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Two people have been taken to hospital following a reported ammonia leak in Pinchbeck. Six other casualties were treated at the scene, an abattoir for Morrisons in Brunel Road. The incident was reported to emergency services at 9.32am on Friday. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue assisted in evacuation the premises. Several appliances attended the scene.

A Donington lorry driver is to stand trial after denying causing the death of a man by dangerous driving. Luke Anthony Bates (31), of Malting Lane, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (July 31). Car driver Brian Herrick (69) was killed in a crash with an articulated lorry on the A453 in Nottinghamshire on October 6 last year. A ...

South Holland residents can win £200 worth of vouchers in a new get active promotion. SHout and About launches on Monday, August 17 and runs for 12 weeks. Competitors collect points for completing weekly fun activities including arts, crafts, walking, exercise classes, cooking, gardening, dancing and much more. Run by South Holland District Council’s Community Development team, the competition is ...

A Spalding man said to have been intending to commit a sexual offence has been remanded in custody.  Vytas Prochorenko (37) was arrested in the Hampton Court area of the town at about 10.30pm on Sunday, August 2. He was charged the following day with the offence of knowingly/recklessly trespassing on premises with intention of committing a sexual offence. Prochorenko, of St John’s ...

A Holbeach motorist is accused of being behind the wheel while almost five times the drink-drive limit. Jenna Peel (32) was arrested in the town’s Park Road on Tuesday afternoon. Police said: “She has been charged with driving a vehicle with an alcohol level of 160 microgrammes in 100 mililitres of breath.” The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. Peel is ...

A member of South Holland District Council has hit out at its policy, claiming that attracting new business and making improvements to infrastructure should be more important than large housing schemes. It comes in light of outline planning permission being granted for a 900-home estate in Holbeach. Coun Paul Foyster was elected to represent Holbeach Town ward on South Holland ...

Up to six new jobs will be created when a veterinary centre opens a second site. Sutterton Veterinary Centre has applied for permission to turn the former NatWest bank in West End, Holbeach, into a clinic. Plans have gone into South Holland District Council and staff at the centre are expecting a decision by September 9. If permission is granted ...

Work on creating a memorial garden for Spalding man Warren Free is under way. Neighbour Mick Clarkson has vowed to transform a small parcel of land near Mr Free’s home in Coronation Close into a lasting memory to him. It comes as the first anniversary of Mr Free’s death approaches. Last month six teenagers were cleared of murdering him. Mr ...

A new housing company to increase the supply of homes in South Holland now has a name. South Holland District Council launched the company earlier this year and asked readers to come up with a suitable name for it. The council received multiple entries but two caught the judges’ eye – The Welland Housing Company’ and Welland Housing. After much ...

This is how part of New Road could look if proposals to create two more pedestrianised areas in Spalding are adopted. The other area of the town centre which would be made vehicle-free is Sheep Market. Further recommendations include: an on-street bus station in New Road getting rid of the 16 parking spaces in Market Place removing the “unsightly” public ...

A Spalding shop has made alterations to its premises without planning permission. The town’s newest Eastern European store – International Food (formerly The Station Gates pub) in Winsover Road – was given permission by South Holland District Council to temporarily remove a wall to allow access for large freezers. Now there is a new door and window where the wall ...

Mystery surrounds the death of a man whose car left the road, hit a telegraph pole and smashed into a barn wall. Steven Gibling (32) died in the accident at Proctor’s Farm, Starlode Drove, West Pinchbeck, on October 5 last year. On Thursday coroner Prof Robert Forrest resumed the inquest into Mr Gibling’s death. He returned a narrative verdict as ...

Landworkers in South Holland are being urged to clean up litter in rural areas as part of a new leaflet scheme. Produced by South Holland District Council in conjunction with Spalding Police, the leaflets are written in Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian and English. Each page displays an image of litter being placed into a bag with the message: “Please make sure ...

When Zach Le Sage set his heart on becoming a music producer he could not have imagined that his breakthrough tune would have been a nursery rhyme. But it was his EDM house music mix of Humpty Dumpty which impressed Radio 1 DJ Greg James, who played Zach’s effort on his show on Monday. Greg had appealed for listeners to ...

Two new sites have been earmarked in Spalding for the disposal of non-toxic waste. An area in Wardentree Lane/Enterprise Park and another on Clay Lake Industrial Estate are among 13 across Lincolnshire to be included in a draft Lincolnshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan. The plan is aimed at ensuring the county can meet its waste management needs until 2031. ...

Thousands of households across South Holland are being urged to come clean if they are claiming council tax discounts they are not entitled to. South Holland District Council gives a 25 per cent council tax discount to more than 11,500 households where there is only one adult living in a property. In the past financial year, the discount totalled more ...

A Quadring man has appeared in court accused of falsely representing that he was collecting money for the Help for Heroes charity. David Santini (53) faces two charges of fraud, one charge of theft and one charge of wearing a military uniform without permission. Santini, of North Drove, spoke only to confirm his name during a five-minute preliminary hearing at Lincoln ...

UPDATE: Police officers searching for a missing woman found a body in a field near Gedney on Saturday (Aug 1). Karen Greenwood (50), from Essex, had been staying with relatives in Fleet Hargate. She left the address at around 2pm on Thursday, following a disagreement, and had made no contact since. She had not taken any money with her or the ...

The family of a man who died after he was attacked with a metal pole, kicked and stamped on in a “vicious” attack, say they have been let down by the justice system. Six teenagers were found not guilty of the murder and manslaughter of Spalding man Warren Free (42) after a five-week trial at Lincoln Crown Court. Warren died ...

A banned breed pitbull may have been involved in illegal dogfighting before it was killed in an road accident in Spalding. The female dog was accidentally knocked down and killed by a taxi in Hawthorn Bank on July 19. Police and the RSPCA were called after it became clear the dog was a pitbull, which is a banned breed in ...