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A farmer who kept pigs in pain and distress has been given a chance to improve by a court. Five pigs belonging to Mark Haynes (53), of Northorpe Road, Donington, had to be put to sleep because of their condition. On Friday (Dec 8) at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court, he was found guilty of eight offences relating to pig welfare. Haynes ...

A food delivery driver who goes above and beyond his role to help customers has got his just desserts. Jamie Moore, of The English Takeaway in Whaplode narrowly missed out on being named Best Delivery Driver in Britain at the British Takeaway Awards 2016 in London on Monday.(Dec 5) Popular Jamie was one of the five finalists out of thousands ...

Update: Friday, 2.15pm – Police have confirmed that they have been searching a property in Long Sutton as part of the investigation into a shooting at a Whaplode nursery which left a man with a serious injury. An eyewitness told The Voice: “Police arrived yesterday (Thursday) and the vigil went on all night. “There are two vans in the driveway, a ...

A bid is being made to raise £1,000 in memory of an animal loving 18-year-old who died suddenly at her home in Moulton Seas End. Uncertainty remains over what caused the tragic death of Sophie Evans in her sleep. The Sophie’s Legacy appeal has been launched at her parents’ request by Sutterton Veterinary Practice where she had been a work ...

A family which has lived with an unauthorised travellers’ site opposite their home for 12 years has welcomed its closure. The occupiers have been moved from Broad Drove in Gosberton Clough to a 30-pitch site in Spalding developed by South Holland District Council, at a cost to the taxpayer of £416,595. The council said as it oversaw the switch last ...

A shopper who lost £750 in Spalding on Monday is warning people to be aware of thieves targeting people withdrawing cash. She believes the money was stolen from her handbag while she was in Card Factory in Hall Place. The woman had just been to HSBC in Market Place and thinks she was either followed or someone watching “gave the ...

The Give A Gift campaign is really gathering pace – and has had a big donation of goods from Baytree Garden Centre at Weston. Harry Drury, joint director of We’ll Let Your House, is delighted with the response to the appeal and is hoping to be kept even busier with the collections and wrapping as the closing date on Saturday, ...

A staff member at a Long Sutton care home has been named Apprentice of the Year at a national care awards ceremomy. Carly Walden (17) beat 400 nominees to the coveted award. She said: “I didn’t expect to win and I don’t think it has really sunk in yet. The other contestants were lovely and the whole event is still ...

An inquest hearing began today (Wednesday) to establish whether a massive overdose of painkilling drug administered to a burns victim was the cause of his death. University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust has admitted that Ben Steele, of Holbeach Clough, was given too much ketamine – said to be seven times the recommended dose – but denies that was the cause of ...

A bereaved mum walking the coastline of Britain in memory of her daughter is appealing for people to walk with her in South Holland next week. Natalia Spencer will walk from Fosdyke Bridge to Sutton Bridge on Monday – two days after the first anniversary of the death of her five-year-old daughter Elizabeth – then on to King’s Lynn the ...

Unanimous councillor support was given to a proposal to trial a “unique” house capable of being lifted on stilts during flooding. Members of South Holland’s planning committee agreed a prototype house could be build in Austendyke Road, Weston Hills, with the caveat that it was important to prevent it becoming a tourist attraction. Committee chairman Roger Gambba-Jones said: “When this ...

A woman who had her premises licence application rejected last May is trying again. Ernesta Tamutyte wants permission to sell alcohol again at Global Foods in Winsover Road, Spalding. South Holland district councillors on the licensing authority rejected her last bid after she admitted signing false entries in the shop’s refusals register. Police claimed that Miss Tamutyte was involved in ...

A short appeal for secondhand cuddly toys has been launched. Donate A Cuddle will run alongside the Give A Gift campaign until Saturday, December 17. Donate A Cuddle is part of Ella’s Project, which collects and redistributes good quality used clothes for children aged up to five. It aims to help children and families who need support this Christmas. Any ...

Hundreds of primary school pupils came together to raise the roof of St John The Baptist Church in Spalding with a very festive feel in the annual school choir competition. The event included renditions from ten schools from Spalding, Sutton Bridge, Gedney Drove End and Deeping St James. And it was the federated primary schools of Westmere at Sutton Bridge ...

Staff at a Holbeach charity shop are desperately trying to trace a man who they think might have accidentally included a ring of great sentimental value in a bagful of donations. The man dropped off a Wilko carrier bag of goods to the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall shop in High Street last Tuesday afternoon (Nov 29). As they sorted through the contents, ...

A distraught daughter has slammed a court’s decision after a carer who stole from her elderly father escaped a prison sentence. Susan Pell, of Church Street, Pinchbeck, pleaded guilty to the theft of £20 and £30 on respective occasions from Peter Carpenter of Campion Close, Spalding. When she appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week, the 65-year-old was sentenced to carry ...

A 65-year-old man from the Long Sutton area died on Sunday (Dec 4) following a road traffic collision. It happened on the A16 in Sibsey at 12.08pm. A red Renault Modus and a green Kawasaki motorbike were involved. The motorcyclist was taken to Pilgrim Hospital in Boston by ambulance where he later died. PS Ewan Gell, the senior investigating officer, is appealing ...

Donations have begun rolling in for the Give A Gift campaign for children who would otherwise go without, but please keep up the support. The Voice is supporting the We’ll Let Your House appeal and asking readers to donate a gift suitable for a child aged one to 14. Gifts must be new and unwrapped please. Cuddly toys, make-up and ...

A Holbeach grandad has had a children’s Christmas tale made into a book. The A5 paperback The Night Santa Crashed in Holbeach tells of how the man in red comes down in Carter’s Park after colliding with the cockerel on All Saints’ Church spire. With his sleigh badly damaged, townsfolk help ensure that presents get to the children by Christmas ...

The man poised to become Lincolnshire Police’s next chief constable says he is “honoured” to be selected. Bill Skelly, who is currently deputy chief constable with Devon and Cornwall Police, has been named as the preferred candidate for Lincolnshire’s new police chief. The decision was made by Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones after an exhaustive interview process. The recommendation will now ...