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A car showroom and workshop premises on Lynn's London Road is to be replaced by 15 townhouses and apartments.West Norfolk planners have given the go-ahead for the Favorit Motor Company premises to be demolished and for the prime site to be redeveloped.The scheme allows for two two-bedroom and two four-bedroom townhouses, five one-bedroom apartments and six two-bedroom apartments as well as two commercial units.The Favorit car showroom on Lynn's London

A much-loved Remembrance parade has been saved thanks to the combined efforts of church staff, councillors and police.St Faith’s Church in Gaywood hosts the ward’s annual event, but it was cancelled last year due to relevant event safety measures not being organised in time.Writing for the Lynn News last week, West Norfolk borough councillor Charles Joyce suggested that it had been called off because Norfolk Police would not support it

A former Gayton woman has taken up a new role as part of the team hoping to breathe new life into one of Lynn’s most treasured gems.Jane Hamilton has been appointed by West Norfolk Council as the new learning and engagement officer at St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub.She joins creative director Tim Fitzhigham as the regeneration and refurbishment element of the project gets under way.Jane Hamilton is the new

Staff at Lynn’s hospital have denied reports that they check the weather forecast before giving beds to their patients.An article in national newspaper the i published over the weekend quoted anonymous team members at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as it focused on the crumbling building – issues already covered at length by the Lynn News over the past few years.In the report, one medic told the i that a past

Here’s the fortnightly Picture This feature, with Lynn Museum..This Wesleyan Chapel in Tower Street was founded in 1812. It closed in 1960 and was demolished by Cork Brothers Ltd. Regent Way now runs through this site.To the left is the Rummer Public House and beyond the large brick theatre, now Ritz Bingo.The old Wesleyan Chapel on Tower Street, King's LynnTo the right is another cinema altered by reducing the tower

All of Wilko’s stores across the UK are set to close this year as a rescue deal fell through.It has been reported that all 408 stores are to close with the loss of more than 12,000 jobs in early October.It was announced last week that 52 shops are set to close this week. The Lynn store on New Conduit Street was not on the list released.The Wilko store in King's

A court heard that a woman broke a plastic emergency panel while staying in hospital after getting angry and punching it.Lauren Hardy, 22, of Parkway in Lynn, appeared in the town’s magistrates court on Thursday, where she admitted causing the damage at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Prosecutor Sarah Fiddy said that on February 2, Hardy was a patient at the hospital and her her boyfriend was staying with her in the

An abandoned barge on Lynn’s Boal Quay which has become “increasingly problematic” over the years is set to be removed by early 2024.The ‘Tosca’ barge, which is understood to be a Belgian Spitz Barge, was used as a houseboat on the bed of the River Nar but it became uninhabitable when the hull was breached by water in 2013.Cllr Bal Anota, cabinet member for property and corporate services, said, in

‘Severe thunderstorms’ could affect the area later today, the Met Office has warned.The warm weekend could be punctuated by heavy rainfall later today, following a yellow warning.“A line of severe thunderstorms will push quickly northeast across the East Midlands and northern East Anglia,” the Met Office reported.It added: “There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be damaged by lightning strikes, hail or strong winds. “There is a