRN Recrtuitment Ltd, of Spalding, was included in the list of 179 employers named for under-paying some employees. But the company said it  had taken advice, which led to a £2 administration charge for those needing writing or assistance with official forms. A total ...

Resurfacing work on the A17 at Fleet Hargate and Long Sutton is to recommence today (Monday, March 12), including night time closures. Lincolnshire County Council’s Highways team has had to change the planned programme of works due to the recent bad weather. Work between Hurn Road and Lowgate in Fleet Hargate, which includes the closure of the A17 from 7pm ...

A Holbeach man groped a teenager and masturbated on a service bus, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Mike Torsello (61), of Victoria Street, boarded the service at Spalding bus station, sitting on the back seat, and then made a comment to the 19-year-old girl as the bus set off. Hal Ewing, prosecuting, said that moments later the girl felt a hand ...

A 36-year-old woman has been conditionally discharged after a court heard that she had been growing cannabis plants in a  cupboard in the bedroom of her Sutton Bridge home. Deborah Marie Doy of Princes Street, Sutton Bridge, admitted being concerned in the production of cannabis, when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Jim Clare, prosecuting, said officers went to her ...

A defence solicitor has told magistrates that he was acting in the best interests of his client by saying that despite facing a prison sentence, his client ‘did not accept responsibility or that he has done anything wrong’. Ireneusz Stanislaw Duda, 50, of Wesley Road, Whaplode had admitted driving with excess alcohol, whilst disqualified and without insurance or a test ...

Glenside South in West Pinchbeck has re-opened following an earlier RTC. Lincolnshire Police were called to the incident involving a silver Kia Sportage and a white articulated lorry at 10.13am this morning (Thursday, March 8). The road was blocked following the collision but is now open. One man has been taken to Peterborough Hospital with what police have said are ...

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Reverend Doctor Rowan Williams popped along to Long Sutton this week as part of a discussion on Brexit. Dr Williams was one of the speaker at The Implications of Brexit on the Lincolnshire Economy part of the Social Issues in South Lincolnshire talks at St Mary’s Church Hall on Tuesday, March 6. His talk entitled ...

A Spalding man has been banned from driving for 20 months after magistrates heard he had been found kneeling in the road shouting and screaming after crashing into a tree while almost twice over the legal limit for alcohol in his bloodstream. Raimondas Raudonis, 28, of Edward Road, admitted driving with excess alcohol in his bloodstream and without a full ...

South Holland District Council tax payers are footing the bill for prosecuting a care home owner following three separate deaths. But the authority is battling to recoup the money it spent on bringing to court a company which ran a care home where the three residents had died after leaving the building in 2012. Apex Care Ltd was fined £105,000, ...

Spalding police had a good response to an appeal after a man was left in a critical condition by an assault outside Loaded nightclub. Members of a group featured in released CCTV footaqe contacted officers as a result of the appeal. “Some of the group are assisting police with their enquiries and the investigation into what happened continues,” said Insp ...

Staff at a South Holland children’s home have been assaulted and children bullied, according to an Ofsted report. The home, which cannot be identified for legal reasons, has six residents and requires improvement to be rated good, says inspectors. “There have been assaults on staff and other significant events. The home has failed to notify Ofsted of any of these ...

South Lincolnshire Blind Society urgently needs volunteers for its All Day Club and Social Club in Spalding. A statement from the organisation said: “Enhance your life of a visually impaired person by helping out at one of our social clubs. Just a couple of hours on a regular basis could mean something to look forward to for an isolated person.” ...

Parish councillors are “more determined than ever” to push for speed restrictions after a meeting this week. Chairman Trevor Tyrrell said there was widespread disappointment after the meeting on Tuesday as there were no plans for immediate resolution. Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner, the road safety partnership, parish council and members of the public met to discuss the issue ...