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The longest continuously-licensed pub in Lynn is set to reopen next weekend – and visitors will now be able to stay the night.The White Hart, on St James Street, has been shut since former bar manager Neal Durose left for pastures new in late July.Construction workers have been carrying out extensive refurbishments at the business in recent weeks, and it has now been confirmed that it will reopen on November

A town centre street has been partially cordoned off as emergency services attempt to rescue a trapped pigeon.Crews from Norfolk Fire and Rescue are currently at Norfolk Street in Lynn, assisting the RSPCA in retrieving the bird – which had become trapped in netting.A cordon has been put in place on the street, reaching across from the M&S entrance to the opposite side at the Once Was New shop.Fire crews

A road and car park have reopened after being closed for the best part of two days after two sinkholes appeared.Ferry Street, in Lynn and the Common Staithe Quay Car Park were closed all day Monday and much of Tuesday after the holes appeared over the weekend. They opened again on Tuesday afternoon.Norfolk County Council engineers repaired the road after Anglian Water confirmed that the sinkholes are not an issue

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 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,