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Pressures of the job have lead to the resignation of the headteacher at the Peele Community College. Simon Gilman, who has been head of the school for three years, may return as a business studies teacher in the new year. In a statement published on the Peele Community College’s website, the board of governors said: “It is with regret the ...

Motorists are being warned of overnight A17 reconstruction and resurfacing work over the coming weeks. The A17/A1101 Long Sutton roundabout will undergo work from Tuesday, October 6, to Thursday, October 15. The work will be carried out between 8pm and 6am, with no weekend working. There will be a road closure of the B1359 leg between the roundabout and the ...

The authors behind a book that has attracted international media coverage are to appear at Bookmark in Spalding. She’s A Boy is the true story of Spalding’s Joe Holliday (27), who was born a boy but raised a girl. The book was written by journalist Louise Chapman, who also lives in the town. She said: “There has been such a ...

Patients in South Lincolnshire are being offered free blood pressure checks as part of Know Your Numbers Week, which runs until Sunday (September 20). NHS South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is urging patients to visit www.bloodpressureuk.org to find their nearest pressure station. The free checks will be taking place in many local pharmacies in Lincolnshire. The tests, which help ...

Free training is being offered to equip people with the skills necessary to ensure they fulfil their obligations to promote the wellbeing of adults and protect them from harm and abuse. The training – Safeguarding Adults: Everyone’s Responsibility – offered by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), is particularly targeted at anyone who cares for adults especially in a charity ...

Ten new Spalding almshouses are nearing completion – and applications to become residents are being invited. The one-bedroom properties in Larkspur Way belong to the charity Spalding Town Husbands, whose housing stock has now grown to 71, three of which are in Pinchbeck. The criteria for applicants is that they must be poor and living in South Holland. Whilst the ...

A new era will be ushered in with the relaunch of a youth club which has been entertaining young people for 70 years. A relaunch day is to be held on Saturday, September 19, to mark a new beginning for Holbeach Youth Club and its home base, which is to be renamed The Holbeach Hub. It is hoped the event ...

A Whaplode man is appealing for information after a sculpture bought for him and his wife on their 40th wedding anniversary was stolen from outside his home. The ruby shaped bronze was taken from outside Stan Hoyes’ front door in Churchgate overnight on Friday, August 21. Mr Hoyes said the bronze has great sentimental value to him as a gift ...

A new £100,000-plus CCTV system is now up and running – several months later than planned – and helping in the fight against crime. The state-of-the-art cameras in Spalding are now being monitored 24/7 from a central control room and several arrests have already been made as a result. Cameras were due to “go live” in June, but the switch ...

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner has refused to comment on rumours the county’s police could be in line for a 75 per cent increase in its funding. A report in a national newspaper over the weekend suggested that Home Secretary Teresa May is secretly planning to overhaul the way money is allocated to police forces across the country, with cash ...

Campaigners have welcomed a decision to refuse permission for a new solar farm in Sutton St James. Planning officers at South Holland District Council had recommended the rows of solar panels on 11.8 hectares of land in New Fen Dike were given the go-ahead despite objections from a number of residents and MP John Hayes, who feared the development would ...

An elderly man is “lovin’ it” after a Spalding police officer went the extra mile to make sure he didn’t have to go without a treat. The man was on his way to the town’s McDonald’s restaurant – which uses the “I’m Lovin’ It” tagline in its adverts – when he was involved in a minor car crash. Emergency services ...

It’s happy 40th birthday today (Thursday) to Spalding and District Dog Training Club. It was on September 10, 1975 that its first committee meeting was held. Since then hundreds of dogs across many breeds and of all ages have been trained to become more obedient and even better examples of man’s best friend. Club chairman Dot Asplen – one of ...

There is an opportunity to spend a morning singing at All Saints’ Church in Holbeach with a Back To Choir Day on Saturday (September 19). The event is for anyone who enjoys singing, or who has never sung, or perhaps was in a choir at school but has not sung since then. Musical director Barry Lancaster will take people through ...

Do you want to know more about how anti-social behaviour is dealt with by police? Perhaps you have a question about policing levels in the district or how crime priorities are set? South Holland community policing inspector Jo Reeves is offering readers of The Voice the opportunity to ask her directly questions about the service. Whatever your query, Insp Reeves ...

Two new Police Community Support Officers for South Holland have started their beats. PCSO Jack Craft will become a familiar face on the Spalding estates and PCSO Tracey Abbott has begun her role in Crowland. They started their new positions last week – just as Jo Reeves’ role as South Holland community policing inspector was made permanant. Insp Reeves welcomed ...

Police are appealing for information after a crash in Sutton Bridge on Monday (September 7). It involved a white Vauxhall Astra van and a silver Ford Fiesta car and happened on Bridge Road, at its junction with Chestnut Terrace. The Fiesta was travelling towards Long Sutton and the Astra was going in the opposite direction when the accident happened at ...

Holbeach could see another large estate built, with a third primary school for the town. The housing development – totalling up to 1,000 homes – is planned for land between the A17 and Spalding Road. The plot has been earmarked for development for many years, but a plan emerging so soon after a scheme to build 900 homes at Manor Farm was approved ...

A custom-built bicycle worth £1,700 was stolen during a burglary in Pinchbeck. It happened between midday and 2pm on Thursday, August 27, at a property in Cowards Lane. Police said: “The offender smashed the door off the shed and stole a Pinerallo red, black and white carbon fibre racing bike. “The bike was custom built and worth around £1,700.” Anyone ...

A woman accused of fraudulently using a bank card belonging to a Spalding pensioner has appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Maria Pridmore (35) is charged with the theft of a bank card belonging to Angela Bird on May 28, this year. Pridmore, of West Cobgate, Moulton, also faces two charges of fraud by false representation. It is alleged Pridmore used ...