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Students, staff, and governors from the College of West Anglia (CWA) have come together with families and friends to celebrate outstanding academic and personal achievements at an annual ceremony.The CWA Student Awards ceremony was held at King’s Lynn Alive Corn Exchange and hosted by assistant principal, student services, Paul O’Shea.A total of 10 out of 29 shortlisted students from all three of CWA’s campuses – Lynn, Wisbech and Milton, near

A heritage volunteer fair was held last weekend to coincide with National Civic Day and encourage more people to take up important voluntary roles.The fair, which was the first organised by King's Lynn Civic Society, was held at Lynn Town Hall on Saturday, June 17 and was opened by Dr Paul Richards, honorary alderman, who welcomed participants and visitors to the event.He told the audience that many wonderful buildings and

A Victorian photo album has been reunited with long lost family members in Canada thanks to some clever detective work by Simon Howard, from West Lynn.Simon, a family historian, spotted the album at the Old Granary Antique Centre at Lynn and thought it was interesting enough to buy and to delve into its origins.“The photos dated from the 1860's to 1900's and were of one family,” he said.Pictured with the

Police were urging people not to call 999 in an emergency earlier this morning, as a technical fault impacted the calls across the country.Norfolk Police said it was one of a number of forces nationwide that was seeing many 999 calls not being connected.Residents had been asked to instead call 101 in an emergency, but as of around 9.50am, it was reported that the 999 system had been restored following

Four thieves were fined in court after stealing more than £600 worth of cosmetics from a town store.Peterborough residents Ribana Matei, 21, Lucica Grigore, 31, Marius Constantin, 25, and Elena Constantin, 41, were at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where they pleaded guilty to a joint charge of theft from a shop.Gabriela Constantin, 46, and Andreea Cretu, 23, were also due to appear charged with the same offence, but failed

A man was fined in court for his drunken behaviour at a town hospital.Lynn man Lee Oliver, 36, of no fixed abode, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with two counts of being drunk and disorderly in a public place.He pleaded guilty to those offences, which he committed on May 12 and 19 this year.The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in LynnCrown prosecutor Qamar Iqbal told magistrates that at

All the fun of the fair was enjoyed by crowds who converged on Gaywood Church Rooms at the weekend.On Saturday, a colourful variety of stalls and sideshows had been set up by a hard-working team of volunteers, working under the auspices of the fund-raising group.There was something for everyone and friends enjoyed browsing the stalls and catching up with old friends.St Faith’s summer fair at Gaywood Church RoomsThe fair was

A 51-year-old who punched his friend in an “impulsive” assault will have to complete more than 200 hours of unpaid work.After Lynn man Wayne Kirk committed the offence on April 8 this year, his victim lay unresponsive on the floor of a pub for between five and six minutes.Kirk, of Greenland Avenue, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ pub on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to assaulting a person and occasioning

A coffee chain has opened its latest store in Lynn today, making it the sixth branch in the town.Costa Coffee started welcoming customers to its store at St Nicholas Retail Park, on Edward Benefer Way, this morning.The branch, which is open to sit-in and drive-thru customers, has created 12 new jobs.The exterior of the new Costa on St Nicholas Retail ParkSome of the new team at Costa on St Nicholas