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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 ...

The A151 is due to reopen tomorrow (Wednesday, August 23) after around four weeks of works, but a supply issue means it will have to close again soon. After delays, the rebuilt road will still reopen tomorrow, but less than half of the resurfacing Lincolnshire County Council expected to be done has been carried out, meaning it will have to ...

A 44-year-old woman died following a collision on Halmer Gate in Spalding yesterday evening (Thursday, August 18). It followed a collision involving a silver car and a VW transporter shortly after 5pm. A spokesman man for Lincolnshire Police said: “We received a call with reports of a two-vehicle collision in the Halmer Gate area of Spalding at 5.04pm on 18 ...

Five fire crews attended a workshop on fire near to the A16 at Surfleet last night (Thursday, August 18). It was reported just before 6pm last night. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: ”Spalding, Donington, Kirton, Holbeach and Boston attended reports of a outbuilding on fire off the A16, Surfleet. “Fire damage to metal framed workshop and contents ...

University Academy Holbeach is celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate for its students, including its first ever to pass the Oxbridge entry requirements. The school says it’s had a host of good results. Ben Harcourt-Sharpe was one of the top performers and will study history at Oxford after achieving grades of A* and A. Principal Shelia Paige said: “University ...

Halmer Gate in Spalding is currently closed due to an incident. Emergency services including the air ambulance are in attendance. The AA reports its a ’serious crash involving a van and a car’. There’s been reports on social media of at least one person at the scene being given CPR. The Voice has contacted Lincolnshire Police for more information. More ...

Three Spalding homes have been raided as part of an investigation into ‘serious and organised crime’. Six people have been arrested following the raids yesterday (Wednesday, August 17) on those homes and also on a property in Peterborough. It was instigated by Northamptonshire Police who said it followed an investigation into the theft of £300,000 of tools from a stolen ...

A Surfleet man has been jailed after being found driving while disqualified for a second time in four months. Edvinas Piragis, 29, of Newlands Road, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance whenhe appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said police saw Piragis driving an Audi A4 in Holbeach Road, Spalding at4.30pm on May 10 and stopped the ...

A Spalding man drove his Mercedes car at speeds of up to 130mph in an attempt to avoid being stopped by police, a court has heard. Eimantas Gudziunas, 32, of Double Street, who admitted dangerous driving, was seen by officers in his car at 12.30am on January 26 and they followed it and then used their blue light to get ...

People were queuing from 7.30am this morning as Taco Bell and KFC opened its new Spalding branches. The developments on the Lincolnshire Business Gateway Park are now serving food and drink after opening their doors at 10.30am this morning (Thursday, August 18). The queues were for Taco Bell which celebrated the opening of its 100th store in the UK by ...

Inspectors of an adult care home have put it in special measures after highlighting a raft of failings – including residents not being protected from abuse. Alleged incidents of physical and sexual abuse at Field House, Fleet Hargate, had not been reported to the safeguarding team by staff or the manager. “These incidents were consequently not investigated at the time,” ...

Hundreds of children are being helped by a scheme running at a Spalding fish and chip shop. And the owners of Phoenix Traditional Fish and Chips have no intention of ending the scheme so long as it’s being supported. Since the start of the summer holidays the team has been offering the £1 meals for children. No other purchase is ...