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Volunteers are being asked to come forward to monitor speeding drivers in Spalding with the town’s first Community Speed Watch scheme set to get going. For the last four years numerous towns and villages in South Holland have used the initiative where trained volunteers register data of speeding vehicles for Lincolnshire Police. But it’s never been rolled out in Spalding ...

A derelict fire-damaged Lincolnshire hotel has sold at auction for £181,000. South Holland District Council was out-bid for the property which had been carrying a guide price of £80,000. The hammer went down at more than £100,000 over the guide at the AuctionHouse online auction last week. It was one of 73 lots from around East Anglia and the Midlands ...

A Spalding woman has raised hundreds for a hospice by holding a sale, though the there was a slight dampener on the day after some of the takings was stolen. Lisa Thomas, of West Elloe Avenue, put on the event at Broad Street Methodist Church on Saturday, October 22. She volunteers at the Sue Ryder shop in Spalding and wanted ...

New locks on toilets could be rolled out across South Holland after it was claimed they’ve been a success in Holbeach. In August new heavy duty electronically timed locks were installed in the rebuilt toilets in the town. And a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel recently was asked how that trial was going to toilets so ...

A Spalding convenience shop has been refused temporary licences to sell alcohol for two week-long ‘events.’ Members of the licensing panel of South Holland District Council made the decision on Monday afternoon. Three temporary event notice applications were made by Helmat Hilmi for the store Nida Express on Winsover Road. It proposed to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises ...

Plans for a new Aldi in Holbeach represent a multi-million pound investment in the town, according to documents submitted this week. Aldi is looking to build a new supermarket on Fleet Street and create 40 full-time equivalent jobs for the area. The company said the new jobs will offer training and career growth opportunities.It added that its rates of pay ...

Residents in a Holbeach street are being forced to collect their mail from the post office because of a ‘menace’ dog intimidating the postal staff. A letter from the Royal Mail has told those living in Greenfields, from numbers 1-29 says the doorstep delivery service is suspended. “You may already be aware that a Royal Mail postperson was recently chased ...

Proposals to build 36 homes in Quadring have been recommended for approval, despite a raft of objections. The proposal is going before members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee next Wednesday. The application has been made by Seagate Homes but the district council owns land which would be used for the planned access connection. The application is a revised ...

Nearly 250 people have signed a petition calling for a bus company to fully reinstate a service linking Spalding, Crowland and Peterborough. Stagecoach East has made the number 37 service every other hour rather than hourly. But Crowland resident Rodney Sadd is calling for the service to be reinstated highlighting that those living in the village looking to get into ...

A councillor says she supports a call for businesses to open more at night and on Sundays – but there would need to be more bus services. Coun Jane King was responding to Coun Gary Taylor’s calls at a recent meeting. “I totally agree with Coun Taylor and I know some businesses are opening on Sundays,” she said. “But in ...

PITCHING IN NORTHERN LEAGUEPremier Midlands (Sat): Spalding United 2 Bedworth United 2. UHLSPORT UCLPremier Division North (Sat): Anstey Nomads 2 Pinchbeck United 0, (Wed, 7.45pm): Pinchbeck Utd L Deeping Rangers L. THURLOW NUNN EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat, selected, 3pm): Holbeach United 0 Harwich and Parkeston 2. PDFLSelected fixtures (Sat, 2pm): Premier Division: FC Peterborough 2 Crowland Town 1, ...

It’s time to get the grey matter working to bring the bloom back to Spalding. A special quiz night is being held on Saturday, November 12 to raise funds for the Spalding Flower Parade which is set to return on May 13. The quiz starts at 7.30pm at the Spalding Services Club on High Street with doors open from 6.30pm. ...

Sutton Bridge U3A (University of the Third Age) are hosting a Diabetic Education Workshop on Tuesday (November 1). Lisa Master, the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme for this area will be at the Curlew Centre from 1.30pm. Frank Heinrich-Jones of Sutton Bridge U3A said: “Lisa kindly gave a very interesting and though provoking presentation to the Long Sutton Men’s Shed last ...

A Spalding special school could face a £132,000 black hole in its finances due to rising utility costs and inflation. Schools in Lincolnshire have expressed concerns that central government funding provided for this financial year does not take into account much higher levels of inflation and the cost of utility bills. Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) schools, such as ...

Thousands of households in South Holland are yet to receive the £150 council tax rebate from the government, it’s been revealed. But those who haven’t received the payment aimed at helping with the current cost of living, will have the money taken off their council tax bill next year, a council meeting has heard. As previously reported, The Voice has ...

Staff at a South Holland school have created ‘a warm and welcoming’ environment where pupils feel safe, says a recent report. Cowbit St Mary’s Church of England Primary was inspected by Ofsted and a report published last week. “Pupils are polite and well behaved. Pupils told inspectors that bullying is not tolerated and does not really happen at their school,” ...

People who feel they may be about to be homeless are being urged to come forward at the earliest possible opportunity as South Holland deals with rising homelessness. From April to June, South Holland District Council had 107 homeless cases. It’s set itself a target that 50 per cent of cases are opened before the person becomes homeless and 70 ...

Strike action at one of South Holland’s biggest employers has been called-off, for now. Members of the Unite Union had said that its members at Bakkavor’s Spalding site would be striking in a row over pay. The union had a majority of its members vote for the strike and the dates were set for action to start next month. It ...

A Spalding group which brings classical music to the town is closing after almost 40 years. The South Holland Concerts was established in 1983 with the aim of making live classical music accessible to all. Over the years some top musicians have been hosted in the town thanks to the organisation and its range of sponsors. But with dwindling audiences, ...

Police have issued an appeal after a man was reportedly seen putting nails on paths and the car park around Spalding Bus Station. South Holland Police have so far only said that a male was seen putting the nails down this morning (Wednesday, October 26). A Facebook post stated: “They haven’t said what time the offence reportedly took place Officers ...