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The A16 is currently closed just outside Spalding. Lincolnshire Police have closed the route between its junction with Wardentree Lane and the A151 near Springfields and McDonald’s. Lincolnshire Police say it follows a three vehicle collision at the A151 junction. A spokesman said: “The road has been closed while emergency services are at the scene. “ Traffic was already busy in ...

Police are investigating after a body was found in the grounds of St Mary and St Nicolas Church in Spalding. They were called called at 9pm on Monday July 17 after the body was found in a tent on the site. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We were called to St Mary and St Nicolas Church, Church Street, Spalding, ...

Work to improve cycleway and footpaths on a road in Spalding are set to begin next week and last up to six weeks The work is being carried out on Holbeach Road as what is the first phase of Lincolnshire County Council’s Spalding Active Travel improvements. The proposed start date for the works is Monday 24 July, with the first ...

A Spalding man harassed a woman after their brief relationship ended, a court was told. It was “persistent and unwarranted” behaviour by 53-year-old Jacek Stoltman.Prosecutor Paul Wood told magistrates in Boston on Wednesday that the woman had moved intoStoltman’s home in Perry Close during their three-week relationship.“It didn’t work out and ended in some acrimony. She packed her bags and ...

A man who posted private sexual photos of his estranged partner online has been sent to crown court for sentencing. In a revenge porn incident, Jack Frangou uploaded photos of the woman topless and lying on a bed wearing only a bra to a closed Facebook page. He then sent invitations to her friends and family to join the page. ...

Spalding railway station’s ticket office is among those earmarked for closure. East Midlands Railway, along with other operators, is conducting consultations on modernisation plans which are likely to see most ticket offices closed. But the move will not see a reduction in the number of staff at the station, according to the company. “No station that is currently staffed will ...

An 18-year-old with a brain tumour has been left distraught after his only transport was stolen from Spalding town centre this morning. Jack Schweikhardt’s white BMW bike with mudguards was left outside of Gregg’s in Hall Place between 10.15am and 10.45am this morning. The bike was locked to a pole, but it had been forced open. His mum Jodie has ...

Football can and does help footfall in Spalding a councillor has claimed as a panel unanimously gave its backing for the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field to be leased out. The ground bequeathed to the people of Spalding on the proviso it be open to the public was described as a “challenging site” for South Holland by Coun Paul Redgate ...

The annual canvass, a process which takes place every year to keep the Electoral Register up to date, will start later this week. Managed by the electoral services team at South Holland District Council, it will see around 20,000 properties contacted by email on Friday, July 14.Emails will be sent to those in the household aged 16 or over who ...

A knife fell out of a man’s trouser pocket as he was led from a pub by police. Lewis Markham earlier had a flick knife in his hand as he talked to the manager inside The Lincolnshire Poacher, Spalding.Prosecutor Kate Minihane told Boston Magistrates’ Court that Markham had wanted to talk to the owner but instead spoke to the female ...

Three men who impersonated police officers in a conspiracy to extort cryptocurrency have been jailed. The conviction is said to be the first of its kind in the country.Thomas Green (24), of Tollet Street, London, and Leonardo Sapiano (24), of Invicta Close, London, were sentenced to four years and nine months for conspiring to blackmail.Rayhan Miah (24), of Monteagle Avenue, ...

The team that tackles homelessness in South Holland are ‘moving in the right direction’, it’s been claimed, after it was revealed staffing problems had led to it missing a host of targets. It was highlighted as an area of concern in a report of South Holland District Council’s performance between January and March this year.The document to its Performance Monitoring ...

Previous council leadership ‘didn’t have enough urgency’ towards the South Holland Centre, councillors have claimed. But despite being £124,000 over budget in the last financial year, they also praised the progress made in increasing footfall in recent works.The issue came before South Holland District Council’s Performance and Monitoring Committee last week where the South Holland Centre’s new manager Jo Mackle ...

Three hare coursers have been ordered to pay more than £10,000 kennelling costs after their dogs were seized in South Holland. They and a fourth man have all been handed sentences of four months’ custody, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for six months.Nelson Loveridge (38), Stacey Smith (39) and Danny Rainford (33) were dealt with at Boston ...

Ahead of its summer fair, Holbeach Hospital has been given a boost thanks to a birdie or two. Malcolm Miller from Tydd St Giles Golf Club raised £1,200 thanks to a golf day in aid of the institution.A spokesman for the East Elloe Trust, which runs the hospital, said: “Thank you to Malcolm and his wife for all of their ...

The Tulip Academy’s annual Family Fun Day was extra special this year as its new teaching block was officially opened. Pupils from both of its sites gathered at the Waterside Campus to enjoy a host of fun and games with their families invited.And the new £7.8m building there was officially opened by Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for children’s services ...

A Holbeach drug-driver who had a knife in the car has been ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work. Patrick Smith (22) was also disqualified for three years for his second conviction of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs.Police spotted him driving a Ford Ranger erratically in Boston’s Sleaford Road at 12.45am on March 7.Prosecutor Fiona ...

A tip-off to police led to a 51-year-old woman from South Holland being stopped while driving at almost twice the alcohol limit. Sarah-Jayne Lawson was pulled over in High Road, Whaplode, while driving home to Rathkenny Close in Holbeach.Fiona McClelland, prosecuting at Boston Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday, said: “A report was made to police that an intoxicated female had collected ...

It’s been argued lessons need to be learned on the upkeep of Peele Leisure Centre or it faces losing more customers. The delay in repairing volleyball posts there led to it being referred to South Holland District Council’s Performance and Monitoring Panel.Its meeting last week was told that there had been a ‘breakdown in communication’ between operators Parkwood and University ...

Anger drove a South Holland man to smash a neighbour’s window with a paving slab, a court heard. John Stephenson had been drinking when he went to the home of Ashton Linger, who is the partner of Stephenson’s cousin.It happened in Summerson Close in Donington, where they both live, at about 9pm on June 18.Prosecutor Fiona McClelland said: “Ashton identified ...