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A fantastic fundraiser saw more than £300 collected for a Spalding club. The Focus Club arranged the event which included a range of stalls, tombola, a raffle and bric-a-brac. The £325 raised will be used to pay for running costs and to provide a trip for members. The Focus Club is aimed at people with early-onset dementia and offers a ...

A special ceremony was held outside South Holland District Council offices. Merchant Navy Day was marked in Spalding with the event at Priory Road. Councillors, dignitaries and members of organisations including the Merchant Navy Association and Royal British Legion all saw the Red Ensign raised as a mark of respect. The council joined a number of organisations across the country ...

Police have named Donington man Christopher Bond (34) as the motorist who died following a collision in Eye on Friday afternoon (September 1). Mr Bond of Barnes Road, Donington, was driving along Crowland Road at 2.20pm. Police said he lost control of his black Range Rover Sport and collided with a telegraph pole. A nine-year-old passenger suffered serious but not ...

A woman whose bag was snatched outside Iceland in Winfrey Avenue, Spalding, had it returned when two members of the public gave chase and captured the offender. The incident took place at 5pm on Friday, August 25. Thanks to the quick actions of the public, a 31-year-old Spalding man was charged with theft, possession of a bladed article and possession ...

The extreme sports festival Skate & BMX Jam returned to Spalding Skate Park for a day of tricks and tips, as well as to spread a message of respect for the facility. Coun Pete Williams organised the event, which featured displays by extreme sports display group Team Extreme. Team Extreme offer skateboard, scooter and BMX coaching for newcomers or rookies ...

Fireman Gary Burton is leaving the service after 25 years service to the community. Mr Burton (52) spent 18 years as an on call fireman at Long Sutton before spending the final seven years of his service with the fire and rescue service at Holbeach when he moved to the town. A builder by trade, Mr Burton said he had ...

A major roadwork scheme at Holbeach will be delayed by three weeks, it was revealed on Tuesday. Buried electricity cables are being blamed for the delays on work at the busy Peppermint junction. Work on the A151 slip road are now unlikely to be finished until September 25, depending on the weather. The work, which has seen Holbeach town centre ...

Lincolnshire police are appealing for help in tracing a missing man. Sergejs Kuznecovs (51) is believed to be homeless and could be in the Spalding or Boston area. Officers have described him as being of medium build with grey hair. He was last seen wearing a black jumper over a grey jumper and blue jeans with grey plimsoles. “We would ...

Youngsters who want to get into the arts have the chance to plan, organise, perform at or run a mini-festival at the South Holland Centre. South Holland Centre’s Youth Takeover Team and Lincolnshire One Venues network host the Emerge project that aims to give young people a start in the arts. The scheme will also offer an arts award. “There ...

An unprecedented number of calls have been received by police call handlers in Lincolnshire. There have been 17,000 more calls in the six months from January to July than the same period last year. Of those, 4,500 were 999 calls for emergency help and the remainder were non-emergency 101 calls. The service dealt with 1,000 calls a day from Thursday, ...

Fantastic fundraisers and kind-hearted donors have helped raise money to help a five-year-old. The family of George Hall have been astounded at the generosity of people which has meant a £6,000 fundraising target has been met. Susie Hall started raising money at the end of June to raise money for special waterproof hearing aids for her son George. And a ...

It’s not yet September but booking has begun for this year’s panto at the South Holland Centre, with some shows already sold out. Aladdin is this year’s Christmas panto, organised once again by Polka Dot Pantomimes, which has put on Spalding’s show since 2004. Polka Dot’s Darren Maddison said: “Each year we try to ensure that we raise the bar ...

A huge 20 per cent rise in Spalding Academy pupils achieving five A* to C grade GCSEs signals a “new era for secondary education in Spalding,” says headteacher Laurence Reilly. Teachers and pupils were jubilant this morning in the hall. While pupils opened their results envelopes, Spalding Academy Deputy Headteacher Karen Joel said: “We’re so, so excited. It’s all down ...

The air ambulance has been at the scene of an accident in Spalding today (Wednesday). The accident, which involved at least one car, took place at the traffic lights near the junction of New Road and Westlode Street. A man has been injured and the air ambulance was forced to land on Spalding’s Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field at around ...

Music In The Park returns to Long Sutton’s Winfrey Park with an impressive 11-act line-up. The summer fun day takes place on Sunday, August 27 at 10am and runs until 10pm. As well as live music and entertainment, the day also offers a fun fair, market stalls and food and drink outlets. The entertainment will begin with Polka Dot Dance ...

Lincolnshire is bucking the national trend towards a slowdown in the housing market. While recent statistics show a subdued picture nationally, the East Midlands region witnessed the second largest rate of house price growth in the year up to June, 2017. A recent report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed house price growth in our region was 7.1 ...

Spalding League snooker player Nigel Brasier combines his passion for the game with fundraising for the third time as he raises money for a cause close to his heart. The third ‘Nigel The Brave Charity Tournament’ will again raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA). Nigel (48), from Donington, was diagnosed with the incurable condition in 2013 and ...

A Hop Pole couple are again without a phone service after a lorry hit the telegraph pole outside their house. It is the third consecutive year that the couple, both in their 70s, have been left with no landline around the same time due to vehicles hitting the pole. In 2015, a crash left William and Jackie Hall without a ...

Evocative scenes of the Long Sutton area now cover the whole year. The town’s Market House Photographic Group has produced two new calendars for 2018; its now traditional Long Sutton and District and, new for this year, Farming Life. The Farming Life pictures were voted for by visitors at a recent event. Long Sutton & District features photographs within a ...

A bridge across the River Welland will be closed for the second time this year. Fen Bridge, Crowland, will be closed during the day from Tuesday while work is carried out. The repair work could not be fully completed earlier this year due to an issue with a water main. Anglian Water is now temporarily diverting the main so the ...