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Budgets for two forthcoming South Holland District Council projects in Spalding have come under scrutiny. The main gates to The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field in Winfrey Avenue are in line for renovation, and a new arts performance area is planned for Ayscoughfee Gardens in tandem with a refurbishment of the aviary. Spalding Town Forum chairman Coun George Aley updated ...

The Spalding town centre stretch of the River Welland is a lot cleaner after a litter-pick on Saturday. In a joint venture between South Holland Explorers and Scouts and South Holland District Council, 14 bags of rubbish were collected during a chilly two-hour stint on Saturday morning. Youngsters took to the water in canoes to assist in the community project, ...

A controversial plan for a renewable energy park at Sutton Bridge has been refused by councillors after the applicant failed to provide sufficient details. There were cries of “well done” from objectors in the public gallery at South Holland District Council as the planning application by Energy Park Sutton Bridge Ltd was unanimously rejected. It was an end to the ...

Two tractors and a cultivator worth £68,500 have been stolen from a Moulton farm. The John Deere 6830 models – one of which was still coupled to a cultivator – were brazenly driven away from bulb growers F Dring and Sons in High Road between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Managing director Richard Barlow said his wife heard a noise ...

Spalding and District Civic Society wants more people to give input to its work and is hoping to attract more members. The public is being invited to attend the society’s annual general meeting on Tuesday (March 24). A spokesman said: “It is clear from reading the Press that many people are concerned to improve the appearance and quality of life ...

Changes to improve Spalding’s traffic management will not take place until next year at the earliest. Alterations to traffic light sequences, pedestrian crossings and new roundabouts are all measures which have been touted to improve flow in hotpsot areas such as Station Approach and Winsover Road. However, Spalding Town Forum heard from Lincolnshire County Council Highways that the first junctions ...

A Quadring man has been jailed for more than five years after taking part in a terrifying gunpoint hold-up at a village post office. Luke French and Jake Webster carried out the attack on the Post Office at Colsterworth, near Grantham, but were foiled when the postmistress pressed the panic alarm button. Gordon Aspden, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said both ...

A £6,000 project to transform Long Sutton’s Common Pit and showcase the town as “the gateway to The Wash” is under way. It’s part of arts programme Transported’s “On Your Doorstep” project. People were asked to nominate areas they thought could be improved with some artistic input and Transported could work with them to make it happen. Long Sutton and ...

Improved facilities and support for victims of domestic abuse across Lincolnshire will be created following a successful bid for government funding. South Holland District Council teamed up with six other local authorities in Lincolnshire to bid for funds from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The seven districts will receive a pot of £430,000 which will help increase ...

A reactive road sign and red stop light are measures being considered to prevent drivers and cyclists flouting traffic restrictions in Spalding town centre. But the very least that Spalding Town Forum wants to see is businesses in the pedestrianised area reminded about their responsibilities in regards to the traffic order. The vast majority of vehicles are banned from using ...

MP John Hayes said remembering the Holocaust “matters now and will forever” as he signed a book honouring those who died. Signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day. The book also honours the survivors of the horrors of the Holocaust who worked tirelessly to educate young people about what they witnessed and ...

A potentially life-saving piece of equipment has been installed on the outside wall of Moulton Seas End village hall. A defibrillator has been supplied by Moulton Parish Council thanks to the fundraising efforts of Moulton Seas End resident Vera Angelo and ward district councillora Anthony Casson, Rodney Grocock and Andrew Woolf. Early use of a defibrillator can help save lives. ...

Policing is all that Jo Reeves has ever wanted to do so it will be another proud moment in her blossoming career when she becomes South Holland community inspector on Monday. It’s been a swift rise for the 30-year-old who started as a police officer in 2006 and was promoted to sergeant at Spalding last August. She takes over the ...

The family of a man left “locked in” after a catastrophic stroke are hoping he will soon be able to move back home. Jake White was just 43 when he collapsed in the hallway of his Spalding home in front of his partner and young daughter in September 2013. The last words Jake uttered as he was rushed to hospital, ...

A new logo to promote Spalding has been revealed. The winner of a design competition – run by Spalding town centre manager Dennis Hannant in conjunction with The Spalding and South Holland Voice – is Graham Taylor. Mr Hannant said the submission was just what competition committee members had been looking for. “It’s contemporary, whilst still saying something about Spalding’s history,” ...

Planning permission is being sought to extend a building set to become an off-licence. In January, Hemen Ahmad was granted a premises licence for a former sub-Post Office and dry cleaning shop in Bourne Road, Spalding. He has now applied for planning consent for an extension at the rear. The site is next to a proposed Spar development, zebra crossing ...

Spalding Town Forum is hoping to shame Anglian Water into taking action on two big issues in the town. Remedial work to the smell from the sewage works in West Marsh Road has been added to calls for Chatterton Water Tower to be spruced up. District councillor Coun Christine Lawton told last week’s meeting: “I just wonder if Anglian Water ...

A plan for a tourism centre to be established in Crowland has been granted planning permission. The proposal, by Ruthkay Ltd, is for an existing poultry farm at Carrington Drove to be used. Crowland Caravans and Camping would relocate to the site from Wyevale Garden Centre in nearby Postland Road. A similar plan was given planning consent in 2011, but ...

Lincolnshire Police have admitted that seven registered sex offenders have dropped off the radar in the county. The figure was revealed after a Freedom of Information request to police forces across the country – revealing nationally the whereabouts of 396 sex offenders is unknown. Some have been missing for up to a decade. The Lincolnshire figures show that two registered ...

Community groups in South Holland can get free advice about funding opportunities and the different types of services available to them at a special event in Spalding. The event at the South Holland Centre on Wednesday, March 25 (noon to 8pm) is being organised by South Holland District Council. Although primarily aimed at community groups, the event will also be ...