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All the Christmas cards sent from MP John Hayes – including to leading politicians such as David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Ed Miliband – have been designed by pupils from local special schools.                 Winners of the annual competition were Eleanor Day (6), of Gosberton House School, Joshua Holmes (6), of The Garth ...

A lorry driver struck a colleague with a metal bar following a dispute over a spilled cup of coffee. Terry Townsend challenged Robert Smalley (59) after discovering the spilled drink in his cab at the Mark Goddard Transport depot in Moulton Seas End. Phil Howes, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, said Townsend grabbed Mr Smalley and was pushed ...

Some South Holland homes will have recycling and refuse collections altered over the festive period. For people who normally have their bags collected on a Thursday (Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) the collection date will be moved to the following Saturday, December 27 and January 3 respectively. For households due a collection on Boxing Day the collection will take ...

Two further juveniles have been charged with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free (pictured), bringing the total to five. The two boys will appear before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court this morning (Tuesday) and are then expected to appear at Lincoln Crown Court this afternoon. Lincolnshire Police said: “Of the seven juveniles arrested in connection with Warren Free’s death, three have ...

Two children accused of the murder of Spalding man Warren Free were on Tuesday (Dec 16) granted conditional bail by a judge at Lincoln Crown Court. The boys, aged 14 and 15,were charged earlier this week bringing the total number of teenagers accused of the murder of Mr Freer to five.  The older boy also faces a charge of perverting the course of justice. Both ...

Police in Spalding  investigating the theft of a customer’s phone from a shop in Market Place have issued a CCTV image. The theft happened on Thursday, December 4, in Peacocks’ store. The owner of the phone put it on a clothes rail while shopping at around 10am. She walked away, forgetting to pick it up and when she returned a short ...

Talks at the top level of government have been called for in an effort to improve the way in which Lincolnshire’s police force is funded. South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes has called for an urgent meeting with Home Secretary Theresa May, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick and Lincolnshire’s chief constable Neil Rhodes. The funding formula ...

A Holbeach primary school running a scheme to inspire career paths and provide new opportunities had a visit from The Voice. News editor Nigel Chapman was invited to speak to William Stukeley pupils. It was part of the school’s weekly Stukeley University scheme. Every Friday pupils get involved in themed activities and can decide which seminars to attend. Those that ...

A warning has been issued that South Holland faces challenges in order to maintain its successful drive towards more waste recycling. The district has seen a marked increased in tonnage collected this year, partly due to the start of the Green Bag Lottery, a recycling rewards scheme. During its first six months, waste recycled rose by 16 per cent from ...

Holbeach had a superb Christmas event thanks to hard work by a small committee over just ten weeks. It seemed like there would be no festive event this year until Jane Francis and a small group of helpers organised the Victorian-themed St Nicholas Fayre, based around All Saints’ Church. The first meeting was in mid-September and yet last Saturday and ...

The chairman of Holbeach Parish Council has been urged to step down until an investigation into financial irregularities at a social club is complete. Coun John Spencer was chairman of Holbeach Sports and Youth Social Club in Park Road until September. The committee resigned en bloc after it was found that about £51,500 of bills had gone unpaid. At Monday’s ...

For one day, the discomfort and nuisance of dealing with her lifelong health condition was put on hold for five-year-old diabetes sufferer Faith Robinson. The brave West Pinchbeck youngster was one of 90 children with terminal and life-threatening illnesses taken on a magical trip to Lapland, thanks to charity When You Wish Upon A Star. The opportunity arose through Diabeteenies, ...

Police in Spalding continue to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in Spalding town centre in the run-up to Christmas. Operation Washer was launched on December 1 and, between then and December 11, a number of offences have been dealt with: 10 street drinkers dealt with. 5 shoplifters arrested. 1 person arrested for breaching dispersal notice. 2 dispersal notices issued. 4 ...

X Factor boyband Stereo Kicks will be at Loaded Nightclub in Spalding later this month. With the ITV show attracting more than nine million viewers a week, the band is the biggest profile act welcomed to Loaded so far. Previously known as ‘New Boy Band’, Stereo Kicks are an eight-piece consisting of Barclay Beals, Chris Leonard, Tom Mann, James Graham, ...

MP John Hayes has thrown his weight behind a campaign to get justice and recognition for British Nuclear Test Veterans. The British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association has called on the Government to set up a £25million charitable fund to help the survivors who were on Christmas Island in the 1950s, and their families – and now Mr Hayes, who is ...

The chairman of Holbeach Parish Council has been urged to step down until an investigation into financial irregularities at a social club is complete. Coun John Spencer was chairman of Holbeach Sports and Youth Social Club in Park Road until September. The committee resigned en bloc after it was found that about £51,500 of bills had gone unpaid. At Monday’s ...

  Renovation works at a Spalding church, which were made possible by a large bequest, are taking a little longer than anticipated. The £600,000 project started at St John the Baptist Church in Hawthorn Bank back in April and was expected to be completed by October. However, unforeseen circumstances mean the work is still going on and Christmas services will ...

The deadline for a competition to create a new logo to promote Spalding town centre has been extended to enable more entries to be submitted. The Town Centre Management Board wants a logo and a strapline to appear on all its letterheads, posters and flyers and, where appropriate, signage. There are two prizes – £100 worth of vouchers for the best logo and ...

Thieves have cut down and stolen about £1,500 worth of Christmas trees from a field in Cowbit. Approximately 30 trees – belonging to Baytree Nurseries at Weston and worth up to £50 each – were taken overnight on Saturday. It’s the second year running that Baytree has been targeted by Christmas tree thieves. Angry owner Reinhard Biehler said: “A chainsaw and large van ...

A young boy  was seriously injured in a collision on Friday (December 5). Police were called just before 4.15pm after the accident on Station Road in Tydd Gote, which involved the boy and a green Ford Mondeo, from the Wisbeach area. A number of emergency services attended the scene of the incident and the seven-year-old boy, who was seriously injured, was taken to ...