Politics

The people fighting the closure of Spalding GP Surgery have enlisted the help of MP Sir John Hayes.

Calls have been made to spend more on the district’s play areas after the ‘ludicrous’ budget was revealed.

District leaders are joining forces to fight the closure of a Spalding GP surgery and improve clinical facilities.

Repairing a small play area, which has been closed for almost a year, would cost three times the district’s ‘pathetic’ budget for recreation grounds.

Councillors have agreed to push ahead with increased traffic safety measures on a ‘dangerous’ stretch of road.

A priest told the county council to “get your act together and come back later” over plans to remove an A16 roundabout.

Fixed bollards could be added at the entrance of Spalding’s pedestrian zone in a bid to stop drivers from ignoring the rules.

The loos have been totally remodelled as part of the project.

The new 50mph speed limit at an A16 junction has been backed as a remedy for unsafe driving.

Council leaders have formally submitted their application for £20million to transform one of the district's leisure centres.

A parish council leader has supported the idea of a disregarded site being put to use.

Plans for artificial intelligence cameras being installed in Spalding are not down to the town being crime-ridden, according to a police chief.

Work is due to be finished shortly on a new slide in a town park.

Here are the letters from this week's Lincolnshire Free Press.

In his weekly Hayes in the House column, Sir John Hayes addresses the threat of grooming gangs.

Growers in the area are reported to be cutting the amount of food they are producing due to sky rocketing costs.

Families who took in Ukrainian refugees are facing a long wait to get the cash they were promised when they signed up to be hosts.

The long-awaited street art boards in Spalding have finally been put to use with an emotive mental health message.

Our latest register shows the latest plans lodged with our district councils.

More details have been released as to how households will get £400 to help with energy costs, but with bills trippling can it make a difference?