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A group of students at Springwood High School have won two awards in the Young Enterprise Programme for their entrepreneurial abilities.The young entrepreneurs have been tackling the issue of the link between drink spiking and sexual assault and their innovative efforts were rewarded.Students Freddie Burt, Will Bland, Lexi Ampohmah and Edwin Muji set up a sexual assault awareness company SAWARE, with the aim of promoting awareness of drink spiking and

A Lynn man was in court after finding a woman’s purse on the floor and using her bank card to go shopping.Daniel Parsons, 28, of Bransby Close, admitted to the offence of fraud at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday.It comes after Parsons found a purse on Loke Road on April 15 and decided to pick it up and go to the Premier off-licence.Parsons took the bank card into the

A man admitted in court to sending abusive texts and emails to his ex-partner after being unable to see his child.Daniel Manning-Coe, 34, of York Road in South Lynn, was in the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to causing harrassment without violence.The string of messages were sent between October 30, 2022 and January 5 this year – with Manning-Coe calling his ex-partner names such as “c*ck

A man who took and drove somebody else’s motorbike from a Lynn car park is at risk of going to prison.Darren Curson, 30, of Highgate in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he admitted to a total of three offences.He pleaded guilty to driving while disqualfied, using a vehicle without insurance and driving conveyance a motorcycle without consent.The incident took place at Highgate in LynnProsecutor Stephen

West Norfolk residents have an opportunity to find out more about Mintlyn Crematorium at its open day next weekend.The open day, which takes place between 10am and 1pm on Saturday, June 10, is a chance for members of the public to explore the site in Bawsey, near Lynn, which is owned and managed by West Norfolk Council.Visitors can speak to staff about the building, the grounds, the cremation process and