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Linnets hoping to tame the Tigers in home league test

King’s Lynn Town will welcome Gloucester City to The Walks tomorrow in their fourth league game of the new season.The Tigers have not had the best of starts to the campaign, losing 4-2 at Blyth Spartans on the first day of the season and 2-0 at home to Banbury United on Tuesday night. Their single point came from a 1-1 draw at Bishops Stortford last Saturday.Gloucester City have this week welcomed 22-year-old goalkeeper Zach Jeacock back to the club, onRead More

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A-Level Results Day 2023: KES celebrates as 70% of all grades at A*-C

King Edward VII Academy Sixth Form in Lynn is celebrating a great set of A-Level results with 70% of all grades at A*-C.The sixth form is delighted to have achieved another year of Level 3 success, including 100% pass rate in the Cambridge Technical Sport & Physical Activity course with Hayden Lambert achieving a triple Distinction*, and Ben Isaacson, Charlie Royle and Ethan Wilson signing professional football contracts.These results mean that this is the fifth successive year that 100% ofRead More

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A-Level Results Day 2023: College of West Anglia sees 63% of students getting A*-C grades

Students at the College of West Anglia in Lynn celebrated receiving their A-Level results, alongside friends, family, and staff.This year, 63% of A-level students achieved grades A*-C, with an overall pass rate of 95% (grades A*-E) across all A-level programmes.CWA vice principal curriculum and quality Kerry Heathcote said: “I am pleased that the efforts and hard work which has been shown by our students and teaching staff have been rewarded with strong grades across A-Level, T-Level and vocational subjects.College ofRead More

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A-Level Results Day 2023: Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge among next steps for Springwood’s high achievers

There were celebrations all round when Springwood High School’s Class of 2023 received their A-Level results, with a fifth of students gaining an A* or A grade, and two-fifths achieving A* to B grades.In a year when fewer A* and A grades have been awarded nationally, 21% of Lynn-based Springwood students achieved the equivalent of one A or A* and two Bs to win the accolade of Norfolk Scholar.Due to Covid, the A-Level exams had been the first the cohortRead More

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A-Level Results Day 2023: Students find out results today

Hundreds of students across West Norfolk have today discovered their A-Level results, which will open the gateway for university or their chosen career.Students at Downham Market Academy, Fakenham Academy, Swaffham’s Nicholas Hamond Academy and King Edward VII Academy, Springwood High School and The College of West Anglia in Lynn all get their results today.National reports have suggested students should prepare themselves for lower grades this year and increased competition for university places.Springwood students celebrate in 2022Education secretary Gillian Keegan hasRead More

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World Cup FINAL Screening

World Cup FINAL Screening Roar on the Lionesses in the World Cup Final on the big screen in Tuesday Market Place King’s Lynn hosts another football watch party on Sunday 20 August. The FIFA Women’s World Cup Final will be shown on the giant screen and Alive West Norfolk have some fun football activities to try. The Tuesday Market Place will be radiating the buzz of Stadium Australia as the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final is shown on the bigRead More

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Speedway News

KING'S Lynn regret to announce the postponement of Thursday's Sports Insure Premiership clash with Ipswich at the Adrian Flux Arena. The MacInnes Stars have been left in a situation where they are unable to field a competitive team for the fixture. They have applied to British Speedway Promoters' Ltd for a postponement, with a rescheduled date of Monday September 4, and this has been reluctantly accepted. Stars captain Nicolai Klindt suffered season-ending injuries in a crash in Poland last Thursday,Read More

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Town marks anniversary of VJ Day with service held to remember ‘Forgotten Army’

A commemorative service was held in Lynn yesterday to remember the ‘Forgotten Army’ and mark the 78th anniversary of VJ Day.Civic leaders and war veterans gathered on Tuesday morning at the Tower Gardens for a service and wreath-laying in tribute to the Fallen of the Second World War.The event marked the anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies, which finally ended the six-year conflict.VJ Day service was held at King’s Lynn’s Tower Gardens to remember the ‘Forgotten Army’. Picture: IanRead More

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Sport

Stars skipper Klindt is hospitalised after crash

King’s Lynn MacInnes Stars have suffered another huge injury blow with captain Nicolai Klindt hospitalised after a horror crash in Poland.Klindt, who has recorded a string of high scores for the MacInnes Stars this season, was brought down in a three-man pile-up during the Ostrow v Gdansk fixture on Sunday.He has suffered a broken neck in two places, with a C3 fracture, although mercifully there are reported to be no complications and he does have movement in his arms andRead More

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