Politics

Plans to utilise a project to teach youngsters trade skills and create qualifications are growing following an important visit.

Here are the latest planning applications submitted to councils in our area.

Community wardens are stepping up patrols in a bid to clamp down on anti-social behaviour.

A senior councillor said the benefits of Brexit have not yet been realised due to Covid as the county faces a major workforce shortage.

Festival season is in full swing, and food fanatics will get their chance to join in with the fun next month.

South Holland District Council has formally submitted its bid for £2.7million to 'deliver ambitious growth and regeneration'.

A new campaign aims to persuade one million people to stop paying their bills if energy prices aren't cut but charities are warning against joining.

An appeal hearing regarding the creation of permanent travellers' spots at a caravan park has been postponed.

The speed limit on a busy road will not be reduced - because it does not meet the criteria, councillors were told.

A special meeting has been called to discuss building a float for the town’s revived Flower Parade.

A diversion route which takes motorists down rural roads has been dubbed an ‘accident waiting to happen’.

Councillors have called for the ‘shambles’ brought on by overgrown trees and hedges to be brought to a close.

Experts talk of 'fresh shock' as predictions for January's average energy bills rocket even higher.

Authorities have spent nearly half a million pounds attempting to repair a sinkhole which appeared three years ago.

The Royal College of Nursing says it will urge hundreds of thousands of its members to say yes to strike action when ballot papers go out next month.

Councils can and must use stricter rules to make sure takeaways help clear-up after customers, says the government.

A council has paid £600 in compensation to a market trader who had to leave after the decision to make traders bring and erect their own stalls.

Planners have given the green light to transform a former solicitors office into homes and commercial units.

There has been a seven per cent year-on-year rise in crime in South Holland latest figures reveal.

Spalding football teams have backed plans for Castle Sports Complex upgrades after an official levelling up bid was submitted.