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A woman accused of having cannabis in Holbeach with intent to supply has changed her plea to guilty. Caroline Kelly Moxon (40), of Moulton Washway, Fosdyke Bridge, admitted the charge surrounding 10.05 grams of the drug on September 19, 2016. She had previously denied the offence but before Boston magistrates on May 26 Moxon entered a guilty plea. She was ...

Police investigating a string of 20 burglaries and attempted burglaries at homes of elderly people seized property at a Spalding home on Thursday (June 1). A search warrant was executed at a house in Halmer Gate. No arrests have yet been made. Det Insp Dave Rimmer said: “This is very much a live enquiry. We have searched an address today, ...

Former England rugby union captain Phil Vickery is opening a branch of his popular clothing brand at Springfields Outlet Shopping in Spalding.   Raging Bull is expected to open in mid-July and is another good addition to the centre’s big names such as Next Outlet, Ernest Jones Outlet Collection, Fatface and Starbucks.   Raging Bull, founded by Vickery in 2003, ...

About 4,000 visitors made the second annual Spalding Beer and Music Festival another smash hit. The joint Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle event is expected to have topped £15,000 profit – all of which will be distributed to good causes in the local community in the coming months. Across the event from last Friday (May 26) to Sunday, ...

A former Crowland parish councillor who admitted viewing indecent images of children has been  jailed for eight months.     Peter Bird, 72, was caught after police executed a search warrant at his Crowland home in October.     Lincoln Crown Court heard officers attended at the property after receiving information that an IP address belonging to Bird had downloaded a ...

A wedding goods supplier who defrauded a number of customers after failing to declare she was a bankrupt has been jailed for 18 months.   Amanda Vines (48) was made bankrupt in March 2014 but continued to run an internet business supplying items for weddings, Lincoln Crown Court heard.   Mark Knowles, prosecuting, said Vines was a self employed sales ...

Five months after the introduction of an order to crack down on anti-social behaviour in Spalding town centre not a single ticket has been issued – but officials say that’s a positive sign.   Lincolnshire Police and South Holland District Council have said people are complying on request with the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) launched in December.   New ...

Talks are continuing over the future of Spalding’s Pennygate Foundation – a health and wellbeing centre said to be operating beyond its planning permission.     Brenda Wickham, who founded the centre, in Pennygate, with Dr Nathu, of the next door medical centre, said need for it is growing and wants people to know it is still up and running. ...

A lapse in concentration by a long-time Spalding GP may have contributed to his death in a road traffic accident, an inquest has heard.   Dr Charles Lennon, who had been at the Munro Medical Centre in West Elloe Avenue for 28 years, was cycling along the A15 near Thurlby when he was in collision with a bus.   The inquest ...

Motorists face a month of delays and diversions with another emergency closure of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding.     Anglian Water is repairing the area of road outside Taylors Vauxhall which has been cordoned off and collapsing for months.   A spokesperson said: “Our teams are currently repairing a collapsed sewer on Pinchbeck Road in Spalding.    “After the road surface ...

Improvements to cleanliness and management at Spalding swimming pool are having a noticeable effect, councillors have been told.     For some considerable time, criticism dogged South Holland District Council –owner of The Castle Sports Complex – and 1Life, the leisure company contracted to run it.    But members of the council’s performance monitoring panel received a positive update last Tuesday from ...

Patients recovering in hospital are now able to access a small collection of Polish books, thanks to kind donations from members of an online support group.   Staff from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) made an appeal for books written in Polish after a special request for help from a homeless patient, who did not have anything to ...

A renewed bid is to be made to enable expansion of Pinchbeck doctors’ surgery – turned down earlier this year after residents expressed fears about parking issues.     Munro Medical Centre, of which the Church Walk surgery is part, has been told it can still access the NHS England funding to enable the plan, which may have been lost ...

A controversial planning application for 188 homes on greenfield land in Damgate, Holbeach, is recommended for approval next week.   South Holland’s planning committee has been advised any adverse impacts of the King Bros (Butchers) Ltd plan would not outweigh the benefits of delivering homes at the site, which will lead to contributions of £1.048m towards education and £83,472 for ...

Holbeach Primary has been judged ‘good’ in its first Ofsted since becoming an academy.   The school, in Boston Road, was judged ‘requires improvement’ before it reformed as an academy in 2014.   In a letter to parents, headteacher Sue Boor, who has been at the school throughout, said: “It is particularly pleasing to have detailed in the report how ...

Eddy Poll capped his return to Lincolnshire County Council by being reappointed to the executive. Coun Poll, who won the Spalding East seat earlier this month, has been named portfolio holder for commercial and environmental management. He was deputy leader of the council when he lost his seat in 2013 to UKIP candidate Richard Fairman, who was soundly beaten into second ...

The owners of a Spalding care home have appeared in court accused of breaching health and safety regulations following alleged incidents involving residents.     Apex Care Ltd face three charges of failing to carry out the provision of residential care in a way that ensured the safety of residents was not put at risk.     The charges, brought ...

A Spalding disc jockey who committed sex offences against teenaged girls has been jailed.   Roy Hayes contacted his victims over Skype persuading them to strip and perform sexual acts as he watched. He masturbated while the acts were taking place and recorded the footage.   Hayes (44), of Gaunt Close, admitted two charges of inciting a girl to engage in sexual ...

A Spalding man who was caught with films of child sex abuse has been jailed for eight months.   After police raided his home in Wygate Road, Gareth Oddy (34) admitted to searching for indecent material. Lincoln Crown Court heard Oddy was present when officers carried out the early morning search on January 20, 2016.   Gregor Purcell, prosecuting, said Oddy ...

The act which brought conservation areas into being is 50 years old and two of Spalding’s societies have teamed up to mark the anniversary. A photographic exhibition showcasing Spalding’s conservation area will run throughout the summer, spending a fortnight each in a  number of different venues. The project by Spalding and District Civic Society and Spalding Photographic Society will launch ...