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Chief executive gives thanks for hospital campaign

• QEH monthly column – June 2023 – written by Alice Webster, chief executive officer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn:I’m delighted to finally be able to start my column the news we’ve all be waiting for - a new hospital will be coming to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk!At the end of May, the Government announced that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn (QEH) has been added to the New Hospital Programme. Everyone at Team QEH is overjoyedRead More

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National News

Boris Johnson partygate hangover leaves Rishi Sunak with a headache

MPs will vote on Monday on whether to accept the recommendations of the Privileges Committee The fallout from a scathing report which found Boris Johnson lied to MPs over partygate has left Rishi Sunak with a battle to hold his warring Tory party together. The Commons will vote on Monday on the Privileges Committee’s report, which recommended that Mr Johnson should have faced a 90-day suspension had he not already resigned in advance of its judgment and be banned from holding aRead More

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National News

Ben Stokes urges his England cricketers to become a part of Ashes folklore

The first test of this summer's series begins today at Edgbaston Ben Stokes has told his team a big Ashes summer will “never be forgotten” as he prepares to lead England’s battle to reclaim the urn for the first time since 2015. Stokes already owns a significant slice of Ashes history, with his match-winning century at Headingley four years ago inked into the folklore of cricket’s most storied series. He and his 10 team-mates will step out at a reliably raucous Edgbaston on FridayRead More

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Local News

Town’s indoor skate park could be replaced with new activities

A public consultation is to be launched amid “exciting plans” to redevelop a town skate park - but its indoor area could be scrapped.Starting from Monday, views from users and non-users of the Kaset Skate Park in Lynn will be sought about its potential revamp to provide what West Norfolk Council has called a “brand-new, free-to-use, competition-standard outdoor facility”.These plans would see additional indoor activities replace the indoor skate park.The indoor skate park at Lynnsport could be re-designed to provideRead More

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Local News

Safety concerns raised as traffic light issues remain unresolved

Safety concerns have been raised by a parish council leader as traffic light issues on a main road remain unresolved.Travel chaos resulted in a three-car crash at Lynn’s Hardwick industrial estate last Sunday while a number signals were experiencing outages.Highways bosses have not been able to get to the bottom of the issue – with Norfolk County Council, which manages the traffic lights, being unable to provide a response to the Lynn News.Three cars crashed during a time when theRead More

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Local News

West Norfolk’s Jess on Love Island: Drama ramps up on dating show as tensions run high

The drama has been well and truly ramping up on this season of Love Island – and we’re only just over a week into it!Over the last few episodes of the ITV2 and ITVX show, we’ve continued to watch as former Lynn resident Jess Harding looks for love in the Mallorcan villa.When we last caught up, Sammy and Jess were a relatively new couple, and they’ve been continuing getting to know each other over the past few days.On Monday night’sRead More

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Sport

Former Premier League star appointed as assistant boss of Linnets

A former Premier League player has been unveiled as the new assistant manager at King's Lynn Town.Former West Ham and Swindon player Adrian Whitbread will assist manager Murk Hughes in the dugout at The Walks.Whitbread, 51, as played in the Football League for Leyton Orient, Portsmouth, Luton Town, Reading and Exeter City.King's Lynn Town boss Mark Hughes has a new assistant at The Walks in Adrian WhitbreadA knee injury forced an early retirement from the game before stepping into managementRead More

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Sport

Robert is the golden boy at masters swimming event

West Norfolk Swimming Club sent a team of eight to the 2023 edition of the British Masters Swimming Championships.Held at Ponds Forge, in Sheffield, their selection was fully justified with a highly-respectable 29th-place finish out of 291 clubs in attendance.The opening day on Friday saw Robert Addis and Finlay Ryan win a pair of medals each.West Norfolk masters swimmers. Pictured back, from left, are: Jake Lammas; Oliver Kenny and Finlay Ryan. Front: Lucy Chadderton and Tracey Dodds.Addis struck gold inRead More

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Sport

Danish ace leaves Lynn Stars

King's Lynn rider Frederik Jakobsen has informed the club of his decision to stand down from racing in Great Britain.The Dane was a successful signing for the MacInnes Stars in the second half of last season, but has struggled to recapture his best form in 2023.He started the year well with 13+2 from seven rides at reserve at Wolverhampton and also won two races at Peterborough, but recent results have not gone to plan and his overall league average thisRead More

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