A new support group for victims of self-harming, their family and friends, is to open in Pinchbeck next week.

The group, run by national charity Rethink Mental Illness, launches with an information day at Johnson Community Hospital on Wednesday, June 3 between 2pm and 3.30pm, meeting every first Wednesday of the month from then on.

Each meeting will bring together different organisations across South Holland to provide support for people who self-harm, as well as their families and friends.

Group co-ordinator George Scott said: “One in four people in the area will have a mental health problem at some point in their lives and that can be a really isolating experience, both for them and their family.

“The stigma around mental illness also makes it hard for many people to speak openly about what they are going through.

“The focus of the group, run either by people with personal experience of mental illness or their families and friends, will be to signpost people who self-harm to sources of support.

“The group will also provide a sympathetic, non-judgemental listening space where people can share their thoughts and feelings as a lot of people find it really valuable to speak with others who have been through similar experiences to them.”

For more details, call Lauren Bate on 07436 562335 or email lauren.bate@rethink.org

A 19-year-old teenager from Spalding has been charged in connection with an attack on a man in Holbeach on Bank Holiday Monday.

Thanasi Greenfield (19), of Havelock Street, Spalding, will appear before Boston magistrates on June 17 accused of assaulting a 20-year-old man in the Fleet Road/High Street area of Holbeach at about 12.40pm yesterday.

Police want to speak to couple who were seen waiting at the bus stop in Fleet Road at the time of the incident.

Anyone with information should call 101, quoting incident number 190 of May 25.

Lancaster University scientists are celebrating a major breakthrough with a revolutionary new drug that could prevent the early stages of Alzheimer’s for thousands of people worldwide.

The news, announced during Dementia Awareness Week From May 17-23, means that the drug will now be tested on humans.

Lancaster University has filed a patent application and the drug will be progressing into clinical trials run by the North West research company MAC Clinical Research.

If it passes regulatory hurdles, the ultimate aim is to give the drug to people with mild symptoms of memory loss.

Professor David Allsop who developed the drug alongside Dr Mark Taylor, from the Faculty of Health and Medicine, said: “It is encouraging that our drug is being taken forward and will be tested on humans.”

The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. It begins when a protein called beta-amyloid forms senile plaques that start to clump together in the brain, damaging nerve cells and leading to memory loss and confusion.

In laboratory tests, Prof Allsop and Dr Taylor showed how their drug reduces the number of these senile plaques, and the amount of brain inflammation and oxidative damage associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Prof Allsop, who was the first scientist to isolate senile plaques from the human brain, said: “Many people who are mildly forgetful may go on to develop the disease because senile plaques start forming years before any symptoms manifest themselves.

“The ultimate aim is to give the drug at that stage, to stop any more damage to the brain.”

Dr Steve Higham, Chief Operating Officer of MAC Clinical Research said: “Preventing Alzheimer’s disease progression remains a critical unmet need for millions of people worldwide.

“With that in mind we are very pleased to begin this exciting partnership with Professor David Allsop, his team and Lancaster University.”

Dr James Pickett, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Society which currently funds the research, said: “There’s a tremendous need for new treatments that can stop the development of dementia in its tracks.

“Trials in people are an essential step in the development of any new drug so it’s really positive to see this promising research being taken forward.

“Alzheimer’s Society will continue to fund drug development research like this to ensure the best new treatments reach the people who desperately need them as soon as possible.”

Other contributing researchers include groups led by Lancaster University’s Professor Christian Hölscher (formerly of Ulster University) and Professor Massimo Masserini at University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Lancaster University launched the Defying Dementia campaign earlier this year, to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and the new drug, and to raise funds for further research. Currently there are about 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers expected to reach over a million by 2021.

A ‘spit and sawdust’ pub in the heart of Long Sutton has become a fabulous boutique hotel, bar and restaurant.

Around £250,000 – and months of hard work – have transformed the Market Place Turpins bar into a stylish place to eat, sleep and drink.

The new lease of life comes with a new name, Palmers Ale House and Kitchen, but the link with the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin remains because John Palmer was his alias.

Sean Portass and partner Dana Garkavaya have lined up a huge celebration when Palmers opens its doors at 7pm on Friday, June 5 with live music from The Marcarno’s, a top Norwich acoustic four-piece band.

The party continues over the weekend with a Peterborough rock and roll band, The Glorious One Eyed Cats, appearing from 7pm on the Saturday and a jazz and swing afternoon on the Sunday.

Changes at Palmers that are there for all to see include a new thatched roof and an exterior colour change from mellow magnolia to Suffolk pink.

But the interior has seen massive changes too.

Sean said: “We bought Turpins in August last year and we started work immediately – it was terrible, it was just a grubby little spit and sawdust pub and now it’s a boutique hotel, bar and restaurant with eight letting bedrooms.”

The newly refurbished rooms blend contemporary design with the oldest parts of the building.

Another new design feature is the bi-fold doors which open up onto a cosy courtyard.

Palmers will maintain a farm to fork standard, using the freshest of local fare for lunchtime snacks, evening meals and big functions.

As well as being a gastro pub, Palmers will have a selection of real ales on tap and guest ales as well as lagers, wines and spirits.

• The Red Lion at Holbeach has been added to the Sean Portass “empire” and is next in line for a makeover.

As well as Palmers, he has The Granary and The Old Ship Inn, both at Long Sutton, The Rising Sun at Gedney Drove End and The Riverside at Sutton Bridge.

Sean hopes the transformation at The Red Lion will take about six months.

He said: “We are going to do something very similar to what we did at The Granary – turn it back into an old fashioned, proper pub. We are going to put hotel rooms onto that as well.”

Features will include a courtyard, bigger kitchen and a roomier interior.

Sean said: “It’s a little bit higgledy piggledy at the moment.”

Work will start two weeks after the opening of Palmers Ale House and Kitchen – meanwhile Sean can’t wait to for people’s reactions when they see inside Palmers for the first time.

He said: “I am hoping everyone will be more than pleasantly surprised.”

The largest ever survey into crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) in rural areas has been launched in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to find out how the police can better serve rural communities.

Launched by the National Rural Crime Network (NRCN), the survey is calling for people who work or live in rural areas to come forward and give their views on policing in their community, the impact crime and ASB has on them and their neighbours, and to ultimately help shape the future of crime prevention and rural policing.

The survey will be open until Wednesday, June 24. To complete the survey, {http://www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net/survey?member=Lincolnshire|click here}

Anyone living or working in rural areas is being encouraged to take part in the survey to help build a picture of what is a widespread but often misunderstood issue. You don’t need to have been a victim of crime to have a view on how the police work. You may be concerned about police visibility or response, see incidents that go unreported, or you may have a local officer who is engaged and proactive.

Against a backdrop of policing budget reductions and a growing focus on higher crime areas, the new survey will assess how crime and ASB, as well as the threat of potential crime, affects individuals, both financially and emotionally. It will also shed light on the human implications of crime and the fear of crime seeking to explore the impact not just on individual victims, but also communities as a whole.

Any crime that happens in an urban area can, and does, happen in rural areas too, and how policing is delivered affects everyone living and working there. Traditional farm-related incidents such as fuel theft and sheep rustling make up just one part of the problem; the police also need to understand all the other issues that affect people in remoter areas, as well as in market towns, villages and the countryside more generally.

Chair of the NRCN, Julia Mulligan, who is also North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, commented: “The full scale of crime in rural areas has never before been assessed. Whilst official figures show rural crime, like crime in general, is decreasing, we are concerned about the wider implications on people and communities. The fear of crime can be as detrimental to people’s wellbeing as crimes themselves, so we are keen to find out more through this survey. Our aim is to build a clear picture of the issue to shape future delivery of services locally and nationally. By completing the survey, people can really have their say on how crime affects them and what they expect from local police and their partners involved in community safety.”

The survey, which is taking place with support from the Home Office, aims to build a body of information to improve national awareness of crime in rural areas as well as provide a clearer picture of attitudes towards crime to help inform government and local policy.

The findings will be important to ensure the human costs such as psychological impacts of crime are taken into account and police funding is spent where it is most needed, rather than simply being channelled to urban conurbations. The ultimate aim is to make rural communities safer.

While it will aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the scale and financial cost of crime and anti-social behaviour, it will also measure the emotional impact of crime in rural areas by asking how incidents made victims feel and the longer term effects on confidence and security.

Mulligan continued: “While average crime rates do tend to be higher in urban areas, tackling rural crime comes with its own specific challenges whether that be the ability of police forces to respond quickly or the scale of crimes which may go unreported. This survey is an important step towards delivering a better service to communities and making the countryside a safer place to live and work.”

The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) is supported by 29 Police and Crime Commissioners and police forces across England and Wales. The Network, established in July 2014, includes a wide range of organisations with an interest in community safety and rural affairs such as the National Farmers Union, Historic England, Neighbourhood Watch and Crimestoppers.

For more information on the NRCN visit www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net

Neil Palmer’s record-breaking season continues, this time for 10 miles.

He took second overall at the LRRA 10-mile TT at Alford – setting a new personal best and club competition record for the distance of 20:27, an 11-second beating of the previous record set in 2011.

Palmer missed winning the event by just two seconds.

A team of four rode the event – both Chris Ward and Simon Wright turned in PB rides on 21:18 and 23:31 respectively, while Barry Drew returned in 26:58.

Forest Town Track League event one featured fine rides from club second claim member Tilly Gurney, riding for her Squadra Donne Shutt VR team, with third places in the Youth A/B categories 8 Lap Scratch, 5 Mile Scratch and the Prime.

After the highly successful ‘Drop Bar Challenge’ it should have been business as normal for round six of Spalding Cycling Club’s 10-mile league.

For the third successive week, though, really unfavourable weather disrupted the efforts of some of the riders who faced rainstorms and a strong cold wind during the event.

This was reflected in both the number of starters and the times posted.

Only 13 club members and five guests faced the time keepers.

With both Neil Palmer and Chris Ward absent, Andy Bowser took top spot among the club members – posting 25:27 (the only time inside 26 minutes) with Simon Wright second on 26:34 and Ross McGivern third with 26:57, his best time over the distance this season.

The ladies competition only drew one entrant with Sophie Wright representing the under-16 girls too. She recorded another consistent finish time of 34:43. Matt Ellis was the best under-16, putting in a great ride on 27:12 while Matthew Hull, riding his first-ever time trial, produced an impressive 32:57 to finish as second U16 member.

Less fortunate was Mark Hills who crashed on one of the corners, remounted quickly and rode on to finish in 29:07.

Other Spalding members’ times: Ben Richards 27:47, B Heron 28:24, Barry Drew 30:04, G Hughes 30:27, Adrian Thurston 34:44.

Regular guest riders Gareth and Bryn Richards from Bourne Wheelers posted 28:42 and 29:46 respectively while G Wright of Peterborough CC was fastest on the night with 25:21.

Ian Fensom of Fenland Road Club used his experience of the course to finish well in 25:49 and Spalding Tri’s R Young crossed the line with 28:16.

Round seven takes place on June 2 as the Hereward League event hosted by Bourne Wheelers is the next event on the calendar.

Bourne Town Harriers’ Claire Steels is in the form of her life after winning her first major duathlon competition in London, just months after taking up the sport.

The former Bourne Grammar School student, who only started training last October when she bought her first road bike, was eighth overall and first lady at the Velopark East London Duathlon on Sunday.

The victory marked her first duathlon title of the year since qualifying to represent Great Britain at October’s World Championships in 
Adelaide, as well as at next year’s European Championships, both in the sprint distance.

Steels, who works as a personal trainer, said she was delighted to win the race which took part in the Olympic Park.

“The race consisted of a three-mile run, a 15-mile bike, and finished with another two-mile run but it was all over a one-mile circuit that I covered 20 times!” she explained.

“It required lots of concentration, especially on the bike. It was also a very technical course, with lots of corners and ups and downs, while all the time watching out for other runners and counting my own laps.”

She completed the gruelling challenge in an impressive 1:15:05, more than two minutes ahead of her nearest female competitor.

The psychology graduate is also an accomplished runner and hockey player, having captained the City of Peterborough Ladies’ first team for the last two years.

But she is concentrating all of her energy outside of her job in the fitness industry into gaining a medal in Adelaide in her 25-29 age category.

The 28 year-old has even bigger goals beyond the World Championships, though, as she highlighted the fact that she is currently the only 
British woman to qualify for both the sprint and standard distance events in Adelaide.

The sprint distance consists of a 5km run, a 20km ride and a 2.5km run while the standard distance jumps up to a 10km run, a 40km ride and a 5km run.

Steels added: “Next year I plan to step up to the standard distance and try to compete as an elite.

“I genuinely believe this is something I am capable of doing if given the opportunity.

“However, in order to do this I need to increase my training load, and commit more time to training and recovery.

“With my current work load and commitments I am unable to dedicate more time to training unless I find external sponsorship and support.

“Duathlon is a minority sport, but is incredibly entertaining in the same way that triathlons are.”

If you would like to help Steels achieve her dream at this year’s World Duathlon Championships, and become a professional duathlete, you can sponsor her at http://www.gofundme.com/ou58l8.

Chloe Squires was unlucky to miss out on bronze but still recorded a personal best of 47.04 in the Cambridgeshire County Championships under-15 girls 300m final.

Nene Valley Harriers girls were only split by one other athlete with Kelsi Ellis winning after a strong first 200m and being followed in by Amber Park. 
Squires was third in her 300m heat and seventh in the 800m final.

Jasmine Allen won the under-15 100m heat and came third in the final. She claimed silver in the 200m.

Lucy Molyneaux was third in the under-13 100m heat, fifth in the 200m heat and third in the shot final.

Squires, Allen and Molyneaux live in south Lincolnshire but qualify for the championships as they were born in Cambridgeshire.

Nene Valley ended the day with 23 county champions and a further 38 medallists.

Highlight of the day came from under-17 ladies shot putt. Nene Valley Harriers took a clean sweep of medals as Tierney Augustine won gold thanks to a club record and championship best performance with her throw of 11.54m, just pipping Pricilla Dadziea and Lydia Church.

The under-17 ladies discus was also dominated by the club as the young ladies took four of the top five positions.

Pin up your curls, put on your glad rags, but most importantly buy your tickets for a 1940s swing dance at South Holland Centre, Spalding, next Saturday, June 6.

The event has been organised by the Rotary Club of South Holland to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day. Tickets cost £25, to include a two-course supper, and are available from Bookmark, Chattertons Solicitors and Hills Department Store (Thornton’s counter).

A fundraiser in aid of the team that helped following the earthquake in Nepal is to be held in Surfleet on Sunday.

Adam Turner (22), of Spalding, was part of the 16-strong team of rescue technicians from the charity Search and Rescue Assistance in Disaster (SARAID).

His father Kevin is now arranging the charity event at The Riverside Hotel, Surfleet (3pm).

Entry is by donation and there will be live music from The Squares as well as Fazed.

There will also be face painting, a bouncy castle, a raffle with lots of prizes, plus a bar.

SARAID members took tonnes of rescue equipment, such as search cameras to locate trapped victims.

A Songs of Praise for Village Church Choirs is to be held at Gosberton St Peter and St Paul on Sunday (4pm for rehearsal and 6pm service).

The Royal School of Church Music is organising the Songs of Praise and robed and unrobed choirs are welcome to take part. There’s an hour’s rehearsal followed by the service.

Eric Wayman will be conducting and there will be seven hymns altogether.

There is a charge of £2 per singer. To take part, contact Eric on 01775 840906.

Bag a bargain book and get advice on your pet purrer at the same time at the PJ Cat Rescue book event starting today.

It’s all available at the stock clearance sale at the charity’s shop at Long Sutton.

Spalding Arts & Crafts Society’s Annual Exhibition is at the Geest Gallery at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum in Spalding from Sunday until June 28 (10.30am-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday).

See a wide selection of art styles and subjects.

Entry is free.

Join the Satis Ensemble at Crowland Abbey on Friday (7.30pm).

Tickets £7.50 on the door.

A regular column from Jan Whitbourn of Tulip Radio.

Plans are well underway for the 2015 East Midlands in Bloom competition, to ensure Spalding is in top shape and awash with colour and flowers — both real and knitted!

We’re all hoping we can match the success of last year, when Spalding won gold in the ‘large town’ category. To boost our chances, knitted nature will lend a helping hand to the usual beautiful hanging baskets and floral displays. All over Spalding, people have been clicking their knitting needles to create a giant artwork for Spalding in Bloom. From crocheting from church craft groups to scrunched-paper art from primary schools, fabulous flower displays, lovingly hand-made by talented crafters, are being brought together to form a vast collage of knitted tulips.

Organiser Jan Whitbourn said: “So many people have been inspired to get creative to celebrate our beautiful town. There will be over 60 canvases full of magical creations to brighten up the place and make people smile.”

The canvases will go on display at the South Holland Pride Awards on Saturday, June 11, when a 1st and 2nd prize will be awarded. After that, they can be admired during Spalding in Bloom judging week, July 13-19, at Tulip Radio. Free canvases are available from Jan at Tulip Radio, telephone 01775 712400 or email admin@tulip-radio.co.uk

A regular summer column from allotment holder and visual artist Carol Parker.

At the end of April, I demonstrated natural dyeing using the Lincolnshire heritage plant woad with Angela Daymond of Fenland Textiles at Moulton Windmill Open Day.

We are partnering Moulton Windmill in a Heritage Lottery application.

If successful, The Blue Mill Project will share information about woad growing and dyeing and the importance of the crop to Lincolnshire’s people, heritage and culture.

We welcome any information on woad growing areas, artefacts from cultivation and harvesting, and memories or stories that you may have.

Just drop me an email at carolparker1@live.co.uk

On the allotment, I’m taking advantage of each warm, dry day to plant – even though they may be few and far between.

Runner beans are in and I’m just hoping the night frosts are over or they may go the way of my tomatoes, a bit black and stunted.

I’m of the opinion that you learn better by making mistakes; I’m learning very quickly that I need to curb my impatience.

On the plus side, the rhubarb is huge and forest-like, tiny plums are already forming on my Mirabelle tree, my plot is surrounded by a swathe of frothy cow parsley and with a blue sky and flask of tea – it can’t get any better really.

Oh and I now have a sturdy workhorse, my new (well old actually) Mountfield!

I attended a brilliant Garden Organic Master Gardener day recently at Hill Holt Wood.

I now have the MG tee-shirt and will be available to enthuse new veg growers on my allotment.

I have a certain amount of (limited, so first come, first served) resources to support newbies and encourage organic growers to get growing their own, so email me if you’re interested.

Netting is everywhere at the minute… protection from the crows, rabbits, pheasants and any other beastie that passes by.

I’m giving sweetcorn a go this year.

I’ve been told to be ready for disappointment…just as the cobs are ready to pick they’ll be decimated by mice or rats. We’ll see.

I’ve planted three blocks so there should be enough to share with them.

Wyberton-based Superstock team G&S Racing Kawasaki were at Donington Park for round four of the Stock 1000 and 600 Championships as a support class to the British round of the World Superbike Championship.

Both riders secured a strong result with Tom Fisher 17th in the Stock 1000 and Kevin Van Leuven eighth in the Stock 600.

Fisher recorded a strong qualifying time to start the 12-lap race from the sixth row in 18th place and as the race got under way on Sunday morning he immediately moved forward to 15th on the opening lap.

By lap five he was holding 13th position when the course car was deployed for an accident further downfield.

When the car left the track two laps later he was pushed back down to 19th place and had to fight his way forward once again.

On the last lap he was up to 17th but ran out of time and was forced to take the chequered flag in 17th just outside a points scoring position.

Fisher admitted: “I am a bit disappointed I didn’t get up into the points.

“I was caught out when the course car left the track and was overtaken by a number of riders.

“Despite this my result is encouraging as I proved I was capable of running well within a points scoring position.”

Meanwhile ‘Flying Dutchman’ Van Leuven began his campaign in the Stock 600 race from the third row but he got a terrible start and dropped down the order to 13th on the first of the planned 10 laps.

But he soon recovered and began to chip away at the riders ahead, making his way forward to eighth on lap seven.

His progress was halted by the red flag as a couple of riders fell from their machines. With two-thirds of the race distance having been completed a result was declared on positions at seven laps, resulting in Van Leuven being awarded eighth place and eight championship points.

Van Leuven said: “I was happy with the end result but the start was just terrible.

“Then at the first corner Joe Francis had a high side and I just managed to miss him but, of course, then more people passed me.

“I must have been down in about 20th place by then but my pace was good and I managed to get further up the field. I was following another rider and we were beginning to catch the guys in front.

“If it had been a normal race distance then maybe I could have reeled them in. But the race was stopped and that was that. But we came home with some decent points which is what it is all about.”

Team manager Mark Fisher said: “I was very pleased with Tom, he has gone really well all weekend and posted faster lap times than ever before, which proves he can do the pace.

“But of course he is disappointed at not getting in the points.

“Kevin was unfortunate that his race was curtailed at seven laps.

“He has always struggled a bit at the start of a race but he made up ground and came home with a good result.

“It’s been a positive weekend for us and we made progress with Kevin’s bike and certainly found a lot of extra pace with Tom.”

Jordy De Jonge is making speedy progress in his recovery from his accident at Brands Hatch.

He will spend a couple more days recovering from an operation and then return to the Netherlands to continue his recuperation.

The next round is at Snetterton in Norfolk over the weekend of June 19-23 when Fisher will be chasing that elusive points finish and Van Leuven is looking for more points to move him further up the leaderboard.

Moulton’s Robert Oldershaw took part in the first round of the FIA Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch – the first outing for the team in 2015.

The grid is a mixture of 70s sports racing cars, ranging from Chevrons, Ford GT40s and the mighty Lola T70s.

Oldershaw Motorsport run a Lola 212 which is less powerful but more nimble than most of the field.

After qualifying fourth on the grid for Saturday’s race, the stage was set for an epic battle between the little Lola 212 and the V8 T70s who 
occupied the front row of the grid.

Oldershaw said: “We nearly didn’t get out for the race as we found a crack in the chassis less than an hour before the race but the team did a fantastic job getting it welded up in time and we got to the grid with minutes to spare.”

He got off to a great start and passed the third-placed Chevron into Paddock Hill bend. The T70s were much faster down the straights but struggled through the fast corners on the historic Grand Prix circuit.

Oldershaw was just about able to hang on to the second-placed car until his tyres started to go off and finished a solid third which was later upgraded to second as the World Touring Car champion Rob Huff was disqualified.

For more information visit www.oldershawmotorsport.co.uk

Events in South Holland from Thursday, May 28 to Wednesday, June 3

Thursday

Bingo: 7.30pm, Elizabethan Centre, Whaplode Drove, 01406 330388.

Migration treasure trail: of birds that visit the reserve, ages five-12, 10am-4pm, RSPB Frampton Marsh, PE20 1AY, 01205 724678.

Mini monsters: find bugs and other creepy-crawlies, ages five-12, 11am and 2pm, RSPB Frampton Marsh, PE20 1AY, booking essential, 01205 724678.

St Nicolas Players’: Little Shop of Horrors audition and sing-along, 8-10pm, Act II Theatre Company, Cradge Bank, Spalding.

Bird week: bird themed week of activities, and tomorrow, 10.30am-4pm, Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding, 01775 764555.

Book event: stock clearance and advice on cats and kittens, PJ Cat Rescue shop, High Street, Long Sutton, 01406 258158.

Friday

Ceilidh: with The Beltonas, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church Hall, Rose Lane, Pinchbeck, 01775 723026.

Local history group: history of mills and millers, 7.30pm, St John’s Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding, 01775 722465.

Table top sale: 9am-noon, Long Sutton Baptist Church, 01406 424467.

Cake stall: Long Sutton Guides raising funds for a Swiss trip, 10am, Long Sutton market.

Saturday

Bingo: 2pm, Bicker Village Hall.

Mega bingo: doors 1pm, eyes down 2pm, Women’s Institute Hall, Park Road, Holbeach, 01406 425947.

RSPB Wash birdwatching cruise: meet 2pm at the Lock Keeper’s Office, Witham Bank East, Boston, PE21 9JU, general 07531 495521, tickets 01775 764777.

Paul Richards: Inadequate Man, comedy and true story, Long Sutton Barns, 59 Wisbech Road, Long Sutton, PE12 9AF, 01406 362500.

RSPB walk: looking for butterflies, flowers and migrant birds, 10am, Boston Cemetery, 01529 461652 (after 6pm).

Sunday

St Nicolas Players’: Little Shop of Horrors audition and sing-along, 10am-5pm, Unit 1, Welland Business Park, Clay Lake, Spalding.

Classic car show: ‘Cruise for Cancer’, 4pm, Fun Farm, Weston, 07808 555412.

Songs of Praise: for village church choirs, organised by the Royal School of Church Music, singing 4pm, service 6pm, St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Gosberton, 01775 840906.

Entertainment afternoon: live music, face painting, etc, for search and rescue charity, 3pm, The Riverside Hotel, Surfleet, 01775 680675.

Car boot: 8am-noon, Spalding Grammar School.

Art exhibition: by Spalding Arts and crafts Society, until June 28, 10.30am-4pm (closed Monday and Tuesday).

Spring fair: 11am-4pm, Long Sutton Barns fields, 59 Wisbech Road, Long Sutton, PE12 9AF, 01406 362500.

RSPB walk: gardens and woods, meet 10am, Discovery Centre, Belton House, Grantham, book on 01400 230445.

Family fun day: ages five-12, RSPB Frampton Marsh, PE20 1AY, 01205 724678.

Tuesday

Edward Parnell: with his first novel ‘The Listeners’, Bookmark, The Crescent, Spalding, 01775 769231.

Wednesday

Bingo: eyes down 7.30pm, Gedney Drove End and Dawsmere Village Hall,

Bingo: eyes down 7.30pm, Memorial Hall, Whaplode St Catherine, 01406 540733.

Mosaic workshop: 4pm, West Pinchbeck Primary School, book 01406 701006, ww.transportedart.com

Sing: community choir workshop, 6.30pm, St Thomas’s Chapel, St Thomas’s Road, Spalding, 01406 420218.

Stamp Club: Gerald Carver with ‘penny red/black’, 2pm, Fraiser Room, Surfleet, 01775 762661.

Tree ID walk: 7pm, meet main car park, Bourne Wood, 07760 468052.

Self harm: self help group, 2-3.30pm, Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding, 07436 562335.

Movies

South Holland Centre

SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Thursday, Friday 11am, Saturday 2pm; Cinderella, Thursday 2pm, 6.30pm, Friday 7pm, Saturday 6.30pm; Suite Francaise, Monday 2pm, Tuesday 2pm, 7.30pm; Felini’s 8 1/2, Monday (Movie Club) 7.30pm.

For more information visit www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

Peterborough Showcase

For times visit www.showcasecinemas.co.uk

Music

Friday: Satis Ensemble, 7.30pm, Crowland Abbey, 01733 211763.

Saturday: Clayton, 8.30pm, Long Sutton RBL, 01406 362076; The King’s Singers, 7.30pm, Broadway Theatre, Peterborough, 0333 666 3366.

Sunday: Kirton Brass Band, 2-4pm, Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding; Rick Roberts, 8pm, Donington RBL

Wednesday: David Fancey (Folk Club), 8.15pm, South Holland Centre, Spalding.

Theatre

South Holland Centre, Spalding

Flying the Nest, Friday 1.30pm, 3.30pm; Unforgettable, Wednesday 7.30pm.

Bourne Corn Exchange

Enchanted April (Footlights).

Key Theatre, Peterborough

Noah - a musical adventure, The ELO Experience, The Carpenters Story, An audience with Ann Widdecombe.

The Cresset, Peterborough

Vienna Festival Ballet, Johnny Cash Roadshow.

Stamford Corn Exchange

Derek Acorah, Jethro (Cornish comedian).