News

Holland and Barrett is to be the second shop to suddenly close its doors at Springfields this week. The health foods chain, which also has a branch in Spalding town centre, is set to close today (Wednesday, July 6). It follows Game closing its branch yesterday. However Springfields say new stores will replace those leaving. A spokesperson for Springfields, said: ...

A father and son are retiring together after almost 35 years running a popular garden and pet centre. George and Simon Slinger will leave Birchgrove Garden Centre in Pinchbeck on July 10. While the pair are looking forward to spending more time with family, Birchgrove, which incorporates Megapets and Bettertack, will be taken over by another local business owner Gary ...

Person-centred care and effective communication are two key areas that matter the most to patients, according to Healthwatch Lincolnshire. The report says local health trusts have been struggling with an ever-declining workforce, poor travel infrastructure and local expectations of care. “For many patients, carers and service users, their view of COVID-19 on how they access services has changed from support ...

A judge warned a Spalding man to expect jail after he admitted attempted sex offences relating to five under-age girls. James Andrew Killner (50) was ordered to comply with the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders’ Register after he pleaded guilty to five offences during a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court. The offences which occurred between January 31, 2019 and ...

There ‘wasn’t a dry eye in the house’ as a Ukrainian opera singer was among the many highlights as a village marked a 300th anniversary with a talent competition. Over 200 people attended the Moulton Chapel’s Got Talent event at the community centre on Friday night as part of the celebrations of three centuries of St James’s Church. Among the ...

A coroner has ruled that South Holland District Council’s handling of a housing issue contributed to a 35-year-old man taking his own life. Maciej Szmyt was found dead in bungalow accommodation at The Anglia Motel in Fleet on August 10 last year, having taken an overdose of tablets. An inquest into his death, held at Boston Coroner’s Court last Tuesday, ...

A South Holland community larder is looking at providing packed lunches for school children during the summer holiday. Holbeach Community Larder charity is already making plans to help families who may struggle over the long break. The community larder and cafe operates a food bank at the Reading Rooms on Wednesday and Friday. It also offers a cafe on Fridays ...

A local charity that’s helped people in South Holland over the last 60 years faces closure if new volunteers don’t come forward. The Spalding Mencap Society is particularly worried about the impact on a social group for people with learning difficulties along with the bus it loans out to groups such as The Chapel Centre and The Garth School. Wendy ...

A Sutton Bridge grandmother who thought she would never eat again after a stroke has told how a course of innovative treatment made it possible for her to enjoy her favourite foods once more. Diana Tavner (81) was diagnosed with dysphagia and left unable to swallow following a stroke in May, 2019. Her speech was also affected. She had to ...

A gaming shop at Springfields has suddenly closed its doors. The Spalding branch of GAME announced on Twitter yesterday (Tuesday, July 7) it was to be its last day trading ‘for now’. The Voice understands the six staff were given less than 24 hours notice of the closure and were left in the dark for the reasoning. Yesterday the store ...

A parish council has said it’s fed up of the state of its roads and is to lobby for improvements. Members of Pinchbeck Parish Council say they are particularly a concerned about Northgate, a road meant to have a weight limit but still regularly used by HGVs. A council spokesman said one deep pot hole that highways authority Lincolnshire County ...

Officers have charged a man under new legislation which was introduced last month to protect victims of domestic abuse. Benjamin Flatters, aged 31, of Dorchester Road, Spalding was charged with non-fatal strangulation following an alleged assault, reported on June 23. Flatters appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on July 1 where he pleaded not guilty to the strangulation charge. Flatters pleaded ...

A Spalding man who admitted perverting the course of justice and stalking his ex-partner was today (Monday) jailed for four months. Timothy Hart, 46, of Alexandra Road, was also made the subject of a two year restraining order which prevents him from contacting his former girlfriend. Lincoln Crown Court heard the offences occurred after the couple’s three and half year ...

Programme of extensive essential works coming to an end – a week to go and then it’s done. After nearly five months of hard work on one of the county’s most famous landmarks, the critical refurbishment of the Cross Keys Swing Bridge at Sutton on the A17 is coming to an end. The final part of the programme of works ...

Lincolnshire County Council is being asked to back up its claim that not opening the tip two days a week has not had an effect on the increase in fly-tipping in South Holland. South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel has asked a representative from the authority that oversees the running of the tips to attend a meeting to answer ...

Two alleged Spalding drug dealers have been sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court by magistrates in Boston.Aleks Szerafin (24), of Celandine Close, admitted supplying cannabis to others and possessing cannabis with intent to supply, although on a basis that could not be agreed to by the Crown Prosecution Service.Modestas Stasys (22), of London Road, denied possessing £360 in cash ...

A huge wave of support for a Spalding Flower Parade saw a public meeting overflowing. Organiser Steve Timewell claims he has already had 30 floats book in for the event which he is planning for Saturday, May 6 next year.The public meeting on Thursday saw people listening to proceedings outside the Constitutional Club as supporters filled the room.And there was ...

A devoted charity worker says she is heartbroken at Lincolnshire County Council turfing a number of local groups out of Spalding’s Ivo Day Centre. Sue Croucher manages the charity that has looked after the centre, she says was built for the people of South Holland, since 1983.But the county council is now taking control of it to move in a ...

A South Holland community group is bracing itself for a summer of pleas for help as the rocketing cost of living hits parents hard. The Holbeach Heros are already seeing a rising number of people who are struggling to cope with huge increases in energy and fuel costs along with rising inflation.Just this week the group stepped in and helped ...

Plans to create a place to help integrate veterans in South Holland have been deferred to ask for more information on the project. Project Dignity says it aims to help groups of veterans by providing accommodation, therapy and support to adjust back into civilian life. The scheme would house groups of six veterans in accommodation at Station Road, Gedney Hill ...