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A fundraising tea party will be held in Lynn next week in aid of a charity supporting bereaved parents.The Forget Me Not Tea Party, which will take place at Reffley Community Hall on Monday between 10am and 2pm, will raise funds for Aching Arms.The event, hosted by Lynn bereaved parent group Whispers from Wings, will feature hot drinks, cakes and bakes.Reffley Community Hall in King's Lynn. Picture: Google MapsThe charity gives

Police have received complaints regarding two ‘preachers’ in Lynn town centre, who were today seen promoting anti-LGBTQ+ messages.Most Wednesdays, members of a religious group who reportedly travel from Peterborough hand out leaflets and use a loud hailer to spread their religious beliefs.Today, they were seen wearing sandwich boards, one of which read “God opposes the proud James 4:6” with a picture of the rainbow flag, used to represent members of

A main route through Lynn will be shut for two consecutive evenings next month while roadworks are carried out to preserve the surface for longer.The A148 London Road will be closed and parking will be suspended on Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4, between 7pm and midnight.The road will be shut just south of Blackfriars Street to the Southgate Street junction, while a “road rejuvenator” is sprayed onto the

A hospital’s fitness programme for cancer patients has been given extra funding so it can continue helping them for another year.The pilot scheme for patients living with and beyond cancer at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), in partnership with Alive West Norfolk, has been improving health and wellness as well as confidence in its participants.The eight-week programme has been running since April 2022 at the hospital’s Cancer Wellbeing and Support

A community choir has held a summer concert with a raffle and refreshments in aid of Lynn Night Shelter.Lynn Community Choir’s concert, held on Saturday, filled St Nicholas Chapel with music from “popular basics” to “summertime show stoppers”, with officials from the night shelter saying one of the evening’s highlights was Bob Dylan’s ‘Forever Young’.Music director Charlotte Sinassi-Hill, pianist David Hill and the choir impressed the audience members with their

Firefighters spent nearly four hours battling a town blaze last night.A commercial building fire took hold at Poplar Avenue in the Saddlebow area of Lynn, with Norfolk Fire and Rescue being called at 10.26pm.Appliances were sent from Lynn, Sandringham, Hunstanton, Fakenham, Downham and Terrington St Clement, and crews wore breathing apparatus while fighting the flames.Crews battled the blaze at Poplar Avenue into the early hours of the morning. Picture: iStockThey

An aspiring Olympian who trains at Lynn’s skate park has slammed early plans to redevelop the facilities.A West Norfolk Council consultation into the possible revamp of Lynn’s Kaset skate park opened yesterday, with new activities being touted for the indoor area.Bosses at Lynnsport say this is because it is underused - with, on average, around three visits per hour.Aspiring Olympian skateboarder Joe Hinson has called for the indoor Kaset skate

Developers are looking forward to “transforming” a town centre building by regenerating a former furniture store.Lynn-based Dwellings4U has been granted planning permission to create new residential housing in the upper floors of a Norfolk Street building.The premises, which were most recently occupied by the Wooden Tops furniture shop, look set to have their upper floors converted into five apartments.The Norfolk Street corner with Paradise Lane, where the apartments will be

A town centre entertainment shop is set to move premises next month.The Game store on Broad Street in Lynn will be relocating to the inside of the nearby Sports Direct in July.Officials from the Vancouver Quarter said, in a post on Facebook, that Game will be leaving its current home on Wednesday, July 12.The Game store on Broad Street in King's LynnSports Direct store in King's LynnIt will then reopen