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Alive West Norfolk has become Norfolk’s first leisure company to receive accreditation for its pools.The company has been accredited with a nationally recognised standard for pool water treatment and quality at three of their swimming pools by the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG).The award has only been handed out to 30 sites across the country, with Alive being three of them.Three Alive West Norfolk pools are the first in

People passionate about theatre, the arts, culture and heritage are wanted to be part of a group responsible for Lynn’s St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub.West Norfolk Council, working in partnership with Norfolk Museums Service and in collaboration with The National Trust, is working to conserve and regenerate the guildhall and hub.A specially formed Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), led by an independent board of trustees, will be responsible for operating

A man who was pulled over by police after swerving was found out to be more than three times the drink-drive limit.Imants Locmelis, 44, of Post Mill, Lynn, appeared at the town's magistrates' court last Thursday where he admitted to the offence of driving above the specified alcohol limit.Prosecutor Nicola Lamb told the court that police spotted Locmelis on February 18 swerving in his Honda Civic on Gayton Road.Imants Locmelis

A man will face a trial after being accused of assaulting a person, causing actual bodily harm.Tommy Saunders, 27, was not present for the hearing at Lynn's Magistrates' Court on Thursday, but will his trial will take place in August.The case was adjourned from February 20 when Saunders, of Doddington Road in Lincoln, pleaded not guilty to the alleged incident in Lynn.Tommy Saunders will return to Lynn's Magistrates' CourtSaunders has

Objectors to a multi-million-pound scheme to improve an historic gateway to a town have been accused of “moaning for the sake of it”.Plans to redevelop the Southgates area of Lynn – a key entry into the town – will see the space around the 600-year-old fortification pedestrianised, with the main road diverted and a roundabout replaced by new junctions.But opposition councillors at West Norfolk Council have repeatedly raised concerns about

A parkrun volunteer has completed 18 months of helping out at the weekly Lynn event as part of her Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Gold Award.Springwood High School student Kacie Jackson-Cook joined 28 other volunteers and 245 runners on Saturday, April 8 for the Easter parkrun.Having first decided on what to do for the volunteering section of her Gold DofE Award in October 2021, Kacie finally completed the 18 months of

A man will face a trial after being accused of attacking a police officer.Mark Cook, 51, of Edmundsbury Road, Lynn, appeared at the town's magistrates' court on Thursday where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault on an emergency worker.Cook however did plead guilty to another charge of using threatening words to cause alarm or distress.Mark Cook will face a trial at Lynn's Magistrates' Court on August 8Due

Police want to speak to any witnesses after a racially aggravated assault involving children in Lynn.Officers said the incident happened on Sunday at around 3pm, when a teenage boy approached two younger boys at a park on Reffley Lane.Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Nathan Holt at Lynn Police Station on 101, quoting crime reference 36/27221/23.Park on Reffley Lane in King's Lynn. Picture: Google MapsAlternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously

Chilling CCTV shows the moment a killer walked with a woman she had just met back to a flat just hours before stabbing her to death.Birute Klicneliene, 51, was handed a life sentence after she murdered mum Dace Kalkerte, 50, in a brutal attack on April 15 last year.Mrs Kalkerte was stabbed 16 times and sustained nine other wounds during the frenzied attack in her own first-floor flat in Lynn.