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A drug-driver who was five times the limit was seen braking sharply at an empty roundabout before his arrest.Fionnbhar Kemp, 25, of Summerwood Estate in Great Massingham, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he admitted to the offence.Kemp had taken ketamine before driving and had 100mcg per litre of blood, the legal limit being 20mcg.Kemp had taken ketamine before driving. Picture: iStockProsecutor Paul Brown told magistrates that at

A man appeared in court after refusing to do a drugs test due to his religion.Fred Loveridge, 36, pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide a specimen for analysis at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.Prosecutor Paul Brown told magistrates that on June 14, Loveridge was driving in Lynn and was stopped initially by police for having an expired MOT.Loveridge appeared in Lynn's Magistrates’ CourtOfficers asked Loveridge to take

North West Norfolk MP James Wild writes for the Lynn News, July 28 A constituent stopped me to say hello this week and asked: “How’s the Prime Minister getting on?”We agreed these are challenging times but that he was focused on improving things. It was a timely chat as just before Parliament went into recess, the Prime Minister met MPs and was reflecting on the eight months since he took

A man ended up in court after trying to hide a bag of cocaine from police officers.James Brytz, 40, of Queen Mary Road in Gaywood, admitted to having 0.21g of cocaine in his possession.He appeared in Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he was fined for being caught with the Class A drug.Brytz was found to have cocaine in his possession. Picture: StockProsecutor Paul Brown told the court that on

West Norfolk parks will be among hundreds of parks across the country taking part in Love Parks Week 2023.The celebration will take place from today until Sunday, August 6 and aims at bringing together local authorities, green space managers, landowners, residents and community organisations to celebrate and support our green spaces all across the country.Lynn’s Parkrun held in The Walks tomorrow will mark the occasion with runners, supporters and those

The former leader of West Norfolk Council has slammed the current administration after a member of the new cabinet resigned, saying "values of common human decency" had been trampled.Conservative Stuart Dark says confusion and conflicting stances within the Independent/Green/Lib Dem coalition led to Alex Kemp quitting the cabinet on Thursday.Cllr Kemp, who was only appointed the borough council’s cabinet member for people and communities in May, announced her decision following

Residents in parts of West Norfolk may be able to see the iconic Red Arrows in the skies tomorrow.The military jets will make their way through the county, in the skies over Marham and other parts of the borough, on Saturday as they fly to RAF Marham and then on to Old Buckenham Airshow Display.They will take off from RAF Waddington at around 11.50am, reaching RAF Marham at midday.The Red

Part of a Lynn town centre road has been closed off to traffic while work is ongoing.Yesterday, a section of St Ann’s Street was shut off by Anglian Water.This morning, workers remained on the scene and the street continued to be shut to traffic.Anglian Water are carrying out works on St Ann's Street in King's LynnAnglian Water has been approached for comment.

The future of Lynn’s longest continuously licensed pub looks to be safe – but its current landlord is gearing up for his final weekend in charge.The White Hart, on St James Street, has been running non-stop since 1623, and in recent years has been transformed into a popular live music spot by Neal Durose.He took the business on in August 2019, but tomorrow will be his final night in charge