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Mark makes history as first wheelchair user to complete trio of sporting events

A Gaywood man has made history by becoming the first wheelchair user to complete a three-event sporting challenge in one year.Mark Howard, 52, is one of 4,000 people to have received the London Classics Medal and have his name listed in its Hall of Fame, after participating in three tough challenges including the London Marathon, RideLondon 100 and a two-mile swimming event at Swim Serpentine.Mark was injured whilst serving with the Life Guards regiment in the British Army more thanRead More

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Local News

Drug-driver banned after smoking joint moments before being pulled over

A transit van driver was smoking a cannabis joint just before he was pulled over by police.Christopher Brown, 33, of Metcalf Avenue in South Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court where he admitted driving above the specified drug limit and driving while uninsured.Prosecutor Lesla Small explained that officers were carrying out a traffic offences operation on March 23 in relation to works vehicles.Brown was pulled over on Main Road in Clenchwarton. Picture: Google MapsAt around 10.15am, officers stopped BrownRead More

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Bride takes big day to hospitalised brother

A newlywed couple decided to take their wedding celebrations to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital so the bride’s brother, who is critically ill with a life-threatening condition, could see his sister in her wedding dress.Keleigh Rowell received a devastating call last Thursday evening – just two days before her wedding – telling her she needed to say goodbye to her brother Lee Fenn who has a serious heart condition.Initially, Keleigh wanted to call off her wedding, but her older brother LeeRead More

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Sport

Linnets management team going the extra mile for success

Adam Lakeland and his assistant Sam Walker will be going the extra mile to deliver success at King's Lynn Town.Faced with a four-hour trip from their Lancashire bases to training and a home game at The Walks, the management team is ready to step on the gas to turn Lynn's National League North season around.Lakeland said: "I think sometimes opportunities come around in football and you've got to grasp them and you have got to back yourself.King's Lynn Town's newRead More

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Local News

Drug-driver had heavily pregnant woman in car

A drug-driver got behind the wheel with just a provisional licence while he had a heavily pregnant passenger in the car.Tristen Whittaker, 24, of Methuen Avenue in Gaywood, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates Court on Thursday where he admitted driving above the specified drug limit as well as using a red Ford Focus without any insurance.He also pleaded guilty to driving without a full licence and having cannabis on him.Whittaker had taken cannabis before driving and also had some of theRead More

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Sport

New Linnets boss ready to fulfil his ambition

Adam Lakeland is ready to repay the faith shown in him by King's Lynn Town chairman Stephen Cleeve.Lakeland, 38, was appointed as the new Linnets manager yesterday with Sam Walker being named as his assistant at The Walks following the departure of former boss Mark Hughes on Monday.Former Halifax, Salford and Stockport midfielder Walker, 36, has also been registered as a player.The new-look Linnets management team of Adam Lakeland, right, and Sam Walker.Lynn's new-look management team addressed the media thisRead More

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Local News

New Aldi store could be coming to town

A new Aldi store could be coming to Lynn under the supermarket’s plans to expand across the country.Residents already benefit from the existing store at Queen Mary Road in Gaywood, but could soon have another to choose from.Aldi bosses are investing £1.4billion over the next two years to increase their number of locations, having opened their 1,000th UK store earlier this month.The existing Aldi store on Queen Mary Road, Gaywood. Picture: Google MapsNow, they have confirmed that Lynn is oneRead More

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Local News

Motorcyclist rushed to hospital after crash on roundabout

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital following a crash on a town roundabout which has resulted in gridlocked traffic.Drivers are suffering from lengthy delays along the A149 and A1076 on the outskirts of Lynn following the collision on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital roundabout.Police were called to the incident at 2.33pm this afternoon, with a car and motorbike involved in the crash.The crash occurred at the QEH Roundabout on the outskirts of Lynn. Picture: Google MapsThe motorcyclist suffered what isRead More

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Celebrating the best of business with the 2024 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Mayor’s Business Awards

The best of the borough’s businesses are set to be celebrated once more, as we launch the 2024 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Mayor’s Business Awards.The glittering black-tie evening is booked for Friday, March 1, at its traditional venue of the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place.The headline sponsor of the Business Awards is the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, and the event is organised by the Lynn News.Launch of the Lynn News Business Awards,Read More

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