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A new management team has been recruited to Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust.They will support manager Julie Scott who joined last year and is driving improvements at the care home.Clinical Lead is Juliet George who qualified as a nurse in 2009 and has extensive experience working in elderly care, neurological and cardiac centres.She is joined by Rebecca Griffin, also ...

A South Holland care home has been awarded a ‘good’ status following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission – and is no longer in special measures. Field House in Fleet Hargate, had been rated as ‘requires improvement’ earlier this year and there had been ‘continuous breaches of regulations.’It had been in special measures since August 2022 and the ...

Winds reaching 77mph hit South Holland on Sunday afternoon ending the recent heatwave with a bang. Trees came down and trampolines took to the skies as storms merged to create a noisy and wet end to the afternoon.Emergency services were called on when the sudden arrival of the storm caused local damage and flooding.The Met Office confirmed that wind speeds ...

Controversial plans to open a slot machine arcade for 24-hours a day have been withdrawn.Merkur Slots, in Hall Place, Spalding, had applied to South Holland District Council for a change of conditions which would see the venue open 24-7.The application was made at the end of July but has now been withdrawn by the applicant.The company has said that the ...

A Spalding eye-sore is set for demolition, 14 years after permission was initially granted. The former Bull and Monkie pub on Churchgate will be knocked down to make way for an 88-bed care home if new plans are approved by South Holland District Council.Owners Crispin Holdings Ltd had received permission in 2009 to demolish the pub and replace it with ...

The business community in Spalding is being asked to raise £250,000 to help deliver a series of improvements designed to help keep the town centre thriving. A list of ideas ranging from a music festival to new branding and cleaning-up the town centre has been put together for consultation.The draft Spalding Town Centre Business Plan has been submitted by The ...

Four people, including two from South Holland, are to face a six-week trial for their parts in an alleged long-running fraud. Catherine McGreggor (58), and Andrew Rendell-Read, (also 58), both of Broadgate, Weston Hills, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court this week.Also in the dock was Kristina Cady (32), of Keats Avenue, Grantham, and Catherine Pierson (33), of Farnborough, Hampshire.McGreggor and ...

Walking a mile a day every day in August has helped 12-year-old Riley Holloway raise money and awareness for the Epilepsy Society. Riley, who has just started in Year Seven at Spalding Academy, decided to take on the challenge in honour of his five-year-old brother Freddy, who has the condition.Riley, who lives in Pinchbeck, has set himself a target of ...

A group that’s the voice of patients in Lincolnshire are looking to hear people’s views of mental health services in the community. Healthwatch Lincolnshire are looking for the experiences from service users and their carers, parents, relatives, and friends.The survey explores how easy it was to access support, the quality of it, what worked well and what could be improved.It ...

Spalding Rugby Club paid a mark of respect for one of their own after he died in the early hours of Friday. Steve Machin was a hero off the field and was one of the first to tackle a terrorist on London Bridge in 2019 after the young man had murdered two people at a conference.A special ceremony was held ...

Increased fines are set to be brought in as part of a bid to deter people littering and fly-tipping. South Holland District Council has announced its intention to increase its Fixed Penalty Notice (FPNs) threshold following an internal review.The increased fine amounts in South Holland would now be as followed:Fly-tipping: £400 (with larger offences to be prosecuted through the courts)Littering: ...

The first phase of Spalding Active Travel ‘Levelling Up’ improvements have come to an end.Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “I’m really happy to announce that the first phase of our ‘Levelling Up’ active travel improvements in Spalding are now complete.“As part of this initial set of works, the team has built a 3m wide footway/cycleway near the ...

More than £1.3m of outstanding debt is being recommended for write-off by South Holland District Council. In a report to be considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, officers are recommending that the debts, which are made up of Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefit overpayment and other sundry debt over a 15-year period, are approved for write-off.The ...

Sheltered housing residents in South Holland are set to benefit from a wide range of improvements to 14 community centres. South Holland District Council has announced the project which started last month.Communal facilities, including lounges, kitchens and patios, will be improved and tenants encouraged to use the meeting places.One of the elements of the project sees the Long Sutton Youth ...

Tributes have been paid to a South Holland campaigner who battled for veterans involved in military atomic tests in the 1950s and 60s to be recognised and compensated. Douglas Hern, of Moulton, was the driving force behind the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association and its fight for compensation.He has died at the age of 86 and never lived to receive ...

A man was arrested on suspicion of kidnap during a joint operation which saw armed police in Whaplode St Catherine. Officers from Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Police worked together on the operation which included the use of a drone and specially-trained negotiatiors. The incident started when officers responded to intelligence that a wanted suspect was in the Sutton Bridge area at ...

South Holland District Council has announced its intention to increase its Fixed Penalty Notice (FPNs) threshold following an internal review.The increased fine amounts in South Holland would now be as followed:l Fly-tipping: £400 (With larger offences to be prosecuted through the courts)l Littering: £150l Graffiti: £150l Fly- posting: £150.l Duty of Care offence: £400l Roadside vehicle sales and repairs: £100l ...

Lincolnshire Police have committed to investigating every burglary under new Home Office rules, despite concerns about their funding. Lincolnshire Police have committed to investigating every burglary under new Home Office rules, despite concerns about their funding.Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants to standardise the approach to criminal investigations and has urged police forces to follow “all reasonable lines of enquiry” in ...

A new expanded museum for Spalding is in the pipeline. The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society has purchased the business centre that sits next to its dilapidated Broad Street home.It’s initially done that to allow £2.2m of renovations to the building where it’s been based since 1911.It’s applied for 90 per cent of that through Art Council funding but will have to ...

An application has been submitted for a 24-hour gym in Spalding at the site of a current shop. The address given for the application is Unit 2, the Carpetright store on Westlode Street.The actual planning documents submitted by TDH Estates on behalf of Switha Ltd says the site is ‘formerly Carpetright’.With the shop still open, it’s not clear if the ...