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The head of an organisation that champions Lynn has spoken of her delight at sponsoring a category in next year’s Mayor’s Business Awards.Discover King’s Lynn is the Business Improvement District (BID) for Lynn town centre and is backing the King’s Lynn Champion award at the event, which takes place at the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place on Friday, March 1.BID manager Vicky Etheridge said: “As the Business

In his weekly That’s Entertainment column, Andy Tyler looks at the local arts scene...It’s always a pleasure to report on successful community events and I was delighted the Family Hub activities held recently during half-term at The Place in Lynn, for the younger age groups, were very well and enthusiastically attended by mums, dads and their young children.There was plenty to keep everyone happily engaged and busy, and I had

A heritage society is holding a lecture on a town’s significant historical figure next week.On Thursday, November 2, King’s Lynn Civic Society will be hosting a lecture on Herbert de Losinga, who founded Lynn by building St Margaret’s Church in the 12th Century.The lecture, led by Kim Leonard, will start at 7.30pm at Thoresby College and will discuss the life and times of the bishop including details of torture, beheadings

A restaurant in Lynn has lost its licence after a Home Office raid found four people working illegally.Immigration officers made the discovery at Spice Inn, a Bengali/Bangladeshi restaurant in Lynn, in July this year following a tip-off.They found four people wearing chef whites and waiter uniforms working at the restaurant who were later identified as having no legal basis to live or work in the UK.The Spice Inn restaurant on

A Lynn restaurant which has been housing illegal workers – and paying them less than minimum wage – could lose its licence.Immigration Enforcement, part of the Government Home Office, has submitted an application to West Norfolk Council for a Review of the Premises Licence at The Spice Inn.This comes after an East of England Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) team visited the London Road business in July, resulting in four

A Motown show is being put on next month to raise money for two good causes.The Diamond Motown Show will be performing for an afternoon at the Upwell Royal British Legion on Sunday, November 12 for Remembrance Day.The afternoon will raise money for both the Poppy Appeal and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital respiratory unit.Gerry Ryan will be performing his Diamond Motown Show in UpwellIt will start at 2pm and guests

A choir is inviting people to join them on a ‘Voyage à Paris’ next weekend with improvisations from a well-known organist.King’s Lynn Festival Chorus, under the direction of Ben Horden, will be performing an array of French choral songs at Lynn Minster on Saturday, November 4, including Franck’s Panis Angelicus, Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, and Vierne’s Messe Solennelle.The evening, which begins at 7.30 pm, will feature organ improvisations from

A free dragon-themed event featuring a film screening, popcorn, face painting and archery will be held at a theatre next weekend.St George’s Guildhall in Lynn is getting fired up for a day of activities as part of its first-ever dragon festival on Saturday, November 4.The event also offers a themed-trail, a meet-and-greet with a bearded dragon and a free screening of feature film ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden

A former water management site in Lynn could be turned into seven bungalows and 10 self-contained supported living apartments.A planning application has been submitted to West Norfolk Council by national developer TODD to convert the Pevensey & Cuckmere Water Level Management Board main office on Kettlewell Lane.The proposed work would involve the complete demolition of the existing building, which has been described in planning documents as a “low-quality office building”.An