Things to do

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, contact Theresa Lewis on 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, open to 14-18 year olds, visit www.handsscouts.com Tots and carers group, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm-2.45pm; ...

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum will host a unique exhibition this weekend to mark Deafblind Awareness Week. National deafblind charity Sense is taking over the museum until Sunday with its Poems of the River exhibition. The exhibition celebrates the achievements of people with sight and hearing impairments from the charity’s Glenside Resource Centre in West Pinchbeck who took part in a six ...

Wake Up Call by Neon Youth Theatre Today until Saturday South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets are free but must be booked at the box office on 01775 764777 Neon Spalding are back with their third original production – a thought-provoking thriller, incorporating physical theatre and original music. When the pressure of operating within a rigorous system becomes too overwhelming, a ...

The Tiger Who Came to Tea Monday, 1.30pm and 4.30pm; Tuesday, 10.30am and 4.30pm. Key Theatre, Peterborough Tickets £13 Box office 01733 207239. Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is back on the road in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale ...

Competitions, crafts, horses, dogs – Crowland Show really does have something for everyone this Saturday. Being held at Snowden Field, the fun starts at 8.30am and the fun gets under way straightaway. The horse show kicks off bright and early in the main ring and continues throughout the day, providing a spectacular display of horses of all sizes from miniature ...

The ever-popular antiques and collectors fair is back at Springfields Events Centre this weekend. Whether you are a bargain hunter, collector, connoisseur or just curious there’s something for everyone, including antiques, collectables, jewellery, art, furniture, curios and decorative items. The fair has been established as a regular, busy and well attended event since 1998. Burgh-Le-Marsh Furnishings took over the management ...

by Jess Horn, Community development officer at South Holland District Council Would you like to learn something new by improving your cooking skills or growing your own food? If so, then you may be interested in programme run by The South Holland Community Development team called the Kitchen Garden Project. We organise cooking classes and provide community growing spaces with ...

We’re holding a quiz night to kick off fundraising for our new charity. The quiz is on Friday, July 17 at Spalding Services Club on High Street (7pm for 7.30pm). Our thanks to the club committee for kindly donating use of the hall. We are accepting teams of up to eight people and tickets, priced at £6 each, include a Ploughman’s-style supper. ...

An auction of goods to raise money for a driveway at St Mary’s Church in Long Sutton takes place in the church hall on Saturday (June 20). Typical items are furniture (house & garden), bed and table linen, books, war memorabilia, paintings and watercolours. prints and maps, bric-a-brac, tea caddies, workboxes, musical instruments, children’s toys, radios, train sets, brass, copper ...

Long Sutton Horse and Pony Show takes place on Sunday, June 28 offering plenty to keep everyone entertained. The event takes place at Cinder Ash Park and new for this year is the Handy Pony ring which will run all day. There is no show jumping this year but advanced entry is available for all classes now. The showing classes ...

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 Avenue Q Today (Thursday), 7.30pm; Tomorrow (Friday), 5pm and 8.30pm; Saturday, 5pm and 8.30pm. The Cresset, Peterborough Box office 01733 265705 The Illegal Eagles Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm. Stamford Arts Centre Box office 01780 763203 The Carnival Band – Music In Quiet Places Today (Thursday), 7.30pm The Witches – Youth Theatre Tomorrow (Friday), ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am­4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, contact Theresa Lewis on 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm­9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm­9.15pm. Open to 14­18 year olds. Visit www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers Group, 9am­11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am­12.30pm and 1.45pm­2.45pm; ...

Holbeach Town and Country Fayre takes place this weekend and one of the main attractions is the unique cabbage hurling competition. This annual event is a coming together of the country summer show and a classic car and vehicle show. Entertainment lined up for the main arena this year consists of: falconry display musical vehicles owl displays marching bands fun ...

How do you follow one of the most iconic movies ever made? For a generation of film fans (myself included), 1993’s Jurassic Park was perhaps the first genuinely great film we were able to see at the cinema. Sadly, The Lost World (1997) and Jurassic Park 3 (2001) – despite being largely enjoyable – never really reached the sky-high standards ...

The esteemed Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum is likely to move – but not anytime soon. The Broad Street premises – which was purpose-built in 1910 – is in a poor state, is too small and has limited disabled access. Chairman Nick Casswell said the society is looking into alternative premises but it would need a lot of grant support. He ...

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864 Octonauts Saturday, 1pm and 4pm; Sunday, 10am and 1pm Avenue Q Tuesday and Wednesday, 7.30pm Key Theatre, Peterborough Box office 01733 207239 The Three Degrees Today (Thursday), 7.30pm Courtney Pine presents Song (the ballad book) featuring Zoe Rahman Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm Oasis UK Saturday, 7.30pm The Brighouse and Rastrick Band Sunday, 3pm ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, start Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, for 14-18 year olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and carers group, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm-2.45pm; Weston Village Hall, 2pm-3pm, £1.50, 01529 ...

There’s live music and lots more on the bill for the second annual Rainbow Summer Solstice Festival. The event takes place on Sunday, June 21 behind The Five Bells at Tydd St Mary. Live bands include Mickey Flynn, Whisky Before Breakfast, Bear Makes Ninja, The Gangsters, Addison’s Uncle, Beachy Head Diving Club and Another Bloody Day. There will be plenty ...

A free girls’ football session is being offered on Saturday, June 20 to coincide with this year’s Women’s World Cup. Run by Give It Some Fizz Fitness, Sports and Education, at Surfleet’s Glen Park, it is open to girls aged from 7-11 and runs from 2pm-3pm. Sessions run regularly from 2pm-3pm every Saturday (except June 13) at Glen Park, giving youngsters ...

I’ve so far managed to give the Melissa McCarthy hype train something of a wide berth, but I was always going to have to hop on eventually. The larger than life actress has been making quite a name for herself in the comedy genre after starring in The Heat and Bridesmaids, but it’s fair to say she’s quite a devisive ...