Month: February 2021

A Lynn woman has been banned from the roads for two excess alcohol matters.Police responded to reports of a woman seen drinking in a Ford Focus in St Faith’s Drive, Gaywood.Magistrates in Lynn were told on Thursday that Sonia Jordan, 53, was found in the car along with a bottle of vodka.The crest above the entrance to King's Lynn Court in College Lane. (2417257)She was arrested and gave a reading […]

National League King's Lynn Town 2 Weymouth 2 King's Lynn Town and Weymouth went toe-to-toe as the spoils were shared in an entertaining National League encounter at The Walks – as the Linnets continue to find a possible solution to completing the rest of the campaign.The game was expected to be Lynn's last game of the current campaign, but it is widely believed that a possible contingency plan is being […]

Three more patients have died after testing positive for coronavirus at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.New figures today show the latest fatalities occurred on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.The overall death toll at the Gayton Road site now stands at 460. There have been 74 deaths so far this month.Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn. (43541953)This news brought to you by the Lynn News, local and trusted, download the Lynn News app

A domiciliary care company in Lynn that gave its staff a £200 bonus has been praised for the care and support it gave a man’s father-in-law before and during the pandemic.The good work by the family-run Care Company, based down Norfolk Street, has been highlighted by Castle Rising resident David Mills, whose father-in-law Clive Bailey passed away last September, aged 91.Care workers and the NHS have been at the frontline […]

King's Lynn Town Football Club officials have today announced another big donation towards their survival fight.Earlier this week, the Walks outfit launched a new fundraising initiative to secure its future, after the National League voted to continue its season despite matches being played in empty grounds.The appeal has already raised at least £11,000, including a substantial contribution made by the family of late Norwich City supporter, Barrie Greaves.The Walks stadium […]

A customised bike with a chainsaw engine, which was bought on Facebook Marketplace, led to a drink-drive conviction for a Lynn man.Viktor Vangravs, 38, was almost twice the alcohol limit when he was stopped by police in the town’s pedestrianised Broad Street.Prosecutor Kate Draper told Lynn Magistrates’ Court yesterday: “They have seen that the bike had a custom-fitted petrol engine and speedometer and therefore this fitted the description of a […]

Another coronavirus-related death has been recorded at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital today.The case, which occurred on Tuesday, is the 457th fatality at the Gayton Road site since the start of the pandemic.And 71 patients have now died in February alone, according to figures from NHS England.Ambulances outside the QEH at Kings Lynn. (43930722)But separate figures suggest the rate of Covid-19 infection in West Norfolk is now down to its lowest […]

A rogue trader from Lynn, who was yesterday jailed for defrauding customers, had "no choice" but to admit his guilt because of the case against him, council leaders claimed.Wesley Theobald, 30, of Seathwaite Road, was given a three-year prison term at Lynn's Crown Court yesterday after admitting fraud and actual bodily harm.And now, Norfolk County Council has released images of the state one house was left in by Theobald.This was […]