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The government’s solicitor general says the £500 fine given to a Spalding man who  knocked a police officer to the ground and repeatedly punched him was in line with sentencing guidelines. Pc Karl Cinavas was jumped on and assaulted by Jonathan Fox (51), who was drunk and had been verbally abusing a female South Holland District Council officer helping at ...

Dog owners in South Holland who do not clean up their pet’s fouling face being shamed in a new council initiative. Under a campaign called Bag It, Bin It, South Holland District Council dog warden Rachel Thompson will spray paint dog mess and stencil a hard-hitting message next to it. The hope is that the highlighted mess will be seen ...

Two people were arrested following a joint raid by police and Lincolnshire County Council Trading Standards officers on a house in Spalding on Tuesday.(Feb 8) The men – aged 62 and 37 – were held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation. An onlooker told The Voice that there was a lot of activity at the property in ...

Unanimous councillor support was given for the principle of 46 homes being built on a Gosberton paddock. The decision at South Holland District Council’s planning committee meeting on February 1 came despite some concerns from locals over perceived over-development of the village and increased traffic worries. Stephen Catney, agent on behalf of applicants Mr and Mrs Dennis, spoke at the ...

Staff and volunteers are busy making final preparations for the reopening of Holbeach Library in a new location on Monday.(Feb 13) The facility, now being run by non-profit organisation Greenwich Leisure Ltd, is part of a £1.2million project by Lincolnshire Co-op to create a community hub at its Fleet Street site. An open plan area also houses a pharmacy and ...

A couple who have swapped one Broadgate Homes property in Spalding for a brand-new one have been given the keys to their new home. Marc Neall and Jemma Wells are the first occupants at St John’s Circus, off Broadway, which has some of the fastest broadband speeds in the country. The first major development in South Holland to offer it, ...

Anglian Water customers face a small rise in bills this year, as the utility firm embarks on a £425million investment programme.   The rise of 2.2 per cent is in line with inflation, but bills are still less than they were four years ago following a seven per cent cut in 2015. The money being invested will be ploughed into ...

A developer which invited South Holland District Council to turn down its application in order to allow it to appeal has not been disappointed. Councillors refused the Calderdale Homes (Eastern) application to build nine homes in Park Lane, Donington, when they met on February 1. The decision was deferred at the last planning meeting to allow the developer an opportunity ...

Birdwatchers are being thrilled by a run of rare sights by the River Welland in Spalding. Deeping High Bank has been a particularly attractive area, with the huge great white egret using it as the only place in the UK in which it is breeding, unlike its little egret relative which is now a common bird. Another breed spotted is ...

Police want help identifying the man in these CCTV images. They want to question him about a theft from Boots in High Street, Holbeach, at about 2.45pm on Friday, January 13. Two Scholl items valued at £80 were stolen.  Police said: ” If you recognise yourself or can help with who this is, please contact PC 434 Ellis on 101 or Crimestoppers ...

The public is being invited to put questions to the NHS Trust board responsible for overseeing community health services in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) runs services across the whole county, aiming to deliver great care, close to home. The trust helps patients to stay independent by providing treatment in the local community or in patients’ own homes.  LCHS ...

A Pinchbeck-based firm is celebrating two decades of solid growth.   Vehicle credit management specialist Anglia UK was set up by managing director Mark Scotney in 1997 as a small firm specialising in vehicle repossessions for the car finance industry. Since that time it has grown steadily to the point that it now employs 85 people with an annual turnover ...

A proposal to build 48 affordable homes on EMG Motors’ site in St John’s Road, Spalding, has been delayed for discussion over details. South Holland District Council’s planning committee was worried nuisance and disputes would arise out of two homes having boundaries with an area of public open land where children may want to gather and play ball games. Chairman ...

A drug user, who was back committing crimes just 48 hours after being given a chance, has been jailed.   Shane Cooper received a 12-week suspended jail sentence for burglary when he appeared before magistrates on January 30. But just two days later he was caught red-handed breaking into cars in his home town of Spalding. Jim Clare, prosecuting, told Lincoln ...

Holbeach fundraiser Les Ward has scrapped his plans to put on a Christmas market and parade in the town this year. The 73-year-old blamed difficulties in getting approval for a road closure in High Street. Mr Ward said: “I’m finished with it. I had people willing to help me but I just felt there was no way forward with the ...

When takeaway delivery driver Dominic Calitri kept finding himself short of colleagues, he saw it as a business opportunity. He now runs Delivery Driver Services Spalding, working for several takeaways in Spalding and Holbeach. And on Wednesday (Feb 1) he launched a partnership with Chips Ahoy! in Little London, Spalding, to offer the first lunchtime and evening delivery service for fish ...

Plans to unlock land for 900 homes in Holbeach and create a new food enterprise zone (FEZ), where more than 2,000 people could work, are pushing forward. Lincolnshire County Council’s executive will be asked to give various authorities, to include land sales and purchases, to allow the plans to progress when it meets on Tuesday.(Feb 7) Work on associated new ...

A landscape, timber and building supplies merchant plans to open a new Holbeach depot in April or May, creating about six new jobs. Branch Bros, which was established in Deeping St James and also has a larger site in Bourne, has been working on a plan to convert the former Boston Tractors site, in Boston Road South, for around two ...

A jobless mum who has been searching for work for three years was told by a Spalding shop that she could not work there as she does not speak Polish. Spalding Market in Westlode Street has a job vacancy advert in its window, printed in English and Polish. Town resident Tina Benton (53), who says she has worked for Heron ...

Neighbours of a doctors’ surgery set for expansion fear their concerns over lack of parking and resulting potential dangers have been ignored.   Indications are that Munro Medical Centre will get permission for a second consulting room at its surgery in Church Walk, Pinchbeck, which is currently only used a couple of times a week. The surgery relies on a ...