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Family, friends, governors and staff gathered at Spalding High School on Saturday (Sept 24) to pay tribute to former student Charlotte Hart. Charlotte, who attended the school between 2008 and 2015, died from a shotgun incident in Spalding in July. The memorial service was led by chairman of the governing body Dr Peter Gorton with eulogies read by Charlotte’s brothers Luke and Ryan, headmistress ...

Entries for this year’s South Holland Business Awards must be submitted by Monday.(Oct 3) Entering an award is free and one business can enter a maximum of three categories. Only businesses based within South Holland are required to enter. The award categories are: Apprentice of the Year Business Person of the Year Supporting the Community Customer Care Business Innovation of ...

Lincolnshire fire crews were called in to help in the movement of obese people trapped in their homes or beds 37 times last year, new figures show. The number of ‘bariatric incidents’ – those involving obese patients – attended has been increasing steadily, from four in 2011/12, rising each year to 16 in 2014/15, then leaping to 37 in the ...

A council video promoting Lincolnshire as the “perfect place to live, work, visit and invest” does not feature South Holland. Lincolnshire County Council has been criticised by one of its own cabinet members for the omission. Holbeach councillor Nick Worth – executive member for culture – said he was even unaware that the video had been commissioned before it appeared ...

A fly-tipper who dumped a sofa and a chair by the side of a road has landed a £1,000 court bill. Adrian Fox, of St John’s Road in Spalding, dumped the items in Welland High Bank near Crowland on June 27. However, a letter had been left inside the sofa which resulted in officers from South Holland District Council tracing ...

Organisers of a thriving summer outdoor event are appealing for more helpers. The Holbeach Town and Country Fayre is held over a weekend in June and provides entertainment and outdoor enjoyment in various forms that attracts many visitors of assorted age ranges. It has gone from strength-to-strength over many years with the aim of being able to donate to local ...

The Stroke Association completed its 15,000th blood pressure check for Royal Mail staff at the Spalding delivery office. Local charity health and wellbeing co-ordinators have been visiting Royal Mail sites up and down the county since February 2015, carrying out blood pressure checks and raising awareness of the link between high blood pressure and stroke. The work is part of the Stroke ...

South Lincolnshire Veterinary Group is looking to open its third clinic. Planning permission is being sought from South Holland District Council for a change of use of the former Realtime Business Services premises in Church Street, Pinchbeck, which the vet group has bought. Group manager Emma Walker said five new members of staff would be required and the hope was ...

The first major investment by the new owners of Bookmark in Spalding is imminent. A “substantial” amount is being spent on a refurbishment of the bookshop’s café this autumn. The plans include removing an internal wall and uncovering an outside window to make the area larger and lighter, a refitted kitchen and counter area, new flooring and a refresh of ...

Farms and other rural businesses need an early Government commitment to post-Brexit schemes that will enable them to keep employing workers from the EU and beyond as well as those from the UK, according to the CLA. The organisation, which represents 32,000 landowners, farmers and rural businesses, says the rural economy will be particularly affected by changes to policies on ...

Planning officers have recommended permission is granted for a 100-home development in Crowland, despite councillor concerns. A contribution of £44,000 towards healthcare provision and a total of £15,000 towards local bus service provision are proposed conditions. And at least a third of the homes will have to be affordable. South Holland’s planning committee previously deferred a decision on the Wheatley ...

Headteacher Will Scott has left his position at Spalding Academy with immediate effect. Mr Scott resigned and has been replaced by the executive headteacher of South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, Laurence Reilly, who is also headteacher at Bourne Academy. Mr Scott – whose official title was principal – has not given a reason for his decision, but told parents and carers ...

A proposed children’s play area in Gedney Dyke has reverted to a site previously rejected. It now seems likely that the equipment – a slide, two swings, a see-saw and a bench seat – will be sited on the village green. It comes after hopes of using the current village hall car park fell through. Gedney Parish Council told the village ...

A Holbeach business using the pavement to display items for sale described by some as “junk” can continue doing so, says Lincolnshire County Council. Town district councillor Francis Biggadike is among residents disgusted with the look of The Chequers Hotel frontage in High Street. He said he went to speak to the person responsible for the goods following complaints from ...

A team including accountants from Spalding has taken part in the hit BBC quiz programme Eggheads. The Number Crunchers – consisting of Moore Thompson employees Philip Bryan, Michael Sellars, Gemma Frost and Carl Knights and their friend from Spalding Club, Trevor Hargrave – are due to be featured on Thursday, September 29 (BBC2, 6pm). Viewers will then be able to find out ...

South Holland District Council is proposing to deliver 50 per cent more recycling sacks to residents’ homes. The local authority says there would no cost saving, but it wants a “fairer and more equitable” distribution method. Each of the approximate 40,000 homes currently gets 52 green bags delivered each year. Extra rolls are available to pick up for free from ...

Workers’ rights activist Andy Hall was on Tuesday (Sept 20) found guilty of defamation and computer crimes in Thailand – and immediately signalled his intention to appeal. The 36-year-old, from Spalding, was convicted by Bangkok Criminal Court and handed a three-year suspended jail sentence and £3,300 fine. Hall conducted interviews and research for a report by campaign group Finnwatch which ...

A Spalding garden with a Japanese theme captured the eye of East Midlands In Bloom 2016 judges. So much so that Terry and Judy Wing’s pride won a gold in the Frank Constable MBE Award for best residential garden. The retired couple have been at 64 Park Avenue since it was built in 1962. The front garden was lawn until ...

East Midlands Trains says new trains and extra carriages are needed to continue driving faster economic growth for the region. “East Midlands: A Railway for Growth”, a report published last Friday (Sept 16), says a key priority is to secure additional carriages to enable services to be strengthened on several lines including Doncaster-Lincoln-Spalding and Peterborough. The report adds: “To continue ...

People living with the respiratory condition COPD can access a new style of community clinic in Spalding as part of a pilot project. The project is designed to improve the wellbeing of people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and their carers by reducing social isolation and providing a range of care and support in a non-clinical community setting. ...