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“Shocking and heart-breaking” statistics have highlighted the immense challenges West Norfolk families are facing to put food on the table this year.Lynn’s food bank is currently spending £1,000 every week to top up its supplies ahead of an expected spike in demand come December.The St Margaret’s Lane charity has already fed 20.4% more people this year than it had at this stage in 2022.Helen Gilbert (centre), project manager at Lynn’s

Lisa Staples who owns the Tipsy Teapot in Lynn won the Businessperson of the Year award at this year’s Mayor’s Business Awards – and now we are looking to crown a champion at our 2024 ceremony.Estate agents Brown & Co are once again sponsoring the category, with the awards taking place at the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place on Friday, March 1.The Businessperson of the Year award

The life of a man who spent 42 years helping others while working for the ambulance service has been honoured.Many came out to pay their respects to Bruce Durham, who died at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital aged 64 on October 17, including a cortege of ambulance vehicles which made their way to Mintlyn Crematorium for his funeral.The husband, father and grandfather has been remembered for his dedication to the emergency

Drivers have been warned not to cut through a bus route while bollards have been lowered for repairs.The bollards on Hardings Way, heading into South Lynn, have not been working for a number of weeks now.Norfolk County Council, which is responsible for them, says they have been lowered at the request of bus drivers who use the route due to problems with their card readers.The Hardings Way bollards have been