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A close-knit community in Spalding still reeling from the murders of a mum and daughter has created a memorial to the pair. Residents, friends and even people who did not know Liz (49) and Katie Edwards (13) chipped in for a pair of brass plaques and wall-mounted vases to remember the pair who were killed at their Dawson Avenue home ...

Schools across South Holland are being urged to take part in a new initiative aimed at raising awareness of alcohol, drugs and legal highs. The scheme has been launched by Young Addaction Lincolnshire, a county-wide drug and alcohol service providing, treatment, early intervention and education to young people. And they have already received the backing of Marc Jones, the recently-elected ...

A Spalding business has been named among the best in the country in their particular field. Dog Training Made Easy – part of Lincs Training Ltd – scooped third place in a nationwide competition run by the Kennel Club of Great Britain. The Rutland Close business was competing in the Kennel Club Listed Status Clubs category at the Good Citizen ...

A Spalding resident has been left dismayed after his plans to create a wildflower meadow were destroyed. Howard Baxter, of Pullman Court, contacted South Holland District Council last summer to see if he could plant a wildflower meadow on an area of grassed public open space near his home. After initially getting the green light and then sowing the seeds ...

South Holland residents are being asked for their views on the creation of a Mayoral Combined Authority with a directly-elected mayor for the area. Launched this week, the consulation will run until August 8 with South Holland among ten local authorities. The authorities have joined together to devolve some powers, responsibilities and funding from government to Lincolnshire. This means more ...

A South Holland twinning group is looking for more members to join their exchange programme. The Friends of Sézanne have recently celebrated 58 years of making alternate annual visits to the French town and South Holland. And, after taking their turn to host their French counterparts this year, the club are appealing for people to get involved. Secretary Roy Ford ...

A business left devastated following the award of a poor food hygiene rating has quickly turned things around and attained the highest rating. Wimberley Hall Farm Shop and Café was given a rating of 1 in March following a routine inspection by South Holland District Council food health and safety officers. The issues requiring “significant improvement” were resolved within three ...

An Elsoms Seeds trial site in Pinchbeck has been chosen by The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board for its Winter Wheat Variety demonstration next week. Adrian Hayler, agricultural division manager at Elsoms Seeds, said: “This is the first time this event has been held in South Lincs and Elsoms are delighted that their trial site has been chosen as the ...

Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce wants to see a clear timeline quickly developed for the UK’s exit from the European Union. The organisation says it is important for its members and other businesses to not have a long period of uncertainty. Chief executive Simon Beardsley said: “Following the momentous decision to leave the EU there are a number of short and longer ...

The chairman of the UK Independence Party’s South Holland and The Deepings branch says he was “lost for words” after the stunning victory for Leave in the EU referendum. Coun Paul Foyster, also a district and parish councillor for Holbeach, said once the shockwaves throughout Britain had died down a little, the people can look forward to being a “free ...

South Holland District Council leader and Local Government Association chairman Gary Porter says the Government was “foolish” to ask the EU membership question of the British people when it didn’t know what the result was likely to be. The UK voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum. Coun Porter (Conservative) believes ...

The UK has voted to Leave the European Union – and almost three-quarters of the South Holland electorate who voted did the same. The district’s Leave proportion of the vote was 73.6 per cent – narrowly the second highest in the country behind neighbouring authority Boston (75.6 per cent). The result has been embraced by Conservative MP for South Holland and the ...

Two planning applications for a total of about 63 homes in Weston are recommended to be granted permission on Wednesday (June 29). A Mr Gibson has applied to South Holland District Council for outline permission for about 57 properties in High Road, and Weston Hills firm Broadgate Homes is poised for approval for six large homes in Pinfold Lane. Meanwhile, ...

Popular Spalding book store Bookmark has been taken over by the team behind Charmed Interiors. Jason Sutton, who owns Charmed Interiors’ Spalding and Downham Market stores, took the reins at The Crescent book shop last week. Christine Hanson, who has had 25 successful years at the helm, leaves the business on Friday. Darren Sutton, who is e-commerce and sales manager ...

The scale of a proposed care home in Spalding is too big for the site, according to council officers. They say the former Goodfellows School plot in Spalding Common is not suitable for Country Court Care Ltd’s plan for a two and three-storey building with 61 bedrooms. South Holland District Council’s planning committee will consider the application on Wednesday. It ...

Today (June 23) voters decide on the UK’s future membership of the European Union. After months of campaigning by the Leave and Remain camps, latest opinion polls suggest the outcome is neck and neck. So the estimated 12 per cent of the electorate who were still undecided as recently as last weekend could prove crucial. Two leading South Holland politicians – ...

Grass on roadside verges and roundabouts will go uncut next year as the council attempts to trim its spending. From April 2017, Lincolnshire County Council will cease its “amenity” grass cutting, which is generally carried out in built-up areas, approaches to major junctions and on the central islands of roundabouts. This year, the council will carry out seven cuts between ...

Ladies gripped by Euro 2016 football fever can now get a taste of the action with a new fitness class being launched in South Holland. For the first time in the area, Soccercise sessions are being launched in a six-week block, starting on Monday, July 4. The idea was developed by the Football Association and is an aerobic class, combining ...

Residents of South Holland are being warned to take extra care after the area was hit by freak thunderstorms last week. Torrential downpours affected businesses, homes, roads and schools which saw Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue called to a number of incidents. And, with the continued threat of thundery showers which could develop into localised flooding, they are advising people to ...

Fleet businessman Harold Payne has heaped praise and gratitude upon the many supporters who have backed his cause over the past 25 years. Mr Payne has raised close to £750,000 towards helping veterans make annual trips to the battlefields and war cemeteries in France and Belgium. And, after organising the 25th annual trip this year, he insisted none of it ...