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A new campaign has been launched to rid South Holland streets of dog fouling. South Holland District Council has joined up with national environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy to launch the new “We’re watching you” campaign aimed at dog walkers who don’t pick up after their dogs. Officers will soon roll out a small number of signs at carefully selected ...

Someone in the group who attacked murder victim Warren Free is alleged to have said as they walked away: “Oh s***, what if he’s dead?” Lincoln Crown Court heard that the group was relieved when they looked round and saw the father-of-two getting to his feet after the incident near his home in Coronation Close in Spalding on August 28 ...

A clear message emerged from the second annual Spalding Cycling Forum – little improvements can be achieved without funding being channelled here. Delegates at the event organised by cycling action group Pedals agreed that it was all very well there being national strategies, but money was required to put them into action. Furthermore, places like Spalding which demonstrate a willing ...

A Spalding district councillor is demanding that Network Rail managers come to town to explain persistent problems with the line through South Holland. Coun George Aley says the public deserves to hear first-hand what the issues are and what the company responsible for the rail network is doing about it. Instances of the barriers at Mill Green, Park Road and ...

LETTER: John Siddle is very selective in the wording he uses when responding to comments and criticism of the A16 traffic accidents (The Voice, June 11). It is obvious that the road does not cause crashes; it just sits there quietly all day while people run over it. My sympathy goes to those persons and families affected by the crashes and I have ...

A 15-year-old girl accused of murder later admitted to striking the victim over the head with a metal pole, a jury was told on Tuesday (June 16). The girl – one of six teenagers on trial accused of the murder of Spalding man Warren Free – allegedly made the admission to her own sister shortly before she handed herself in to police. ...

Children’s play areas across the district have been spruced up by council workers in time for summer. As part of  the district council’s Pride in South Holland campaign, play equipment at nine sites has been given a fresh coat of paint. The newly-painted play areas in Spalding include Goodfellows playing field, Park Close playing field, Thames Road and Fern Park. ...

Six juveniles murdered a Spalding father-of-two in a row over broken fencing at his home, a court has heard. It was claimed on Monday (June 15) that Warren Free was kicked, punched, stamped upon and repeatedly struck with a metal pole which he had taken with him as he confronted the group, who were causing an early-hours disturbance. The Crown ...

The esteemed Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum is likely to move – but not anytime soon. The Broad Street premises – which was purpose-built in 1910 – is in a poor state, is too small and has limited disabled access. Chairman Nick Casswell said the society is looking into alternative premises but it would need a lot of grant support. He ...

The number of people unemployed and claiming Jobseekers Allowance in South Holland remained steady in April. Just 1.8 per cent of the working age population of the district were out of work, meaning just 753 claiming the unemployment benefit. The figure is down from 1,089 claimants in April 2014. The number of jobseekers across Lincolnshire continues to fall – down ...

A growing number of overweight adults is tipping the scales towards South Holland becoming one of the UK’s “fattest” places. Almost a third (32.5 per cent)of adults in the district are classed as obese, with even more classed as overweight. The figure compares to a national average of just 23 per cent and puts South Holland close to the country’s ...

Community champions are hoping people will get behind their £50,000 plans to extend a village’s changing rooms. Cowbit Playing Field Committee has launched a crowdfunding project in the hope of raising the large sum of money to overhaul the pavilion. It is hoped the extension and revamp will bring the changing facilities up to FA requirements for the benefit of ...

Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge are not included in the upgraded CCTV scheme going live across South Holland shortly. Neither town will have coverage from South Holland District Council’s £108,475 scheme, but there is the ability to join at a later stage. Both parish councils say they are yet to receive the assurances they require to make a commitment. It ...

A social event organised as part of D-Day remembrance in Spalding was held on Monday (June 8). Twenty six people enjoyed a carvery meal at The Ship Albion in Albion Street. It was the first event of its kind organised by Spalding branch of The Royal British Legion and included guests from Spalding branch of the Parachute Regimental Association. It ...

Services personnel from Spalding who lost their lives in World War Two are to be permanently commemorated in the town’s Ayscoughfee Gardens. Spalding branch of The Royal British Legion is planning to erect stone tablets bearing the 120 names of the fallen. There is a roll of honour commemorating them in nearby St Mary and St Nicolas Church, but they ...

Three serious collisions on the A16 between Spalding and Crowland in recent days were not linked to any issues with the road, it has been claimed. John Siddle, of Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, revealed there were “very different reasons” behind the incidents – and none involved the road itself. “People are linking them together because they happened fairly close to ...

Three recently-built council housing developments have been nominated for prestigious awards. Homes in Wrights Lane in Sutton Bridge, Stonegate in Cowbit and Millfield Gardens in Crowland are in the running to win accolades in this year’s Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards for the East Midlands. The homes, which were all built recently by South Holland District Council ...

Two people who carried out a “cowardly” attack in Spalding which left a man with serious injuries have been given sentences totalling 17 years. Franky McCarthy (21), of Cowbit Road, and Craig Addison, (19), of Balmoral Avenue in the town struck as their victim was walking home with a friend at the end of a night out. McCarthy was jailed for ...

Better images, better results – that’s the pledge coming with South Holland’s £108,475 upgraded CCTV system. The first camera in Spalding has completed testing and the other 16 cameras in the town will be rolled out from Monday (June 15). They are all due to be operational by the end of this month, at which point four new cameras in ...

UPDATE, Thursday 11am: A pensioner missing from his Spalding home since Tuesday has been found “safe in Norfolk”, say Lincolnshire Police. Beverly Brown (84) left his home in Sezanne Walk on Tuesday morning bound for Norfolk to visit relatives, who raised the alarm when he didn’t arrive. Police say no further details will be issued about the case. Mr Brown is a ...