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Police are appealing for information after a burglary at the garage of a home in Holbeach. A Sovereign petrol chainsaw was stolen during the incident in Hall Hill Road between February 16 and February 20. The niche number of the chainsaw is 16000032587. Police say the garage is at the end of a row and the offender prised it open using a metal bar. Anyone with ...

Ten health trainer jobs are at risk after a Lincolnshire County Council decision to stop funding the service. Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), which delivers the service in South Holland, Boston and South Kesteven, has begun a restructuring effort to try and retain the service. LCVS employs ten people – three in South Holland – and hopes to find ...

Stallholders on Spalding market are holding a prize tombola for customers on Saturday (March 5), with prizes having a Mother’s Day theme. The draw follows the success of a similar promotion last month when 12 Valentine’s Day prizes were offered by traders. David Burgess, chairman of the recently-formed Spalding branch of the National Market Traders’ Federation, said it went “very ...

A fresh application has been made for a premises licence for the former China City Restaurant in Winsover Road. The property is currently being altered in preparation for it opening as a general store. Previously, Karwan Ahmad had applied to South Holland District Council for permission to sell alcohol. But Mr Ahmad had his premises licences for neighbouring stores Winsover ...

A special networking event giving local businesses the chance to understand about opportunities for working with South Holland District Council was a success. The first ever Meet The Buyer event, at the South Holland Centre in Spalding, had over 80 people attending. Organised by the council’s economic development team, business representatives had the opportunity to learn about winning contracts to ...

A resident who has picked up rubbish dumped near his home for years is calling on the authorities to get a grip on the problem. Jim Thackray, of South Drove, Spalding, says he has been collecting litter dropped down the dead end near his home for the past 20 years – but claims the problem has got much worse in ...

A former Pinchbeck man who sent naked photographs of a woman to 13 of her neighbours has been sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment. Christopher David Mills (57) included the pictures in a “round-robin letter” which also made allegations about the victim’s background, Lincoln Crown Court heard on Wednesday.(March 2) A number of the woman’s neighbours on the quiet cul-de-sac in Sutterton were ...

Free transport to Lincolnshire’s 16 grammar schools is under threat. There is no statutory requirement for the county council to provide or pay for transport to a grammar school, unless it is the nearest school over three miles to a pupil’s home. Currently, 25 per cent of the county is not within an area benefiting from free grammar school transport, ...

A concerted effort is being made for the government to make allowances for South Holland District Council continuing to fund internal drainage boards. The local authority is one of fewer than 20 across the country which collects a precept for IDBs. Were it not for that, South Holland’s council tax bill would be the second lowest in the country. The ...

A car was the subject of an arson attack in Holbeach town centre on Sunday night.(February 28) A Peugeot 307 was set alight in the Station Street/Belle Vue Close area at about 7.10pm. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said on Monday: “The offender hasn’t yet been traced and enquiries are ongoing.” Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting ...

A name change of Moulton Parish Council to The Moultons to better reflect the area it serves has been passed despite criticism by ward district councillor Rodney Grocock. He told last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council: “I’ve never heard anything so daft in all my life. What next? Are we going back to The Suttons and The Elloes. ...

A twinning group which has a 58-year bond with a French town is looking for new families to enjoy its benefits. Spalding’s Friends of Sezanne group is hosting a visit from its continental counterparts in May, but needs more people to come forward to welcome the visitors into their homes. Chairman of the group Keith Savage said: “Three new families ...

A drug dealer who transformed his life with help from the Prince’s Trust has been spared an immediate jail sentence. Shaun Taylor is now free of drugs, has found himself a job and was short-listed for a national award for the way he has turned around his life. Judge Michael Heath praised him when passing sentence at Lincoln Crown Court ...

A driver was killed on the A16 near Surfleet on Friday.(February 26) The 20-year-old woman, from Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, was driving a blue Renault Clio which collided with a Scania HGV at about 4.10pm. The lorry driver, from Fleet Hargate, was not injured. Police want anyone who saw the collision or the vehicles prior to it to call 01522 558855. ...

Litter bins in Holbeach weren’t emptied for ten days because the person who usually does the job was on holiday. Rubbish, including cans, packets and bags of dog poo, were left strewn across the floor as the bins reached capacity but people still tried to put their rubbish in. One Holbeach resident was so disgusted by the state of the ...

At the start of this week, following the conclusion of the Prime Minister’s negotiations in Brussels, I made clear my view that Britain should leave the European Union. Ultimately, my decision has little to do with the details of the agreement that has now been reached, which is self-evidently somewhat better than the status quo. Rather, I believe that the European Union is ...

South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter is one of 150 top councillors nationwide calling for the Prime Minister to press ahead with plans to update the Sunday trading laws. A letter also signed by 40 MPs, which was published in The Telegraph, calls on David Cameron to allow local councils to decide upon shop opening hours. It reads: “We ...

The teenaged driver of a car involved in a road traffic collision in Spalding on Saturday was arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent and dangerous driving. A woman was injured in the incident in Harveys Close, a residential cul-de-sac off Holbeach Road. Police are still trying to establish what happened and have appealed for witnesses or anyone ...

John Hayes is ready to defy the Prime Minister and vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. The Tory South Holland and the Deepings MP – a well-documented Eurosceptic – will reinforce that stance in the referendum this summer. His vote will be something of a conscience struggle for Mr Hayes, a fervent supporter of David Cameron ...

The body of a Donington pensioner who drove away from his home in the early hours of Tuesday (February 23) was found the following day. Police said there were no suspicions circumstances surrounding the death of Michael Watterson (68).