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Road closures as part of water main replacements in and around Gedney Hill

Richard Rush — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:56:26 +0000

Six months of road works and closures around Gedney Hill have been announced as Anglian Water replaces water pipes. From Monday April 27, the company is to replace 18 kilometres of pipeline which, it says, will cost £4.2m It will lead to the closure of the northern part of Langary Gate from that date until […]

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Couple’s medieval ring find to be part of museum

Richard Rush — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:47:32 +0000

A Spalding museum has a new exhibit thanks to a metal detecting couple. A medieval ring discovered in a Gosberton field by Dave and Dawn Stoneman has been donated to Spalding Gentlemen’s Society. The pair were searching for artefacts with the group Digging History UK in July 2025 when they received a signal on their […]

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New authority bonuses branded ‘massive mistake’

Richard Rush — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:41:44 +0000

Councillors have criticised a plan by a combined authority to give some of its senior officers bonuses for meeting performance targets – with one labelling it a ‘mistake’. Members of the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority’s (GLCCA) discussed the authority’s proposed pay policy for some of its senior officers, including the chief executive and other […]

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Solar farm plan heads to next stage

Richard Rush — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:42:16 +0000

The government has officially accepted receipt of the plans for a large solar farm in the south of the district which it will decide on. The Meridian Solar Farm, which would occupy around 2,700 acres of land, has been designated a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project so will be decided by the Secretary of State. The […]

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Hopes for sale to save jobs

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:21:26 +0000

A family-run nursery which employs 40 people has called in the administrators. Opperman Plants Limited, based on Mallard Road in Low Fulney, continues to operate as normal, as does its walk-in store Oppie’s Plants. Administrators say they are ‘encouraged by the level of interest’ its potential sale has generated as it looks to safeguard jobs […]

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Jack’s new hope for tumour rehab

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:18:26 +0000

Five years after undergoing life-saving emergency surgery for a brain tumour, a Spalding man is raising money to help his rehabilitation. Jack Jarvis was just 25 when severe headaches forced him to the accident and emergency department at Peterborough City Hospital. He was blue-lighted from there to Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge for emergency surgery which removed […]

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Royal reception for inspirational prison officer

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:15:19 +0000

A prison officer has been given royal commendation for supporting colleagues and inmates, particularly after being hospitalised following a serious assault herself. Chelsea Fulcher, a senior officer at HMP Peterborough, attended The Butler Trust’s annual awards presented by The Princess Royal Princess Anne at Holyrood House in Scotland recently. Chelsea, who lives in South Holland, […]

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Untidy sites policy is ‘hollow’

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:10:22 +0000

A council looks set to ditch its ‘untidy sites’ policy which only launched a few years ago after it was branded ‘hollow’. A task group which looked at the ‘lack of demonstrable outcomes’ since it came into force has recommend South Holland District Council retire its Derelict and Untidy Sites Policy and replace it with […]

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1,000-year-old find has ring to it

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:07:00 +0000

The discovery of a ring more than 1,000 years old in a field in Quadring has left experts baffled. Metal detectorist Rafal Weslowski uncovered the ring with other artefacts 2024. The silver gilt ring has been dated as being from the eighth to tenth century (700-1,000AD). It also has 16 runic engravings on it, similar […]

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Outstanding surgery report

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:50:51 +0000

A South Holland GP service has been found to be Outstanding overall by inspectors. Gosberton Medical Centre was inspected in September but it took the Care Quality Commission until the end of March to publish the results. “We conducted this assessment due to issues identified at our previous assessment in 2024 which had resulted in […]

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