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A Spalding resident has been sent for crown court trial accused of a serious sexual assault. Nerijus Rozaitas (41) appeared before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday charged with penetrating the vagina of a woman with a finger without consent. The offence, said to have occurred between January 1, 2017 and April 30, 2022, is indictable only and therefore the case ...

Spalding’s Community Speed Watch scheme is ready to launch. South Lincolnshire Community Speed Watch organiser Coun Jan Whitbourn has long wanted to set up the volunteer scheme in the town as she says it’s where she gets the most reports of speeding drivers.However, as Spalding doesn’t have a parish council, there was nobody to take on the public liability insurance.Now ...

A total of 52 new homes are to be built around Harrington Drive in Crowland. Ashwood Homes was given permission to build 42 homes south west, and five each south west and north east of the road by South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee.The three separate applications had previously been deferred by councillors when the applications came before them in ...

A scheme set up around the time of the pandemic has closed for good. Members of The Spalding and Pinchbeck Good Neighbour scheme have decided to wind-up the charity.A recent annual meeting was told a lack of volunteers and service-users meant the scheme could close.It had helped members of the community who needed support ranging from chores to posting letters ...

A solar farm on the edge of South Holland has been given the go-ahead following a plea by the landowner. Chris Wray, of Wray Farms, told South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee he was looking to lease 15 per cent of agricultural land for the proposed development near the Boston village of Bicker.More than half the site, which could provide ...

A plea has gone out to try and get Spalding back into the In Bloom competition. The town has won East Midlands in Bloom 11 times in the past, Spalding Town Forum was told last week.But a lack of volunteers means it doesn’t even enter it anymore.Long time members George Slinger and Geoff Hoare told the forum that shoots had ...

A dental training centre is being considered to solve Lincolnshire’s recruitment and retention crisis. The project would mirror the recently-inaugurated Lincoln Medical School, aiming to train dentists who would stay in the county.A centre for dental development is one of the options being explored, although no funding has been identified due to the early stage.The Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) ...

The long-running saga over a play area for Moulton may finally be set to end. South Holland District Council says it has reached an agreement with The Moultons Parish Council to lease a third of an acre for 50 years to put a park on.It’s something that’s been proposed for decades under different guises.Three years ago, it was planned to ...

Two separate applications for family homes have been refused because they’re deemed to be in open countryside, despite some support for both. One family wanted to build a four-bed house at an ‘untidy’ haulage yard where a memorial to their daughter had been erected.Another was looking to build an eco-home just outside Holbeach, but it too was refused by South ...

An initiative to get people playing musical instruments with a local band is back next week for its 20th year. Holbeach Town Band’s Learn To Play week will see it open its doors in Back Lane every afternoon for a week from 2pm to 4pm from Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4.The band welcomes visits from anyone interested in ...

Police have issued an appeal to find a man who has escaped from a Suffolk prison and who may be in Spalding. South Holland Police this evening (Tuesday, July 25) appealed for information on finding Morgan Smyth who has absconded from Hollesley Bay prison. The statement reads: “Have you seen Morgan Smyth who has absconded from #HollesleyBay prison in Suffolk? ...

Police are currently searching for a wanted person in Spalding. Officers have been spotted in Low Road, around Low Fulney Bridge and the Coronation Channel this afternoon (Tuesday, July 25). A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police could only confirm that “our officers are searching for a wanted person”. UPDATED AT 9.20PM – South Holland Police have appealed for information about a ...

A claim has been made on a winning National Lottery ticket worth £10,000 a month for the next 30-years which was bought in a South Holland shop. As previously reported, a ticket bought in the district had won the top prize in the Set For Life draw on June 5. Operators Camelot had to appeal for the ticket holder to ...

The trial of a man accused of murdering a women whose body was found in a Spalding graveyard tent has been set for next January. Paul Neilson, 30, of Priory Road, Spalding, is charged with the murder of 26-year-old Colette Law on Monday 10 July. The body of Colette, from Greenock in Scotland, was found in a tent on Monday ...

Police investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in a tent in a Spalding graveyard have launched a new appeal to ask if anyone saw her in the town centre a week earlier. South Holland Police would like to hear from anyone who saw 26-year-old Colette Law in the evening of Monday July 10. They’re particularly interested ...

A man charged with the murder of a woman found dead in the grounds of a Spalding church has this morning (Monday) appeared before Lincoln Magistrates Court . Paul Neilson, 30, who gave a postal address of Priory Road, Spalding, is charged with the murder of 26-year-old Colette Law on July 10. The body of Colette, from Greenock in Scotland, ...

A man has been charged with five offences after a police chase in Long Sutton. The incident happened shortly after midnight on Thursday, July 20. The driver of a grey BMW X3 failed to stop after being asked by police who eventually deployed a stinger device to burst three of its tyers. Three people were arrested for the incident. Josh ...

A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 26-year-old woman whose body was found in a tent in a Spalding graveyard. Paul Neilson of no fixed abode has been charged with the murder of Colette Law who was from Scotland Her body was found in a tent on Monday July 17 in the grounds of St Mary ...

Holbeach Car and Bike Show is to go ahead tomorrow (Sunday) but at a new venue. The free event will now take place at The Lawns Caravan and Camping site on Lowgate off the A17. The event was due to take place at Holbeach Primary School, but can’t due to concerns over the weather and ground conditions. The organisers had ...

A man “panicked” when a machete fell out of his jacket in a Spalding pub, a court heard. JoJo Taylor (23) quickly left with the weapon and hid it in a drainhole, returning with bleach with the intention to wipe it clean of his fingerprints. However, police had been called and arrested him in Market Place. Taylor, who has learning ...