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A South Holland community group is digging in to help more people than ever with food, clothing and energy bills by launching its own allotment. The Holbeach Hero’s was originally started during the second lockdown in the midst of the pandemic. Initially it was a community self-help group offering support and practical help to those who were struggling. But it ...

South Holland needs a new planning policy on gypsy and traveller sites, and possibly flood risk zones after three separate refused applications were allowed on appeal. The appeal results led to the district council giving no response to a fourth separate appeal over the siting of caravans off Langhole Drove in Pinchbeck, as its legal experts say it can no ...

South Holland’s new enviro-crime team has begun its operations. Three employees of Kingdom PLC will be based at South Holland District Council’s Priory Road offices aiming to tackle fly-tipping, graffiti, dog fouling and littering. The company’s successful rates of prosecution at Boston Borough Council, where it has worked since 2015, saw it appointed here. As part of the South and ...

Pinchbeck Surgery re-opened its doors yesterday (Wednesday). The Church Walk building, which has been closed since the COVID 19 lockdowns, has been taken over as a new branch of Munro Medical Centre. A benefactor, who wished to remain anonymous, has funded an extensive refurbishment of the building. A spokesman for Munro said: “Pinchbeck residents will remember that there has been ...

A business breakfast for companies on a South Holland industrial park is back. Enterprise Breakfast for those in and around Enterprise Way returned last week for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns. The event set up by Steadfast Training and Duncan and Toplis accountants brings businesses in the area together for a talk and meeting twice a year. Last ...

A huge TV could be wheeled into Spalding town centre for the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. The Spaldng Town Forum is asking for ‘up to’ £10,000 to put on an event in the town centre. Coun Rob Gibson told its latest meeting a big screen was among the attractions being mooted to get people into the ...

A Spalding man whose prostate cancer was operated on by a robot has urged others to get checked out. Neil Periam (56), from Spalding, is one of 270 people this year to be treated by the semi-robotic surgery at Lincoln County Hospital installed last year. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust invested more than £3.2m into the state-of-the-art service which, it ...

A predicted backtrack on government money for ‘investment zones’, highlights again the need for devolution in Lincolnshire, a county councillor has said. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was planning to scale back the previous administrations  for hundreds of low-tax, low-regulation sites across the UK in budget announcements this week. Lincolnshire County Council had put forward expressions of interest for two sites in ...

Plans for 650 homes in Holbeach have been passed again, this time with £720,000 less in contributions. The proposed homes between the A17 and A151 were previously approved at outline stage in 2016, following an application by RH and AM Goodley. The development would have provided 33.3 per cent affordable homes and £5,006,751 towards education, health and roads. The new ...

A new holiday park has been granted permission to have fences with turbines in them to generate power. Developer Larkfleet gained permission for the 38 cabins on Lowgate Fleet last year. It was back before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week asking permission for the fences which the wind blows through to create energy for a battery. Jamie ...

A fraud trial jury has heard evidence from a number of investors who allegedly failed to get their money back after putting it into a Spalding based lottery syndicate. Christopher Toynton, 73, of Horseshoe  Road, Spalding, is on trial at Lincoln Crown Court. He denies 12 fraud charges and contravening a general prohibition on carrying out a regulated activity. The prosecution allege ...

Plans for 40 homes In Crowland were passed on a deciding vote and 52 others deferred last week. Four different applications for the town came before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee. The 40-home application for a development off Barbers Drove North was passed after the panel was split with six of the committee voting for and six against. That ...

Spalding Parish C of E Day School has launched a World of Work Programme aimed at raising aspirations and inspiring children in Key Stage Two. It’s launch event began with a talk by deputy headteacher Emily Hill, who spoke about her education and career journey. The children then worked in mixed age groups to embark of their ‘Apprenticeship Programme’. They ...

Plans to create a new Holbeach Health Hub have been unveiled. South Holland District Council says its working with the Primary Care Network and NHS Lincolnshire on creating a new and expanded town centre building for the Holbeach Medical Practice. It’s part of the town centre improvement plans. A statement released by the council on Tuesday includes no firm details ...

The Pride of South Holland was celebrated on Sunday in a moving ceremony that included a Falklands veteran and prominent Ukrainian politician. The celebration of the district’s volunteers and community groups returned to the South Holland Centre. This year it included a moving tribute to Coun Angela Newton led by Lord Gary Porter. Her husband Alan Porter and cousin Coun ...

Four people have been charged with hare coursing offences after reports of hare coursing yesterday (Sunday, March 12). Lincolnshire Police say they received numerous calls around Common Drove near Crowland around 10.30am. Four dogs and a vehicle were seized. Four men have been charged Michael Chaulk, aged 25, of Bittams Lane Chertsey, Surrey was charged with: Hunting a wild mammal ...

A woman who posed as a qualified accountant to land a job began siphoning money off into her own accounts. Gynevra Hall, 50, held the role of financial controller at an insurance company in Peterborough for just under two years, but in the summer of 2018 managers began to suspect something wasn’t right and requested to see proof of her ...

A Holbeach Drove shop faces a review of its premises licence next week after two illegal workers were found there by police. Lincolnshire Police are requesting that South Holland District Council’s licensing panel “seriously consider a revocation” of the premises licence from Komalar Vijayakumar for Holbeach Drove Store on Thursday writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines. A report to the committee from ...

A pensioner living on benefits today (Friday) described how she lost £2,000 after becoming friends with a Spalding man and investing in a lottery syndicate. Christopher Toynton, 73, of Horseshoe  Road, Spalding, is on trial at Lincoln Crown Court. He denies 12 fraud charges and contravening a general prohibition on carrying out a regulated activity. The prosecution claim Toynton was the ...

A driving while disqualified case against a Spalding resident was proved in his absence. Andre Perras (41) did not attend Boston Magistrates’ Court as scheduled on Wednesday and a warrant for his arrest was issued following the outcome. Prosecutor Paul Wood told the bench that PC Jack Craft spotted Perras driving a Mercedes with a frozen windscreen near the junction ...