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A man was injured when he was beaten with a metal bar in Quadring Fen. Police have issued a CCTV image of  two people they would like to speak to about the incident. A police spokesman said: “We are appealing for information about an assault that occurred at a property in Beck Bank, Quadring Fen, around 9.40pm on Tuesday 21st ...

Police want to speak to this woman in connection with theft from Wilko in Spalding. A police spokesman said: “We are investigating the theft of cosmetics on 18 February from Wilkinsons, Holland Market, Spalding and believe the person in the photo can help with our enquiries. “ Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident 229 of ...

Police are trying to trace these two people to speak to about theft from the Co-op in Gosberton. A police spokesman said: “On 2 March £100 worth of alcohol, meat and snacks were stolen from the Co-op store in Gosberton.  “We would like to trace the two people in the photo who we believe can help with our enquiries.” Anyone ...

A Spalding man who spent nearly a quarter-of-a-century in the Royal Air Force has just completed an amazing adventure for the Help for Heroes charity.     Chris Heeley, of Leiden Fields, spent ten days in Burma trekking across the South East Asian country to raise funds for the charity.   The 66-year-old is hoping his efforts will break the ...

The suite of 31 planning policies detailing how development will be permitted in South Holland over the next 19 years is expected to be approved today (March 9).   The emerging South East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2011-36, which details policies such as distribution of housing, strategic approach to flood risk and climate change and renewable and low carbon energy, is already six ...

Springfields Outlet Shopping is earmarked for expansion because Spalding town centre would not be able to cope with the expected increase in retail demand. With more than 11,000 new homes due to be built in South Holland between 2011 and 2036, extra retail provision has been allocated in the emerging South East Lincolnshire Local Plan. Of the additional floor space ...

It might only be March but several minds are already focussed on Christmas plans for Spalding town centre. It comes after last year’s festive activities – particularly the Sunday Christmas Market – were widely panned as lifeless, poorly organised and a waste of the £2,600 budget. The organiser then was Spalding and District Area Chamber of Commerce, which was given ...

The manufacture of diesel generators is powering a Spalding firm into a key force in international trade. Export sales at Welland Power have soared by 59 per cent in the past two years, to £10.6million in 2016. That sent the firm crashing into The Sunday Times’ Fast Track SME Export Track 100 league table for the first time. Welland Power produce a range ...

Ofsted inspectors say Spalding’s St John’s Primary School continues to be “good”. A report, published following a short inspection on February 1, said the school had maintained its December 2012 rating. The report, to headteacher Paul Reid, said: “You have recently successfully steered the school through a turbulent time of staffing and governance change.” It added: “In 2016, pupil outcomes ...

The first two winners in South Holland Open Arts 2017 have been announced. The best newcomer prize, sponsored by Riverbank Studios, went to Jenny Wood for her seascape painting View to Isle of Arran. The best photography award, sponsored by Shutter Hub, went to Seamus Bryans. Coun Gary Taylor, South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for arts development, said: “I would like ...

A survey of foreign nationals living in Spalding has revealed some disturbing welfare instances – but the overall feeling was one of appreciation of the much better lifestyle and improved standard of living.   It comes after completion of the first phase of Community Connectors, a project spearheaded by the Rev John Bennett, vicar of St Mary and St Nicolas ...

Several roadsides in Spalding are looking much tidier thanks to a spring clean by Spotless Spalding and friends last Saturday. The group started near The Robin Hood pub in Bourne Road and covered Winsover Road, Green Lane and St Thomas’s Road, including behind a wall which is becoming known as a litter hotspot. Spotless Spalding founder Jack McLean, a South Holland ...

Action is being taken to protect historic buildings and conservation areas in South Holland on the Heritage At Risk register. Historic England said last October the condition of four of the district’s listed buildings was “very bad” and three “poor”. Since then the government body has talked to owners and South Holland District Council,  the local planning authority, about works ...

A benefits cheat and thief who was ordered to pay back just £1 of the £56,679 she pocketed could still be forced to cough up more.   Holbeach mum Maria Pridmore fraudulently took more than £16,000 worth of housing benefit, council tax benefit and income support and stole more than £30,000 from four women. A court was told last December ...

Lincolnshire Police force has received an overall “good” rating for being effective by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).   This latest assessment, published today (March 2) means that Lincolnshire has now received an overall ‘good’ grading for each of the HMIC pillars of PEEL – efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy.   Assistant Chief Constable Paul Gibson: “Overall we are pleased with HMIC’s assessment ...

A step forward in a campaign for more support for people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has been taken thanks to efforts by a Spalding woman whose father died from it. Hannah Harris (35) knew little about MND before her father Mick Smith, of Long Sutton (pictured), was diagnosed, but is now working to support others who face the terminal ...

Cowbit Village Store has been attacked for a second time, in what has been described as a “slap in the face” for the whole village. The community launched a fundraising drive to buy security shutters for the store after it was broken into on February 19 – and around £1,000 has already been donated. At around 10.45pm on Monday (Feb ...

An historic Long Sutton pub is set to reopen next month following a £140,000 refurbishment. Customers at The Olde Ship Inn in London Road can expect “a proper old pub”, according to Sean Portass, whose company STP Properties owns it. The exterior has had a massive facelift, including installation of a thatched roof. Inside, exposed beams have been replaced with ...

A Spalding youngster is set to make her debut in the pinnacle of the dog enthusiast’s calendar.     Holly Sinclair has capped a meteoric rise through the ranks by securing a place at Crufts which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham next week.   She will be competing in the Agility Dog of the Year category with 12-year-old ...

The National Farmers’ Union’s new county adviser in Holland (Lincs) is Danny O’Shea. He moves to the county post from being membership communications manager in the NFU’s Warwickshire headquarters and prior to that was a local group secretary. Danny said: “It’s a real honour to have been appointed to the role of county adviser. I’m particularly looking forward to meeting ...