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There is a “real buzz” among staff and patients at Lynn’s hospital after funding for a replacement was confirmed, the area’s MP has said.James Wild, MP for Norh West Norfolk, visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning, after yesterday’s news that the QEH had been added to the Government’s New Hospital Programme.After years of campaigning from the local community, Health Secretary Steve Barclay made the announcement in the House of

Three people were taken to hospital after two separate crashes on the same village road this morning.Police, fire crews and paramedics were called to two collisions on the A148 at Harpley an hour apart.The first, which was reported at 6.24am, saw one person taken to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a stable condition after a car crashed into a tree. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.The A148 at

A gardener has hit out “nimbies” he says have “grassed him up” and complained about the noise from his lawn mower.Malcom Starr, 73, says the moaners should “get a life'” after council officials told him he faces an investigation over a noise complaint.Officials say they may visit his property in the village of Holme-next-the-Sea to monitor the machine with sound-recording equipment.Malcolm Starr has hit out at "nimbies" who have complained

Part of a main road in West Norfolk has reopened this morning after being closed for more than 24 hours.The A47 was shut both ways between the A10/A149 at Hardwick near Lynn and the A1122 in Swaffham for emergency roadworks due to a burst water main.The road had been closed overnight on Wednesday for planned roadworks, but while these works were taking place a burst water main was discovered.The A47