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Controversial plans to relocate a historic fountain to Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Gardens look set to be approved. South Holland District Council wants to re-erect the Johnson Fountain in the gardens despite calls for it to be put in the town centre. The fountain, which no longer works, was in the gardens but dismantled in 2018 to make room for the new ...

Failure to submit a correct flood risk assessment should see retrospective planning approval for a waste recycling site refused. Midwest Polychem applied to retain three structures already put up at its Holbeach Hurn site. A planning enforcement team saw the buildings during a monitoring site visit. The waste processing facility is approved, but it is in Flood Zone 3 so ...

Plans for a chicken farm in Donington are back before South Holland District Council next week. The application for six poultry houses and infrastructure at Gibbet Fen was approved earlier this month. But a report is due to go back to the council’s planning committee next week as the result of ‘additional information forthcoming.’ Each of the proposed chicken sheds ...

Healthcare inequalities hit both ends of the age range across the county, according to a recent report for Lincolnshire. The results of a service-user survey shows that both the over-60s and the under-30s feel discriminated against when it comes to healthcare. A year after the pandemic first hit, the survey was conducted by Healthwatch Lincolnshire, which is an independent ‘champion ...

South Holland District Council made savings of £1.24m in the last financial year but further cuts are likely after it also had a £249,000 overspend on its budget. The deficit, which is against a budget of £13.1m, will be made up from the council tax reserve and is offset by a £125,000 underspend, a report to the council’s cabinet states. ...

A tender has gone out for an ‘enviro-crime’ team to tackle the likes of fly-tipping in the district. It was revealed in March that the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland District Council is a member, was hoping to roll out such a team before summer. South Holland made no prosecutions against fly-tippers in the 20/21 ...

A woman who has raised more than £26,000 for charity by selling items from her Holbeach home has been recommended to be given a ‘certificate of lawfulness’ to continue. Ann Gregory was left stunned when told she received a letter saying she needed planning permission to continue selling bric-a-brac with all proceeds going to Jerry Green Dog Rescue from her ...

The Spalding branch of The Nottingham Building Society is to close by the end of the year. It, plus nearby branches in Bourne and Stamford are among 17 branches the group has said are to shut. The Spalding branch in Sheep Market has only been The Nottingham since 2017 when it took over the Sheep Market premises which was previously ...

A 20-year-old man charged following an alleged stabbing in Holbeach’s High Street has today (Tuesday) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Joshua Marshall, of High Street, Holbeach, was charged following an incident in the town centre during the early hours of Sunday August 28. A man, who was aged in his 20s, was taken to Boston Pilgrim Hospital with serious injuries ...

Details have been released on the overnight closure of Spalding Road in Pinchbeck as relief road works continue. Night-time closures will be in place from 7pm to 6am, weekday evenings only, starting on Monday October 17 for four weeks. Outside of the evening closures, two-way traffic management will be in place to allow Spalding Road to remain open. The work ...

A provisional trial date has been set for a Spalding man accused of murder following a Whaplode Drove fire. Samuel Church, (36), of Acacia Avenue in Spalding has been charged with the murder of Vincent Markham and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Lincolnshire Police said Mr Markham, aged 52, died as a result of an assault at a ...

There’s reports of long queues in and around the A16 at Spalding this afternoon (Friday, Septmeber 29). The AA says there’s severe delays in the vicinity. It’s reported the delays are due to a broken down lorry. Earlier today, Lincolnshire County Council urged people to “leave extra time” when visiting Spalding tip on nearby West Marsh Road. A social media ...

A Spalding man charged with murder and attempted murder will provisionally go on trial in January next year. Darren Kirk, 52, died from a stab wound to the chest following an incident at a property in Cygnet Court on 20 December last year. Wayne Rule, 45, of Cygnet Court, Spalding, has entered a not guilty plea to murdering Mr Kirk. He ...

A 29-year-old driver has admitted hitting two pedestrian and failing to stop. William Jones, 29, of Washway Road, Fleet, admitted dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident while driving his BMW 120D car dangerously in New Road, Spalding on May 1. Boston magistrates heard he struck two pedestrians in the collision and then drove off. Appearing for Jones, ...

Lincolnshire is the police force area in England and Wales with the highest number of speeding offences per capita. That’s according to research from Forbes Advisor, the price comparison and financial guidance website. The study analysed the latest police force data from 2010 to 2020 on speeding offences for each region in England and Wales to establish where the speediest ...

South Holland continued to pay its respects with the majority of businesses closing to allow staff to watch Monday’s funeral. Holbeach experienced a 21-gun salute thanks to Anglian Motel’s Harold Payne. On Monday at 11am, to mark the start of the funeral service, he fired a specially adapted FH70 gun which was originally on the German Russian border and could ...

Posters are being put up around Spalding as part of a new campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of prostate cancer. The Rightside Trust charity’s Mark Le Sage has launched the initiative and says he’s wanted to do so for decades after seeing a patient while a student nurse who told him he thought the symptoms ‘were just part ...

Two standard bearers who proudly represented the area in the procession for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II have spoken of their pride at playing a part in the historic event. Alan Canham, of Pinchbeck, and Graham Hewitt, of Spalding, were among 72 Royal British Legion standard bearers hand selected to march behind the coffin of the monarch on Monday. ...

A historic World War Two pillbox situated on a Spalding estate is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a history buff and local company. The historic relic on the corner of Buttercup Close and Lavender Way is thought to be one of only a handful of its kind in the UK. It’s been derelict for a ...

South Holland has missed out as the preferred site for a planned new reservoir. It had been revealed that Anglian Water were looking at several locations for the new lake, including between Tongue End and Deeping St Nicholas. But the company has announced it’s now proposing to build the reservoir south east of Sleaford. The plans for the water include ...