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No alternative to building new hospital, MP warns

A new building is the only sustainable solution to the crisis facing Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a West Norfolk MP has warned today.The comments by the South West Norfolk MP Liz Truss follow talks with her Cabinet colleague, the Health Secretary Sajid Javid.The extent of the structural problems facing the QEH, which currently has more than 200 props holding up its roof, has been well documented in recent months.South West […]

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First-ever Watlington FC changing rooms open in memory of club stalwart

A converted second-hand container unit is named after a "Watlington FC man through and through". Our West Norfolk sport news brought to you by the Lynn News, local and trusted, download the Lynn News app

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Council chiefs reject call for free parking offer in town

A call for free parking in Lynn has been rejected by council chiefs, despite town centre retailers saying it would bring “a real boost”.During West Norfolk Council's latest meeting, on Thursday afternoon, independent councillor Tom Ryves asked the authority's deputy leader, Graham Middleton, whether the council would “show some leadership and support retail”.“In the last council meeting I enquired about the possibility of some sort of free parking or supportive […]

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Time to get on the road as town hall becomes driving theory test centre

It’s a wedding venue and the seat of West Norfolk’s democracy and now it could be the place that helps you get on the road.A temporary centre for driving theory tests has been set up at Lynn’s town hall, amid fears that some learners faced round trips of up to 100 miles for an assessment.Officials also say they are working on plans for a new, permanent centre in the town.L […]

October 19, 2021

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Sir David Amess killing What we know so far about the suspect

Police have until Friday to question a man suspected of killing MP Sir David Amess. Counter-terrorism officers are quizzing a 25-year-old – understood to be Ali Harbi Ali, a British citizen with Somali heritage – who is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder. It is thought he was born in the UK after his family fled the war-torn African nation in the 1990s. He is reportedly the […]

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