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A man who was swearing loudly outside a nursery appeared in court for being drunk and disorderly.Sam Skeggs, 32, of Wingfields Road, Fairstead, pleaded guilty to the offence at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.At 3pm on June 26, Skeggs was heard shouting the words “c**t”, “f**k” and “p***y” outside a nursery at The Walks in Lynn.The Walks in Lynn, where Skeggs was drunk and disorderlyProsecutor Paul Brown told the court: “He

A man appeared in court after refusing to do a drugs test due to his religion.Fred Loveridge, 36, pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide a specimen for analysis at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.Prosecutor Paul Brown told magistrates that on June 14, Loveridge was driving in Lynn and was stopped initially by police for having an expired MOT.Loveridge appeared in Lynn's Magistrates’ CourtOfficers asked Loveridge to take

A drug-driver who was five times the limit was seen braking sharply at an empty roundabout before his arrest.Fionnbhar Kemp, 25, of Summerwood Estate in Great Massingham, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he admitted to the offence.Kemp had taken ketamine before driving and had 100mcg per litre of blood, the legal limit being 20mcg.Kemp had taken ketamine before driving. Picture: iStockProsecutor Paul Brown told magistrates that at

North West Norfolk MP James Wild writes for the Lynn News, July 28 A constituent stopped me to say hello this week and asked: “How’s the Prime Minister getting on?”We agreed these are challenging times but that he was focused on improving things. It was a timely chat as just before Parliament went into recess, the Prime Minister met MPs and was reflecting on the eight months since he took

A man ended up in court after trying to hide a bag of cocaine from police officers.James Brytz, 40, of Queen Mary Road in Gaywood, admitted to having 0.21g of cocaine in his possession.He appeared in Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he was fined for being caught with the Class A drug.Brytz was found to have cocaine in his possession. Picture: StockProsecutor Paul Brown told the court that on

The former leader of West Norfolk Council has slammed the current administration after a member of the new cabinet resigned, saying "values of common human decency" had been trampled.Conservative Stuart Dark says confusion and conflicting stances within the Independent/Green/Lib Dem coalition led to Alex Kemp quitting the cabinet on Thursday.Cllr Kemp, who was only appointed the borough council’s cabinet member for people and communities in May, announced her decision following