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Here are the letters from the Friday, September 15 edition of the Lynn News...People were so kind to my friend who fellI would like to thank the people who came to help my friend when she had a nasty fall near Las Vegas Amusements in Hunstanton on Friday.In this day and age it was heartwarming to know that there are people who still want to help. One woman ran to

A frozen food supplier which is one of Lynn’s biggest firms has received a coveted award for sustainability from the King.Greenyard Frozen UK, which is the largest supplier of British-grown produce to the UK frozen market, took first place in the 2023 Sustainable Development category of the King's Awards for Enterprise.Greenyard Frozen’s operations director Neil Winner visited Buckingham Palace to celebrate the award in June and met King Charles.Greenyard Frozen

A young performer from Downham has overcome the odds and is set to make his stage debut at the Royal Albert Hall this weekend.On Sunday, Callum Barber, 15, will join a cast of hundreds of youngsters for Theatretrain’s ‘We’re Gonna Change The World’ annual event, after battling a knee condition which consigned him to a wheelchair for three months.The event is Theatretrain’s 100th large-scale production – including a cast of

It’s not that time of year again, is it? Oh yes it is – as the stars of this year’s Lynn pantomime have been revealed.Dick Whittington and his Cat will be coming to the Alive Corn Exchange this Christmas, and the cast members are excited to put on a show to remember from December 8 right up until New Year's Eve.This year will be the first that well-known dame Ian

The vaccination team at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital is anticipating that it will administer more than 30,000 Covid-19 jabs to eligible people in an accelerated autumn booster programme.It has been brought forward after an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care and the UK Health Security Agency on the risks presented by the new variant.The NHS has been asked to ensure as many eligible people as possible are

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure over fresh claims that he denied funding to rebuild five crumbling hospitals, including Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, while he was chancellor.It comes after The Guardian reported that Mr Sunak blocked plans to rebuild the hospitals riddled with collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in 2020.The paper said that only two of seven hospital rebuilding projects backed by the Department for Health were given

A church has officially opened its doors to the community of North Lynn once again, with plans to help those in need put food on the table during the cost of living crisis.After renovations to North Lynn’s Methodist Church in Losinga Road, people gathered to join in celebrations on Saturday evening.Now known as The Beacon, it hosts a community cafe and a food hub as well as hosting many more