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A late councillor’s bid for new safety measures at a Spalding junction has been given a boost with councillors to look into the £90,000 work. Earlier this year Coun Angela Newton successfully campaigned for double yellow lines be put in to stop people parking around Winsover Road’s junction with Hawthorn Bank and Carrington Road. Before her death in August she’d ...

The director of a travel company which specialised in organising school sports trips today (Monday) pleaded guilty to wrongly indicating that he was the holder of an ATOL certificate. Marcus Buckley-Bennion, 63, admitted a single offence on dates between 1 January 2016 and 31 March 2017 when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Buckley-Bennion, of Normanton Road, Crowland, had previously ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s road repair team are heading to Pinchbeck to fix a road first closed in June.Anglian Water has completed its work after a sinkhole appeared across both the footpath and the road in Enterprise Way.The rebuild will start at 7am on Monday and should end by 8pm Friday.There will be a diversion into Spalding Road, Wardentree Lane and ...

News that nuclear test veterans are to receive their own medal has been welcomed by Sir John Hayes. The South Holland and the Deepings MP is patron of the British Nuclear Test Veteran’s Association and had led a campaign for recognition.The medal will commemorate the role and contribution of those serving with the nuclear test programme.“This is momentous, the culmination ...

A Holbeach couple have been awarded compensation after a row over solar panel registration. Pam and Ricky Fry went to the Ombudsman after missed appointments and lengthy delays in registering solar panels.The couple had the panels installed in January, but there was a delay in completing paperwork to allow power to be sold to the grid under a scheme designed ...

A 19-year-old man charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in a Lincolnshire village appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday. George Swallow, of Lindsey Drive, Holton Le Clay, was charged with the offence after a man in his 20s was taken to hospital with suspected stab wounds.He has also been charged with possession of a bladed article in a ...

A Holbeach woman who was banned from the town’s Tesco store, went in and stole meat and wine, Boston Magistrates’ Court heard.Helen Houghton (52), of Marshlands Drive, admitted theft and was known to staff in the store. They saw her take the items and attempt to leave without paying on September 14, the court was told.She told police she hadn’t ...

Joining a three-council partnership has not been universally welcomed by all staff and elected members, a report reveals. A survey conducted on members and officers at all three authorities reveals one thought the only benefit was ‘having a longer name.’South Holland joined with Boston Borough and East Lindsey a year ago to form the South and East Lincolnshire Partnership. The ...

A man who was bravely disarmed by a temporary shop worker after producing an imitation firearm during an attempted robbery in Spalding Sheep Market was jailed for 45 months on Monday. Vaidotas Mecislauskas (49), of Spalding Common, walked into the Nasza Biendronka supermarket shortly before 1.30pm on September 29 and demanded cigarettes and money from Sedad Amin who was stacking ...

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a driver who failed to stop after hitting two pedestrians in Spalding town centre.William Jones (29) was due to be sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday after he admitted charges of dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident.Jones, of Washway Road, Fleet Hargate, was driving his BMW 120D car ...

Thanks to a new partnership with Ella’s Project, this year our Give a Gift appeal is able to accept monetary donations for the first time. The relationship between Mark Le Sage, founder of Ella’s Project, and Pinchbeck-based Lord Collectables has enabled us to open up the appeal to accept cash donations.For every donation made, Lord Collectables will buy and donate ...

More than 100 jobs will be created by a South Holland company at the forefront of providing alternative, clean energy. Pioneering work at the family-run business could help spark a shift to using hydrogen as fuel for commercial, agricultural and marine engines.A planning application has been submitted for a met mast to monitor weather conditions at Gedney Drove End for ...

A man who was bravely disarmed by a temporary shop worker after producing an imitation firearm during an attempted robbery in Spalding Sheep Market was today (Monday) jailed for 45 months. Vaidotas Mecislauskas, 49, of Spalding Common, walked into the Nasza Biendronka supermarket shortly before 1.30pm on 29 September and demanded cigarettes and money from Sedad Amin who was stacking ...

A Pinchbeck man today (Wednesday) walked free from court after he was cleared of raping a woman who he met on a night out in Spalding. Matthew George Cocks (26) had denied a single charge of rape – telling a jury he had consensual sex with the woman after they shared a taxi home together. A jury at Lincoln Crown ...

A historic World War Two pillbox has been saved for future generations. The building, on a Spalding housing estate, is a rare survivor of the pillboxes that once dotted the countryside.It had been derelict, but a group of people got together and approached South Holland District Council and officers spoke with specialist renovator Dale Harrison.Mr Harrison had worked with Ayscoughfee ...

Patients in Lincolnshire are set to benefit from longer opening hours, including Saturdays, at their GP surgeries.Launched last month, the Enhanced Access initiative sees practices open during the evening on weekdays and from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays. NHS Lincolnshire says the new hours ‘aim to simplify the existing models of enhanced hours and access currently in place.’According to the ...

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing offences after an incident in Donington. A dispersal order was put in place by Lincolnshire police over the weekend in a bid to combat the coursers.Officers were called to a report of coursing at Mallard Hurn, Donington, on Sunday morning.A 4×4 car was located in a field and three men, ...

A scheduled meeting of Holbeach Parish Council was forced to be abandoned last week after two councillors walked out.Couns Mark Murphet and Tim Wiltshire left in protest and there were insufficient members remaining to continue.They were unhappy that a previous 10 minute time slot for open questions at the start of the meeting had been replaced with a 25-minute open ...

Two people from Spalding are among a group of 22 arrested across the UK following an investigation into ATM burglaries. Hundreds of officers and staff from seven police forces contributed to a number of warrants on Wednesday, 16 November 2022.Led by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), in a joint operation with Police Scotland, the activity took place at ...

South Holland District Council has completed £124,000 work on Spalding bus station and Winfrey Avenue car park.The works, which started in late September, included resurfacing across both the station and the car park with a new heavy-duty Tarmac, as well as installing new line markings, signage and litter bins.The bus shelters have all undergone a thorough deep clean, and a ...