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In the weekly Friday Politics slot, Liberal Democrat councillor Rob Colwell discusses train services...Do our West Norfolk MPs think we are stupid? Following the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail to Manchester last month, we are apparently meant to be grateful that work will now be considered for the Ely North Junction, enabling improved services on the line.Our two Conservative MPs are keen to tell us they are delivering for

Organisers are still planning to go ahead with Lynn’s popular Fawkes in the Walks fireworks display on Friday, despite the threat of a storm in the two days preceding it.West Norfolk Council says onsite activities that support the event have been adapted due to current wet conditions in The Walks and the expected impact of Storm Ciarán.Cllr Simon Ring, Cabinet member for events, said: “This is the biggest event on

An orchestra has announced its first concert of the season and is giving away a limited amount of free tickets to under-18s.Norfolk Symphony Orchestra will be at the Corn Exchange in Lynn this Sunday for the first of its five concerts of the 2023/24 season.The event, starting at 3.30pm, is called ‘Life In Pieces’ and features Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ as its main work.The event will be held at the Corn

Two museums are teaming up with an art centre to celebrate the 650th birthday of a famous medieval mystic from Lynn.True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum and Stories of Lynn are working with St George’s Guildhall to tell the life stories of Margery Kempe, one of the few female preachers of the 15th Century.Her book, ‘The Book of Margery Kempe’ was the first autobiography in the English language and is still widely

Police have launched an appeal after a man in his 70s was seriously injured in a Lynn car park.Shortly after 9.30am yesterday, officers were called to the Tuesday Market Place, outside the Corn Exchange, after the man was struck by a white Vauxhall Astra car.He was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with serious leg injuries.The man was struck by the car on the Tuesday Market Place in LynnPolice would

A vegan restaurant which has been plagued by flooding issues has closed the doors to its current premises – but its owner hopes to reopen as the “coolest vegan food joint in the land”.Resist! Vegan Kitchen, which opened on St James Street last year as Lynn’s only all-vegan eatery, has launched a fundraiser after owner Gareth Ellison said the team had spent the last year “fighting a losing battle with

A major plan to build nearly 600 homes on the outskirts of Lynn could be approved next week despite objections from four parish councils.Barratt David Wilson Homes, Whistle Wood and Reffley Wood are seeking reserved matters approval to construct 574 new properties on land west of the Knights Hill Hotel, which lies within the South Wootton and Castle Rising parishes.The scheme, which would also see a Reffley Wood car park,

A road and car park is closed after two sinkholes have appeared.Ferry Street, in Lynn, is currently undergoing work to mend two sinkholes that appeared over the weekend.The damage has resulted in the Common Staithe Quay Car Park being shut until further notice.The road is closed alongside the car park, but there is still full pedestrian accessNorfolk County Council engineers are on the site looking to repair the road and

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will be the main speaker at an anti-war event in Lynn later this week.The Lynn StoptheWar meeting at Marriott’s Warehouse on Thursday is calling for a ceasefire now in the Israel/Palestine conflict. The event starts at 7pm and is supported by the Lynn and District Trades Council.There have been growing numbers of massive demonstrations around the world against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. West