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Art exhibition opens to the public at town gallery

A new exhibition has opened with a launch party in a town gallery.The Fermoy Gallery and Shakespeare Barn in Lynn celebrated the launch of a new art exhibition that features paintings and sculptures of people and animals.The ‘Heads and Tails: Picturing People and Other Animals’ exhibition is a group project by Contemporary and Country, it features the work of local artists such as Rachael Long, Nessie Stonebridge, Colin Self and

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‘I’m honoured to be vice-chair of the board’

Vicky Etheridge writes the Talk of the Town column, which gives monthly updates on the Town Deal programme...This column marks the return of our monthly updates on the King’s Lynn Town Deal programme after a bit of a break while new board members were recruited and roles allocated.I was honoured to be invited to be vice-chair of the Board and also the champion for the St George’s Guildhall and Creative

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Local News

Heritage Open Day was a brilliant showcase of town

In his weekly column, MP James Wild chats about his day out for Heritage Open Day...Descending the steps beneath the Tuesday Market Place and the line-up of classic cars was a special part of the Heritage Open Day on Sunday which was a brilliant showcase of the historic buildings, gardens, churches, towers, cellars, and of course, tunnels in Lynn.The air raid shelter tunnels offered some relief from the intense sun

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Pub giant announces beer price increase during peak times

A pub giant has announced it will implement a ‘dynamic pricing’ system that could see the price of a pint of beer increase by 20p during its busiest periods.Stonegate Pub Company, which runs sites in Lynn, said it is raising prices at 800 of its venues during peak times, such as evenings and weekends.It has previously done so during one-off events, such as World Cups, but has now decided to

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Sport

Heacham stretch unbeaten sequence to five games

Heacham manager David Griggs hailed last night's 4-0 victory over Dereham as one of the best results in the club's history.A brace from Luke Gray, a stunning strike from Nathan Davies and an own goal saw the Magpies brush aside the visitors at the Heacham Sports Field.The result avenged the 5-1 defeat in the reverse fixture last month and stretched Heacham's unbeaten run in the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division to

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Sport

Stars set for final-ever appearance at East of England Showground

King's Lynn complete a tough season tomorrow night when they make the short trip to A47 rivals Peterborough.It’s the final Sports Insure Premiership match of the season and very sadly it looks like being the MacInnes Stars’ last appearance at the East of England Arena, which is set to close for a proposed development leaving the Panthers homeless.If it does turn out to be the end for the home club,

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‘A young lad is going to die’: Motorcyclist concerned about road’s safety after crashing himself

A man has warned that “some young lad is going to die” after recovering from a motorcycle accident himself.Ron Gowler, 78, was driving his motorbike around a bend on Edward Benefer Way in Lynn, just after passing the St Nicholas Retail Park, on August 13 when he passed over some “loose bits of road”.He had previously spent his day at the Mods and Rockers Classic Scooter and Motorbike Meet on

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Sport

Dersingham Reserves hope for promotion-winning season

Dersingham Reserves are hoping for a promotion-winning season that will see them make the step into Anglian Combination like their first team.With Heacham not able to enter a reserve team this season, they capitalised to sign both Ruben Dores and Ahmed Rhaouti from the Thurlow Nunn side.Both started on the bench this weekend in the 3-2 victory at West Lynn but it was Dores who went on to score the

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Woman caught with cannabis denies having sex in town park

A woman who admitted having cannabis in The Walks also denied having sex in the park.Jaideenna Graham, 24, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday via a video link from HMP Peterborough.Graham is currently in prison for a separate offence.Graham has denied having sex in The Walks in LynnShe admitted having the Class B drug in her possession on July 29 at The Walks.Prosecutor Emma Pocknell said that Graham told

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Plans to demolish car showroom on prime town site and build homes

A car showroom and workshop premises on Lynn's London Road is to be replaced by 15 townhouses and apartments.West Norfolk planners have given the go-ahead for the Favorit Motor Company premises to be demolished and for the prime site to be redeveloped.The scheme allows for two two-bedroom and two four-bedroom townhouses, five one-bedroom apartments and six two-bedroom apartments as well as two commercial units.The Favorit car showroom on Lynn's London

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