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The life of a man who spent 42 years helping others while working for the ambulance service has been honoured.Many came out to pay their respects to Bruce Durham, who died at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital aged 64 on October 17, including a cortege of ambulance vehicles which made their way to Mintlyn Crematorium for his funeral.The husband, father and grandfather has been remembered for his dedication to the emergency

Lisa Staples who owns the Tipsy Teapot in Lynn won the Businessperson of the Year award at this year’s Mayor’s Business Awards – and now we are looking to crown a champion at our 2024 ceremony.Estate agents Brown & Co are once again sponsoring the category, with the awards taking place at the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place on Friday, March 1.The Businessperson of the Year award

“Shocking and heart-breaking” statistics have highlighted the immense challenges West Norfolk families are facing to put food on the table this year.Lynn’s food bank is currently spending £1,000 every week to top up its supplies ahead of an expected spike in demand come December.The St Margaret’s Lane charity has already fed 20.4% more people this year than it had at this stage in 2022.Helen Gilbert (centre), project manager at Lynn’s

Drivers have been warned not to cut through a bus route while bollards have been lowered for repairs.The bollards on Hardings Way, heading into South Lynn, have not been working for a number of weeks now.Norfolk County Council, which is responsible for them, says they have been lowered at the request of bus drivers who use the route due to problems with their card readers.The Hardings Way bollards have been

Children of deceased military personnel took to the streets to march at the National Service of Remembrance in memory of their heroes.46 members of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a Lynn-based charity, travelled to London last weekend in their black and yellow scarves to take part in the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.Many of the bereaved children were sporting the medals of their parents, along with a personalised medal of their

A group of the King’s Lynn Kruisers car club members along with friends commemorated Armistice Day by holding a classic vehicle run.Members met up at Sainsbury car park in Lynn for a short service of remembrance, including a two-minute silence.They then embarked on a steady cruise to Hunstanton where they congregated at Tesco car park, meeting with other members from this area. All then enjoyed a meal at the Mariners

A community shop is calling for donations to make sure everybody’s Christmas is special this year.After a high demand last year, owner of Fairstead Community Shop Emma Brock has launched an appeal for food and children’s items to make Christmas hampers for those who are short of money.Emma explained that she is expecting to make more boxes this year after the unexpected amount of people being nominated to receive a

A body has been discovered in the water in Lynn this afternoon (Wednesday).Police were called at 2.35pm by Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service who found the body of a man in the water at Sandpiper Way.While formal identification is yet to take place, the family of Robert McAdam, who was reported missing after last being seen on Saturday, October 28, have been informed.Missing man Robert McAdam’s family have been informed

Two daring sisters have completed a skydive to raise money for a hospital cancer ward.Jodie Tawn, 22, and her sister, Chloe, 21, took to the skies over Peterborough to complete the parachute jump in memory of their mum Janet Tawn, who died 17 years ago aged just 29.Janet battled breast cancer for three years before her death, which left her daughters, just five and three at the time, motherless, and