CROWLAND PARISH COUNCIL: Hedge fund helps town allotment scheme
Work on a new allotment and cemetery in Crowland has been helped along by cash from a countywide landscape fund.Parish councillors have new hedging for the site in James Road with the help of a grant...
View ArticlePolitical pressure applied from South Holland on bus operator’s review
Political leaders in South Holland are uniting in an effort to protect cross-county bus services now under review.Conservative Party members of South Holland District Council held talks after...
View ArticleDonington bus service cuts pile pressure on volunteer drivers
Donington may have to give more cash to a voluntary car scheme because drivers are expected to be busier following cuts to Brylaine bus services.The parish usually gives £750 but that looks like being...
View ArticleHopes of October start to Peppermint development in Holbeach
Work on a multi-million pound Food Enterprise Zone (FEZ) in Holbeach that could “support” over 2,000 jobs could start in October.An update on the development next to the A17/A151 Peppermint Junction...
View ArticleSpalding Lions thank sleigh helpers
Spalding Lions have presented cheques to the many organisations that helped them on the Sleigh nights throughout December. Without the help of these groups, the Lions would be unable to make as many...
View ArticleSpate of thefts from work vehicles in Spalding
Workmen have been urged to remove tools from their vehicles at night after an increase in thefts in Spalding and the surrounding villages.Power and hand tools have been taken and police have urged...
View ArticlePower cut hits 1,600 properties in Gosberton and Quadring
Around 1,600 properties were left without power yesterday afternoon (Thursday) according to Western Power Distribution.A spokesperson said: “Power was lost at approximately 2pm in the Gosberton and...
View ArticleCaitlin is queen of the great cook-off
Bourne Academy pupil Caitlin Roche again proved to be queen of the cook-off in the second round of the Rotary Young Chef competition.Caitlin won the Spalding and Welland Rotary Young Chef competition...
View ArticlePolice issue re-appeal following town centre attack
Detectives in Spalding are re-appealing for information related to a reported GBH incident which took place in the town centre.During the early hours of Tuesday January 16, a man reported that he...
View ArticlePeele’s young actors do the college proud
Students from Long Sutton’s Peele Community College entertained and wowed two enthusiastic audiences when they put on their production ‘Pantomania!’Pupils made the school proud with their hard work,...
View ArticleTime for change at hockey club’s pitch
Spalding Hockey Club will now have the luxury of changing rooms and a clubhouse when they play their home games at Glen Park, Surfleet.Permission to renovate and change the use of a derelict building...
View ArticleTheft claim is last straw for loyal Holbeach shopper
A “humiliated” engineer from Holbeach is boycotting the town’s Tesco store after he was wrongly suspected of shoplifting.Mark Bowley (54) is fuming, claiming he was told that it was the retailer’s...
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT: South Holland women celebrate the right to equality 100 years on
It is 100 years since women won the vote, paving the way for equal rights for both sexes.The Suffragette movement, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, sparked the political reform of 1918 and 1928 that, in...
View ArticleBreak-in at Spalding bakery prompts police witness plea
Popular Spalding bakery Curtis of Lincoln was targeted in an overnight break-in.Damage caused by intruders delayed the opening of the store today (Friday) but it was soon business as usual.Director...
View ArticleTributes to Donington, Quadring and Gosberton councillor who chaired South...
Tributes have been paid to the “real gentleman” Robert Clark, South Holland District Council’s respected chairman from 2013-2015.Conservative Coun Clark, who represented Donington, Quadring and...
View ArticleTwenty vans stolen from and two set alight
Police are investigating 20 incidents reported since midnight on February 8 where vans have been broken into or damaged by attempted break-ins. Incidents have been reported in Crowland (2), Holbeach...
View ArticleCouncillors grant outline permission for Pinchbeck homes
A low-density housing development in Pinchbeck has been granted outline approval.Councillors agreed with planning officers that the development would provide sustainable new housing on the 1.45 hectare...
View ArticleCrowland recycling site plans to be decided by county council
Plans to turn nearly 13 acres of Crowland farmland into a recycling plant for building materials are to be decided at county council level.Crowland Parish Council raised concerns about extra traffic on...
View ArticleExpansion plan for Spalding nursery plan gets the go-ahead
A Spalding-based international horticulture business has got the go-ahead for a large development of glasshouses.Managing director of Bridge Farm Nurseries, David Ball, told councillors of the...
View ArticleWEEKEND WEB: Free Press letters
Views on Brexit and planning plus memories of a tragic war deathWife and mother was killed during bombing raidReading about the new war memorial , I thought I would submit this letter about a civilian...
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