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Residents in West Norfolk are being invited to a free diabetes healthcare event in Lynn next month.On Thursday, July 13, Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be hosting the event at the town's Duke’s Head Hotel from 6pm to 8.30pm, with NHS experts on hand to discuss remission, care and unchecked health concerns.The event is to be held due to the fact that more than 66,000 adults in the West Norfolk

Boots has said it will shut 300 of its stores across Britain over the next year.The historic retailer, which has stores in Lynn, Downham, Swaffham, Fakenham and Hunstanton, revealed the raft of closures despite posting stronger sales over the latest quarter.It came as its US owner, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), revealed its net quarterly profit more than halved as demand for Covid vaccines and testing declined.Boots said its in-house skincare

Staff and pupils at Eastgate Academy in Lynn have been celebrating the school’s latest ‘Outstanding’ grading by Ofsted.Inspectors visited the school in Littleport Terrace in May and described it as “a trusted, respected and loved part of the local community”.It means Eastgate has maintained the previous ‘Outstanding’ grading it was awarded at its last inspection in 2017.Eastgate Academy celebrates its 'outstanding' Ofsted report. Picture: Ian BurtOfsted found pupils were “extremely

A bomb threat made at a town school earlier today has been confirmed as a hoax.Students at Lynn’s King Edward VII Academy were evacuated this morning after receiving the threatening email, with police called to the scene to investigate.Enquiries to identify those behind the hoax are continuing, but officers have now left the school.Police were attendance at the school, but have now left. Picture: Michael FyshThey say that there is

Nostalgia round-up, Tuesday, June 27:Meet members of the North Star Scooter Club in Lynn, pictured in June 1981.The local scooter fans, all aged between 17 and 21, had joined together in April that year and it was soon going from strength to strength. So called because club members met every week at the North Star pub, members also held regular discos and spent almost every weekend on the road, heading

After being told she could not recouple with Sammy Root on Love Island last week, has Jess found any new connections, or have they salvaged what they had?In our last Jess Watch column, we saw the former Lynn resident go on a date with Montel McKenzie and continue to chat to Mitch Taylor, who had previously expressed interest in getting to know her.So, what’s the latest, I hear you ask?

Young artists from across West Norfolk will come together to showcase their talents at an open exhibition next week, which will feature a wealth of different media.Entitled ‘Vision’, the exhibition at St Nicholas Chapel in Lynn will be open to the public to view work by local students, from Tuesday, July 4 to Thursday, July 6.All pieces will be viewed privately on the Monday, before being opened on the following

Five crews were sent to tackle a blaze in Lynn in the early hours of this morning.The domestic building fire took hold at a property on Friars Street, with firefighters called to the scene at 2.59am.Appliances from Lynn South, Lynn North, Sandringham, Terrington St Clement and Downham were sent, with crews wearing breathing apparatus while using main jets and hose reel jets to extinguish the flames.Crews were sent to Friars

A man who used to drink eight litres of cider a day stole cheese and washing pods from a town store.Lynn man Edward Ellis, 39, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court last Thursday charged with theft from a shop.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on March 22 this year.The Lidl store on Austin Street in Lynn. Picture: Google MapsCrown prosecutor Qamar Iqbal told magistrates that on that