Holbeach council tax payers will see their bills rise by £2 for the coming year because of extra staffing costs.

The loss of a £6,755 fund for people on low incomes and pensioners to help with their council tax bills led Holbeach Parish Council to raise its precept from £194,650 in 2015/16 to £196,400 for the coming financial year.

Councillors agreed the figure because of new rules requiring council workers to be automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme and the launch of a national living wage for over 25s.

Finance committee chairman Cllr Paul Brighton said: “The biggest problem we have is we’re no longer getting the council support grant from South Holland District Council, normally 3.5 per cent of our precept.

“We also have additional wage costs this year because of the national living wage and workplace pensions, so we’ve done really well to keep the precept rise to the level we have.”

Cllr Isobel Hutchinson, parish council chairman, said: “The district council has removed the grant that they usually give so that was already going to mean a huge hike.

“Outside of that, we’ve only increased the precept by less than one per cent as we were mindful of trying to keep it as low as possible.”

Keep us in the picture on CCTV,’ says council

Confusion of council tax hike

Small precept rise as council trims budget

The winter 2016 edition of County News comes with a headline: “The deepest cuts we’ve ever faced”.

Lincolnshire County Council wants to understand our views, so here are mine.

I very much doubt that they will count for much in what is probably just a paper exercise to gauge the extent to which fellow citizens (with whose views I’m only too familiar) vote for ‘stop entirely’ – that will solve the council’s problem at a stroke.

We are only being invited to vote either to keep things the same or to reduce or scrap services.

If they are services, then they will have been deemed to be of service in the past. None of the services in the survey should be cut.

My view is that, in a civilised society, spending on amenities should be increased.

Cllr Martin Hill’s statement presupposes that cuts are necessary to ‘rebuild the nation’s finances’.

He accepts the current half-baked conventional wisdom put about by the Tories that cuts are necessary and that the only way to balance the books is to cut the things that make us a civilised country.

The options in the questionnaire are skewed towards cutting; there is no option to increase public spending.

The fact is that austerity is a far right political ideology rather than an economic necessity.

It has been developed by the Conservative Party to return the country to Victorian times by destroying the welfare state and keeping noses to the grindstone by pushing the retirement age further and further back.

If they must set out to balance the books (they’ve never been balanced), they could easily achieve it by taxing the rich properly and stopping up tax loopholes – this would be a more civilised solution.

The bankers caused the so-called crisis; we ordinary folk are being made to suffer from lies perpetrated to ameliorate the crisis they caused; meanwhile, the millionaires get richer by the day; they will not suffer from proposed cuts to services.

My suggestion to Messrs Hill and Jones would be simply to refuse to make the cuts and to run a campaign to get councils across the country to follow suit.

None of them have to make any cuts at all. The current vogue for cutting everything is the Tory party at work. There is no ‘have to’ about making any cuts. And notice Cllr Jones’ sleight of tongue – ‘cuts’ become ‘savings’.

The ultimate irony is that, on the reverse of the questionnaire, there’s talk of improving services by a ‘drive for devolution’.

The remaining upbeat pages of County News suggest that everything in the garden is rosy, making it seem hardly possible that the proposed ravaging of services will have the slightest effect on our living standards. Of course, it won’t for the rich.

HAYES IN THE HOUSE: By MP John Hayes

It is the primary duty of Government to provide security for the people. Clearly, this means ensuring national security; protecting the public from enemies, both foreign and domestic, with the biggest challenge being the generational fight against Islamist terrorists.

No less significant is the commitment to guarantee our economic security. This Government – like any Government - has a duty to ensure that the economic conditions necessary for firms to flourish prevail. Provision of the goods and services people need, and jobs for hard working people with incomes which engender fulfilled lives is a test of a good society. In turn, the tax revenue from these enterprises provides the foundation of the public services upon which we all depend.

Our nation’s small and medium sized firms particularly drive our economic engine. Last year, small businesses accounted for 99% of all private sector firms, employing 15.6 million people throughout the UK. We see it locally with our farmers and growers, food firms, and independent shops - our local businesses which provide the backbone to the rural economy. New business creation has been going up locally for several years now, and unemployment in our area continues its remarkable fall - down now to just 1.3%.

Though the British economy is in rude health –no developed country has grown faster than the UK since 2010, a period which has seen the creation of nearly 2.7 million private sector jobs- we must be wary of taking this run of success for granted.

The interconnectivity of the global economy is greater than ever before. Interest rate rises in America, uncertain election results in struggling Eurozone countries and stock market turmoil in China can all have an impact on our lives in ways we don’t immediately expect.

That’s why the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently warned of the dangers of a “creeping complacency” in the UK, whereby we mistakenly feel our nation is immune to risks from abroad. The assumption that, having made the difficult and necessary spending cuts so that Britain learns to live within its means, we can sit back and let the good times roll in is erroneous.

Instead, our continued success depends upon remaining on the path our nation has taken in recent years. We must continue to make the decisions which are essential to our long term economic security; investing in infrastructure and skills, reducing the cost of welfare, creating jobs, and boosting people’s pay by cutting taxes.

Building a higher wage, lower welfare, lower tax society is a bold mission. It forms the basis of the economic security that every Briton needs.

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Happier days are to come

A record-breaking sum of money has been raised for charity by a team of chartered accountants.

Staff at Moore Thompson, which has offices in Market Deeping, Spalding and Wisbech, netted more than £3,600 last year.

Their final fundraising event of the year saw a group of five staff members take part in a 16.9 mile hike around Market Deeping.

The team, made up of Chelsea Wilshire, James Walsham, Emma Wilson, Kirsty Holmes and Jayne Booth, set off from the firm’s offices in Market Place in the pouring rain and walked a set route, which took in many of the town’s well known landmarks before returning back to their offices.

The group hoped to raise around £500 for the firm’s fund by completing their walk, but they ended up beating their target raising £767.

Emma Wilson, senior accountant, said: “The walk was mentally and physically challenging.

“None of us realised it would be as hard as it was but we all kept going and we are absolutely delighted to have raised so much money.”

The walk was also a chance for the staff at Moore Thompson to mark the 10th anniversary of their Market Deeping office.

Other events held during 2015 included charity quiz nights and staff events where money was raised for the fund.

Mark Hildred, managing partner, said: “Everyone at Moore Thompson is absolutely delighted with the amount of money raised during 2015.

“This is the largest amount we have raised so far and will go a long way to helping support the charitable organisations that our fund supports.”

A number of people were hurt after a van ended up in a ditch after colliding with a car in Whaplode St Catherine this morning.

It happened on the B1165 Ravens Bank, near the Blue Bell Inn, where a small van and a BMW collided at about 6.40am.

Emergency services found the van in a ditch full of water but all occupants had managed to climb out.

Paramedics treated those hurt for minor injuries and shock but the area is now clear.

Meanwhile, emergency service dealt with three crashes across the weekend in Bicker, Crowland and Swineshead respectively.

Firefighters helped one person from a vehicle which crashed in Church St, Bicker, just before 7.50pm on Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, two vehicles were involved in a crash on the A16 in Crowland.

It happpened at the junction of the B1040 junction just before 5pm and firefighters from Crowland helped to free one person before making both vehicles safe.

Finally, fire crews from three stations were called to a three-vehicle accident in Abbey Road, Swineshead, reported just before 9.45am on Friday.

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free one person from one of the vehicles involved before clearing the area.

Young, inexperienced, still learning. Those are all words that have been used to label Bourne Town this season but the youthful side are learning quickly and on Saturday they beat in-form Irchester United to climb up to sixth place in the UCL Division One.

Alfred Street has been a happy hunting ground for the Wakes in recent years, having won away twice in the last two seasons.

Goals from Zak Munton and Kieran Blanchard ensured it was a third successive victory on Saturday as they won 2-1.

Munton gave Bourne the lead five minutes before the break when the rapid striker was played in by James Zealand.

However as is so often the case the hosts responded almost instantly and James Dickson levelled within a minute to see the sides go in level at the break.

In truth 1-1 at half time seemed fair as stand-in goalkeeper Anthony Murphy, moved up from the Reserves because of the absence of Alex Brown, was a busy man in the first half and had to make a couple of excellent saves. Of course that’s only expected against a side who had only lost once at home in the league this season before Kieran Blanchard came off the bench to score the winner.

In the 80th minute he struck, breaking his nose in the process, to cap an improved second half from Bourne who were understandably a little rusty having not played since December 28 when they were well beaten, 5-0, by league leaders Peterborough Sports.

Bourne welcome Lutterworth to Abbey Lawn on Saturday (3pm ko), a side who sit 10 places below them in the league standings.

Bourne Town: Anthony Murphy, Jack Corby, James Zealand (Kieran Blanchard), Aaron Jesson, Dan Smith, Andrew Moss, Jack Botterill, Sam Wilson, Tyler Sculthorpe (Dan Wilson) Zak Munton.

Irchester United: Dale Hamilton, Kris Line, James Dickson, Lee Kew, Theo Alcindor, Martin Brown (Dave Miles), Ant Sharp, Ryan Lovell, Nathan Heycock, Raph Brown (Mapeo Mendes), Jake Reynolds (Sam Dengel)

People in the Deepings will be able to raise crime concerns at the next neighbourhood panel meeting.

It will take place at the Open Door Church in Spalding Road, Deeping St James, on Monday, January 25.

There will be a public open forum from 7pm until 7.30pm, followed by a closed panel meeting to discuss any concerns raised and set policing priorities for the next three months.

As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s), more commonly known as drones, increase in popularity and capability, Lincolnshire Police are raising public awareness of using them safely and legally.

Temporary Chief Inspector Deb Clark of Boston/South Holland Local Policing said: “Drones are cheap, and easy to get in the air. No doubt many will have been given as presents over Christmas.

“The ownership and use of drones is not in itself unlawful but in certain circumstances their use may contravene air safety legislation and they can be used to commit offences such as assaults, damage, harassment or voyeurism. We are raising awareness today of the general rules to follow but ultimately, anyone operating a drone should use common sense and take responsibility for it.”

The general points to remember are:

You are responsible for each flight

Before each flight, check the drone for damage

Keep your drone in sight at all times

You are responsible for avoiding collisions

Keep away from congested areas

Do not fly within 50 metres of a person, vehicle, building or structure

Consider rights of privacy in terms of any images you obtain

Permission must be granted to use a drone for any commercial activity

Chief Insp Clark advised anyone thinking of using a drone to check the information available on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) website. She continued: “The responsibility for the drone is with the operator. Failure to comply with the above points could lead to prosecution. Please do not fly your drone in any way that could endanger people or property.”

For further information see the “Be safe, be legal” poster below or visit www.caa.co.uk/uas

Police are questioning two people in connection with an attack on two men in Spalding town centre just before Christmas.

They came forward after police issued a CCTV image of three men they wished to trace in relation to the attack on two men aged 29 and 31 respectively in New Road at about 9pm on Wednesday, December 23.

Both men were kicked and punched during the attack which is being investigated by Spalding CID.

MONDAY 2.45PM: CCTV released of men wanted in connection with Spalding assault

Police investigating an assault in New Road, Spalding, in December, have issued a cctv image of three men who may be able to assist the enquiry.

At around 9pm on Wednesday December 23, two men aged 29 and 31 were attacked by a group of men, who kicked and punched them.

If you know the identity of the men in the image, please contact PC Tony Hill, at Spalding CID, by calling 101.

MIDLANDS FOUR EAST (SOUTH): Thorney 22 Deepings 29

A renewed commitment to training is the secret behind Deepings’ flying start to 2016, according to skipper Guy Cunningham.

The Green Machine followed up their 19-5 win over Stamford College Old Boys with a come-from-behind derby success at Thorney, putting them on course for Cunningham’s stated aim of a top-five finish.

Two tries from scrum-half Lance Charity, plus one from second row forward Jack Rogers and kicker Chris Owen – his first try for Deepings – overturned a 22-14 deficit deep into the second half.

Cunningham said: “It’s the first time we’ve beaten Thorney in a competitive match for five years, so there were a few happy lads on Saturday and I still have a big grin.

“It took a lot of grit and team spirit to get our biggest win of the season, with Chris Owen coming away with 14 points and Kelvin Squires getting man of the match.

“It was a team performance, all the subs made an impact and a lot of it is down to our training nights which are helping us to gel as a team.”

By inflicting on Thorney their second league defeat in a row, Deepings have set themselves up for a chance to break into the top five with a win over Wellingborough Old Grammarians - the side immediately above them in the team - at Linchfield Road on Saturday.

Cunningham said: “We’ve got some tough games at the end of the season (Birstall, Northampton Men’s Own and Queens) so the target isn’t changing.

“But there’s definitely more enjoyment here, especially with the younger lads, and Thorney was our biggest win of the season.

“It was a really good match and pretty good-natured, with no fisticuffs and both teams trying to score tries.

“We were up 14-12 at half-time but soon afterwards, we were 22-14 down so to come back and win 29-22 - with a bonus point and two yellow cards - showed that we had a lot of team spirit and people fronted up.

“We still play rugby more for the fun of the game, but we still want to make the top five.”

MIDLANDS FOUR EAST (SOUTH): Bedford Swifts 57 Bourne 12

Bourne joint-coach John Forbes had to plug one of the gaps left by a number of changes to a side much too weakened to beat Bedford Swifts.

Forbes blamed “silly errors” for the heavy defeat in which prop Neil Wood and flanker John Hume scored the tries against a rampant Swifts at Barkers Lane.

But with no relegation from Midlands Four East (South), Forbes said: “We played quite well, given we were very much a makeshift side having made five or six changes from the normal line-up.

“Our tackling was much better but we just made silly errors that the opposition capitalised on.

“We were unfortunate not to score a couple more tries because of poor decision-making, including our kicks which weren’t hugging the touchline but drifting in midfield, so the scoreline flattered Bedford.

“But they deserved the win because they were the better side.”

Swifts came out full of intent in the first 20 minutes, building up a useful lead before Wood drove over after good build-up play from the Bedford half.

More pressure from the home side followed until the latter part of the game when Hume benefited from Bourne pressing up the line to drive through the forwards to score.

Forbes said: “In the first 20 minutes of each half, Bedford were very aggresive and that was when they scored the majority of the points.

“But in the second part of each half, we came back a bit which was when Wood and Hume scored their tries.

“We have to be a bit more clinical in our play and training together is the key aspect for us as the unfamiliarity of playing with each other is holding back.”

Students at the University Academy Holbeach will work with professional musicians to produce a soundtrack to the film for South Holland.

They will perform the music live on the night the film is premiered in Spalding and the music will be recorded for the DVD that will be produced.

The DVD will be given free to people who contribute to the project, and will be on sale to help cover costs in the not-for-profit exercise.

The project was the idea of freelance musician Dave Sturt who, along with Theo Travis, has been creating music for silent films for years.

The tour of their first film made from archive material was well received – it had a small but enthusiastic audience in Spalding. Ring 07890 211524 for more details or visit pastlivesproject.com

If you have old cine films in the attic it won’t be long before it will be impossible to watch them ever again.

The film deteriorates unless stored in appropriate conditions – and in any case, very few people have projectors now – so all those family memories of days at the seaside, weddings and real people doing everyday things will be gone forever.

Then there are the old photographs, so often simply thrown out when a house is being cleared, and reminiscences of what life was like in this area in days gone by.

But those home movies, the old pictures and people’s memories of what this district was once like could be preserved for ever, thanks to The Past Lives Project.

Musicians Dave Sturt, Theo Travis and Chris Ellis are collaborating in the project which will result in a film to be premiered at South Holland Centre in Spalding on Saturday, April 30.

They have put a call out to everyone in the district to take their home movies and old photographs to a couple of open days coming up – one at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum in Spalding on Saturday, January 30 and another at The Reading Room, Holbeach, on Saturday, February 13 (both 11.30 to 3.30pm).

At both venues there will be a vintage cafe offering tea and cake to anyone who goes along with material. What’s more, the cine film can be shown on the day and digitised so that people can actually watch it at home.

The contributed material will then be edited into a film, with a musical soundtrack created by the musicians, and shown on April 30 as well as being made into a DVD.

The film will contain random clips of people’s material and photographs, as well as the voices of people reminiscing, and Chris admits the concept seemed an odd one when he was invited to take part.

However, a film has previously been made, using footage kept at the Media Archive for Central England, which is based at Lincoln University.

He says: “The idea of home movies conjures up images of endless paddling pools and weddings, but I was absolutely blown away by it. It was so evocative.”

Dave agrees: “The response we have had is people are laughing or in tears because it is so emotive.”

The long-running legal battle over cockle fishing rights in the Wash moves to the highest court in the land – the Supreme Court – next month.

Lynn Shellfish and other owners of local fishing vessels who operate out of King’s Lynn are set to challenge a June 2014 Court of Appeal ruling backing damages claims levelled against them by John Loose, who accuses them of fishing for cockles over part of the seabed in respect of which he claims exclusive rights.

Mr Loose, the tenant of a private fishery that dates back to 1761, claimed damages from the fishermen in a complex legal battle that has since raged for years.

It was subject of a six-day trial at the High Court in November 2012 which ended with triumph for Mr Loose and defeat for the fishermen. That decision was upheld by the Appeal Court.

Now the five law lords headed by the senior law lord, Lord Neuberger, are set to spend a day-and-a-half hearing an appeal by the fishermen against the earlier decisions.

Among other things the law lords will have to decide is whether sandbanks, which were originaly inaccessible from the shore but which have now become attached to the foreshore by the gradual build-up of silt, have become part of the foreshore in the eyes of the law.

Another question they will have to decide is where low tide extends to in the eyes of the law. This raises questions of whether it is to be assessed by the normal low water mark, a spring tide’s low water mark or the lowest astronomical tide.

In the Appeal Court ruling under challenge the judge’s said : “The appellants are owners of local fishing vessels. Mr Loose claimed that they had unlawfully interfered with his rights by fishing for cockles in the area of the private fishery between July and September 2007.

“He brought a claim for damages reflecting the value of the cockles which he said they had taken. The fishermen denied that the area in which they had been working formed part of the private fishery, which gave rise to the dispute about its extent.”

Over half the establishments in South Holland inspected by the council’s food safety officers have scored top marks.

Some 338 of the 625 premises (54 per cent) received a five (very good) rating from South Holland District Council, latest figures show.

Four (good) ratings have been issued to 176 premises (28 per cent) and three (generally satisfactory) to 92 of them (15 per cent).

Only 12 businesses (two per cent) scored two (improvement necessary) and seven (one per cent) were given one (major improvement necessary). There were no zero (urgent improvement necessary) ratings issued.

And, encouragingly, all four of the inspection results published so far in 2016 were five ratings. They are: Booths Fruit and Vegetables, New Road, Spalding; Cowbit Village Store, Barrier Bank; Lincs Party Hire, Barrington Gate, Holbeach; SJA Produce (private address).

Ten awaiting their first inspection because they are new businesses or have new owners are: Lincolnshire Poacher, Double Street, Spalding; Proposed restaurant/bar, Station Street, Spalding; Quadring Post Office, Main Road; Taste of Raj, High Road, Whaplode; Tauras, Station Street, Spalding; The Jolly Crispin, Marriots Gate, Lutton; The Picnic Hamper, West End, Holbeach; The Rose and Crown, Low Road, Holbeach Hurn and The Ship Inn, Northgate, Pinchbeck.

The seven businesses needing urgent improvement are: Global Foods, Winsover Road, Spalding (inspected October 2015); Krautuvele, Pinchbeck Road, Spalding (October 2015); Rajapur Indian Cuisine, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge (December 2015); American Burger, New Road, Spalding (September 2015); Tulip Tandoori, Pinchbeck Road, Spalding (July 2015); Valgyklele, New Road, Spalding (March 2015) and Delicious Coffee Shop, Market Place, Long Sutton (June 2015).

Delicious has recently been re-inspected and owners are confident of a four rating.

The purpose of inspections is to ensure all food businesses maintain satisfactory hygiene and cleanliness standards.

The officer looks at: how hygienically the food is handled; how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored; the condition of the buildings and how the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe.

For all ratings visit www.sholland.gov.uk/environment/food/ratings/

The site of a closed primary school in Spalding could get a new lease of life with a £5million dementia care and residential home built there.

Country Court Care, which already has two award-winning homes in the town, is seeking planning consent for the development at the closed Goodfellows Primary School site at Spalding Common.

Sandra Taylor, the company’s public relations and marketing manager, said: “We are looking to offer specialist dementia care and residential in a state of the art care home.

“The home will be 60 bedrooms and built to a high specification to accommodate needs of people with dementia and high end luxury living.”

A planning application submitted to South Holland District Council is seeking consent for provision of the care home in buildings of two and three storeys, a new access, parking for 20 vehicles and associated landscaping.

A design and access statement accompanying the planning application says the school buildings are “unviable for a change of use or conversion proposal” and there is a “question over their structural integrity”.

If the application gets consent, the company says the home will create 24 full-time jobs and 14 part-time jobs.

Peterborough-based Country Court Care is a family run company and already has St John’s Care Home on Hawthorn Bank, Spalding, and Ashwood Nursing Home on Spalding Common.

Mrs Taylor said the company has 19 homes at the moment, with another about to open in Huntingdon, and in the last couple of months was named residential care provider of the year against some really tough competition.

The company wants to open its third home in Spalding because it has people waiting for places at the existing homes.

Mrs Taylor said: “Both homes are always full and they constantly get inquiries to take more residents and the sad thing is we can’t accommodate them. I think more people are looking for better quality care for their loved ones and they want to be in a place like Ashwood or St John’s.”

She said the company’s head of dementia care, Susannah Spencer, will work alongside the new home’s designer to create a first-class environment so people with dementia have bespoke accommodation on the ground-floor and easy access to the gardens and outdoor space

l Goodfellows School opened in January 1872. In 1941, senior pupils transferred to the newly opened Gleed Senior Council School and Goodfellows became a primary school.

It closed its doors in 2004 because of falling numbers on the roll despite parents putting up a spirited fight against the county council’s axe.

Deeping Rangers were beaten 4-2 away Eynesbury Rovers on Saturday as they continue to search for their first win of 2016.

Rangers were on fire before the turn of the year, shooting up the UCL Premier Division table to fourth, where they still sit. But so far 2016 has brought a narrow 2-1 loss to Cogenhoe United and a pair of postponed matches.

Rangers started brightly at the Alfred Hall Memorial Ground, full back Tom Smith looked to have got in behind the home defence but the assistant referee deemed him offside.

Eynesbury opened the scoring after just six minutes, Rob Ducket drove forward, he fed Lee Bassett who in turn played in Alex Marsh whose shot beat the efforts of Deeping custodian Danny Bircham to bobble over the line

Rangers responded, Chris Hibbitt won the ball and fed David Burton-Jones whose shot from 20 yards flashed just wide of the post.

The game was being played at high pace but it was the home side who increased their lead on 19 minutes.

A shot from a Rovers player saw the ball strike the arm of the defender and referee awarded a free kick for a hand ball, from set-piece James Freshwater produced an unstoppable shot that beat the dive of Bircham to clip the post and go in.

Deeping were still showing their prowess, Scott Mooney collected on the edge of the box to turn and shoot wide while the home side’s Freshwater had another free kick that had Bircham struggling, but this time failed to find the back of the net.

Mooney had a pair of chance to get Deeping back in the net but his first strike hit teammate Burton-Jones and his second effort was saved by the feet of home keeper Olly Sutton.

Rangers were given a killer blow in additional time in the first when the impressive Joe Bradbury stole the ball from Hibbitt to send Lee Bassett into the box and he blasted the ball past the helpless Bircham to give the home side a 3-0 advantage.

Rangers were on the offensive from the start of the second period as they tried to claw their way back into the game and Smith went close to reducing the arrears after some nice build up play but he could only find the woodwork.

Eynesbury added to their tally on 64 minute, substitute Matt Bannister smashed a shot against the post, the ball was retrieved by Tim Coles whose cross was met by Marsh and his touch clipped a defender and looped over Bircham into the net for 4-0.

Another goal was only thwarted by a good Bircham save as Bassett collected Rob Ducket’s cross-field ball and shot for the near post.

Deeping substitute Olly Humphrey’s had a good dribble to find space for a shot only for Sutton to save with his legs, fellow sub Will Bird then crossed for Mooney whose header was taken under the bar by the keeper, Bird exchanged passes with Coupland only to curl his effort wide.

Deepngs’ Henry Dunn had a shot which brought a good save from Sutton but he could not stop Rangers getting a consolation goal; skipper David Burton-Jones drove a shot through the crowd to beat Sutton from 20 yards with four minutes to go.

Buoyed by this the visitors added another in the final, Humphrey’s sent in a free kick for Mooney to apply the finishing touch at the back post.

Eynesbury: Olly Sutton, Ben Hickling, Elliott Bentley, Darren Woodend, James Ducket, Rob Ducket (Jamie Blackwell), James Freshwater (Matt Bannister), Joe Bradbury, Lee Bassett (Rhys Thorpe), Alex Marsh, Tom Coles. Substitutes not used: Ryan Vale, Mark Van Denberg.

Deeping Rangers: Danny Bircham, Dan Flack, Tom Smith, David Burton-Jones (c), Spencer Tinkler (Joe Hood), Luke Hunnings, Luke Avis (Ollie Humphrey), Chris Hibbitt, Scott Mooney, Scott Coupland, Henry Dunn. Substitutes not used: Jack Marsden, Liam Hutchings

Lieutenant Colonel Hilliam (left), of Spalding, of the 5th Canadian Contingent, had received the Distinguished Service Order in 1916.

Colonel Hilliam was a member of a well-known Spalding family, and son of the late Captain Hilliam, of the South Lincolnshire Militia.

In the same paper it was reported that Leading Seaman Philip Gordon Cracknell, son of the vicar of Sutton St James, had been wounded at the Dardanelles. Before the war he was with Spalding chemists Messrs Donington & Co.

Five bright planets are set to align for the first time in a decade – and will be visible with the naked eye from Earth.

Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will appear in a diagonal row before dawn on Wednesday.

If you miss it, don’t worry as the spectacular celestial show is set to continue every early morning until Saturday, February 20.

The best time to see the alignment is about 60 to 90 minutes before sunrise.

It’s the first time the five bright planets, so called as they can usually be seen easily with the naked eye, have aligned in such a way in more than ten years, according to EarthSky.org.

Before the local councils

South Holland 
District Council

Mr and Mrs D Wright, 41 London Road, Spalding. Extension, including partial demolition.

Spalding Squash and Tennis Club, Holyrood Walk, Spalding. Remove hedge and scrub trees and provide new fence.

J Cooper, Clementine Cottage, 56 New Road, Sutton Bridge. Extension and alterations.

A Laing, 29 Chestnut Terrace, Sutton Bridge. Extension.

Mr and Mrs B Thickpenny, Fairways, Bens Gate, Fleet. Extensions.

D Hester, Pastures Green, Lowgate Road, Fleet Hargate. Storage and disposal of manure and landscaping.

St James Church, Woodgate Road, Moulton Chapel. New timber cupola to church roof.

S Pallett, 59 Town Drove, Quadring. Works to TPO.

M Uzpelkis, 36 Windsor Drive, Spalding. Single storey dwelling.

Nationwide Produce, Cowpers Gate (South), Long Sutton. Change of use of land and buildings from agricultural/horticultural use to vegetable processing/storage.

A Quantrill, 117 Albion Street, Spalding. Two storey detached dwelling.

Ashley King (Developments), land off Peterborough Road, Crowland. Details of affordable housing (resubmission).

T Way, Cherry Farm, Blazegate, Gedney. Extension and alterations and install bio-disc treatment plant (amendments).

D Franklin, adj 46 Garnsgate Road, Long Sutton. Detached house.

R Exton, 32 Shearers Drive, Spalding. Extension.

J Melling, 19 Green Lane, Spalding. Residential development.

Mr and Mrs P Baker, 3 Chapel Gardens, Whaplode. Extension.

Parson Properties, The Forge, Main Road, Gedney Drove End. Dwelling to replace former house and forge.

S Edwards, 18 Wygate Meadows, Spalding. Change of use of dwelling to house of multiple occupation for eight persons (retrospective).

Trustees of Frances Blane Settlement, 37a New Road, Spalding.

Change of use of ground floor from class A1 (retail) to class A5 (takeaway).

Country Court Care, former Goodfellows School, Spalding Common. Care home facility.

South Kesteven 
District Council

T Robinson, land Stephens Way, Deeping St James. Dwelling and alteration of access and parking associated with seven dwellings.

Mr and Mrs Holt, 12 Brewery Lane, Billingborough. Extensions, re-rendering, new tiles and windows and demolish garage.

S Burt, land adj 1 Allen Close, High Street, Billingborough. Alterations to window materials (amendment)

A Stocker, The Old Baker, 74 Austerby, Bourne. External flue.

T Crowson, rear 10 Bridge Street, Deeping St James. Demolish building.

R Jackson and F Aspinall, 27 The Parslins, Deeping St James. Extension.

Mr Howett, The Old 
Rectory, 13 Church Street, Market Deeping. Remove trees.