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Residents and traders are being urged to keep giving their view on controversial trial changes under way at a Holbeach car park. South Holland District Council wants to hear, by late September, all feedback on Boston Road car park hosting the town’s market and on closing one of its two entrances. The plea follows a busy public meeting in the ...

An angry driver has appealed a £50 fine issued for her car being “six inches” outside a parking zone in Spalding. Christine Hardy believes the ticket, issued in Sheep Market on August 11, was issued pettily and such behaviour is doing little to encourage people to shop in the town centre. Mrs Hardy had been shopping in Heron for about 15 ...

A fire which damaged 70 per cent of disused The Bridge Hotel is thought to have been started deliberately. Firefighters managed to prevent it spreading to one end of the building, which is a landmark on the Lincolnshire/Norfolk border at Sutton Bridge. Three crews from Lincolnshire and three further crews and an aerial ladder platform from Norfolk were called to ...

Valued employees on an apprenticeship scheme at Spalding Bakery have been thanked and rewarded for their efforts. The seven staff members – all foreign nationals – have passed the Level 2 Apprenticeship in Food Manufacturing using baking industry skills for the specialist industry knowledge component. The qualification was delivered in partnership with the National Centre for Food Manufacturing in Holbeach, ...

Residents are being given the chance to have their say over controversial trial changes at a Holbeach car park – and hear the arguments for making them from a South Holland District Council officer. Holbeach Parish Council has called a public meeting to consider the effects of relocating the market from High Street to the car park and of closing ...

Differing views by The Planning Inspectorate on a pair of new fences on opposite sides of the road are to be queried by South Holland District Council. The fences were put up last year by neighbours in Osier Road and Rutland Close in Spalding. The council rejected retrospective planning applications, telling both applicants that their fence was “an incongruous form of ...

Legislation on appealing the loss of a premises licence is again under the spotlight after a criminal shopowner abused the system to his financial advantage. Karwan Ahmad withdrew an appeal against the revocation of his licence for Baltic in Winsover Road, Spalding, less than 24 hours before it was due to be heard in court. But he had succeeded in ...

A World War Two amphibious landing craft is the latest addition to a permanent display at The Anglia Motel in Fleet. Owner Harold Payne has bought the American DUKW (affectionally nicknamed “Duck” by serving soldiers of the time) and plans to restore it as part of his military museum dedicated to fallen heroes of past wars. Harold’s aim is to ...

A burglar who went on the run during his trial has been jailed for four years after being described as “a thoroughly dishonest man”. Shane Boyton refused to come into court for his hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday (August 10) and remained naked inside a police car outside the building while he was being sentenced. The 37-year-old, of College ...

An appeal for financial support to support the family of Spalding shootings victims Claire and Charlotte Hart has quickly raised more than £1,500. It was started by Kate Haynes, a longtime friend of the family, who is helping Luke (26) and Ryan Hart (25) cope in the aftermath of the tragic event on July 19. Their mum Claire (50) and ...

A wrangle over ownership and repair of a Sutton Bridge fence damaged in strong winds is partially resolved. Part of a Grebe Close fence, which separates green space maintained by South Holland District Council and agricultural land, was blown down last December. Housing developer Kier was contacted and said the fence had been transferred to the council. The council rejected ...

Two Spalding pals hope to have raised £3,000 by cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats. For Ollie Maltby (24), it was the second time he has ridden the 900 miles. But for Ashley Caress it was much more of an achievement, having seen little action on a bike for several years. The mammoth journey took them nine days of about ...

Block paving in a poor state in Spalding’s Market Place and Hall Place is to be replaced. A five-week £40,000 programme of repairs to the road and footpaths, scheduled to start on Tuesday, August 30, has been announced by Lincolnshire County Council. A spokesman said: “They have been timed to cause minimum disruption to businesses, and will also avoid any ...

Lincolnshire Police are looking for more volunteers to support its fight against exploitation of certain members of the community by rogue traders, doorstep crime, hate and mate crime, scams (including scam mail and fraud) and financial exploitation. They have set up Operation REVIVE with the purpose of befriending, supporting, advising, liaising with vulnerable and elderly members of the community who ...

A collection of medieval silver coins, discovered during an archaeological dig at Pinchbeck, is to be auctioned with the proceeds donated to village charities. The 65 coins – checked for authenticity by the British Museum – date from the 12th to 18th centuries. Pinchbeck History and Archaeology Group press officer Ray Tucker said: “After a period of five years investigating ...

Two men involved in a street attack in which blows were “rained down” onto the victim were today (Fri) given suspended jail sentences at Lincoln Crown Court. Lee Dobney and James Ellis carried out the attack on Aaron Freemantle after their victim had earlier been asked  by Ellis to “go and have a chat”. Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said that Mr Freemantle declined ...

John Hayes has dismissed any notion of his award in the resignation honours list being a case of “cronyism”. The South Holland and The Deepings MP is to be given a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) honour by The Queen. Yet the list of recipients has attracted a wave of criticism, with former Prime Minister David Cameron being accused ...

Two multi-million pound projects across South Holland remain on track for completion despite fears over their final funding. The Peppermint Junction Interchange project and developments at the Holbeach campus of the Agri-Food Centre of Excellence are both still waiting for £2.4million of vital European Union regeneration funding to be released. Work is currently progressing on both developments, but there are ...

An elderly couple have finally had their phone line restored – more than three weeks after it was brought down when a telegraph pole outside their home was struck. It is the second instance in less than a year – last time it took two months to restore the connection to William and Jackie Hall’s home. The pensioners, of Main ...

A micro-pub based in one of Spalding’s oldest buildings could be named the best real ale pub in Lincolnshire. The Priors Oven in Sheep Market has been nominated by the Fenland branch committee of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale). Chairman Nigel Woodburn said: “It’s about choosing one pub from many excellent ones in our branch area and giving it a ...