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An electric vehicle strategy and encouraging people to use less couriers are among proposals for the second year of a group looking to reduce carbon emissions in the area. The South and East Lincolnshire Climate Action Network (SELCAN) launched last July is comprised of 30 people from various backgrounds to work collaboratively on reducing carbon emissions.A spokesman for the South ...

A country music afternoon is being held to raise money for the MS charity on Sunday, August 20. The duo Pete Stothard and Stuart Payne, the Texas Tornados, will be playing the Elizabethan Centre in Whaplode Drove from 2pm.Pete is a well-known line dancer who made the natural progression into performing himself before meeting multi-instrumentalist Stuart.Stuart has played in the ...

A man who was spared jail after putting his hands around his partner’s throat was today (Tuesday) given a final chance to avoid prison. Liam Crane, now 20, was given a chance to avoid custody by Recorder Emma Smith who told him “not to look a gift horse in the mouth” when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court in November ...

Jewellery, cufflinks and taxidermy are being sold by young people at the Teen Market in Spalding today (Tuesday, August 15). Alongside the usual stores there’s three young people with their own business. Paige Goddard. They’re as young as 13-year-old Paige Goddard who has created her own businesses selling second hand bits and making her own cufflinks and driftwood displays. “I’ve ...

A broken down lorry is causing problems on the A16 just outside Spalding. The incident is near the Wardentree roundabout, but traffic is busy and stationary in places all along the road around the town as of now (2pm, Monday, August 14).

Lincolnshire Police officers attended a Spalding address this morning after reports of a fight. They were called to Rhone Walk off Monks House Lane at 8.18am this morning (Monday, August 14). A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Officers attended and we are investigating this incident.”

A proposed wind farm would enter the national power grid in South Holland, the company that’s developing it has said. Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm has been consulting over the proposals, including where cables will be laid to take the electricity generated 54km from the coast near Skegness into the national grid. It had suggested four locations including two in ...

A man who was found with a flick knife in a Spalding pub has been given a 12-week suspended sentence. Lewis Markham told magistrates in Boston on Wednesday that his mental health had been suffering and the knife was to self-harm. “I was only intending to harm myself with that knife. I had no intention of hurting anyone else,” he ...

A 71-year-old Tydd Gote man has made a first appearance in court over alleged sexual assaults on a woman. Rodney Stevenson is charged with three counts of the offence – the first between November 1 and December 1, 2022, and on January 23 and 24 this year. Stevenson appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and entered not guilty pleas ...

A teenager living with a brain tumour has thanked those who have helped him get back on his bike. Jack Schweikhardt’s bike was stolen from Hall Place last month after he decided he felt well enough to head into town.The 18-year-old, who has a benign brain tumour, was given the bike by dad Steve’s best friend Gordan Hyam, who died ...

A Whaplode man has been jailed for a host of sexual offences against young girls, including rape. Anthony Portor (62), of Hagbeach Gate, has been jailed for a total of 12 years.The sentence was given for a number of incidents against three different victims who cannot be identified for legal reasons.He was guilty of raping one victim under the age ...

A Spalding family welcomed the county’s Lord Lieutenant to their home for the special presentation of an MBE. Steve Machin (50) was awarded the honour for his services to HMP Prison and Probation Service, and Toby Dennis performed the investiture.“We had an amazing day,” said his wife, Pip, after the event.The couple’s children Ollie and Keira were also at the ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a reported head on collision at Weston on Monday night. The incident occurred at 7.13pm on the A151 Weston bypass.The road was blocked for a period of time due to the amount of debris.Lincolnshire Police said the injuries “were not life threatening”.“One man, aged 42, ...

A role created to oversee improvements in Spalding and Holbeach town centre has been discontinued. In 2020, South Holland District Council appointed a Town Centre Improvement Co-ordinator as part of its three-year plan for £500,000 worth of works.However the role will not be continued.When it was advertised as a three-year fixed term contract the job description stated it was “to ...

The father of a family that’s been plagued by rats says he’s prepared to have his family sleep rough as nothing has been done for them or the problem property. They’re just one of several residents The Voice has spoken to living near a house in London Road, Spalding, where, in May, 55 animals were seized by the RSPCA.The family, ...

A series of public events are being held this month to learn more about the redevelopment of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn. Ten weeks after the government announced the hospital was added to the New Hospital Programme, leaders are updating members of the public on progress.A series of events are being held later this month and they will be ...

An outdoor cinema and tug-of-war are being organised to raise money for charity. Both events are raising money for Blood Cancer UK and Mencap, charities chosen by South Holland District Council leader Andrew Woolf.The tug of war is part of the Give It A Go day to be held at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field in Spalding on Sunday.“It’s ...

The chairman of a Spalding group has called for a town council to be created. Unusually for a town of its size, Spalding does not have a town or parish council taking decisions.Several years ago a referendum took place as to whether one should be created, but the idea did not get enough support.Calls have been renewed recently though, particularly ...

The bid to bring the remains of Matthew Flinders home, plus two projects for Spalding, are among those to benefit from the latest round of community funding. All three have been awarded grants as part of the UK Prosperity Shared Fund.How much each gets has not been revealed, but the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland ...

Works to improve a major junction in Holbeach have come under fire. Town residents have taken to social media to express annoyance that the works are causing traffic delays, while also complaining that planters have been removed and about the look of new railings being installed.It’s also been revealed that a new lane that a meeting of Holbeach Parish Council ...