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Shoppers head to frozen food aisles to quell sizzling hot inflation hit

Shoppers are opting for frozen meat and meals like pizza and chips as food price inflation continues to add hundreds of pounds to households’ grocery shops. New figures from research firm Kantar showed frozen food sales were ticking up in British supermarkets. Frozen poultry like chicken and game meats increased in the three months to mid-March, compared with the same period last year, as well as frozen prepared foods which includes ready meals, pizzas, chips and pies. Meanwhile, total grocery salesRead More

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Local News

Fears raised that £24m Southgates scheme will not fix traffic woes

A multi-million pound scheme to prevent traffic crawling through the middle of an ancient monument could be a waste of money, councillors fear.Plans to redevelop the Southgates area of Lynn – a key entryway into the town – will see the space around the 600-year-old fortification pedestrianised, with the main road into the diverted and a roundabout replaced by new junctions.But councillors fear the scheme could do little to fix the town’s traffic woes.Lynn's Southgates area as it looks nowTheRead More

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Local News

Man in 80s remains in hospital week on from fatal crash on roundabout

A man who was seriously injured following a fatal crash on Lynn's Hardwick roundabout remains in hospital a week on.Emergency services were called to the Hardwick roundabout at 2.36pm on Wednesday, April 5, after reports of the collision between a black BMW 3 series and a green BMW 3 series.The driver of the green BMW, a man in his 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene.The Hardwick roundabout in King's LynnThe other driver, a man in his 80s, was takenRead More

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Sport

Linnets boss wants players on front foot

Mark Hughes will continue to encourage his King’s Lynn Town team to play with intensity going forward as the National League North title race goes into the final two weeks of the season.The Linnets have netted 86 times this season and interim boss Hughes has vowed to stay true to his attacking principles as the club’s interim boss takes his side into Lynn’s penultimate home fixture against Southport tomorrow.Hughes said: “We want to continue playing on the front foot andRead More

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Sport

Horse trials attracts top names in the sport

A star-studded line up is heading to West Norfolk for the 2023 FEI Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market International Horse Trials this weekend. (14-16 April).After a challenging spell of extremely wet weather, many of the sport’s top combinations will be seeking to get a valuable run under their belt at Burnham Market, before heading on to the big spring targets such as the 5* competitions at Kentucky in the USA and Badminton here in Britain.For those who love eventing the startRead More

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Sport

Stars enjoy home comforts in Premiership

Polish star Krzysztof Kasprzak raced to a stunning 15-point maximum on his home debut as King’s Lynn defeated Wolverhampton 49-41 to collect their first league win of the season.Kasprzak, who had been below par in the MacInnes Stars’ opening two matches, was in unbeatable form at the Adrian Flux Arena as the home side received just the boost they needed.The eight-point margin of victory wasn’t enough to prevent Wolves from taking the aggregate bonus point, but it was a majorRead More

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National News

Refugee to run free Ukrainian walking tours of Liverpool during Eurovision

A Ukrainian reporter who came to the UK as a refugee last year is planning to run free walking tours of Liverpool in her country’s language during the Eurovision Song Contest finals in the city next month. Maria Romanenko, 30, left the Kyiv region for Manchester last year at the start of the Russian invasion. Her partner, Jez, who was born in Manchester, was with her at the time. The couple made a perilous journey to the Polish border, whereRead More

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Local News

Is this the end of the road for town roundabout?

The proposed dramatic revamp of the Southgates area of Lynn now has a preferred option.After many months drawing up several different schemes and consulting on the various benefits and drawbacks, a layout which does away with Southgates roundabout has found most favour.Cabinet members at West Norfolk Council will be asked next Tuesday to support a scheme which creates a road diversion around the South Gate and enables the historic archway entrance to be used exclusively for cyclists and pedestrians.The proposedRead More

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Local News

How long for a new hospital? Timeline of fight for a QEH rebuild

Politicians, campaigners and health bosses have been calling for a rebuild of Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital for some time.Despite numerous pledges from Government officials and NHS chiefs to make a decision - including promises to do so by the end of 2022 - no announcement has been made.CEOs have come and gone, the Health Secretary line-up has changed, but the hospital remains the most propped-up in the country. More than 3,000 props are holding up its crumbling roof, with numerousRead More

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