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A motor parts business has opened its doors in Spalding again after a fire ripped through its premises earlier this year.   Work is currently under way on demolishing part of the Pinchbeck location of AGM (Complete Parts and Component Solutions) Ltd after the fire in May which destroyed £200,000 of stock.   But staff this week opened the doors ...

More than 90 golfers from around the region took part in a Pairs Stableford Open competition at Tydd St Giles Golf Club – raising nearly £500 for charity in the process. Shooting the best score as visitors’ winners were Brian Venters and Ian Hogg (Ely) with 45 points, ahead of Mike Johnson and Chris Sturman in second on 43 points ...

Police are hunting a gang of ram raiders who targeted a village shop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The raiders hit the Co-Op in Crowland at around 4am and tried to take the in-store cash machine. But they were not successful and the machine was left in the road. A 4×4 vehicle used in the raid was also ...

A Spalding academy has been rated as good in its first ever Ofsted inspection.   Wygate Park Academy, Witham Road, received the rating in each of the five key areas looked at by inspectors.   “The headteacher, trust and local governing body have successfully established a culture of high expectations among pupils and staff,” the report, which was published on ...

Vulnerable teenagers in a South Holland children’s home were able to take a car after staff left keys in an office door, an Ofsted report has revealed.   Young people do not feel safe and measures to combat bullying at the home are said to be ‘ineffective.’   The un-named home, which is registered to Broadwood Education Services, had ‘serious ...

A major development for Spalding is a step closer after South Holland District Council formally accepted £224,000 of Government money.     The decision to accept the grant for the Northern Spalding Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) was agreed by members at full council on Wednesday night.  Members also agreed to support the project with £100,000 from the council’s growth budget. ...

Plans for 78 new homes in Moulton Chapel look likely to be approved next week.   The outline application is outside the settlement boundary of the village, but has been recommended for approval.   Members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee are set to discuss the proposal next Thursday. The site is adjacent to the Grade II Listed mill ...

Planning work on a new relief road to open-up land for up to 4,000 new homes for Spalding is set to start in earnest.   South Holland District Council applied for £244,000 of Government funding to help the early stages of the plans for the ‘urban extension.’   The money was awarded and members of the council were last night ...

A new branch of the Nottingham Building Society is to open in Spalding.   It will be moving into the premises currently occupied by the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in Sheep Market which closes in October.   The move is part of The Nottingham’s plan to open seven new branches in market towns across the Midlands.   Since 2013 ...

Students from Spalding Grammar School have had their work displayed at a top national arts exhibition.   Four A-Level artists were entered into the National Students Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London where their work featured alongside paintings from some of the finest professional artists.   Tom Beardwell, a Year 13 veteran of this competition, produced ‘Chimera’ – an ...

The schools may only just be finishing for summer, but more help is needed to bring fantastic festive cheer to Spalding this Christmas.   Despite the weather currently being way too warm for Santa, a call has gone out to help make the town centre sparkle in December.   Organisers are determined not to see a repeat of last year, ...

Empty council homes are ready and waiting in South Holland with applicants on the waiting list falling by a massive 90 per cent.   While other parts of the country are crying out for housing, South Holland has empty properties which no-one seems to want.   A report due to be discussed by members of the district council’s cabinet on ...

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay £160,000 prosecution costs following the death of a patient from Spalding at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital.   The Trust was found guilty by a jury following a trial earlier this year of failing to discharge a duty of care in breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act ...

A man who was jailed for slashing his neighbour with a knife later threatened to kill his victim when on his release from prison, Lincoln Crown Court was told this week.   Shaun Smith made the threat during a meeting in Lincoln Prison to discuss arrangements for his release at the end of his 12 month jail sentence.   Gareth Gimson, prosecuting, ...

A coroner has highlighted concerns about the dangers of holidaymakers driving through the night on their return home following the death of a Spalding couple.   An inquest at Boston Coroner’s Court heard that Robert and Anne McCloud had returned from a week’s holiday in Cyprus when their car drifted into the path of an oncoming lorry in February of ...

Even the weather seemed to be backing Holbeach when the East Midlands in Bloom judges came to town.   And they were also serenaded by the town’s own Pavanotti who gave a free concert during last Thursday morning.   The operatic performer was outside the Aurora cafe to entertain visitors and residents alike.   It will be at least a ...

The number of businesses with top-ranked Food Hygiene Ratings in South Holland remains at an all-time high.   Latest figures show that the percentage of businesses in the district with three (satisfactory), four (good) and five (very good) ratings is 98.3 per cent.   Since October 2016, several businesses have seen their ratings increase up to five as a result ...

A Spalding Grammar School pupil has beaten off competition from more than 1,200 students in a bid to land a place at one of the top 10 universities in the world.   Edward Tranter has become the first pupil from the Priory Road school to ever be selected for the Sutton Trust US Programme.   The Bentley House captain is ...

A leading South Holland horticulturist has been awarded a prestigious prize.   Brian Taylor was this year’s recipient of a trophy to mark his lifetime achievement.   He was presented with the Carlo Naef Trophy by the Springfields Horticultural Society as a mark of appreciation within the bulb industry with his family firm.   “Working alongside his brothers John and ...

The family of a 33-year-old South Holland man who died as a result of complications from diabetes are warning people to take the condition extremely seriously.   Ashley Grimwood died last month after an eight-week spell in Peterborough hospital and his funeral is due to be held in Moulton today (Friday).   But his mum Susan Lowe, of May Blossom ...