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13 hours ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Hanging baskets will decorate parts of Spalding town centre thanks to an £11,000 investment from a business group - prompting some concern from traders. Spalding Business Improvement District (BID) has agreed to fund the making up, watering, feeding and installation of 130 baskets around the town centre in its first major investment in the town since traders began to receive their bills in February.
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1 day ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Police have closed three shops for selling illegal cigarettes and vapes. Two Spalding stores, EU Vapes and Spalding European, along with Holbeach’s Yellow Store will not be able to open until the summer following an operation by the Neighbourhood Policing Team. Sgt Callum Corder said, “In close collaboration with our partners, Lincolnshire County Council Trading Standards, we have again imposed closure orders, these shops have been involved in the sale of illegal tobacco products and vapes.
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1 day ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
The A17 is reported to be closed after a crash. It is shut between Holbeach and Moulton Seas End following the incident earlier today. AA Traffic is reporting that the A17 is closed in both directions from Peppermint roundabout and Common Road junction. The A17 is closed PHOTO: STOCKWe understand that the air ambulance has been dispatched to the scene.
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1 day ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
A town’s beacon blazed to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The Holbeach branch of the Royal Observer Corps Association ensured that the town’s beacon had been light on Thursday last week to commemorate this important anniversary. Entertainment had been provided on the beacon site, which sits between Wignal’s Gate and Spalding Road, on the evening. Association chairman Tony Topliss had praised member John Kinder for his role in organising the event.
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1 day ago | 
newarkadvertiser.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Union leaders have voiced ‘serious concerns’ about the £1.6 billion takeover of a food manufacturing giant. Unite the Union has spoken out over the possible merger of Greencore and Bakkavor to create a £4billion food business. Last month, Greencore agreed the takeover deal in principle with the Bakkavor board. Greencore are now reported to have agreed terms with Bakkavor, which has Europe’s largest chilled desserts factory in Newark as well as sites in Spalding and Holbeach.
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1 day ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Plans have been submitted to build a new substation for a town that is growing beyond the means of the current electricity network. National Grid says that the current distribution network around Holbeach is not sufficient for the town’s future and has applied to build a new substation in Branches Lane. The firm has submitted plans to South Holland District Council to build two transformers, one switchboard, an 11kV switchroom building and associated hardstanding.
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2 days ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Published: 17:21, 14 May 2025 Police have been cracking down on the anti-social use of vehicles in the town. Spalding’s Neighbourhood Police Team and the Specialist Roads Policing Unit worked together on Operation Exhaust to tackle the issues raised by residents in surveys and community engagements. Officers had issued eight Traffic Offence Reports on May 4 and seized a vehicle for having no insurance. Sgt Callum Corder was pleased with the success of the operation.
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2 days ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
An equestrian centre is riding high after winning two awards at a national championships. Riders and staff from Four Winds Equestrian Centre returned to West Pinchbeck from the 2025 British Horse Society (BHS) National Riding School Championships with two big awards. The championships, which were held at Pickering Grange Equestrian Centre in Ellistown, Leicestershire, provide a rare opportunity for those who don’t own a horse to compete in showjumping, dressage and stable management.
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2 days ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
Care for older and vulnerable people and food production could be impacted by proposed changes to immigration rules, say local experts. Lincolnshire Care Association chairman Melanie Weatherley is calling on the Government to think carefully on its planned changes to ensure that it does not place further strain on the already under pressure social care and the NHS.
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2 days ago | 
lincsonline.co.uk | Victoria Fear
A councillor who will soon be taking on a senior county leadership role says he will always be a ‘champion’ for his area - but did not want to make any promises he couldn’t keep. Coun Rob Gibson is due to become the deputy leader of Lincolnshire County Council in a few weeks after being appointed to the same position in the authority’s Reform UK group earlier this week. He will be working alongside Tattershall Castle councillor Sean Matthews who is group leader.
