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Plans for a multi-storey car park at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been approved – a step forward in the bid for a new hospital.Officials at the QEH say the car park is a “key ‘enabler’” for the trust’s much-needed new hospital, which would be built on the site of the existing main car park, replacing the current crumbling building.A spokesperson said: “QEH is investment-ready to deliver a new hospital

Prezzo is to shut 46 loss-making restaurants after being hit hard by soaring energy and food costs.The Italian restaurant chain has said about 810 workers are at risk of redundancy as part of the overhaul.Bosses at the private equity-owned businesses said the cuts, which are part of a broader strategic review, will affect sites where “the post-Covid recovery has proved harder than we had hoped”.Prezzo. The Italian restaurant chain has

Magistrates decided their sentencing powers were not enough to deal with a man accused of possessing a large amount of tobacco without paying duty.Andruis Majauskas, 47, of Dukes Place in Lynn, is also accused of possessing criminal property.He was advised by the duty solicitor George Sorrell not to indicate a plea, and magistrates made their decision after hearing the prosecution case outlined by Nishma Shah.Majauskas has been sent to Norwich

Two sisters carried out an “unprovoked attack” on two people in a pub’s beer garden.Rebecca Evans, 42, of Mill Road, Walpole Highway, and Tara English, 38, of Highgate, Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where they each admitted two cases of assault by beating and causing criminal damage.Prosecutor Nishma Shah outlined to the magistrates’ that the incident happened on November 4, 2022, when Evans and her sister

A man who was using “abusive language” to police officers at the scene of a serious crash was also found guilty of being in charge of a bicycle while drunk.Jason Bell, 53, of Dawbar Close, Gaywood, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he admitted to three offences.He pleaded guilty to failing to stop on a bicycle as well as being drunk and in charge of it. He also

A court has heard that a man who was caught drink-driving had made the journey to get hold of an inhaler.Thomas Rainford, 40, of Lansdowne Street, North Lynn, appeared in the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where he admitted to the offence of driving a vehicle above the specified alcohol limit.Crown prosecutor Nishma Shah explained to the magistrates that on March 5, police officers were on patrol in an unmarked

A man who used shouted racially aggravated slurs at a town’s football match appeared in court to be sentenced by magistrates.Samuel Barrett, 30, of Lynn Road, Southery, appeared in Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where he admitted to two counts of using racially aggravated words to cause alarm or distress.Outlined by prosecutor Nishma Shah, Barrett was at a football match at The Walks Stadium in Lynn where the Linnets were

Part of a major Lynn road was blocked yesterday evening following a two-car crash.Police responded to reports of the collision on the A149 between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Knights Hill roundabouts at 5.19pm.A spokesperson for Norfolk Police said minor injuries were reported following the crash.The A149 in Lynn between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Knights Hill roundabouts. Picture: Google MapsThey said the road was blocked, with the incident cleared

A number of roads in Lynn town centre will be closed or have restricted access when a 10K run returns next Sunday.Thousands of runners will be descending on the town on April 30 for the return of the area's biggest road running event, the Recipharm GEAR 10K.Organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, in partnership with West Norfolk Council, event organisers are now advising runners, spectators, residents and visitors that