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Two funding streams have been approved to help boost mental and physical health in Holbeach. A special open day is being held on Monday with taster sessions of walking football, walking cricket and other activities. The Money Care Network alliance of countywide community groups is funding the walking sports. District and county councillor Tracey Carter secured the funding which aims ...

A Holbeach man has appeared in court after a reported stabbing in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning. Joshua Marshall aged 20, of High Street, Holbeach, has been charged with GBH, possession of an offensive weapon and driving whilst over the prescribed limit. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “He was remanded into custody and will be ...

A tandoori restaurant could lose its alcohol licence after illegal workers were found living on-site. When inspectors called at Chameli Tandoori in Holbeach they found more than half the staff working were illegal and one had also been working without permission at a Spalding premises seven years ago. The Holbeach venue’s licence holder, Abu Rasel, had previously been a director ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following what police said was reports of a stabbing in Holbeach. The incident happened in High Street shortly before 1am this morning (Sunday, August 28). Police say a 20-year-old sustained injuries that are not thought to be life threatening Another 20-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. A ...

A 36-year-old will appear in court today (Friday) charged with murder after an incident involving a house fire in Whaplode Drove earlier this month Sam Church, aged 36, of Acacia Avenue in Spalding has been charged with the murder of Vincent Markham and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Mr Markham, aged 52, died as a result of an ...

The principal at University Academy Long Sutton has praised its pupils after some brilliant GCSE results. Liam Davé particularly highlighted the ‘best ever’ number of pupils attaining higher than grade four in maths and English as well as the performances in engineering, drama and statistics. He said: “First and foremost, like all schools up and down the country I think ...

Spalding Grammar School is celebrating its ‘best ever’ GCSE results. A fantastic 45 per cent of all grades achieved by the pupils were in the top bracket of seven or higher. A statement from the school, said: “It is pleasing to be able to celebrate with Year 11, who have achieved our best ever results in GCSE examinations, with 45 ...

A Long Sutton woman is to follow her career dream and be a children’s nurse after passing her GCSEs through Boston College. Amy Male was incredibly happy with a grade seven in English and a grade five in Maths after taking on the courses. She’s now set to head to university. She said, “After spending many years raising my children ...

Spalding High School students produced some fantastic GCSE results. Out of 1,500 qualifications, more than half of the pupils at the school earned at least one of the highest grades possible (seven to nines). There were 14 per cent who hit that mark in all their subjects. Headteacher Michele Anderson said: “Last week we reported outstanding A Level results, some ...

The trust set to take over The Thomas Cowley High School has praised its pupils’ ‘positive’ GCSE results. The Donington school will become the Cowley Academy in September after being taken on by the South Lincolnshire Academies Trust. Details of the results haven’t been released. A school spokesman said: “In what has been a turbulent couple of years in education ...

Spalding Academy says its pupils have achieved its best GCSE results ever. The school says it’s particular pleased with the number of top grade (nines) it received. The head Mrs Jemma Curson hailed “amazing progress” with 70 per cent of students having achieved grades nine to four in 2022 compared to 49 per cent in 2019. For GCSE English, this was ...

Boston Road South in Holbeach is open again to traffic for the first time in months. Lincolnshire County Council has completed its long delayed restructure which followed sewer works by Anglian Water. The road has been plagued with sinking problems for three years and was the subject of a public meeting last week where both organizations involved apologised for delays ...

Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex Swimming Pool is set to be unable to reopen for at least another week. Work to open the pool has been continuing since last week’s flooding and on Monday the facility posted on social media that it would be closed until “at least 12pm” today (Thursday, August 25). However the centre operated by Lex Leisure on ...

The family of a 44-year-old woman who died at the scene of a collision on a Spalding road have thanked those that tried to save the life of the ‘loving and caring’ mother of two. Joanna Zacharkiewicz has been named locally as the woman who died in Halmer Gate, Spalding, shortly after 5pm on Thursday, August 18. Lincolnshire Police say ...

A Spalding community group has received a Lottery grant to help bring a former chapel back into community use. Project St Thomas is an initiative of the Catholic community in South Holland to create a local resource. The grant, for just over £14,000, will be used to work with local people to identify potential uses for the building and look ...

A Holbeach couple are fuming about receiving no payment after selling solar energy back to the National Grid since the start of the year. Seven months after paying out around £14,000 to have a 16-panel solar array fitted to their home, Pam and Ricky Fry have yet to receive a penny from company Utilities Warehouse. The couple have been so ...

A new scheme to aid Spalding streets that frequently flood is being put together it’s been claimed after properties were flooded last week. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said it had more than 100 calls from Spalding and Pinchbeck residents alone last Wednesday (August 17). They attributed it to a larger than expected storm which saw 146mm of rain fall in ...

A council partnership has launched its own local lottery with a £25,000 jackpot. The South and East Lincolnshire Lottery is aiming to raise money for local good causes. South Holland District Council first spoke about the setting up of a lottery for its residents back in 2020. Now it’s been launched by the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership of ...

Picking up on Richard Rate’s letter (Voice August 8), I assume he and South Holland residents are unaware that the council still mainly works from home! This is just one example of my recent experience. I attempted to make contact with the council to report a deliberately lit fire by a male youth in the Castle Park on Tuesday, August ...

A man who admitted intentionally strangling his partner at her Spalding home was today (Wednesday) jailed for 34 months. Lincolnshire Police charged Benjamin Flatters under new legislation which was introduced earlier this year to protect victims of domestic abuse. Flatters will also serve a further 12 months on extended licence following his release from jail after a judge concluded he ...