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These flags depicting images of Spalding and Sutton Bridge have been created to be part of the Magna Carta 800 celebrations. The flags will take part in events to mark the anniversary before being paraded at Lincoln Castle on Saturday (June 13), where they will be displayed on the castle walls. Twenty flags have been created by two artists working ...

Three organisations are being invited to bid to take on the running of Lincolnshire’s library services. Lincolnshire County Council is currently looking for an external organisation to potentially deliver library services on its behalf. Six initial applications were received last month, and, following assessment, three organisations have now been invited to submit a detailed bid. The organisations are: Greenwich Leisure ...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire says the force is “successfully delivering” for the people of the county. In his annual report, Alan Hardwick praised all of the force’s staff and volunteers and said others could learn from the Lincolnshire model. He also heaped praise on chief constable Neil Rhodes, whom he suspended in 2013 over an employment dispute ...

Cameras rolled in a Long Sutton cafe as filming began on a new movie to bring a slice of Hollywood to South Holland. Delicious in Market Place was crowded with cast, crew and extras as the team working on feature-length film Dishonoured started work. The film is the brainchild of actor and director Steph Genovese, who wanted to give talented ...

A Cowbit couple have successfully appealed a decision to refuse planning permission for an extension. South Holland District Council told Mr and Mrs D Starr, of 16 Barrier Bank, that the proposed first-floor extension and alterations to a chalet bungalow was “tantamount to a new dwelling” and “represented an excessively large form of overdevelopment”. However, a planning inspector ruled that ...

Volunteers turned out in droves to protest against funding cuts that could see 560 vulnerable families lose vital support services. Lincolnshire County Council has announced that it will be cutting all of its £435,000 funding to eight Home-Start schemes across the county from October 1. Volunteers and supporters of the charities demonstrated outside the council offices on Friday. Mary Hutson, ...

South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter has been made chairman of Local Government Association. Coun Porter, who is the Conservative Group leader on the association, was unopposed for the coveted role. The leadership board provides direction and oversees the work of the LGA, which is a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government ...

A young male driver was seriously hurt during Spalding Autograss Club’s meeting in Holbeach on Sunday. Two doctors and a paramedic arrived at Hurdletree Bank at 5.45pm via the Magpas Helimedix air ambulance. The service said: “A stock car collided with other stock cars during a junior race, leaving a young male with upper body injuries.” The boy was flown ...

A father-of-two who drowned in Spalding was said to have never got over witnessing a fatal farm accident nine months earlier. Robin Chappell (71), who was killed in the farm incident last year, was looked upon by 41-year-old Vladeks Sinavskis “like a father”. An inquest last week into Mr Sinavskis’s death heard that his drug taking increased after the tragic ...

A mission has been carried out to make a privately-built children’s play area safe. The play area in Spalding’s Crocus Walk was full of damaged and vandalised equipment, and strewn with rusty nails, broken fence posts and fly-tipped rubbish. But it is now a safe and clean place for children to play thanks to South Holland District Council’s Pride in ...

A shopper has been left angry and out of pocket after she was fined for overstaying in a town centre car park – despite claiming she wasn’t there at the time. Yvonne Goodman parked in Spalding Sainsbury’s car park while she popped into town to do a bit of shopping – including buying groceries from the supermarket – but when she ...

Stretches of the A16 between Spalding and Crowland roundabout will be closed overnight this week to enable resurfacing work. Contractor Morgan Sindall will be rectifying defects that have been identified during the contractual maintenance period. The work will be carried out overnight from Monday to Thursday. Lincolnshire County Council says work will take place between 7pm and 7am each night, ...

An architect who accepted a police caution for assault has been fined by his professional body. Jerry Harrall, of Long Sutton SEArch Architects, has been ordered to pay £500 by the Architects Registration Board after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Dr Harrall had initially denied assaulting Glenn Eldridge following an incident on October 23, 2013, and the case was ...

Members of the public are being encouraged to attend the second Spalding Cycling Forum this week. The town’s cycling action group Pedals is staging the forum, chaired again by local MP John Hayes. As well as Pedals members David Jones (chairman) and Roger Smith (forum organiser), there will be representatives of Lincolnshire County Council, South Holland District Council, Lincolnshire Sport, Lincolnshire ...

A seven-year-old is to take on a 17-mile cycle ride to raise money. Cole Murdoch told his mum Kerrie he wanted to cycle round Rutland Water and when she suggested he asked for sponsorship for his efforts he decided he wanted the money to go to Gosberton Clough and Risegate Primary School, which he attends. Kerrie said: “The school has ...

    UPDATE Friday, 2.15pm: The A16 has reopened after a seven-hour closure for accident investigations to be carried out. The driver of a Vauxhall Corsa, a 29-year-old man from the Eye area, was flown to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, where he underwent emergency surgery for serious fractures and a head injury.   Friday, 9.15am: The A16 at Cowbit is ...

The new Conservative government confirmed in the Queen’s Speech that it will hold a referendum by the end of 2017, asking voters: “Should the United Kingdom remain in the European Union?” We canvassed opinion on membership as if affects South Holland. Coun Nick Worth, deputy leader of South Holland District Council and lead member for economic development: South Holland and ...

Free training is being offered in Spalding on Thursday (June 11) to help those at the heart of community groups and charities know their responsibilities and how to meet them. The free full-day course provides clear explanations of the roles and responsibilities of trustees, company directors and company secretaries. The course at the South Holland Centre (9.45am-4pm) may also be interesting ...

by Jess Horn – community development officer at South Holland District Council A question I am asked regularly is “what does the South Holland community development team do?” In coming months I will use this column to answer that question, and tell you about the wide range of opportunities open for local people to contribute to strengthening their communities. So let ...

The arrangement of Sgt Jo Reeves as temporary South Holland community policing inspector has been extended. Insp Jim Tyner, who switched from the role based at Spalding in March, will continue as acting chief inspector for East Lindsey until the end of July. It was originally to have been June 30. During that time chief officers will be considering permanent ...