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A 42-year-old woman who was dealing ketamine to a “small group” of people and had £3,000 worth of the drug in her car has avoided going to prison.Manuela Lucas, of Raby Avenue in North Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday to be sentenced.She had previously pleaded guilty to having the intention to supply the Class B drug as well as having it in her home address.Lucas had

A newlywed couple decided to take their wedding celebrations to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital so the bride’s brother, who is critically ill with a life-threatening condition, could see his sister in her wedding dress.Keleigh Rowell received a devastating call last Thursday evening – just two days before her wedding – telling her she needed to say goodbye to her brother Lee Fenn who has a serious heart condition.Initially, Keleigh wanted

A transit van driver was smoking a cannabis joint just before he was pulled over by police.Christopher Brown, 33, of Metcalf Avenue in South Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court where he admitted driving above the specified drug limit and driving while uninsured.Prosecutor Lesla Small explained that officers were carrying out a traffic offences operation on March 23 in relation to works vehicles.Brown was pulled over on Main Road

A Gaywood man has made history by becoming the first wheelchair user to complete a three-event sporting challenge in one year.Mark Howard, 52, is one of 4,000 people to have received the London Classics Medal and have his name listed in its Hall of Fame, after participating in three tough challenges including the London Marathon, RideLondon 100 and a two-mile swimming event at Swim Serpentine.Mark was injured whilst serving with

Police discovered cannabis at a man’s property in Lynn.Reece Lennox, 26, of Hillington Square, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday where he admitted having a “couple of pounds” of the Class B drug.Prosecutor Lesla Small said that on April 21, police conducted a search warrant on Lennox’s home at around 8.30am.Lennox was found with cannabis in his kitchen drawer. Picture: iStockOfficers found some cannabis in a kitchen drawer,

A drug-driver got behind the wheel with just a provisional licence while he had a heavily pregnant passenger in the car.Tristen Whittaker, 24, of Methuen Avenue in Gaywood, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates Court on Thursday where he admitted driving above the specified drug limit as well as using a red Ford Focus without any insurance.He also pleaded guilty to driving without a full licence and having cannabis on him.Whittaker had

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital following a crash on a town roundabout which has resulted in gridlocked traffic.Drivers are suffering from lengthy delays along the A149 and A1076 on the outskirts of Lynn following the collision on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital roundabout.Police were called to the incident at 2.33pm this afternoon, with a car and motorbike involved in the crash.The crash occurred at the QEH Roundabout on the

A new Aldi store could be coming to Lynn under the supermarket’s plans to expand across the country.Residents already benefit from the existing store at Queen Mary Road in Gaywood, but could soon have another to choose from.Aldi bosses are investing £1.4billion over the next two years to increase their number of locations, having opened their 1,000th UK store earlier this month.The existing Aldi store on Queen Mary Road, Gaywood.

The best of the borough’s businesses are set to be celebrated once more, as we launch the 2024 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Mayor’s Business Awards.The glittering black-tie evening is booked for Friday, March 1, at its traditional venue of the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place.The headline sponsor of the Business Awards is the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, and the event is organised