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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 ...

Plan B or not Plan B? That is the question being asked about the future of the Castle Sports Complex. The Spalding leisure centre is waiting to hear if it’s been successful in a £20m bid for Levelling Up funding submitted two Prime Ministers ago, in August. Spalding and Peele Leisure Centre’s performance were discussed by South Holland District Council’s ...

A councillor has urged more Spalding businesses to open later and on Sundays. Coun Gary Taylor has urged more businesses to extend their opening hours so the town can compete with others. “People can go to religious events as well as going shopping,” he told the Spalding Town Forum last week about Sunday opening. “I believe there’s an opportunity to ...

A man has been left with serious head injuries after an assault in Spalding town centre in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, October 25). A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH following the incident in Holland Market shortly after 3am. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We are appealing for information after a man was ...

Two people from Crowland have been arrested following a hit and run that killed a man in his 30s. The man was walking along a footpath when hit by a vehicle on Paston Ridings in Peterborough at 8.30am yesterday (Thursday, October 20). Today Cambridgeshire Police said two people had been arrested. A 45-year-old man from Crowland has been arrested on ...

A terminally ill woman has turned to crowd funding after having no heating for 18 months at her South Holland home. Lisa Hartley (45), has clinically died 11 times amid a series of health scares, but her oil boiler broke 18 months ago and she can’t afford to repair it. She and her carer Rob Flatters also had no hot ...

Spalding town’s Christmas tree is guaranteed some extra sparkle this year thanks to help from the local Lithuanian community. Around 450 people are associated with the community around Spalding and members have offered to brighten-up the town’s Christmas tree when it goes up in Hall Place. Spalding town’s forum received a letter from the Linden Community offering to hand-make decorations. ...

A Holbeach man reported by his employer for driving to work when banned told a court he did so as he lived ‘in the middle of nowhere’. Samuel Wheeler, 21, of Station Road, who admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance, told police that he had driven to work on August 22 because he had no-one who could drive him ...

A 31-year-old Sutton Bridge man found drunk in the driver’s seat of his stationery car while banned from driving has been fined. Ernestas Montvydas of Granville Terrace, who admitted the offence, was found by police in RavensBank, Holbeach on October 2. It was said he was slumped in the driving seat of his Ford S Max with the exterior and ...

A Spalding man drunkenly assaulted two police offers after recently completing an alcohol abstinence monitoring order, a court has heard. Tiberiu-Lucian Grozav, 34, of Lancelot Way, admitted the assault when he appeared atBoston Magistrates Court. The magistrates heard that at 2am on October 2, two officers were sent to investigate the report of a manassaulted in the town centre and ...

Saturday, May 13, 2023 is the new date for the Spalding Flower Parade. King Charles III’s Coronation on the original date of May 5 left chief organiser Steve Timewell with little option but to move the date after he’d contacted key stakeholders. The potential for a celebration alongside the crowning had been mooted but he told a meeting of the ...

A consultation has been launched over a potential new wind farm which could be connected to current infrastructure in South Holland. Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm is consulting with the public over its plans. The wind turbines themselves will be 54km off the coast north east of Skegness, though the underground cables could connect to the existing overhead line circuits ...