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Residents of a care home have spent a morning showering four-legged friends with affection.Briar House Care Home, in Lynn, hosted special guests Maizy and Chocky from Minature Donkeys for Therapy and Fun on the morning of August 30.After some encouragement of ginger biscuits, mints and cheddars, both donkeys were suitably settled in the home, with Chocky eventually braving the lift to the amusement of the residents.Sybil Butler being given a

A building society hopes to help thousands of people enter the world of work with its new charity partnership.Yorkshire Building Society, which has a branch on New Conduit Street in Lynn, has announced FareShare as its partner until June 2026.FareShare is a charity which fights hunger and food waste by redistributing surplus food from industries to some 8,500 charities across the country.The building society will support the charity through fundraising

It’s a time of the year when more people are out and about in town centres looking for festive bargains.But this time of year also sees a spike in people attempting to steal from shops – which Operation Wonderland is looking to crack down on in Lynn, with the aim of protecting businesses.The scheme means more dedicated patrols will be around the shopping area in town – in a bid

Two dance teachers scooped the Business Innovation Award at this year’s Mayor’s Business Awards – and now we are looking to crown a champion at our 2024 ceremony.Lynn-based Noise & Chance School of Dance was named the winner for their fundraising efforts as they were given their well-earned prize.Spearheaded by Emily Penman and Trina Lee, their classes provide a unique place of solace for youngsters.Emily Penman (left) and Trina Lee

A mother pushed a police officer in frustration after having her daughters taken away from her by their school teachers while she was drunk.Tatjana Alabjeva, 39, of Dobby Drive in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker.She pleaded guilty to the offence, which she committed on October 19 at her home address.Alabjeva appeared at Lynn Magistrates' Court on ThursdayCrown

A 20-year-old claimed he did not know you need a licence to drive after being caught behind the wheel of a truck.Mahmoud Ramadan, of Norfolk Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with three offences.He pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, without a licence and while using a mobile phone.Old Sunway in Lynn, where Mahmoud Ramadan was caught. Picture: Google MapsCrown prosecutor Holly Postle told

In our weekly Memory Lane Schooldays feature we go back to a high school in November 2013...Pupils at Lynn’s King Edward VII High School called in the Lynn News for help when they began work on their new house newspaper in November 2013.A team of students in the school’s Gloucester Windsor house were working on the first edition of the paper which they hoped to publish in December ahead of

A town’s Samaritans group has been boosted by a Rotary club, which will help to keep the branch running.The Samaritans’ Lynn branch on Queen Street is staffed by 100 volunteers who support people in need across the area primarily with loneliness, mental and physical health issues, relationship problems as well as home, work and school worries.Recently, the charity received a donation of £500 from the Trinity Rotary Club of King’s