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A Spalding slimmer who shed more than 4st has been named ‘Woman of the Year’ in her Slimming World group because of her inspiring weight loss. Sarah Davis has gone from 18st 1lb to 13st 9.5lbs in just nine months and now she’s been chosen to represent her group in the nationwide Slimming World Woman of the Year 2016 competition, ...

A man has died after a car plunged into a river near Crowland last night (Wednesday).   The incident happened around 8pm on the B1166 Deeping High Bank.   The man was rescued from his Volkswagen Golf and taken to Peterborough Hospital where he later died.   Lincolnshire Police have revealed identification procedures are ongoing so are unable to confirm any further ...

A key council job post has been deleted from the management structure – because no one could be recruited to it on the lucrative salary being offered. The role of executive manager for commercialisation – vacant for 15 months – was one of two posts which South Holland District Council has struggled to fill, along with planning and building control ...

The second South Lincolnshire Walking Festival gets under way next month with a plea for financial support. The festival runs for five weeks through September and October, with 80 varied walks for families to choose from. But financial pressures mean its future is under threat and people are being asked to chip in to keep it going. Festival co-ordinator Beverley ...

Animal-loving sisters who saved the life of a tiny baby vole were delighted to be the ones to release it back into the wild after it was nursed back to health by an animal charity. Megan Hayes (13), and her nine-year-old sister Daisy were on their way home from school when they found the little bank vole – later named ...

A man has been flown to the Queens Medical Centre with head injuries after emergency services were called to an incident in Spalding this morning following a collision involving a bus and a pedestrian. Police, who believe the man to be local, are appealing for anyone who was in the area of Spalding Bus Station and witnessed the collision to ...

A mum who lost 16 babies before having a “miracle daughter” has been jailed for three years after she used two of her dead children’s identities to claim benefits. Former nurse Maria Pridmore (36) suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and the death of an infant son over a heartbreaking 13-year period until she successfully gave birth in 2012. Lincoln Crown Court heard ...

A new car sales site could be built on an “important gateway site” in Pinchbeck. EMG Motor Group wants to relocate from St John’s Road in Spalding to a more prominent position in Elsoms Way, just off the Wardentree Lane/West Marsh Road roundabout. One side of the road would be the car showroom and outdoor display area, the other would ...

Entries to the annual South Holland Business Awards are being encouraged after a slow start. More than two-thirds of sponsorship opportunities for this year’s event have been snapped up by local businesses. Now Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, which launched the 2016 awards in June, is urging firms to submit their entries for the event on Thursday, November 24. Phil Scarlett, ...

Everything has come up smelling of roses for Tulip – a black cat found injured in the doorway of the Voice offices. The unlucky young black female was found cowering and looking badly injured outside the office in busy Winsover Road at the beginning of May. A pool of blood on the road nearby suggested she may have been hit ...

When Emma Frost’s love life suddenly broke down, she was pretty fed up and turned to Google to provide her with a lift. The 26-year-old from Holbeach St Johns typed in “apply for TV shows”. Now, nine months later she is in with a chance of winning a life-changing amount of money in a reality TV show. The Perfect World ...

Two Spalding secondary schools are among nine across the county to achieve a 100 per cent pass rate in A-levels. The High School and the Sir John Gleed School took the honours, as early figures available from 30 out of 40 of the county’s sixth forms show that Lincolnshire has outperformed the England average in almost all measures. At 99.1 ...

Users of Gedney Dyke Village Hall will have a warm glow this winter thanks to a £7,785 grant. A new Calor Gas central heating system is to be installed, replacing a costly electric heating system, which was put in when the hall was built in 1977. The grant issued to the Main Street building, which is a registered charity, comes ...

Farmers and landowners are being asked to share their views on Brexit at a special event next month. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) wants to capture the thoughts of its members on the opportunities and risks surrounding Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Director of policy, Christopher Price, will address the meeting at the Lincolnshire Showground on ...

Key moments in improving traffic management in Spalding town centre are on the horizon. The project will take a step forward with a feasibility study getting under way this autumn. And that is also the time when the design for phase one of the £100m Spalding Western Relief Road (SWRR) is expected to be submitted for planning consideration by Lincolnshire ...

A food bank will be able to help more people desperately in need after landing a £3,500 grant. Holbeach Community Larder has just recently stepped in to help feed a young couple who were both in poor health and had not eaten for three days as they had not been able to claim benefits. They had been taken along by ...

A Spalding trader has again dropped an appeal against the revocation of a premises licence at the last minute. Karwan Ahmad waited until just hours before the scheduled hearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (August 17) before stopping his action in respect of Winsover off-licence. It meant from 10am on Wednesday, the revocation came into effect and alcohol could not ...

A £1million refurbishment of the x-ray department at King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital is benefitting patients and radiographers. Three digital x-ray rooms have been fitted with new imaging equipment which are providing high quality images to help speed up diagnosis. The hospital has also invested in a new £100,000 portable unit, which can be used in A&E or on the ...

A proposal to bring Holbeach’s two medical centres under one roof has been dropped. The “super-surgery” plan for a brownfield site in Church Street has been replaced with a proposal for homes. The original plan, which would have led to GPs from Holbeach Medical Centre in Park Road and Littlebury Medical Centre in Fishpond Lane amalgamating, was granted outline planning ...

An incredibly poignant and emotional funeral service unfolded as family, friends and the community joined Luke and Ryan Hart to say farewell to their beloved mum and sister. Claire (50) and Charlotte Hart (19) were fatally wounded when shot by Claire’s husband and the siblings’ father, Lance, in a tragedy that shocked the nation. He then killed himself in last ...