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A man carrying a knife punched a woman in the face in a late night Spalding takeaway in an unprovoked attack, a court has heard. Tiberiu-Lucian Grozav 34, of Lancelot Way, Spalding admitted assault by beating and possession of a lock knife in a public place, when he appeared before District Judge Peter Veits sitting at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, ...

A 25-year-old who attacked a man leaving him with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain has been sent to prison. Connor Tierney of Langwith Drive, Holbeach had admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Richard Scott when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court two weeks ago and was appearing for sentence following a pre sentence report from the Probation ...

Two Londoners have admitted stealing cooking oil from a Surfleet fish and chip shop. Nencho Borisov, 37, and Krastyo Asenov, 35, both from Wood End in London, admitted stealing £50worth of cooking oil from The Cod Squad in Surfleet on April 2. The Boston Magistrates Court heard that police found the two men in a Mercedes van with the cooking ...

A 47-year-old man from Pinchbeck has been named as the person who died in a collision on the A16 last week. Cambridgeshire Police say Dwayne Southard of Pemway Drive died at the scene of the incident when the Volkswagen Caddie he was driving just outside Peterborough was involved in a collision with two HGVs at 8.20am on Wednesday, April 13. ...

South Holland District Council has been given £2.7m to spend over three years as part of the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ fund. The money is intended to replace previous funding from the European Union with more details due to be announced in the summer. A spokesman for the South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership, which South Holland is a part of, ...

The murky levels of sewerage in South Holland’s waterways has become a little clearer but there are calls for more monitoring. In 2021 there were at least 164 sewerage overflows equating to 1,242 hours of waste spillage in the area into the likes of the River Welland, according to The River’s Trust conservation group. * A faulty pump has been ...

Lincolnshire County Council tops the national table when it comes to paying out the most compensation for pothole damage in recent years. Councillors say it’s partly due to cuts in government funding and that the average claim it’s paid has gone down in recent years. A survey by What Car? magazine says the county council has paid out £764,588 between ...

A new climate change strategy is being rolled out across South Holland which aims to be in a partnership at the forefront of a reducing carbon emissions. The South and East Lincolnshire Climate Action Network (SELCAN) is being established to work towards a net zero ambition. Members of South Holland District Council’s Cabinet will be asked to accept the strategy ...

A woman who witnessed two people allegedly trying to break into a Spalding building is fuming at the lack of police interest. The witness even sent Lincolnshire police a picture of the scene (right), and called 999 while it was all taking place on March 18. Two officers arrived at the old gym on Spring Gardens, searched the two involved, ...

Plans are being put together to look to improve the safety of ducks in Holbeach. Steve Muy organised the ‘Duck Safety Meeting’ outside All Saints’ Church on High Street on Saturday with attendees including district and county councillor Tracey Carter, members of Holbeach Parish Council and the town-based Waddles Duck Rescue. Parish councillor Isobel Hutchinson said: “It was a productive ...

A major improvement scheme to schools for pupils with special educational needs has been hit by a raft of problems – including the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine and a shortage of labour, according to a county council report. The report to go before the Lincolnshire Schools’ Forum today (April 21) updates members on the implementation of an improvement strategy ...

A daughter whose mother died in a Spalding house fire linked to illegal cigarettes, is highlighting the dangers of illicit tobacco. June Buffham (71) lost her life in April 2012 and the fire is believed to have been caused by an illegal Jin Ling cigarette being dropped. “I’ll never forget hearing those words ‘there has been a fire at home ...

Holbeach has been hit by a series of incidents of anti-social behaviour in recent weeks. South Holland Police say they’ve identified some of those responsible and are currently in the process of dealing with them. It follows a number of incidents over several weeks, police say. In a statement South Holland Police said: “We are aware of a series of ...

Carter’s Park in Holbeach hosted a very special football match at the weekend. Co-manager of Moulton Harrox Bobby Patterson worked with former players at Holbeach to raise money in memory of his mum, Margaret, who died suddenly in 2011 at the age of 60. Bobby (35) said he had always wanted to do something in her memory and decided to ...

A wanted man from Holbeach denied a charge of robbery when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.  Connor Tierney, 25, of Langwith Drive, was on bail for a charge of robbery on March 15 in Long Sutton. He is accused of robbing the BP Main Road Filling Station, in Long Sutton, of a quantity of alcohol, cigarettes and a Yodel ...

Long Sutton Library is to reopen in May. It’s been closed since December to allow for repairs to the building’s roof, but will reopen on Monday May 23. The Click and Collect service that’s been running in its place will end at 1pm on Saturday May 7. The library will then be closed for two weeks while associated internal works ...

Armed police and a helicopter were involved in arresting two suspects in Little Sutton this afternoon. It followed a vehicle associated with a suspect wanted by Suffolk Police being seen crossing the A17 at Sutton Bridge. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “Following an ANPR reading at around 2.40pm today (April 18) on the A17 at Sutton Bridge for a vehicle ...

Halmer Gate roundabout is due to be closed for several hours tomorrow and Wednesday with road works takin slightly longer than initially expected, Lincolnshire County Council has announced. Work on Low Road was due to start tomorrow (Tuesday, April 19) but will now start on Wednesday (April 20) after work on the roundabout itself concludes. As a result, on both ...

A driver told magistrates he thought he’d been found over the alcohol limit because he had not eaten for hours. Szymon Platek, 46, of Eastern Road, Holbeach St Matthews admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Marie Stace, prosecuting, said Platek was stopped by officers when driving his Audi car in Tattershall Road in Boston ...

A Spalding man who told magistrates that driving disqualifications had ‘ruined his life’ as he had wanted to be a professional driver, has been banned again. Valdis Caune, 31, of Regent Street, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance when heappeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said he was stopped by police while driving his Mercedes C220 in ...