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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 ...

A legal challenge against plans for a new-look county library service has been dismissed by a High Court judge. In February, the council’s executive approved proposals for a new-look service in light of changes in the way libraries are used and the authority’s substantially reduced budget. The move was challenged by local campaigners, who claimed it was unlawful. But on ...

Warren Free’s death was the second tragedy to hit his close-knit family. In 2007, seven years before Warren died, his brother Steven died after an altercation in a pub. Living in Reading at the time, Steven (34) was attacked by another man in a bar who accused him of “jumping the queue”. Steven was thrown backwards and hit his head ...

Warren Free had been the victim of a previous vicious attack 11 years before his death which had left him scarred and scared, his family has revealed. Speaking to The Voice, Warren’s dad Bob said he wanted people to understand how Warren’s past had left him “vulnerable” to the incident which eventually took his life. He said: “Warren was a ...

A Government pledge to overhaul the funding formula for police forces has been welcomed in Lincolnshire. The county’s chief constable Neil Rhodes and Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick met with Police Minister Mike Penning earlier this year to call for changes after fears the county’s force would soon be on the “edge of viability”. They told Mr Penning that ...

A Holbeach businessman is warning people not to get sucked in by a scam involving Dyson vacuum cleaners. Bob Bulbeck, owner of BB Dyson, says a number of his customers have been contacted by people purporting to be calling from Dyson. He said: “I’m getting several emails a week from customers who have been contacted by these people claiming to ...

An initiative is underway to make sure those who are entitled to are registered to vote. Householders in South Holland will shortly receive a form asking them to check whether the information that appears on the electoral register for those living at their address is correct. The forms are being sent out as part of South Holland District Council’s annual ...

A mother who walked in on her daughter being sexually abused says it has destroyed their lives. The woman, who cannot be named because her daughter’s identity is protected by a court order, said “it was like an atomic bomb going off in their lives”. The girl was targeted on numerous occasions over a six-year period by Paul Jennings, who ...

A paedophile has been jailed for more than six years for a catalogue of sex offences against young girls. Robert Parrish (51), of Broad Gate, Weston, admitted eight sexual assaults, five exposures, and two counts of voyeurism at a hearing in June. The offences all happened in July, August and September of last year. Two of the sexual assaults happened ...

A legal challenge against plans for a new-look county library service has been dismissed by a High Court judge. In February, the council’s executive approved proposals for a new-look service in light of changes in the way libraries are used and the authority’s substantially reduced budget. The move was challenged by local campaigners, who claimed it was unlawful. But on ...