Blog masonry

National News

King to launch food project and celebrate work of nurses on 75th birthday

The King’s 75th birthday will be a working day for the monarch marked by gun salutes across the capital. Charles will officially launch the Coronation Food Project with the Queen which aims to bridge the gap between food waste and food need. The royal couple will visit a surplus food distribution centre outside London and meet staff and volunteers to hear about the ways in which food waste can be used for social good. Charles will also host a BuckinghamRead More

today 6

National News

Private parole hearing for one of killers of James Bulger to begin

A parole hearing for one of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger will take place behind closed doors over the next two days. The oral hearing to decide whether Jon Venables can be released after his latest sentence for possessing child abuse images is due to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales Caroline Corby ruled that proceedings should take place in private, in order to respect a long-standing legal order that bans theRead More

today 4

Local News

Your letters on a historic Guildhall, an incinerator plan and MP Liz Truss

Here are the letters from the Tuesday, November 14 edition of the Lynn News...Guildhall find has put town on the mapWith St George’s Guildhall and the discovery of the original floorboards that Shakespeare trod once again being featured on national TV (The One Show, November 7), I wanted to say how fantastic it has been to get Lynn and the theatre in front of the whole country and in front of international audiences.Discovery at St George's Guildhall in King's LynnIt’sRead More

today 73

Local News

QEH bosses paid PR firm more than £900,000 while campaigning for new hospital

Bosses at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital spent more than £900,000 to enlist a PR company’s help while campaigning for a new building.Staff and patients celebrated alongside politicians and members of the public in May this year after the Government confirmed West Norfolk would benefit from its New Hospital Programme.The team at the QEH had put together a case for its £862million rebuild as its current site has at least 4,394 steel and timber support props in 56 areas of theRead More

today 29

Local News

New business plan for old Debenhams store could kick off before Christmas

There are hopes that a new business venture in Lynn’s former Debenhams store could be up and running by Christmas.Kelly Ranger, who has a pop-up market at The Place on New Conduit Street, revealed her plan to revitalise the old department store on High Street in October.She hopes to fill it with shopping and leisure attractions, offering businesses a series of self-contained units to operate from with a model similar to Afflecks in Manchester.The old Debenhams building in Lynn couldRead More

today 40

National News

Austerity era PM Cameron back on world stage several years on from Brexit exit

Britain’s new Foreign Secretary David Cameron will need little introduction to world leaders, diplomats and voters. The former prime minister has returned to frontline politics, joining Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet seven years after his failure to win the 2016 Brexit referendum effectively cut short his political career. The last image of Mr Cameron most voters will remember was outside Number 10, announcing his resignation the morning after millions of Britons voted to leave the European Union – putting paid to theRead More

today 4

Sport

Ghosts rewarded with a home draw in the FA Vase

Fakenham Town's reward for knocking out twice FA Vase finalists Newport Pagnell out of this season's competition is another home draw in the next round.The Ghosts will entertain Great Wakering Rovers - victors of Downham Town at the weekend - in the Third Round Proper on Saturday, December 2.Fakenham came from behind to book their place in their last 64 of the national competition thanks to goals from Louis Henman-Mason and Jay Myhill in a 2-1 victory against their UCLRead More

today 53

Sport

Seven-up ladies return to winning ways in style

Pelicans ladies ended a run of three successive defeats in emphatic style at the weekend as they put Lincolnshire rivals Spalding to the sword in a one-sided affair.The goals flowed as the team thrashed newly-relegated Spalding 1s 7-2 on their visit to Alive Lynnsport.Pelicans dominated the East Women's Division 2 North West encounter from start to finish - much to the delight of captain Jane Proctor.Pelicans Ladies 1sts against Spalding 1sts at Alive Lynnsport. Picture: Ian BurtPelicans Ladies 1sts againstRead More

today 19

Local News

More than 18,000 attend fireworks event

More than 18,000 people attended one of the region's biggest free fireworks displays on Friday.Fawkes in the Walks is organised by the West Norfolk Council and held in The Walks park in the centre of Lynn.It was a case of better late than never as the display had been postponed from the previous Friday due to the park being waterlogged following Storm Ciarán.Fawkes in the Walks funBefore the fireworks there was music from Vex. Bear Club and there were alsoRead More

today 16

0%