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NHS staff from black and ethnic minority backgrounds have been sharing their experiences of working in Lincolnshire at a countywide conference. Anna Kusztyb works across the county for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS), and was among those speaking at the third annual Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) conference on Friday afternoon. The event, which is run in partnership ...

In its first recruitment drive of its type in Lincolnshire, the force has received 136 applications to join its ranks as an officer who speaks fluently in more than one language. In December, Lincolnshire Police put out a job advert specifying applicants must be fluent in English and Polish, Latvian or Lithuanian. Now the deadline for applications has come, Lincolnshire ...

Proposals to improve public access on a stretch of coast from Sutton Bridge to Skegness are out for consultation. Natural England has published a plan for the 57-mile stretch which, it hopes, will become part of the England Coastal Path. The path is a 2,700 mile walking route and the newest national trail being developed. Currently there is an eight ...

A councillor has said he finds it “difficult to believe” that around a third of South Holland businesses eligible to get central government funding to partially cover a rise in businesses rates are yet to come forward. South Holland District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Finance, Coun Peter Coupland is concerned that around £100,000 worth of funding available in this financial ...

There has to be a very good reason to jump out of a perfectly good aeroplane. And one Gedney Hill mum certainly has good reason as she is raising money for a charity very close to her heart. But she will be marking Valentine’s Day by leaping from a plane. Aimee Bilham (35) will be raising money in memory of ...

Lincolnshire police is starting a new project to support the wellbeing of staff. Officers and support staff often face difficult situations and the force is looking to help them deal with the challenges of being on the front line. “Wellbeing has always been high on my agenda and so I am delighted to be taking this to the next level ...

Free water will soon be on offer from Costa branches in South Holland as part of a bid to reduce plastic bottles. Anglian Water is among those which have linked up the Refill campaign to create a national network of retailers offering new refill stations to top up water bottles. The first business to join the national drinking water scheme ...

A judge has commended the bravery of teachers who disarmed a boy of 13 after he went in to a South Lincolnshire school armed with an air rifle and axe. The lad was tackled by staff at the school after firing one pellet in to the ground, Lincoln Youth Court heard. The boy, who can not be named because of ...

Magistrates told a defendant there had been “faults on both sides”, after he claimed police overreacted to his behaviour outside a Spalding night spot. Liam James Parker (22), of Hall Place, Spalding, admitted obstructing the police when he appeared before magistrates at Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said police officers were in a van outside Loaded night club in Westlode Street ...

At least £70,000 of Lincolnshire tax payers’ money has been spent on premium tech products for councillors in the past five years, including the purchase of more than 100 Apple iPads, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. The high-end tech options are offered to both district and county councillors. iPads are issued to all South Holland district councillors ...

A South Holland care home which was run by a charity is still on the market – nearly five months after it closed. Hovenden House is still owned by the Leonard Cheshire charity and negotiations are under way regarding a potential sale. The Grade II building at Fleet was closed in August after the charity announced in April that it ...

You could be the next Lord or Lady of Spalding as the title is currently up for auction. With a guide starting price of £8,500, the title is available through London-based Manorial Auctioneers. The Marquess of Bristol owned the title after the original owners, the Carr family, had no male heir to pass it to. Spalding features in the Domesday ...

A woman wanting advice about a broken egg in her fridge dialled 999 for an ambulance. The East Midlands Ambulance Service has created a list of the top ten most inappropriate 999 calls in the last six months. Apart from the broken egg, a dead fox and a caller wanting someone to make breakfast were also logged by emergency call ...

Meet your new friendly neighbourhood PCSOs. Three new police community support officers are on the streets after an intense training schedule. Nikki Timms, Ken Stephenson and Tim Nicholls are currently on patrol with their mentors in their respective areas. Nikki can be found in Spalding town, Ken is patroling estates and Tim is taking care of the rural regions. Inspector ...

A Spalding charity has received a late Christmas present thanks to the owners of a town fish and chip shop. Westlode Fisheries opened on Christmas Day to serve free lunch for those who would be on their own otherwise. Around 35 people made use of the offer between 1pm and 3pm. The family-run business also delivered fish and chips to ...

Members of a South Holland Parish Council are set to debate a complaint about the district planning chairman at a meeting tonight (Thursday). Long Sutton Parish Council was contacted by a resident after he saw an email on the district council’s website which seemed to suggest objections to a planning application were ignored. The email was from Coun Roger Gambba-Jones ...

The trusts that operate two of South Holland’s nearest hospitals came in at the very bottom end of tables for meeting targets in A&E waiting times and cancer care response. For A&E waiting time targets in December, data tracked by the BBC put United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, at 130 out of 133 trusts ...

On Sunday my 18-year-old granddaughter was involved in a car accident on the A1101 between Long Sutton and Wisbech at about 12pm. She suffered a broken collar bone and a collapsed lung but hopefully she will soon make a full recovery. I would just like to thank Sam and her partner who allowed my granddaughter and the little girl from ...

A Spalding man who 16 times crossed the channel as part of the Normandy landings in 1944 has been awarded France’s highest honour. Edwin West (92), known as Ted, was presented with the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the honorary consul for France, Jean-Claude Lafontaine at a special ceremony at the Services Club on Friday, January 19. ...

Police are appealing for witnesses to incidents at three Spalding pubs. On January 18, a window of The Pied Calf was smashed (incident 323 of 18/01). A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said officers had opened a criminal damage investigation. Police said they received a report about “two men acting drunk and disorderly in public, allegedly smashing a window and showing intimidating ...