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There will be a lot of happy cats this Christmas thanks to kind members of the public who brought cat food and other items to The Voice office for the Spalding Cats Protection appeal. Cats Protection Volunteer Hannah Atkins collected the donated items, which included tins and bags of food, toys, litter trays, stockings of cat gifts and cat litter. ...

A teenager has criticised the “intolerant rant” a police officer used when addressing students at a Spalding school. Two officers spoke to a school assembly about anti-social behaviour issues in the town centre. “One officer was polite, engaging and informative. “The second officer seemed to believe that all of us were guilty and commenced an intolerant rant, threatening us with ...

Christmas classics belted out during karaoke made The Punchbowl the most festive place in town on Thursday, December 14, during the Chappell Centre party. It was the second year in a row the Spalding pub hosted a Christmas bash for the day centre used by adults with a range of learning disabilities. Chappell Centre’s Abby Holland said that around 40 ...

A cyclist has been hospitalised following a collision with a car in Spalding. Police said around 10am on Sunday morning, a Ford Mondeo collided with a cyclist at the junction of Station Street and Sheep Market. A spokesman for the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance said: “Our critical care crew treated one patient suffering from a leg injury and accompanied ...

A new home made entirely out of shipping containers is set to be built in Sutton St James. The owners of storage business Lift and Shift Limited, Simon and Dee Reed, say the state of the art eco-friendly home to be built next to their business on Broadgate will be the first of its kind in the area. Despite officers ...

First responders charity LIVES had is busiest ever month in November, attending almost 2,000 medical emergencies across Lincolnshire. Last month, LIVES attended 1,972 medical emergencies across the county, 62 of which were in South Holland, a spokesman said. LIVES responded to 384 incidents in South Holland alone between January and October this year. The charity has volunteers who are responding ...

A manhunt following a stabbing, for which a £500 reward for information has been offered, has been linked to the Gosberton/Quadring area of South Holland. Sussex Police are on the look out for Andrew Prince (20) who is wanted in connection with an incident of GBH on October 30 in Eastbourne. On Wednesday, December 20 Lincolnshire Police tweeted: “We are ...

There’s only a few days to go until Christmas and if you’re still looking for that last minute gift for someone special Ragdale Hall Spa gift vouchers could be the perfect solution. Total relaxation, luxurious pampering, great food and beautiful surroundings – who wouldn’t love that? I was recently offered a day to try out the wonderful facilities at Ragdale ...

Members of the county council have voted in support of a 3.95 per cent increase in council tax from April. The proposal, which will need further approval in February, will see an increase of around £45 a year on the bill of Band D properties. That figure excludes what South Holland District Council, the parish precept and police ask for ...

Winsover Road in Spalding is to remain closed tonight (Tuesday, December 19) with the road waiting to be resurfaced after urgent repair works on a water main were carried out. The road was closed from 9am this morning after a water leak was reported yesterday. Anglian Water had said it hoped to re-open the road by the end of today, ...

Speakers of certain Eastern European languages are being sought to become police officers in South Holland. The force has launched a recruitment drive to employ those who can speak Polish, Latvian or Lithuanian as well as being fluent in English. Lincolnshire Police say the aim to employ between six to 12 new officers is “to improve its service to communities ...

A burst water main and a separate gas leak are causing traffic chaos around Spalding on Tuesday, December 19. Winsover Road was shut from 9am this morning as Anglian Water attempt to fix the leak. It came at a time when Winsover Road was a part of a stated diversion for the closure of nearby Park Road where gas works ...

A Spalding man who “head-butted” another man during an argument in a bar has been given a suspended jail sentence and a curfew imposed to keep him from drinking in public at Christmas.   Aleks Szerafin (20) had been drinking when the incident occurred in Bentley’s Bar on September 3 last year, Lincoln Crown Court heard.   Passing sentence Judge ...

Spalding and South Holland residents have given ten-year-old Alice Bates the perfect gift this Christmas – a pain easing bath. Thanks to your generosity the £6,000 needed to provide a bath for the Long Sutton youngster was raised in just a matter of days. Alice experiences daily pains, particularly at night, as a result of her quadriplegic cerebral palsy and ...

The consultation into controversial plans to turn Spalding’s former Post 16 Centre into a facility for those excluded from other schools has been extended to the end of the year. Wellspring Academy Trust is looking to create the Springwell Alternative Academy on Matmore Gate for children who are out of school due to being challenging or vulnerable. The consultation was ...

With another year nearly over most of us will be thinking where did 2017 go and what will 2018 bring us? Just to think we had the EU referendum 18 months ago with Cameron and Osborne thinking it would be a piece of cake. Only they got it all wrong, just like the snap election that wasted months of precious ...

Christmas is fast approaching and our readers have been incredibly generous in supporting the Give A Gift Appeal but there’s still time to donate – so no excuses! The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal and since then readers have been leaving gifts at drop-off points. We’ll be delighted if ...

Holbeach developer Ashwood Homes is set to build nearly 150 new homes in the area after planners gave the go-ahead to separate developments in Cowbit and Donington. South Holland District Council’s committee granted permission to the building of 73 dwellings in Town Dam Lane in Donington and 72 homes off Backgate in Cowbit at its latest meeting on Wednesday, December ...

Drink and drug drivers will be named and shamed online as part of the new Lincolnshire Police drink and drug driving campaign. Lincolnshire Police will update the force website and social media daily with the names of people charged with either offence. A police spokesman said it was hoped the move would make people think twice before getting behind the ...

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will be bringing Santa Claus to the streets of Spalding from December 18 to 22. From 5.15pm each night they will be out and about in the town, helping Santa decide if the children have been good or not and collecting for the Fire Fighters Charity. When and where Santa is heading is listed below. Monday, ...