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Police investigating an assault at Sutton Bridge Medical Centre on Wednesday (January 11) want to speak to people in the waiting room at the time. Police said: “The assault occurred at the dispensary desk within the waiting room of the Sutton Bridge Medical Centre in Railway Lane at approx 11.30am. The victim of the assault was not seriously injured.” Anyone ...

Food manufacturer Bakkavor has teamed up with Spalding-based health and wellbeing charity Tonic Health to promote healthy eating among local schoolchildren. An educational workshop for children aged between 5 and 12 on the importance of fruit and salads for a healthy diet was led by Sam Hetherington, development chef at Bakkavor Salads in Spalding. The workshop at Tonic Health’s base at Broadgate ...

The future of a plan for another anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in South Holland is now in the hands of Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Planning committee councillors granted permission for Andrew Branton’s application for land south of Counter Drain Drove in Tongue End, but it is now subject to a call-in procedure. The ...

Employees at Spalding Bakery have been warned that 46 jobs could be cut. A spokesman said a consultation process has begun at the Fulney Lane site. They added: “We are proposing to restructure the current shift system in order to streamline our processes and identify essential efficiencies. “Regrettably, there is still the potential that 46 jobs could be lost. We ...

Spalding Academy students will not be part of the Joint Spalding Secondary Schools’ Prom this year. They will have their own prom, leaving Spalding Grammar School and Spalding High School as the only partners in the annual Year 11 event. The decision has upset some Spalding Academy pupils and parents, who claim they have not been given a reason and ...

Permission has been granted for a new care home on the site of the former Goodfellow’s School in Spalding. Country Court Care made adjustments to plans for a three-storey building on the Spalding Common site, reducing it from 61 bedrooms to 60 after South Holland District Council refused permission in June last year. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones, chairman of the planning ...

Some of the pigs being transported in a lorry which overturned at Cowbit today (Wednesday) have had to be put to sleep.  Police said just before 10am: “We are currently dealing with a traffic incident on the A16 bypass at Cowbit involving a livestock lorry that has overturned. “The lorry contained pigs and a vet will assess their welfare. “Drivers ...

Laura Hudson likes a challenge, but she’s having to keep mum about the outcome of one of them for now. The Donington 27-year-old has competed in the current series of ITV hit show Ninja Warrior UK, being screened on Saturday nights. Her effort over the demanding obstacle course, which finishes with an attempt to “beat the wall” – a run ...

Spalding’s cycle action group fears that a proposed housing development on council land could scupper hopes for future improvements to a footbridge. Pedals wants Steppingstone Bridge, which crosses the railway line and links Kings Road with Park Road, to become step-free so that a wider range of people could benefit from it. The applicant is Welland Homes, South Holland District ...

A maternity unit is giving women and their partners the opportunity to help shape and improve its services. The department at Peterborough City Hospital is working with local healthcare partners to launch a maternity services liaison committee, a forum where service users can give feedback on their experiences. Women who have had a baby in the last three years or are ...

A developer proposing homes on the site of empty industrial units in Park Lane, Donington, is to be asked to reconsider the design. South Holland District Council’s planning committee deferred a decision on the Calderdale Homes application over concerns that a proposed rear parking court could attract anti-social behaviour. Chairman Roger Gambba-Jones said: “I have experience of these parking courts and ...

A Spalding playgroup has received a pat on the back from education watchdog Ofsted – a second successive “good” rating. It represents another big step for 345 Playgroup, which had faced closure due to a lack of children before Georgina Twelves and business partner Brendan Moran bought it in November 2012. Georgina said: “We then worked extremely hard to raise ...

Holbeach Tesco has now handed over a total of £16,500 towards the regeneration of Carter’s Park.   On Tuesday (Jan 10), Holbeach Parish Council was presented with £4,500 collected in store by staff and parish councillors. This added to a £12,000 grant by Tesco from its Bags of Help scheme in which money raised from the government’s 5p carrier bag charge is ...

Police are investigating a robbery at a South Holland newsagent’s store. The incident happened at McColl’s in Hillgate, Gedney Hill between 5am and 5.30am on Monday (January 9). A police spokesman said: “Offenders used force to enter the shop and steal money and goods.” Further details have not been released at this stage. Police are appealing for witnesses who saw anything ...

Councillors have refused planning permission for an unpopular new ‘pod’ for Timpson at Spalding’s Sainsbury’s, branding it a “carbuncle”. A 16-name petition and a further 23 objections were received on the application to South Holland District council, with retailers fearing it would detrimentally impact on the town centre. Coun Chris Brewis said Springfields outlet development had already left the town ...

A 56-year-old woman from Long Sutton accused of attempted murder at a farm has been remanded in custody. Mary Jane Taylor, of Little London, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on New Year’s Eve. She is accused of attempting to murder Alan Taylor at Whaplode on December 8. Her case was sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court. She is next ...

Lincolnshire Co-op food stores enjoyed a festive boom, with like-for-like sales up 17.7 per cent. The rise came in the two-week period from December 18 to December 31, with Christmas Eve breaking records for the number of customer visits and sales.  The society says shoppers took advantage of extra dividend and trusted Lincolnshire Co-op to deliver a good range, including an array of ...

Part of Winsover Road in Spalding is expected to remain closed for another month while repair work on a collapsed sewer continues. The road has been shut at its junction with Bourne Road and Hawthorn Bank since mid-December. Anglian Water said on December 30 that it hoped to have the A151 reopened by Monday, January 9, but today (Friday, January ...

A boiler breakdown which has left Spalding’s indoor bowls green with no heating for more than a week is expected to be resolved today.(Friday, Jan 6) The problem at the Castle Sports Complex venue occurred on Wednesday, December 27, and the festive period meant the repair has taken longer than some would have liked. 1Life operates the leisure complex on behalf of South ...

A 44-year-old man charged with making more than 4,500 indecent images of children has had his case sent for trial at crown court. Roy William Hayes, of Gaunt Close, Spalding, is accused of making: 128 category A still photographs 428 category A moving images 128 category B still photographs 245 category B moving images 2,169 category C still photographs 1,448 category C ...