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A big-hearted community volunteer with a determination to make Spalding a more attractive place to live has targeted his next project. Mick Clarkson wants to highlight and tackle areas which have become overgrown, ugly and, in some cases, perilous to pedestrians. He’s launched Facebook page Tidy Up Spalding NOW! and is inviting group members to submit photos of places which ...

A judge who sentenced a cannabis grower to eight months in prison told him his 15-year-old child was not a “get out of jail card”. Nicholas Brown (38), of Hop Pole, Deeping St Nicholas, pleaded guilty to producing the drug between December 1, 2013 and April 1, this year. Judge Michael Heath had adjourned sentencing Brown for a week so care ...

Staff at Johnson Community Hospital have been reminded that patients have priority in the main car park. It follows a complaint that staff appear to be shunning their own car park in preference to getting closer to the hospital’s main entrance. A reader of The Voice said: “I sat in reception from about 8.45am on a weekday while my wife ...

  Thirty-nine new homes are on the cards at Moulton if planners give the go ahead. Holbeach firm Ashley King Developments has submitted plans for the houses, which will be a mix of first-time buyer and family homes, to South Holland District Council’s planning department. The proposal is to provide a private and affordable residential scheme comprising of 39 one, ...

The latest lucky winner of South Holland District Council’s Green Bag Lottery has been revealed. Maria Silva, of Beech Avenue, Spalding, won the £1,000 top prize and was presented with her cheque this week. A delighted Mrs Silva said: “I am over the moon, I really can’t believe I have won.” The Green Bag Lottery, which has been running since ...

A former Spalding man has been charged with eight counts of indecent assault and one of attempted buggery. John Edward Bates (67), who now lives in London, was due to appear before magistrates at Grantham this morning (Monday, September 15). The alleged offences were committed between 1979 and 1983 in the Spalding area.

Scotland gaining independence from the United Kingdom would be a bad move, according to a leading South Holland businessman. Phil Scarlett is president of the Spalding and District Area Chamber of Commerce and believes a break-up of the union would be bad for the “fragile” recovering economy. Voters will have their say in a referendum on Thursday, September 18. It’s ...

Spalding Round Table has presented £1,000 to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. The cash came from some of the funds raised by the Round Table’s annual charity boxing event held at Springfields Events Centre. Ways and means officer Jason Parnell said the air ambulance was selected as a worthy cause due to the frequency of support it provides to Spalding, ...

The father of murder victim Warren Free says the family has been overwhelmed by a collection held in the Spalding neighbourhood. On Tuesday, David and Norma Elms handed over £500 which had been raised in a door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate and in a bucket collection at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. A ...

A 20-year-old who says he feels a duty to serve Spalding is hoping to become the youngest member on South Holland District Council. Jack McLean will be standing as a Conservative candidate in St John’s ward in the May 2015 election. Jack says he has quickly developed an admiration for the hard work of the Conservative Party in and around ...

A manufacturing business renowned for the quality of its timber products has celebrated 130 years in Donington. George Barnsdale threw a birthday bash at its High Street site last Saturday. The event brought together three generations of the Barnsdale family, alongside past and present members of staff and their families. South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes attended to ...

The owner of a controversial eyesore site in Spalding has been ordered to clean it up or face possible court action. South Holland District Council has lost patience with Crispen Holdings over the state of the Bull and Monkie plot in Churchgate. Planning officers last week served notice on the company ordering the site to be cleaned up. The council ...

Spalding Police’s clampdown on burglaries in the town has reaped rewards – including two further arrests on Tuesday night. Police carried out 25 stop/searches around the town as part of Operation Bonus. And news of the results of comes with an apology from Spalding’s community policing inspector to innocent people who were put out by his officers’ efforts. Insp Jim Tyner said: “Inevitably, many ...

After ten years at the helm, Spalding Grammar School headteacher Nigel Ryan has announced that he is stepping down. He will be retiring at the end of the academic year to spend more time travelling with wife Elaine. Mr Ryan said: “The Grammar School has a long standing tradition of developing well rounded, considerate young adults who are ready to ...

UPDATE: Thursday, 10.30AM: The motorcyclist, who died in a collision on the A52 at Donington on Tuesday, has been named as Michal Malinowski (30), from Aylestone Road in Leicester. Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision in Donington on Tuesday afternoon. A motorcyclist was killed in the accident on the A52. His Ducati machine collided with a green Claas ...

Police are investigating an incident at Sainsbury’s fuel station in Spalding which left an elderly man with a “very serious” foot injury. A Mercedes car which he was driving collided with a Saab just before 4pm on Sunday. Police said: “The driver of the Mercedes, an 85-year-old man from Cowbit, was taken to hospital in Peterborough with a very serious injury ...

Resurfacing work on the A17 at Saracen’s Head gets under way next week. The work, near Whaplode Manor, starts on Wednesday. It will take place each day between 7pm and 5am and is expected to complete by September 29. The road will remain open throughout, with temporary traffic lights and a convoy system in place. Washway Road in Saracen’s Head ...

A Spalding shopkeeper has been sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge for selling food labelled in a foreign language. Mr Weshyar Sadiqi (32), of Kubus on Sheepmarket, pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the sale of food items that were not labelled in English at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week. More than 60 Polish-labelled products were uncovered in an ...

A new Spalding town centre manager has been recruited to shape the future of the town and help unite businesses. Ex-Army major Dennis Hannant has recently completed a 43-year career in the service and brings many years of military and commercial business experience to the role, which he starts in November. Dennis says he understands the challenges facing Spalding town ...

  Shocked neighbours of Spalding murder victim Warren Free have rallied round to raise hundreds of pounds for his young son. A door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate on Sunday raised over £400 and lots more cash has flooded in to buckets at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. As detectives try to establish who ...