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The solution to Lincolnshire’s healthcare problems is not as simple as investing more money into the system. Instead, it’s about using resources more wisely and listening to the needs of individual people, according to the county’s public health director. At the Health Scrutiny Committee meeting for Lincolnshire last Wednesday, county councillors put questions to Derek Ward, the local director for ...

A man denied ten sexual offences against a child in the Spalding area when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday.Daniel Brundell (59), of Launditch Crescent in Downham Market will go to trial at Lincoln Crown Court in April next year after he pleaded not guilty to a total of 14 charges.He is charged with six counts of sexual ...

Lincolnshire County Council is looking to take National Grid to court over the way it has been consulting the public on its massive Grimsby to Walpole pylon scheme.The Nation Grid announced in January that it would string up o 420 pylons across an 87-mile stretch from Grimsby to Walpole in West Norfolk.The news hasn’t been well received, with protestors launching ...

Some of the £262m funding being given to Lincolnshire should go on repairing potholes on the A16 and A17 through South Holland, a councillor has claimed. Coun Bryan Alcock asked South Holland District Council leader Nick Worth if he’d lobby Lincolnshire County Council to ensure funds are spent in the district.The money has been allocated by central government to Lincolnshire ...

South Holland District Council is the latest authority to announce its opposition to the planned pylon march ahead of the end of the initial consultation process on Wednesday, March 13. National Grid’s plan for the connection from Grimsby to Walpole in Norfolk is set to go right through South Holland.The issue was raised at South Holland District Council by Coun ...

A call has gone out for the public to respect those in public facing services after a councillor spoke of how she had to step in after watching a patient reduce a pharmacist to tears.Coun Glynis Scalese was working as a nurse when she witnessed the incident at West Elloe Pharmacy.“Last week I was disappointed to see two members of ...

Work has begun on constructing the new multi-million pound emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.The demolition of the building next to the existing emergency department has been completed, foundations have been poured and the concrete infrastructure is being installed for the two-storey new build extension.Once the concrete floors, stairwells, lift shafts and other structural elements are in place, the ...

Seven new defibrillators have been installed around Spalding and a host of others refurbished. South Holland District Council has nine council maintained defibrillators in the district, alongside dozens of others managed by other organisations and businesses.It’s 24/7 services are at the public toilets in Winfrey Avenue, on Broadgate House in Westlode Street and at The Lighthouse in Haverfield Road.Others available ...

Police say they do have enough resources to cover the Holbeach area after recent criticism. At a previous meeting of the parish council Coun Sam Bailey claimed that because people in the town weren’t reporting crimes, a PCSO had been moved to be based in Long Sutton.Following that, a request was put in for police to attend a Holbeach Parish ...

A spate of attempted thefts of keyless vehicles in Spalding has led to police offering advice to owners. Four attempted thefts of high-powered vehicles were reported in the early hours of Wednesday, February 28 with two being successful.Police believe the incidents were linked.Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt at stealing a Volvo vehicle on Osier Road at around 2.40am.Police believe they ...

A raise in district councillors expenses was passed despite a late bid by independent councillors to stop some increases. As previously reported, an independent board had set the proposals to change some of the payments that councillors can claim for their otherwise unpaid roles.As the item was discussed at last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council, leader of the ...

A campaign to promote South Holland’s markets is set to launch as a councillor argued it ‘needs to be done quickly’ and that previous councillors had let them down.Coun Chris Brewis told last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council it needed to be ‘a vigorous’ campaign.Deputy leader Coun Tracey Carter responded that she’d been sent a design for gazebos ...

The deputy leader of the district council, Coun Tracey Carter, raised objections to the budget due to plans to remove free parking at the Boston Road South car park in her Holbeach ward.You can currently park there for free for two hours.But the council will now bring in a flat £1 fee, or the full day price rising from £1.30 ...

Working groups have been established to find £1.6m of savings as South Holland District Council set its budget for the next financial year. It includes a maximum permitted five per cent increase in council tax bills.Despite the government finding some funding for authorities with drainage boards, the council was told 92 per cent of the average £6.01 increase per household ...

The plans for the new ‘South Holland Wellness Suite’ are to be put to consultation in the next few weeks.It’s being funded by £20m of Levelling Up money secured from central government.Coun Gary Taylor told a meeting of South Holland District Council last week: “It may seem it’s gone quiet a bit but a huge amount of work has gone ...

Two people have lost their lives on roads in South Holland over the last few days. A man, believed to be from Spalding, died and three children were injured in a collision on the A16 in Crowland on Sunday afternoon.The crash involved a fire engine which was heading to an emergency.The five-vehicle incident was reported at 12.40pm and the road ...

South Holland police recovered a haul of illicit cigarettes when they were on patrol is Spalding town centre. They also seized a vehicle and reported the driver for traffic offences.Trading standards are conducting further enquiries into the cigarettes.Police officers are also urging residents to be extra vigilant after seven attempted or successful burglaries were reported between March 1 and March ...

A family tearoom is at the centre of a year-long awareness campaign to highlight Crohn’s Disease and its impact. Half of the four-strong team at Victoria House in Gosberton are living with the autoimmune condition.And it is now the centre of operations for the campaign to tell people how much of an impact Crohn’s can have.The tea shop was previously ...

A Spalding man who repeatedly breached a restraining order has been jailed for 21 months. Johannes Stephanus de Klerk, 42, appeared for sentence at Lincoln Crown Court after being remanded into custody at an earlier hearing. He was represented by defence barrister Chris Brewin after pleading guilty to four charges of harassment by breach of a restraining order. The court ...

A man will appear in court after going on to the RAF Holbeach firing range while it was operational. Alistair Paton of New Road, Sutton Bridge will appear in Boston Magistrates’ Court at a later date due to him contravening a local byelaw surrounding the MOD practice range on Monday, January 22. The 57-year-old could be set for a £500 ...