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A pioneering community nursing project which was started in South Holland has scooped a national award. The project was initiated by community nursing team case managers to change the way they work to better support their patients and colleagues – and such has been the success of it that it is now being developed across the county. Called the ‘Supporting ...

A riding instructor at stables in West Pinchbeck got a nice surprise after hearing that she had been shortlisted for a national award. Alicia Horton, of Gosberton Risegate, is one of just five instructors from across the country to have made it through to the final of the Associated British Riding Schools’ Golden Spur Award. This highly prized award tests ...

Spalding will be without a town centre manager – temporarily at least – from September. Current encumbent Dennis Hannant is leaving the role early on August 31 “by mutual agreement”. Matt Clark, chairman of Spalding town centre management board, said Mr Hannant, who took up the role in November 2014, had made it clear then that he was happy to get ...

South Holland District Council is losing patience over the former Bull and Monkie site in Spalding – and is ready to force its sale. The prominent plot in Churchgate was tidied up by the council in 2014 but offshore owner Crispen Holdings Ltd has never settled the £13,000 bill. The council is thought to be keen on developing the site ...

A series of level crossings closures in South Holland and Boston has been announced to enable Network Rail to carry out essential maintenance. A Network Rail spokesman said: “These are for a variety of reasons, most are for the annual test of the crossing equipment. Some are to upgrade the crossing surface/crossing deck, such as white lining, and tarmac repairs ...

Some of South Holland’s largest empty and run-down properties could carry on deteriorating for many more years, it has been warned. We reported earlier this month (July) that Spalding’s Old Johnson Hospital and former Royal Mail sorting office are both owned by offshore company Dyden Ltd. It has emerged that the firm owns other decaying property. Several years ago it ...

A small group of people who have driven through the delivery of a controversial leisure marina at Sutton Bridge are delighted to see the project finally realised. Cross Keys Marina hit funding stumbling blocks and objections but, finally, what started out as a millennium project has come to fruition. However, one regret for Nene Marina CIC (Community Interest Company) is ...

Police pulled over a trawling motorist suspected to be drink-driving – and found him to be playing Pokémon Go. The Volkswagen Polo driver was stopped in Holland Market in Spalding overnight on Thursday (July 21) and found to be using the smartphone app, which has created a craze across the world. Spalding Police, who had spotted the car being driven ...

A woman who used the identity of a dead child to falsely claim benefits has been warned she faces a possible jail sentence. Lincoln Crown Court heard Maria Pridmore (36) falsely claimed over £16,000 in housing benefit, council tax and income support after failing to notify the authorities of changes in her circumstances. Chris Geeson, prosecuting, told the court Pridmore ...

Long Sutton’s Market House Community Centre has received a £6,000 community development grant from Lincolnshire County Council and South Holland District Council. It will go towards the cost of replacing the wagon arch door at the rear of the building in the same style and colour, but in aluminium and with double glazing. Jeanne Sibley, the development officer and centre ...

Spalding’s St Mary and St Nicolas Church has been awarded £10,500 to research integration with foreign nationals. The town has been identified as one of the least integrated places in England. The Parochial Church Council wants to employ people to research the barriers to integration and to identify ways to overcome them. The part-time work (about 275 hours between September ...

by Peter Start – Secretary of Friends of Speyer peter.start@btinternet.com At the invitation of the Oberbergermeister of Speyer (Hansjorg Eger), a delegation of 23 Spalding people set out on July 6 to travel to Speyer specifically to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the town twinning partnership. The party was led by Coun Angela Newton (chairman of the Friends of Speyer) and ...

A fresh premises licence application has been submitted for a new supermarket in Spalding. Frahang Amin Mohammed wants permission to sell alcohol at Mini Poli in Winsover Road from 10am to 9.30pm seven days a week. The last application for the premises – formerly China City Restaurant – was thrown out by South Holland District Council’s panel of the licensing ...

Hard-working volunteers are hoping that enough has been done to be named best large town in East Midlands In Bloom this year. After winning a gold award in 2015, but being pipped into third place by Belper and Market Harborough, hopes are high among Spalding In Bloom committee members for an even better outcome. Chairman and South Holland district councillor ...

The final chance for South Holland residents to have a say on preferred sites for development over the next 20 years is happening now. A new Local Plan is being prepared for South East Lincolnshire (the areas of Boston Borough Council and South Holland District Council) to guide the development and use of land in the area. A second public ...

South Holland and The Deepings MP John Hayes has praised the work of emergency services at the horrific scene of three fatal shootings in Spalding.  Using a shotgun, Moulton man Lance Hart (57) murdered his wife Claire (50) and their 19-year-old daughter Charlotte before committing suicide. The tragedy happened in the car park of the Castle Sports Complex swimming pool ...

Sainsbury’s is stepping up its help to customers needing a parking space at the Spalding store by installing a camera system. The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system will monitor vehicles arriving and leaving the supermarket’s Holland Market car park. And the registered owner of any vehicle overstaying the two-hour free parking limit can expect a parking charge notice (PCN) ...

The tragic event on Tuesday (July 19) brought the number of people killed in violent circumstances in Spalding in the last two years to six. All three incidents were unrelated and only the most recent involved a gun. In August 2014, Spalding dad Warren Free died following a beating in a park behind his Coronation Close home. Six teenagers were ...

The Pokémon Go craze is as hot in South Holland as it is across the world right now. The free-to-play game uses mobile phones to fuse gaming with reality. Using GPS technology, players – or trainers as they are known – can ‘catch’ characters which appear on their screen. The game is enthralling people of all ages, with individuals and ...

Frantic efforts were made to save the lives of Claire Hart (50) and daughter Charlotte (19) after the triple shooting on Tuesday. It was clear to the first people on the scene at Spalding’s swimming pool car park that a third victim, 57-year-old Lance Hart, was already dead. It is believed he shot his wife and daughter before turning the ...