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Town centre perfume shop treated to a ‘scent-sational’ revamp

A town centre perfume shop has been treated to a “scent-sational” revamp.A “new and improved” look has been unveiled at The Perfume Shop on New Conduit Street in Lynn, with some “experimental” services now available.The shop now features a brand-new layout – with a digital screen and a personalised ribbon machine among the other new additions.The Perfume Shop in Lynn has been treated to a revampThe Lynn revamp is part

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Man sentenced after tipping pensioner out of mobility scooter in ‘disability hate crime’

A man who joined his partner in flipping a pensioner out of a mobility scooter after the victim refused to give them money has been sentenced.Gary Hammond, 46, of Hillington Square in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he was handed a community order.During a previous hearing, he had pleaded guilty to assault by beating, as well as common assault on an emergency worker and using

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Toll nets on his Downham debut

Fletcher Toll came off the bench to score on his debut as Downham Town produced their best home display of the season against Lakenheath at the SCL Memorial Field.Toll - signed from league rivals Heacham late last week - completed the scoring after goals from Eoin McQuaid, Matty Castellan and Jake Miller had put the home side in complete control against the visitors.It saw Downham complete a league double over

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Defender shows glimpses of potential for Linnets

Linnets boss Adam Lakeland believes Billy Jones will only get better as he continues his playing apprenticeship in the National League North.The Fleetwood Town loanee gave the Linnets a more attacking dimension following his introduction off the bench in the 1-1 draw at Peterborough Sports on Saturday.It didn't quite lead to the Linnets picking up all three points on their travels, but fans saw glimpses of the youngster's potential going

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Man sentenced for assaulting grandfather

A man who assaulted his grandfather has been ordered by magistrates to complete a community order.Christopher Doran, 30, of Wanton Lane in Terrington St Clement, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to be sentenced.In a previous hearing, he had pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating.Christopher Doran appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on ThursdayProsecutor Sarah Fiddy explained that no restraining order would be requested due to “family

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Duo celebrating birthday stole wine from bargain store

Two men who were drinking decided to keep their birthday celebrations going by stealing a bottle of wine each from a town’s bargain store.Valdas Koncevicius, 51, and Romans Semjonovs, 43, both appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where they both pleaded guilty to the thefts which took place on September 27 –Koncevicius’ birthday.Prosecutor Sarah Fiddy explained to magistrates that the duo went into B&M on the Hardwick Retail Park

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Linnets pick up a point at Peterborough Sports

Peterborough Sports 1 King’s Lynn Town 1King’s Lynn Town continued their recent improvement by sharing the spoils with Peterborough Sports in the A47 derby this afternoon.Bartosz Cybulski put Lynn ahead from the penalty spot early on only for Dion Sembie Ferris to redress the balance ten minutes into the second half.The point extended Lynn’s unbeaten National League North run to three games heading into another away trip at Rushall Olympic

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West Norfolk youngsters dominate against Holt

A clear, sunny sky provided perfect playing conditions for WNRFC u13s first home match of the season against Holt RFC.A Holt kick-off was followed by sustained pressure in West’s half, the kick was collected by Ben Taylor-Bunting who ran the ball back to halfway before being stopped.West won the resulting ruck, spun the ball wide and strong running from Harry Martyn provided West’s first try.Action between West Norfolk Under-13s and

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Opinion: Food critic clearly hasn’t paid a visit to West Norfolk

In this week’s From The Newsroom comment piece, Jeremy Ransome writes in praise of the borough’s eateries...I read a comment piece in a national newspaper recently that was written by a food critic who clearly hasn’t paid a visit to West Norfolk recently.Columnist Emily Watkins’ piece in the i was headlined ‘Say goodbye to joyless British meals’ and she went on to label our fare ‘unappetising, uninspired and flavourless’.One of

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Staffs helping hand turned bad day around

A bad day has been turned into something positive for a King’s Lynn mum after a little help from a supermarket.Staff at Lynn’s Hardwick Tesco store stepped in to help mum Grace Allen and her three-year-old son Hayden Nicholson, who has Down’s syndrome, by donating £200 towards a special, custom-made padded bed for the youngster costing around £1,000.The donation came out of the blue after an upsetting event in the

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