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Lincolnshire police have secured £190,000 from the Home Office to help reduce knife crime in the county. Part of the grant made by the Home Office Homicide Prevention Fund will be used to provide specialist training for officers and staff. It will focus on tracking and deterring serious violent crime. Training will also help identify and predict hot spots and ...

A new team to tackle environmental crime, including fly-tipping, in South Holland has been appointed. Kingdom LA Support Ltd has been appointed across the South and East Lincolnshire Council’s Partnership after previously being appointed by Boston Borough Council. As previously reported in The Voice, in 2021 it secured 25 prosecutions for Boston in just six months, while South Holland District ...

Chocolate brand Cadbury’s is to open a store at Springfields next month. It’s set to include a hot chocolate and ice cream station, the shopping outlet says. “To start the New Year off with a bang, Springfields Outlet & Leisure are delighted to announce that Cadbury Outlet has signed up to open a brand-new store at the Spalding location providing the shopper ...

Three fire crews are currently battling a fire in Sutton Bridge. The incident is on Bridge Road and was first reported at 4.20pm today (Monday, January 23). The road is understood to be closed. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “We currently have crews from @longsuttonfire @HolbeachFire & @Norfolkfire Kings Lynn in attendance at an outbuilding on fire ...

A man who was found guilty of dealing cannabis on the streets of Spalding was given a suspended jail sentence by a judge. Modestas Stasys, 22, of London Road, Spalding, was searched by police after being stopped on October 26, 2020. Lincoln Crown Court heard Stasys was found to have 13 one gram deals of cannabis hidden in his buttocks. ...

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic is to run for three Mondays in Long Sutton. The walk-in sessions for autumn boosters for the over 50s and clinically vulnerable plus first jabs for five to 17-year-olds will take place at St Mary’s Church Hall with the first this Monday, January 23. The sessions will then be on Mondays January 30 and February 6. ...

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after reports of person with a gun sparked a police helicopter search in Spalding. The incident was reported at 8.17pm on Sunday night (January 15) in Hall Place. The police helicopter was seen and heard circling the town. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “Following further work by officers in CID, a 15-year-old boy ...

The Spalding Lloyds Pharmacy branch in Sainsbury’s is to close. The company has announced shutting all its 237 branches in the supermarket stores during 2023 putting around 2,000 jobs at risks. Its currently open 7am to 11pm, Monday to Friday, 7am to 10pm Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. Lloyds Pharmacy chief executive Kevin Birch said: “This decision has ...

Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex looks set to be completely revamped after Levelling Up funding worth £20m was approved. South Holland District Council wants to extend the ‘dry-side’ of the complex so it can incorporate three pools. Other attraction on the site would include a new 3G floodlit football pitch, a changing pavilion and a multi-use games area for a variety ...

A bid for Spalding’s nightlife to receive recognition for its excellence is being considered. Council officials are looking to apply for Purple Flag status which is awarded to “Excellence in the Evening and Night-Time Economy” by the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM). “Vibrant, night-time economies do not happen by accident,” the ATCM website states. “Innovation, curation, planning and ...

More than 350 parking tickets have been given out on Spalding’s Sheep Market in a year. A report to the county council says a total of 35,292 penalty notices were issued in the 2021/22 financial year. But despite handing out tickets to 96 drivers a day, the county council made a loss of £48,668, says the report. It shows that ...

The owner of a Gosberton car wash has been handed a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order (STRO) for five years following a joint investigation by Lincolnshire Police and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). Lincolnshire Police was granted a five-year Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order against Sherwan Sahdi, aged 36, who runs Super Shine Hand Car Wash on Spalding Road in Gosberton, by ...

A South Lincolnshire school requires improvement according to its latest Ofsted report. Shepeau Stow Primary was visited by inspectors from the monitoring organisation in November. Pupils told them: “This is a nice school. We like our friends and our learning. We feel proud to come here,” the report says. Leaders have made improvements to the curriculum, but there is more ...

A South Lincolnshire institution is closing its doors for good at the end of the month. Laddies of Holbeach will cease trading on January 31, and customers are already mourning its closure. A statement put out on social media this week said that the current owner, Richard Ladbrook, has ‘decided that it is time to hang up his ice cream ...

The company behind a proposed offshore wind farm that could be connected to the energy network at Weston Marsh has announced a potential new route for its cable. Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm, which is looking to build a 1.5GW wind farm in the North Sea, has announced that as a result of its recent public consultation it is now ...

A Holbeach nursery has been awarded a ‘good’ rating by Ofsted inspectors after an inspection before Christmas. Little Treasures, on Branches Lane, was awarded ‘good’ across the board following the visit on December 5. “Children have strong relationships with all staff and happily seek cuddles and reassurance when needed,” says the report. “Children develop close friendships with other children from ...

An inquest has been opened surrounding the death of a man on Christmas Eve. Nigel Alan Varley died following a collision with a lorry at Deeping St Nicholas between the village where he lived at Hop Pole around 11.17am on December 24. Lincolnshire Police said at the time of the incident he was pronounced dead at the scene. The inquest ...

South Holland District Council is looking for extra help regarding its customer service team. Its PSPS company (Public Sector Partnership Services) which carries it out, missed its targets for the period between July and September last year. Managers have regularly been called before council committees due to missed targets in the last couple of years. Now South Holland is to ...

A new mental health team is to be launched to support people in the Spalding area. NHS Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in the county are expanding to support even more children and young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. New teams, run by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), are set to launch in Spalding and the ...

A parish council says lack of improvements to infrastructure coupled with more house building is creating ‘distrust between local people and authorities”. Holbeach Parish Council has written to South Holland District Council planning officers and the chairman of its Planning Committee following applications by housing developers to reduce the Section 106 contributions. These are where developers agree to provide things ...