Council looks to make more properties available for rent at 226-home development

Council looks to make more properties available for rent at 226-home development

More homes at a major development could be made available for rent under West Norfolk Council plans.Construction work for 226 new properties off Parkway in Gaywood kicked off at the beginning of the summer. The plans had been approved at a full borough council meeting in January, with contracts signed off in July.The homes are being built in phases by developer Lovell, and it is anticipated that the whole development

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Hard work paying off for Alive King’s Lynn Elite footballers

Hard work and dedication is reaping its rewards for youngsters from the Alive King's Lynn Community Football Elite under-13 squad.On the back of being crowned the JPL Midlands League champions last season, losing on penalties in the national finals, the team continues to flourish and develop under the tutorship of Darren Broughton and Mike Daisley.Being part of the scheme has opened so many doors in the squad's early years of

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Man to pay back just £1 despite organised crime group owing £380,000 after targeting vulnerable Latvians’ bank accounts

A Lynn man has been ordered to pay £1 back for his role in an organised crime group which made money through fake online sales.And the group as a whole will repay nearly £380,000 after the scams.Aleksandrs Lisens, 36, Aleksejs Fedins, 38, and Vadims Kuzmins, 36, who ran the group in Wisbech, opened false bank accounts and took control of the accounts of vulnerable people in Latvia.Aleksejs Fedins, from Wisbech,

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Round Norfolk Relay starts and finishes at Alive Lynnsport

The annual Round Norfolk Relay took place last weekend, featuring almost 60 teams tackling the 17 stages mirroring the county borders.The event was not without incident this year after circumstances at Feltwell involving the police dealing with a ram raid led to the last-minute cancellation of Stage 14.This was disappointing for those runners due to cover that stage, including Ryston’s Dawn Robinson, Oliver Foxwell, and Kerrie Page, but also of

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Reviewing progress on £25million deal

In his weekly column, MP James Wild discusses the King’s Lynn Town Deal Board and the £25million agreed with the government...Today King’s Lynn Town Deal Board holds it latest meeting to review progress on the projects to be delivered as part of the £25million deal agreed with the government. These exciting projects will boost skills, enhance our cultural heritage and opportunities in the creative sector at St George’s Guildhall, provide

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Heritage Day was wonderful

In his weekly Bar Man column, Jeff Hoyle discusses Heritage Open Day...Many years ago, when I used to play Dungeons and Dragons, there was a fashion for obscure multi-class characters such as warrior/cleric and sorcerer/thief. You never came across ninja/Morris dancers though, and after wandering around town on Heritage Day I know why.The sound of bells was everywhere. It might be the green-faced side that seemed to take their inspiration

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Super Sam nets opening-day treble for Pelicans

Pelicans 6 Cambridge Nomads 2Sharpshooter Sam Phillips hit an opening-day hat-trick as Pelicans started the new league season in style.Pelicans went into their first outing of the East Men’s Division One North East campaign fresh off the back of a hard pre-season with club legend Sean Kerry returning as coach.Despite not having as much game time during pre-season, missing key players and dealing with a scorching hot day, Pelicans settled

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Weeting Saxon show a real ‘Meen’ streak

The opening weekend of the Mid Norfolk Youth League girls' football season saw brand new entrants Weeting Saxon come away with the spoils against a strong u14 Gaywood sideIt was a game of two halves, with Gaywood bossing the early exchanges and deservedly taking the lead through an Elizabeth West-Burnham strike.Weeting changes at the break made a real difference to proceedings though, with the equalizer coming through Imogene Meen following

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West Norfolk make a winning start

Head coach Dave Clarke heaped praise on his West Norfolk players as the club started the league season with a hard-fought 34-21 victory at newly-promoted North Walsham 2nds.Visiting West Norfolk set the platform for victory by dominating all areas of the pitch in the early stages.Clarke said: "This was a great start to the season. In the first half, our structure and tempo were excellent and our attacking play was

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