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Bakkavor celebrated the long service and commitment of over 80 employees based at Spalding and Sutton Bridge with an afternoon tea party at the South Holland Centre, Spalding. Employees working across Bakkavor Meals, Bakkavor Salads and Spalding Distribution Centre were presented gift vouchers for ten and 25 years’ service by Keith Bond and Dave Selleck, business directors of salads and ...

Crowland Cancer Fund has held its annual presentation event, giving out a total of £45,000 to six good causes. St Barnabas Lincolnsire Hospice, Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, Marie Curie Cancer Care each received £10,000, Teenage Cancer Trust got £7,000, Johnson Hospital Tulip Suite £6,000 and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals’ haematology and oncology unit £2,000. Crowland Cancer Fund, which has ...

Proposals for a new caravan park, fishing lake, site office and cottages on a 17-acre site in Long Sutton could create up to 30 jobs. The park, with static caravans, holiday cottages and a fishing lake, would be a boost to the area and create an attraction, said applicant Jonathan Hoey, whose proposal represented an investment of “hundreds of thousands ...

Almost 400 people took the opportunity to get advice and information on vacancies and skills at South Holland District Council’s jobs fair on Tuesday.(April 4) It featured over 40 exhibitors from a range of sectors including the food industry, legal profession and training providers. The event, organised by South Holland District Council’s economic development team and the Department for Work ...

About 100 staff at South Holland District Council have been told their jobs could be put at risk as part of a review of services. An uncertain few weeks are ahead for many families as high-level staff pore over frontline areas, including housing, community and environmental services. Chief executive Anna Graves is leading the Place review as part of the ...

Concerned traders are calling for councillors to work with them on a rescue plan to save Spalding town centre. Businesses spoke out last week at their frustration and anger at the way South Holland District Council has behaved towards Springfields. Members of the Spalding Town Retailers’ Association (STRA) feel the council is waving the white flag to the Camelgate shopping ...

The family of a young boy who quickly needs treatment in the USA following the removal of a brain tumour got a £2,500 boost to their hopes this week.   Spalding Round Table has pledged towards the £10,000 target, taking the appeal total for Kieran Taylor to around £7,500. The lively and happy seven-year-old needs proton beam therapy, which is ...

The parents of a 21-year-old woman killed in a car crash have described their misery since the loss of their “beautiful” daughter. An only child, Alexandra Hills had been on a weekend visit to the family home in Dawsmere and was returning to studies at university in Lincoln when her car left the road in Gedney and overturned into a drain ...

The treasurer of a pre-school playgroup who stole thousands of pounds from the organisation has been jailed for eight months.   Andrew Rivett, who was an accountancy worker in his day job, began stealing within a short time of being appointed to his position with Tydd St Mary.   He took almost £5,000 but when the money was discovered missing ...

One of Spalding’s finest and oldest independent retailers is to close in July.     Nick Revill, managing director of Revills Jewellers in Market Place, is retiring and that spells the end of the family business after 70 years in the town.   A closing down sale is under way and the projected final day of trading is Saturday, July ...

A taxi driver and two police officers involved in a suspected firearms incident in Pinchbeck were among those recognised at an awards ceremony.     Taxi driver Grzegorz Pacho received a Public Appreciation Award and Sgt Iain Mclvor and PC Thomas Smith received a Chief Constable’s Commendation.   Mr Pacho was threatened with the firearm, but instead of driving away,  ...

Town traders have accused South Holland District Council of stabbing them in the back and waving the white flag to Springfields over its extension plans.     Members of Spalding Town Retailers Association (STRA) reacted to The Voice front page, which acknowledged restrictions to limit sales at Springfields to outlet lines have not been upheld.   Coun Roger Gambba Jones, ...

“No matter what your political persuasion, I think we can all agree that fairness is one of those quintessentially British values we should all cling to. It’s a value that we do not feel is being applied to Spalding town centre traders, who now find themselves outraged and dismayed, while also fearful of the future.   On March 9, The ...

Having served Spalding for 44 years and provided lessons to hundreds, Spalding Music Services closes its doors for the last time tomorrow (Friday).   Bob Adams (82) set the business up in 1973 and his son Robert (52) has worked there since leaving Spalding Grammar School, aged 16.   The pair have fought hard to keep it going, but could ...

Spalding resident Violet Davies-Evans turned 109 this week.     The oldest person in Lincolnshire and thought to be 33rd oldest in the country, Violet was born and brought up in the town.   She lived independently until three years ago when she moved into Ashwood Nursing Home, in Spalding Common.   Mini Shaju, senior carer, said: “She’s a really ...

Ten South Holland District Council-owned bungalows in Weston are due to be knocked down and replaced with up to 35 new homes in a £3.5million redevelopment scheme.     The council has set aside a total of £1,210,000 for the scheme from last year’s and this year’s budget and plans to find the rest in next year’s.   It is ...

A nursery where staff work to surpass their already “excellent abilities” and children have “memorable early years,” is celebrating an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted.   Inspectors awarded The Willows Day Nursery, in Old Main Road, Fleet Hargate, the highest possible rating.   A report said: “The manager is inspirational and, over time, has nurtured a team of staff who share her drive, ...

Long-serving and well-known community nurse Linda Stafford is looking forward to rest and family time, having retired after 44 years in healthcare.   Most recently serving as an advanced nurse practitioner with Beechfield Medical Centre in Spalding, Linda spent more than 20 years as a community nurse firstly in Spalding and then Long Sutton and Holbeach.   She said: “I ...

Buses may soon return to Spalding’s Johnson Hospital following talks over increased road safety.   Brylaine Travel has been in talks with local councillors, who agreed to enlarge a sign to warn drivers of slow turning vehicles. Final agreements still need to reached.   A statement from the firm said: “It was suggested that the erection of a large sign ...

An extensive programme of repair works costing more than £200,000 following a failed raid on the cash machine has been completed at the Co-op in Donington.     The store re-opened again last Friday with children from the Cowley Donington Endowed Primary School and Malcolm Mills, the landlord of the Black Bull public house which hosted a Co-op pop-up shop ...