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A Spalding woman and her daughter have launched an appeal in the hope they’ll be able to get a homeless couple somewhere to live by Christmas. Stephanie Lamont and her daughter, Clementine Cousins, have launched a Justgiving donations page online which people can use to give money to help homeless couple Jane and Jason Paul. Stephanie is hoping to raise ...

This Saturday, Sunday and Monday, (October 21/22/23), there will be a rail replacement service between Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln. Trains will operate between Peterborough and Spalding. On Tuesday, October 24, trains between Lincoln and Peterborough will operate between Lincoln and Sleaford only. A rail replacement service will operate between Sleaford, Spalding and Peterborough. Network Rail is reminding passengers travelling on ...

Officers investigating an assault that happened outside a pub on New Road, Spalding, shortly before 11pm on October 14, have issued a CCTV image of a man who may be able to assist the enquiry. A 19 year-old man suffered facial injuries during the incident. If you know the identity of the man in the image, please call PC James ...

A man has been sent to Lincoln Crown Court for sentence after admitting offences relating to making, distributing and possessing thousands of indecent images of children. Andrew Gaff, 38, of Fleet Road, Fleet, admitted three charges of making indecent images of children totalling 11,709 photographs; two charges of possessing 141 extreme pornographic images involving humans having intercourse with animals and ...

A woman told police she was carrying a BB gun for protection in case she “had trouble with men on the streets”, a court has been told. Sarah Hall (42) of Arnhem Way, Donington, admitted possessing an unloaded air weapon in a public place when she appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said that on September 20, police ...

A memorial service was held for a Victoria Cross-winning war hero, and Spalding man Ken Willows went along to help with the service. The service was held in Aberystwyth, Wales, to commemorate the centenary of the awarding of the Victoria Cross – the highest award in the UK honours system – to Brigadier General Lewis Pugh Evans. Spalding veteran of ...

Snooker players have raised thousands of pounds for a cause close to the heart of a Donington man. Spalding League snooker player Nigel Brasier has raised money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association since his own diagnosis in 2013. He has a form of MND called Primary Lateral Sclerosis. A rarer type of the condition which is slower to progress. ...

A Spalding businesswoman flew to Africa this week to help improve the lives of women farmers. Ann Savage joined 12 other women from the food industry who headed to the remote Nou Forest in Tanzania to build beehives. She is a non executive director of Marel, which supplies food processing systems and was previously Group Technical Director of Bakkavor. The ...

Financial help is on offer to local businesses which are looking to expand. Up to £25,000 can be claimed from the Grants 4 Growth project being operated via South Holland District Council. The project is managed and delivered by the council’s Inward Investment Service. The European money is available to eligible businesses which are helping the region’s economy. It has ...

Heartless thieves have stolen pumpkins that a pre-school was selling to raise funds. A crate of around 15 pumpkins were taken from Donington’s Little Pickles on Malting Lane. “I can’t believe someone would stoop so low. We were raising money for halloween treats for the 44 children we look after,” said the nursery’s joint owner Dawn Parker. “A light blue ...

Three serious road traffic collisions took place in South Holland over the weekend. Just before 7pm on Saturday, October 14, Lincolnshire Police were called to a single vehicle, a grey Seat Leon, overturned in a field in Sutton St Edmund, a spokesperson said. Police said they attended the incident with Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and East Midlands Ambulance Service. The ...

A 30-year-old man has admitted possessing a knife and assaulting a Spalding antiques dealer with intent to rob him. Viktors Lahs pleaded guilty to two charges when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court by video link from custody on Monday, October 16. Speaking through a Russian interpreter, Lahs admitted assaulting 78-year-old John Mumford with intent to rob him on 12 ...

A Spalding businessman has said cyclists riding on the pavement in Spalding continue to be a blight, despite new signs designed to “educate” riders that it is not acceptable. Phil Davis, owner of Rumblings Cafe and Rumblings To Go in The Crescent, said a member of staff was knocked down by a cyclist going the wrong way down the one-way ...

Supermarket company Morrisons is hoping to expand its Pinchbeck store. It has submitted a planning application to provide additional floor area for a home shopping service. Documents from architects Whittam Cox show proposals to build an extension on the store for storage and loading purposes. The site is located within the existing service area to the rear of the store ...

Spalding Grammar School staff and pupils celebrated the 16th annual European Day of Languages with educational games, a themed dinner menu and two multilingual speakers. Head of Languages, Ms Dungarwalla, said she prepared a playlist of modern French, German and Spanish music to be played before school and during break time. Quizzes included a Guess The Country Eurovision Form Competition, ...

Two students from South Holland have completed their first solo gliding flights. Lewis Nicholls (17) from Spalding and Joe Messina (17) from Crowland both attend Peterborough Regional College (PRC) and were selected after a rigorous process in which six candidates took part in a “fly off” with an experienced instructor. According to his instructor, Lewis had “a smile the size ...

South Holland District Councillors agreed to defer plans for 81 homes in Donington after it failed to satisfy their concerns over a number of issues. Going into the meeting, the recommendation was to approve the plan but at the October planning committee meeting of South Holland District Council, councillors raised concerns about the reduced numbers of affordable housing, the density ...

A school choir spread the sweet sound of music through Holbeach Hospital as part of their harvest festival celebrations. The Chamber Choir of University Academy Holbeach visited Holbeach Hospital to deliver donated produce and to entertain the residents. They performed a range of songs that included Only You and Any Dream Will Do, said Ms Graper, Head of Music at ...

Free Macmillan cancer advice and support is coming to Spalding next week to provide advice and promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Wednesday, October 18, Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be at Hall Place, Spalding, from 10am till 4pm. Cancer information specialists will be on hand to answer questions and provide information. The team encourages anyone with worries relating ...

A Spalding man who was the region’s first ever paramedic has celebrated his 40th year in the ambulance service. Tony Fell (62) joined the service aged 22 and still works full time in what he described as “the best job in the world”. “It’s been a great joy to serve people in the community at their time of need,” he ...