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‘Prolific offender’ sentenced for stealing steak and bike

A Lynn man who had committed more than 100 offences was sentenced after stealing more than £200 worth of steaks from a supermarket.Leon Dowd, 41, of Dodmans Close, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday to be sentenced for the offence, along with another of stealing a bike worth £500.He previously pleaded guilty to the offences and prosecutor Sally Harris described Dowd as a “prolific offender”.Dowd stole a bike

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Hospital vaccination team to offer booster jabs at new town centre site

A new site from which Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s vaccination team will administer Covid-19 boosters to booked patients will open tomorrow.The premises is the former Gifted store at 24 New Conduit Street in Lynn town centre which now shows on the NHS National Booking System as the Vancouver Quarter.The new site will be open seven days a week from 8am to 6pm, and booking can also be made by calling

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Drunk and disorderly man threatened to ‘smash face in’ of takeaway worker

A Lynn man refused to give his details to police after being ejected from a town nightclub and behaving in an aggressive manner.Patrick Kennedy, 38, of Wootton Road, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he admitted being drunk and disorderly on Norfolk Street.The incident happened on September 2 just after midnight, when police officers were on duty and spotted Kennedy being removed from Bar 100 by door staff.The

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Sport

Four-some Downham Town stun league leaders

There were wins for all three West Norfolk representatives in the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division this afternoon.The best result of them all perhaps came in Suffolk where Downham Town overturned league leaders Lakenheath 4-2.After a slow start, Downham took a 2-1 lead into the interval before they killed the game off in the second half.Matty Prudence, James Moore, Magic Smalls and Jacob White all found the back of the net

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Linnets boss feels his squad needs more balance after defeat

King's Lynn Town manager Adam Lakeland says there is room for extra balance in his squad and knows he needs fresh faces at The Walks.Lakeland - serving a one-game touchline ban - watched from the stand as the Linnets lost 3-1 to Buxton in his first game in charge.After the match, Lynn's new boss admitted that his squad lacks some pace and width and that any new arrivals could be

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Linnets make losing start under new management

King’s Lynn Town 1 Buxton 3The Adam Lakeland era at King's Lynn Town began with a defeat at home to Buxton at The Walks.Cameron Hargreaves cancelled out Eoin McKeown's opener for the Bucks midway through the second half before two goals in the final 15 minutes from Diego DeGirolamo and Scott Boden saw the visitors run out 3-1 winners.Lynn's new boss watched proceedings unfold from the director's box while his

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Man whose body was recovered from river not yet formally identified, police say

A man whose body was recovered from a Lynn river has not yet been formally identified, police have said.Emergency services were called to Turbus Road in North Lynn at 10.36am on Tuesday after reports that a body had been discovered in Bawsey Drain.Firefighters, paramedics and police attended the scene and the body of a man was recovered from the water.The body was found in Bawsey Drain off Turbus Road on

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Main town road shut at level crossing as work is under way

Part of a main road through Lynn is closed this morning as work is under way at a level crossing.Tennyson Avenue and Tennyson Road are currently shut to traffic and pedestrians at the crossing while the work takes place.Bus company Go To Town said on Facebook that one of its services would only be able to go as far as the football stadium today due to the closure.They said: “Due

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Man grabbed woman’s hair in middle of street before slapping her face

Police arrived to a Lynn address in time to see a man grabbing a woman by the hair and slapping her in the face.Steven Cross, 34, of Silver Green in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he admitted assault by beating.The incident took place on April 26 at around 7.30pm after the victim asked Cross to leave her property. He refused to do so.Cross was at

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‘Loud bang’ heard after drink-driver crashed into pavement metres from town college

A Lynn resident who heard a loud bang from outside her house discovered a drink-driver had crashed into the pavement – metres away from the town’s college.That driver was 45-year-old Adam Elden, of Folly Grove in Lynn. He appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to driving above the specified alcohol limit.On August 31, the witness on Tennyson Avenue heard a loud noise and screeching

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