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Students get educated on health and safety around construction sites

Students at Greenpark Academy in Lynn were educated about about health and safety in and around construction sites during a special visit from housing provider Lovell and West Norfolk Council.The team talked about the importance of PPE (personal protective equipment) and potential dangers at construction sites, and the students were tasked with creating some safety posters.Holly Baker, health and safety advisor at Lovell, said of the visit: “We wanted to educate the students before the summer holidays about safety andRead More

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Students celebrate dance achievements

Students at Springwood High School in Lynn have been celebrating outstanding achievements in the world of dance, with some being awarded summer scholarships and places at prestigious dance schools.One such student is Phoebe Campbell who recently left Year 13 to take up a place at the renowned Northern Contemporary Dance School, having also been offered a place at London Contemporary Dance School.18-year-old Phoebe has been dancing since the age of three and has already completed GCSE and A-Level courses inRead More

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RAF Air Cadets meet the Monarch

Cadets from Lynn played a key role at the annual Sandringham Flower Show, including getting to meet and speak with the King and Queen.The RAF Air Cadets from the 42F (King’s Lynn) Squadron had important tasks assigned to them, including raising the Royal Standard as the King and Queen arrived, checking in invited guests to the Royal Warrant Holders hospitality tent, organising the disabled parking, and helping these visitors as they arrived.The cadets also formed an Honour Guard for theRead More

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Volleyball game sees King’s Lynn Defenders take on Norwich All-Stars

Norfolk’s Filipino community came together as Alive Lynnsport played host to a game between Lynn Defenders and the Norwich All-Stars teams.The event was a great success, with all participants having fun.The first invitational Filipino Volleyball Game saw King's Lynn Defenders take on Norwich All-Stars Team at the Alive Lynnsports Centre.Members of the Lynn team Gladys Sope-Acanto, Katherin Santillan and James Maryl Tiangha described the day as “filled with fun, food and laughter”.“The Norwich team really enjoyed it and said weRead More

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Special parkrun celebrates Love Parks Week

Two hundred and seventy-one parkrunners gathered in The Walks last Saturday to take part in a special run celebrating Love Parks Week.Love Parks Week celebrates parks, green spaces, and the volunteers and workers that look after them.The event attracted runners from afar with visitors coming from Hampstead, Birmingham and Scotland. Gary Walker, event director, said that all the visiting runners, “expressed their pleasure in joining the local runners in such a lovely park”.Over two hundred runners took part in aRead More

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Man admits to having cocaine and explains why he didn’t comply with police caution

A man was found with a quantity of cocaine in his possession after the police were called out to his home and searched his bedroom.Anthony Campbell, 37, of Peckover Way in South Wootton, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court where he admitted to the offence of having a Class A drug in his possession.Prosecutor Paul Brown said that on November 21 2022, police were called to Campbell’s home address to see to an unrelated incident.Campbell had 0.4g of cocaine. Picture: iStockOfficersRead More

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Climate activists expected at crown court trial

Climate activists are expected to gather at Lynn Crown Court on Wednesday for the trial of two women who broke windows at a Barclays Bank branch in Norwich two years ago.Extinction Rebellion members Jennifer Parkhouse (71) and Amanda Fox (52) cracked windows at the St James Court Barclays at 7.10am on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 and then sat down and waited to be arrested.The pair were wearing green and purple in tribute to the suffragettes who took direct action toRead More

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Jess and Sammy crowned as winners of latest Love Island series

Former Lynn girl Jess Harding has won the latest series of ITV’s Love Island with her new boyfriend Sammy Root.Jess, 22, and Sammy, also 22, were revealed to have received the most votes in a live final at the Mallorcan villa, hosted by presenter Maya Jama this evening.The pair, who have between them won the £50,000 prize money, were crowned ahead of fellow finalists Whitney and Lochan, Ella and Tyrique, and Molly and Zachariah.Jess admitted they had not had theRead More

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Independent cinema welcomes ‘Barbenheimer’ boost

The release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on the same day (July 21) has provided cinemas across the country with a boost, including The Majestic Cinema in Lynn.Alice Finlay, the Assistant Manager at The Majestic Cinema described the simultaneous release of the two blockbuster films, as an “overall surreal win for independent cinema” with turnout being “bigger and better than we expected.”She said: “Each showing would be packed out with excited cinema lovers, eager to experience theRead More

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