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Kick-outs, “volatile behaviour” and cocaine all played a role in an incident which saw three people wind up in court.Leon Vertigan, 19, Ronnie Dunne, 26, and Sarah Wilson, 39, appeared together at Lynn Magistrates’ Court last Thursday charged with a range of offences.Vertigan pleaded guilty to assault with intent to arrest, Dunne admitted possession of a Class A drug, and Wilson pleaded guilty to assault by beating of an emergency

Storm Babet is set to batter the UK with extremely heavy rain and high winds from Wednesday including in Lynn, Hunstanton, Swaffham, Downham and Fakenham.The second named storm of the season will last from Wednesday to Saturday, the Met Office said, and is expected to cause flooding, power cuts and travel disruption.Yellow severe weather warnings have been issued across the four days for a vast swathe of the UK, covering

Lynn Night Shelter has launched a crowdfunding appeal after the Government turned down its bid for vital money.The shelter, which has already postponed its planned re-opening after the summer break until the start of November due to lack of funds, is in urgent need of money if it is to continue supporting homeless people who may otherwise be sleeping rough.Options appear to be running out after the Department for Levelling

A Lynn man died after an accidental drug overdose caused him to have a heart attack which in turn led to a severe brain injury, an inquest heard.It took 28 minutes for CPR to finally work, by which time Bobby Mortimer, who was 42, had suffered damage to the brain caused by lack of oxygen.Bobby, of Chapel Street, died on March 31 this year at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)

A 30-year-old man from Lynn died a drug-related death after taking toxic levels of heroin and cocaine.An inquest last week into the death of Lee Cahill, of Pleasant Court, heard he had taken the drugs while staying overnight at a friend’s home in North Lynn on January 22/23 this year.He was found unresponsive in the early hours of the morning and his friend attempted CPR before paramedics arrived to try

Three people were taken to hospital following a crash at a town industrial estate.Police were called to Hardwick Road in Lynn at 5.30pm on Saturday after the two-vehicle collision, just outside the BMW garage.At least one car was substantially damaged, with officers forced to form a circle around it with their own vehicles as it lay in the left-hand lane. Drivers were forced to divert onto the other side of

An interactive visual and sound installation which invites people to reflect has been unveiled by an arts organisation in Lynn.The large-scale sound sculpture and projection, which was made open to the public on Thursday, aims to give a fresh perspective to the thoughts and feelings of the young people in the town.Sitting underneath Greyfriars Tower at Tower Gardens, the sculpture, named ‘Sound Mirrors’, is made of polished sheets of steel

An impulsive man shattered a shop door in a “fit of anger” after staff refused to sell him beer.Kain Naughton, 37, of Litcham Road in Gayton, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with criminal damage to property.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on September 7.The Europe Express store in Lynn, where Kain Naughton smashed the door. Picture: Google MapsCrown prosecutor Sally Harris said that on

A man wound up in court after holding a knife up to his partner before smashing her phone.Asan Smail, 33, of Broad Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with criminal damage to property.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed during a domestic incident at his home address on July 12.Asan Smail appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on ThursdayOn that date, crown prosecutor