Injured Lynn Stars rider desperate to see another green light

Injured Lynn Stars rider desperate to see another green light

Injured speedway star Thomas Jorgensen is desperate to see another green light – one that will allow him to swap his hospital bed for home comforts.The 31-year-old fell awkwardly racing for Berwick Bandits in a Championship match at Edinburgh on Friday night.After lengthy on-track treatment he was transported to Falkirk’s Forth Valley Hospital where scans revealed broken vertebrae in his neck and back.Thomas Jorgensen as he begins his road to

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Stars out to dent play-off ambitions of East Anglian rivals

King’s Lynn look to put a big dent in rivals Ipswich’s play-off ambitions when the sides meet in the Sports Insure Premiership at the Adrian Flux Arena tomorrow (7.30pm).The Witches have seen their hopes boosted by a surprise win at Leicester on Monday, and further success over the Stars and then Peterborough over the coming days could tighten up the scrap for a top four finish.Unfortunately those aspirations are now

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Workers at major town factory to strike over pay

More than 100 workers at a major town business are set to strike over pay after being left frustrated by a “real terms pay cut”.Staff at Cooper Roller Bearings in South Lynn will walk out later this month, the Unite trade union has today confirmed, after they rejected a 5.5% pay rise offer.They believe this effectively represents a pay cut due to it not matching the current rate of inflation.Staff

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Linnets swoop for defender ahead of new season

King's Lynn Town have completed the signing of Tom Clifford from National League Premier Southend United.The left-sided defender, 24, is regarded as something as a dead-ball specialist and is viewed as a replacement for the recently-departed Olly Scott.Clifford has had his contract with the Shrimpers cancelled by mutual consent.Linnets boss Mark Hughes and Adrian Whitbread have added to their squad with the signing of Tom Clifford from Southend United. Picture:

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Second half comeback sees Heacham defeat Fakenham in derby clash

Summer signings Owen Gilbert and Jack Noble were both on target as Heacham came from behind to win 2-1 on their Premier Division home bow.A clever Gilbert free-kick cancelled out Fin Whiteley's first-half strike for Fakenham before an emphatic header from Noble clinched the three points against the Ghosts, who had Alex Walpole sent-off early in the second half.After seeing his side record their first win at Step Five, manager

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Man grew 150 cannabis plants and caused £17,550 worth of damage to rented house

A man has admitted growing 150 cannabis plants and causing £17,550 worth of criminal damage to a rented property in the process of growing the Class B drug.Virginijus Montrimas, 33, of Birchwood Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of producing cannabis.Magistrates decided that their sentencing powers were not enough and sent Montrimas to Norwich Crown Court to be

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‘Significant milestone’ reached in construction of new ‘state-of-the-art’ town medical centre

A “significant milestone” has been reached in the construction of Lynn’s new St James Medical Practice, which will “drive forward improvements” in healthcare.The new state-of-the-art medical centre, on Edward Benefer Way in South Wootton, is expected to be completed in early 2024 and will replace the current premises in County Court Road.Patricia Hewitt, chair of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, has visited the site and signed the first

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Hospital department celebrates Royal College accreditation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Lynn is celebrating after one of its departments received a sought-after accreditation.Its Anaesthetic Department has been awarded the Royal College of Anaesthetists Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA), meaning that the QEH becomes one of a small number of hospitals to have received this accolade.Alistair Steel, a consultant anaesthetist, led the hospital’s efforts to gain the accreditation.The QEH Anaesthetic Department is celebrating achieving accreditation from

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Rust joins cabinet after Kemp’s shock departure

In light of Alex Kemp’s shock announcement to leave West Norfolk Council’s cabinet last week, today it has been revealed that Cllr Jo Rust will take her place.Cllr Rust accepted the position of cabinet member for people and communities and has expressed her passion for wanting to help people facing challenges.It follows Cllr Alex Kemp’s decision to leave the cabinet last Thursday after she claimed she had witnessed “values of

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