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West Norfolk Ladies taste defeat in opener

Ladies from West Norfolk Rugby Club suffered a narrow 24-20 defeat in their league opener against Mansfield Women at Gatehouse Lane on Sunday.After a scrappy start, the visitors registered an unconverted try to put their first points on the scoreboard.Within a matter of minutes, both Mansfield and West Norfolk had players sent to the sin bin with yellow cards.West Norfolk Ladies v Mansfield at Gatehouse Lane. Picture: Ian BurtWest Norfolk

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Hospital launches new transport service to assist patients and visitors

A new assistance buggy has been introduced at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to help assist patients and visitors who are less able to walk around the site.The idea came about after there were complaints about the terrain of the hospital having hills that were too steep, making it hard for those with limited mobility to get from the car park to the main building.Driven by trained volunteers, the six-seater buggy

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Town’s Wilko store set to shut next week

Lynn’s Wilko store is set to close next week, it has today been revealed.An update issued on administrators PwC’s website today lists the Lynn shop on New Conduit Street among dozens set to serve customers for a final time on Friday, September 29.The high street chain, which entered administration last month, started its closure process last week.The Wilko store in King's LynnIt comes after it was confirmed last week that

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CCTV images released of man police want to speak to after assault at town business

Police are appealing for help to identify a man that they would like to speak to in connection with an assault in Lynn.The incident happened between 1.15pm and 1.20pm on Thursday, August 24 at a business on Old Sunway, when a man assaulted a member of staff.Anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV images should contact PC Kayleigh Marsh at Lynn Police Station on 101 quoting reference 36/61125/23.The incident

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Linnets capitulate in FA Cup as pressure mounts on manager Hughes

Aveley 4 King's Lynn Town 0King's Lynn Town's season slumped to a new low tonight as they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Aveley in their second qualifying round replay.The Linnets went into the tie without an away win in all competitions this season and that statistic rarely looked like changing in Essex as Aveley's best two players from the weekend sunk Lynn in emphatic fashion.It is the

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Luton Town frontman joins in training session with Clenchwarton youngsters

Young footballers from Clenchwarton were lucky enough to have King's Lynn Town's Rob Back and ex-Linnet Joe Taylor at a training session last week.Luton Town striker Taylor, who is currently on loan at League Two Colchester, joined in the under-11 training drills and spoke about his footballing journey from a young age.The prolific fromtman, who has scored five goals in seven appearances for the U's this season, was happy to

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King’s Lynn Soccer Club links-up with Posh

King’s Lynn Soccer Club continue to lead the way for female footballers in West Norfolk after joining forces with Peterborough United Women’s first Girls Academy.The link-up with their professional partners is a great opportunity for young girls and female players in the local community to showcase their skills and improve their development.Partner clubs provide the opportunity for our Girls Academy players to train and play in mixed football, U23 players

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Pelicans Ladies off to a winning start in league opener

Captain Jane Proctor scored the only goal of the game as Pelicans Ladies made a winning start at Cambridge South 3s on Saturday.With a few players missing due to injury mixed with the heat it could've been a tough game but Pelicans delivered a dominant display in their East Women's Division 2 North West opener.After efforts from Daisy Nicholas and Megan Antliff, Proctor was on hand to tuck away the

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Impressive Town too strong for Elite in JPL clash

Football was the winner as two of the town's representatives battled it out in the Junior Premier League on Saturday.An impressive King's Lynn Town Under-15s outfit ran out convincing 18-0 winners over nine-man King's Lynn Elite at West Lynn.There was no doubting the extra class and quality of the Linnets against an Elite outfit who battled hard until the bitter end.King's Lynn Town Under-15s v King's Lynn Elite Under-15s at

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Sainsbury’s store set to reopen this afternoon after weekend’s fire

A Lynn supermarket which was evacuated after a fire took hold at the weekend is set to welcome customers again this afternoon.Several fire crews were called to the blaze at the Sainsbury's store on the Hardwick estate at around 5.50pm on Saturday – with the shop being shut to customers since then.Officials for the company have said an investigation is under way into the cause of the fire and the

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