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Firefighters were called to a blaze close to a riverside in Lynn yesterday evening.The Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire in the open off Hardings Way, close to Harding’s Pits, after receiving a call at 5.32pm on Monday.Smoke could be seen rising from the area around the scene, with crews using hose reel jets and hand appliances to extinguish the flames after one appliance was sent.One appliance was

A 22-year-old has been arrested following a crash at the Hardwick roundabout in Lynn over the weekend.Police were called to the scene at 7.50pm on Saturday after a two-vehicle collision. The road was closed while emergency services, including firefighters and paramedics, attended the scene.Nathan Roberts, of Burch Close in Lynn, has subsequently been charged with three offences – taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, driving while disqualified and

A man refused leave the area outside a court building despite being ordered to by police following a separate incident.Paul Baptist, 53, of London Road in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with failing to comply with a police direction excluding him from an area.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on August 17 outside the court building on College Lane itself. Prosecutor Emma

A father is cycling more than 400 miles to support the children’s ward that looked after his daughter, after she was admitted with severe chickenpox and had to spend her eighth birthday away from home.Alex Petney-Smith, 37, from Fakenham, is a keen cyclist who has decided to take on the task of pedalling 435 miles for the children’s ward at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.His journey will begin on Friday, September

A foster agency will be holding a drop-in session on a monthly basis for people to go along to.The Foster Care Co-operative is a non-profit agency supporting local foster carers across the country including West Norfolk.They will be holding drop-in sessions every second Tuesday of each month at The Place in Lynn's Vancouver Quarter from 10am until 4pm.Sonya, Caroline, and Helen, the team of social workers who are based in

A heated argument at a town address resulted in a man receiving a “pummeling”, a car being damaged and two culprits being fined.Robert Oliver, 29, of Columbia Way in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with criminal damage and with using threatening or abusive words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence.Also in court was 40-year-old Ricky Green, not of the

Cancer survivor Gloria Joiner has donated £3,200 to buy specialist disposable cameras that will make a huge difference to future patients.The 74-year-old from Walpole Highway was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2016 and frequently visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Lynn for various treatments including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgeries to remove cancerous tumours.Nine operations later, the grandmother of four and great grandmother of two reached an amazing milestone and was

A woman boasted about splashing out on her friends at a restaurant – but then refused to pay the bill and tried to bite a staff member.Norma Shead, 39, of Panton Close in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday.She had pleaded guilty to a number of offences at an earlier date, with her case adjourned for a pre-sentence report to be carried out.The Royal Gourmet restaurant in

A Lynn business which has nationwide coverage in service and maintenance of cooling systems was placed into administration last month.Specialist business rescue and insolvency company McTear Williams and Wood has said it is assisting with the sale of part of J D Cooling Systems Limited, which is based on the North Lynn Industrial Estate, to a new company and has saved at least 40 jobs.According to a report from the