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Residents in Spalding are to be surveyed on whether they would like a town council. Spalding is not parished and, therefore, does not have a town council, but South Holland District Council’s transformation programme, Moving Forward, includes a pledge to investigate if there is an appetite to have one. Spalding Town Forum has district councillors and representatives of community bodies ...

Former patients of King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital are being urged to return medical equipment in an amnesty period on now. Hundreds of frames, walking sticks and crutches are loaned out to support patients in their recovery. The hospital maintains up-to-date records of its three-month loans but many patients do not return equipment after the period is up. This week ...

A petition launched in Spalding calling for streetlights to be switched back on across Lincolnshire has more than 200 signatures. Signatories are stating they feel vulnerable and anxious and fear for the safety of road users, cyclists and the frail. The roll-out of a countywide money-saving programme to switch off streetlights in many areas between midnight and 6am recently reached ...

Residents in Lincolnshire will be asked for their views on adopting a unitary system of local governance – potentially saving £150million in the first five years. The two-tier system that currently exists in Lincolnshire comprises one county council and seven district councils. All eight would be abolished under the proposal and a new, single one formed. Leader of Lincolnshire County ...

Drivers caught using a mobile phone at the wheel face a tougher penalty from March 1. Motorists will receive six points on their driving licence and a £200 fine. This change will have a significant impact on young drivers in particular as they risk having their driving licence revoked following a first offence. Motorists will no longer be offered the ...

A huge Spalding landmark is finally to be repainted later this year. Anglian Water has confirmed it will soon start work on sprucing up Chatterton Tower. Repainting of the building in Winfrey Avenue was the subject of a 2,000-signature petition in 2010, in a campaign spearheaded by Spalding Castle district councillor Gary Taylor and clean-up campaigner Sandra White, who has since left the town. ...

Police want to trace these two men about a theft from Lincolnshire Co-op Food Store in Holbeach. The incident happened at the Fleet Street store at around 8.30pm on Tuesday , January 17. A couple of meat items and two bottles of red wine were stolen. Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Steve Kirtley on 101, quoting incident number 351 of January 17.

The RAF Association is calling on people to attend the funeral of RAF  veteran Edward Scott who has passed away aged 91. Mr Scott served in the RAF as part of 154 Squadron during the Second  World War as an engineer. He has few known family and it is feared  that he will have no one to commemorate him as ...

A motorist who caused a fatal crash when he overtook an HGV and drove straight into a moped rider has been jailed for two years.   Philip Paddington-Wheatcroft struck the moped being ridden by teenager Jessica Danby as she was making her way from her home in Donington along the A52 on her way to work at Café Nero in Boston.   ...

The premises licence for The Chequers Hotel in Holbeach has been revoked by South Holland District Council. A panel holding a hearing on Thursday (Jan 19), which was presented with evidence of fraud and smuggling, came to the conclusion that “those running the premises have little or no regard for the authorities”. The premises licence has been held by The Chequers Hotel Ltd ...

Shoppers are spending more than ever at Springfields Outlet Shopping, as a drive to attract affluent customers starts to pay off. Latest figures released by owner UBS Triton Property show that centre turnover was up ten per cent and spend per head rose by seven per cent in the final quarter of 2016. Last year is described as a “transitional” ...

Trustees at Holbeach Hospital are pressing ahead with plans for an eight-bed expansion of the site. An application for planning permission has been submitted to South Holland District Council and, if approved, there is a hope the extension could be in use by the beginning of next year. The extension is expected to cost £600,000 to £700,000 and may create ...

The regular tapas nights at Sergi’s Good Food Store in Spalding are the inspiration for a revamp of the premises. After eight years of the monthly events, owner and renowned chef Karl Sergison is excited at the prospect of launching an authentic tapas bar. He says it has reignited his passion after the disappointment of a proposed sale of the ...

More than a quarter of a million pounds in uncollected debts has been written off by South Holland District Council. The council’s cabinet agreed to write off debts totalling £264,994.37, which have “no realistic prospects of recovery,” at a meeting on January 10. A council spokesman said: “The council is responsible for the collection of over £85million in revenue in ...

Concerns have been raised since a roll-out in South Holland of a scheme to turn streetlights off between midnight and 6am, but no u-turns are imminent. There has been significant comment, especially on social media, from people who fear crime may increase due to the Lincolnshire County Council money-saving changes. And calls have been made for streetlights to come on ...

A lorry driver using a mobile phone caused a crash at Holbeach on Monday (Jan 16) which put four members of the same family in hospital. Spanish national Ionita Bran turned across the path of the car which Kyle Moore was driving on the A17 at Peppermint Junction. All four people in the car were injured. They were en route ...

South Holland District Council has received very little feedback on its draft budget ahead of the public consultation period finishing on Sunday.(Jan 22) The council says it wants to hear views on its 2017/18 spending and income plans from as many residents and businesses as possible. As reported in The Voice (January 19), the budget includes £2.7million earmarked to transform the ...

Post Office says customers can expect an improved service when the Holbeach branch relocates next month. And it has moved to allay fears that there will not be enough room at the new premises within Lincolnshire Co-op’s site in Fleet Street. The current branch in High Street – also operated by Lincolnshire Co-op – will close on Saturday, February 11 ...

A Holbeach man has been jailed for 26 weeks for passing fake money. Peter Ian English, of Angell Lane, committed the offence at Spalding between June 7 and June 12 last year. It is said to have involved a charity. The 55-year-old appeared before Boston magistrates on Wednesday (Jan 18) and pleaded guilty to a forgery and counterfeit charge .  He ...

South Holland District Council has earmarked £2.7million to create a community hub at its Spalding headquarters. The figure is the maximum amount for the possible redevelopment of the Priory Road offices, starting as soon as this year. The council released no information on the scheme before launching a public consultation on its 2017/18 budget last Friday (Jan 13), asking residents ...