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More than 8,000 people had been waiting longer than 52 weeks for assessment and treatment at Lincolnshire’s hospitals at the end of 2022. Figures shown to Lincolnshire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday, showed that by the end of December, 8,204 patients were waiting 52 weeks or longer. Of those, 965 had waited longer than 78 weeks, write local ...

A Holbeach man who carried out a stabbing on the town’s High Street after a pub altercation was today (Tuesday) sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution. Joshua Marshall, 20, was found near Gedney after crashing his car into a ditch during the early hours of August 28. Lincoln Crown Court heard Marshall and the victim, ex-soldier Charlie ...

A man has been jailed after he was found selling illegal cigarettes at a Spalding store having previously been convicted of doing the same in Boston. Haiman Fatah Mohamad, 36, of Waveney Close, Spalding was convicted after nearly 100,000 illegal cigarettes were seized by police and Lincolnshire Trading Standards. Back in 2016, he was handed a suspended sentence after being ...

A Spalding man faces life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Vincent Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home. Samuel Church, 36, of Acacia Avenue in Spalding, was due to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court today (Thursday) after previously pleading not guilty to murdering Mr Markham, 52. However Church entered a guilty plea to ...

Door staff intervened when a suspected drink-driver hit a lamppost as he parked in front of a Spalding bar. Just before 10pm on January 28, a Mercedes was seen being driven by Edvinas Kasparavicius towards Bentleys Bar in New Road. Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday: “As the defendant approaches the venue he’s driven around the mini ...

A homeless man who took pillows and a duvet from a wheelie bin at the back of a Holbeach charity shop has appeared in court. Benjamin Chapman, who now lives in Spalding’s Carrington Road, originally faced a burglary chargeafter damaging a shed door at Chosen in High Street. But at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that charge was withdrawn and ...

After watching her daughter face hours of surgery and invasive treatment, a South Holland mum has launched a petition to have scans for pregnant women carrying first-born girls. Emily Cooke was born with developmental hip displasia which was diagnosed late, and left her needing major surgery. If the condition is spotted in the womb via an ultrasound scan, it can ...

Police are investigating the theft of several post boxes in South Holland, West Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The iconic red post boxes have been taken from sites including four from the Spalding area. “We are investigating a report of the theft of four boxes in the Spalding area,” said a police spokesman. The boxes were taken from Dawsmere, Gedney Dyke, Lutton ...

The mum of a Spalding teenager has criticised a town gym after her daughter had her usage curtailed. Cydney Wells wants to get fit for her Duke of Edinburgh award and signed-up to £17.35 a month at The Castle Sports Complex gym. The membership allowed her to attend whenever she could and had access to all the equipment. But now ...

Plans for another 76 new homes in Spalding have been submitted to South Holland District Council. The former Ivanda Nursery site on the east side of Monks House Lane would be developed if the plans are approved. “Surrounded on three sides by existing residential development and located within the settlement boundary, the site is considered eminently suitable for residential development,” ...

A pot of money has been put together to improve four areas of Spalding – in some cases years after the money was allocated. South Holland District Council is looking to spend £282,935 on: * Improving seating in Hall Place and removing trees.* Replacing broken planters and looking at the public seating on Double Street and Bridge Street.* Replacing broken ...

Building the Spalding Western Relief Road is more important than contributions for health and education, some councillors have argued as they passed plans for 400 associated homes last week. Others raised concerns that the road will never be completed as South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted through final plans for 100 homes and outline plans for 300 more to ...

Councillors say they have a glimmer of hope in their request for central government to offset the large cost of drainage boards on the area. The latest draft of South Holland District Council’s budget for the 2023/24 financial year states the internal drainage boards in the area have asked for between nine and 26 percent more than last year amid ...

A senior Lincolnshire County Councillor has said plans for new power pylons across Lincolnshire including through South Holland would “devastate the landscape”. Portfolio holder for economy and environment, Councillor Colin Davie, has backed a national campaign against the construction of 50-metre high pylons across countryside writes local democracy reporter Daniel Jaines. National Grid’s proposed £54 billion plans for Lincolnshire include plans for ...

The newly appointed ‘enviro-crime’ team will give a council’s new fly-tipping policy teeth, it’s been claimed. South Holland District Council is to adopt the Litter and Fly-Tipping Strategy along with the other two councils in the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership. It was discussed by the authority’s Cabinet on Tuesday when Coun Bryan Alcock said he had concerns it ...

Plans for an already started housing development will need to go back to the drawing board after they were turned down last week. Allison Homes was asked to stop building north of Roman Road by South Holland District Council due to conditions having not been agreed. Numerous objections had been submitted over the proposal for 86 homes passed in 2021. ...

A war memorial and visitor centre will be built in Fleet after planners went against council officer recommendations and passed plans. Harold Payne has been given the go-ahead to build the memorial next to his Anglia Motel on the A17 for soldiers who have died in all conflicts. Planning officers had recommended it be refused due to the plans including ...

Parking restrictions on a South Holland trading estate are going to be implemented by the county council. Members of Lincolnshire County Council’s planning and regulation committee have backed the proposal at a meeting this week. The plan for yellow lines and restricted waiting areas on Edison Court, Pinchbeck, were first mooted by the authority in October 2021. The proposal went ...

A 43-year-old man has been jailed for a year after burgling a Pinchbeck business. Shane Boyton, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to burglary with intent at Carpets 2 U in Creswell Close on January 29. A laptop was taken from the business along with keys to a van. The van, which contained a satnav and tools, was also stolen. ...

Three fire crews have rescued a horse out from out of Blue Gowt Lane. Firefighters from Spalding, Donington and Boston were called to Clay Drove at 1.15pm on Sunday, February 12 after the horse was spotted in water. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “The crews used animal rescue equipment and a farmer’s manitou to release the horse ...