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• QEH monthly column – June 2023 – written by Alice Webster, chief executive officer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn:I’m delighted to finally be able to start my column the news we’ve all be waiting for - a new hospital will be coming to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk!At the end of May, the Government announced that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn (QEH) has been added to

Safety concerns have been raised by a parish council leader as traffic light issues on a main road remain unresolved.Travel chaos resulted in a three-car crash at Lynn’s Hardwick industrial estate last Sunday while a number signals were experiencing outages.Highways bosses have not been able to get to the bottom of the issue – with Norfolk County Council, which manages the traffic lights, being unable to provide a response to

A public consultation is to be launched amid “exciting plans” to redevelop a town skate park - but its indoor area could be scrapped.Starting from Monday, views from users and non-users of the Kaset Skate Park in Lynn will be sought about its potential revamp to provide what West Norfolk Council has called a “brand-new, free-to-use, competition-standard outdoor facility”.These plans would see additional indoor activities replace the indoor skate park.The

The drama has been well and truly ramping up on this season of Love Island – and we’re only just over a week into it!Over the last few episodes of the ITV2 and ITVX show, we’ve continued to watch as former Lynn resident Jess Harding looks for love in the Mallorcan villa.When we last caught up, Sammy and Jess were a relatively new couple, and they’ve been continuing getting to

Firefighters were called to a town blaze in the open last night.Appliances from Lynn were sent to the fire at Hardings Way at 7.19pm.Crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, and a stop message was received at 8.24pm.Crews battled the fire just after 7pm last night. Picture: iStockDo you have a story? Email newsdesk@lynnnews.co.uk

A set of town roadworks will remain in place for longer than originally planned after work crews experienced “unexpected issues”.Anglian Water has been carrying out work at Hardwick Road in Lynn for the past few weeks, with a partial lane closure in place due to a burst pipe close to the bridge.This was due to be finished by June 9, but the traffic measures are still in place – and

An officer who jumped into a river to rescue a woman in distress has been nominated for a national bravery award.On the morning on June 23 last year, just before he was to go off duty, PC Paul Odd attended to a call regarding a distressed woman at the quayside in Lynn, next to the River Great Ouse leading into the sea along the Norfolk coastline.PC Odd, who had attended

Individuals with a passion for Lynn and its future prosperity are being sought to join its Town Deal board.The board was established to develop a town investment plan in 2020, aiming to bring together a “diverse range of individuals” representing the community, businesses, and local authorities.It is made up of representatives from all tiers of local authority, Members of Parliament, businesses, the Local Enterprise Partnership, Business Improvement District, Queen Elizabeth

Residents struggling to pay their bills will be offered support at a series of events in the coming months.More dates have been added to West Norfolk Council’s ‘Beat Your Bills’ programme, with the primary focus being on locations in Lynn.Two events have been penciled in at the Discovery Centre in North Lynn, in partnership with Freebridge, while two more are planned at Centre Point in Fairstead and the community centre