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Culture Pinchbeck
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is reopening its History Hunters activity club after the summer break, with hands-on sessions planned at Pinchbeck Church and Spalding Baptist Church from September.
Traffic & Construction Pinchbeck
Enterprise Way in Pinchbeck is due to reopen on Thursday evening, September 24, after months of work following a collapsed road surface and failed initial repairs. The project addressed highway drainage and Anglian Water’s water recycling infrastructure, with the water company responsible for the reinstatement for three years.
Crime & Public Safety Pinchbeck
Emma Watson, who runs Specky & Ginge in Pinchbeck, has launched a petition calling for mandatory approval before people convicted of the most serious crimes can change or begin using a different name.
Community
Two murals designed by pupils at St Nortbert’s Catholic Voluntary Academy are due to be installed in prominent arches at Project St Thomas in Spalding, after being funded by the centre’s main sponsor, Seagate Homes.
Sport
Players at Spalding Squash and Racketball Club will keep a sponsored racquet challenge going for 24 hours from Friday evening to Saturday evening in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Community
The Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding has resumed performances after a short break and raised more than £500 at a Pav & Friends concert for Boxes of Hope, Citizens Advice and Thistles Market Garden.
Community Town Centre
Spalding BID has been praised for gathering residents’ evidence about inappropriate cycling through the town centre, with the issue described as a daily concern for people across South Holland.
Community
Spalding resident Steven Leivers has urged those responsible for the town to rethink how public money, empty buildings and community resources are used, arguing that major projects have not addressed problems residents see every day.
Community Town Centre
Spalding BID says it received 146 comments in two weeks about cycling on pavements and pedestrianised areas, and has shared the findings with police, councils, transport groups and schools as discussions continue before the town’s current PSPO expires.
Community
An 80-year-old Spalding resident says he was alarmed when a caller claiming to be from South Holland District Council told him he was owed a backdated Council Tax rebate. The council partnership has confirmed the call was genuine and blamed an apparent Caller ID problem affecting the recipient’s phone or network.
Culture Town Centre
The Rock School Bus is expanding its South Holland programme this autumn with a new Saturday youth club in Spalding, school workshops and a fundraising event featuring The Houndogs.
Culture
Ryan Gilmartin, who grew up in Spalding and attended Spalding Grammar School, will travel to Austria and Italy after receiving a Churchill Fellowship to study how rural communities create cultural events rooted in local heritage.
Community
St John’s Care Home on Hawthorn Bank has been rated as requiring improvement in safety, effectiveness, caring and leadership, although the service was rated good for responsiveness.
Culture Town Centre
Spalding’s annual Pumpkin Festival will return on Saturday, October 3, with activities, competitions, seasonal stalls and entertainment across the town centre from 11am to 3pm.
Culture Pinchbeck
South Holland Singers are preparing an informal afternoon concert at Spalding Baptist Church, with popular songs, refreshments, audience participation and a Last Night of the Proms-style finale. The choir is also welcoming new members and publicising further concerts and a taster day.
Traffic & Construction
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is launching its latest lecture programme with an evening exploring 18th-century cooking, dining and the tavern kitchens of London.
Culture
A £45,880 Art Fund award is supporting the first large-scale redisplay of Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s collections in more than a century, with volunteers, young people and heritage professionals researching objects and preparing the museum for reopening in spring 2027.
Community
A free booking system for Lincolnshire household waste and recycling centres is expected to begin around November, but Conservative councillors say problems at Spalding should be dealt with locally rather than through a county-wide scheme.
Crime & Public Safety Town Centre
Silvian Munteanu has been jailed for 18 months after admitting striking a woman with a metal bar outside the XO nightclub on Westlode Street, Spalding. The victim suffered a fractured eye socket and broken nose. A second man, Danut Ionica, received a suspended sentence and unpaid-work order.
Crime & Public Safety Town Centre
Vanessa Gratton, of West Parade, Spalding, has been cleared of conspiring to assault her former partner, Richard McMullon, in a case linked to the death of Sean Burlton in November 2023. Scott Biggs admitted a late role in the conspiracy after jurors failed to reach a verdict, while several other men have already pleaded guilty to related charges.
Traffic & Construction
Planning officers have recommended approval for a proposed mid-scale supermarket and drive-thru Costa Coffee near Spalding’s McDonald’s roundabout, after revised access arrangements addressed highway concerns. The unnamed supermarket could create 98 full-time jobs and provide 185 parking spaces, while cycling and walking access remain disputed.
Traffic & Construction
Enterprise Way in Spalding could reopen by the end of September after repairs to a sewer problem and a sink hole near the Edison Court junction were completed, Anglian Water says.
Community
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is recommending a plan that would stop Spalding’s full-time firefighters working overnight, with on-call crews taking responsibility for night cover across South Holland.
Sport Moulton
A 25th-anniversary charity cricket match involving Moulton Harrox CC raised more than £400 through its raffle for local good causes, with Moulton Irregulars scoring 230 runs in the contest.
Traffic & Construction
Brun Lea on Surfleet Road was rated ‘requires improvement’ after a Care Quality Commission inspection identified concerns over safe care, medicines management, records and governance.
Traffic & Construction Cowbit
Lincolnshire County Council officials are preparing options for Barrier Bank/Crowland Road, which has been closed since last summer because of subsidence. Proposals on how to address the damage and reopen the route are expected to be presented in November, although winter conditions could delay a decision until spring.
Culture
Refurbishment work at the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum on Broad Street has revealed historic building remains, Victorian water cisterns and previously hidden features, while structural repairs and piling continue ahead of a planned March 2027 return.
Community Cowbit
Sir John Hayes MP says he will continue opposing the Meridian solar proposals after Planning Inspectorate hearings covering four sites near Crowland, Shepeau Stow, Cowbit and Whaplode Drove.
Community Town Centre
Carol Hudson, of Hawthorn Bank, has called on South Holland District Council to communicate more clearly with Spalding market traders and consider greater flexibility over pitches, trading days and new ideas.
Business & Openings Pennygate
Sylvia Parsons of Pennygate has thanked a young woman named Grace for helping her get home after a taxi cancellation left her stranded at Spalding Station late on Saturday night.
