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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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Fears over ‘neglect’ of library building as leaking rainwater and damp found

County Hall has been accused of neglect after a landmark building fell into disrepair.Buckets were put around Carnegie Library in Lynn last week to collect leaking rainwater and evidence of damp has also been found.It has left councillor Alexandra Kemp angered at what she believes is evidence of Norfolk County Council (NCC) failing in its duty to maintain the town’s heritage.County Hall has been accused of neglect after a landmark

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Hospital cancellations likely as major strike action kicks off

Staff at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital are prioritising life-saving care over the coming days amid major industry strikes – with many appointments in danger of being cancelled.Senior hospital consultants began a two-day walk-out yesterday at 7am, and remain absent today. They have now been joined by junior doctors, who began striking at 7am this morning and will not return until Saturday.This comes after the British Medical Association announced the upheaval,

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Molly set for world record attempt to row across the Atlantic ocean

A former Lynn student will be making a world record attempt in rowing along with her team mates for ‘The World’s Toughest Row’.Molly Hemeter, 26, from North Wootton and who went to King Edward VII School, has been competitive rowing for seven years and decided to take part in the challenge after being inspired by her friend Georgie, who completed the same challenge in 2020.She said: “I wanted to take

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Drug-driving food delivery man caught by police after ignoring red light

A drug-driving food delivery man was caught red-handed after police spotted him ignoring a set of traffic lights.Darren Smith, 43, of Cresswell Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court last Thursday charged with three offences.He pleaded guilty to drug-driving, failing to comply with a red light, and driving without third party insurance – offences he committed on March 6.Darren Smith was caught drug-driving and ignoring a red light

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