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A mum of three suffered a drug-related death due to the combination of her medication and Oramorph, a painkiller containing morphine, which together caused fatal respiratory depression.Rebecca Lennox, 36, of Caxton Court in Lynn – known as Becky – was found dead at her home on December 9 last year.An inquest into her death was held in Norwich on Wednesday which ruled out suicide, but left questions still unanswered as

A Lynn man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was left fighting for his life following a stabbing in Hunstanton.Police were called to Elizabeth Close at 4.45pm on Tuesday following reports of the incident.Neil Donkin, 41, of Saddlebow Road in Lynn, has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.Elizabeth Close in Hunstanton. Picture: Google MapsHe was remanded in custody and was set to

Administrators for the stricken retailer Wilko have denied plans to close stores next week after the GMB union said “the majority” would be shut.The GMB, which represents more than 3,000 of Wilko’s 12,500 staff, said it was told the high street chain is set to announce a raft of redundancies as a result.Wilko has a store in New Conduit Street, Lynn – with all goods on sale at marked down

The construction of a new healthcare facility will begin next month after long-awaited proposals were given the green light by the NHS.The healthcare hub, earmarked for land off Nar Ouse Way in South Lynn, is now fully expected to be up and running by next May.After also receiving planning permission and being approved by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee, it is expected to assist in dealing with extra healthcare pressures

Students at Lynn’s King Edward VII Academy are celebrating a set of results that have bettered pre-pandemic grades at the school.An impressive 60% of students received grades of 9-4 in Maths and English, with 41% of them achieving 5+ in those subjects.Staff say they are “so proud” after comparing this year’s results to those in 2019’s, with an increase of 12% in 9-4 English and Maths grades and an increase

Students and staff at King’s Lynn Academy are in high spirits after some impressive GCSE results this year.The school has not released overall outcome data this year, but bosses are celebrating the “resilience of our fantastic Year 11 leavers” following several years of considerable upheaval.Principal Alan Fletcher said: “We are absolutely delighted for KLA pupils’ success this year – we all understand just how difficult the last years have been

A Lynn food and nutrition factory is celebrating its 60th anniversary and has taken a trip down memory lane by sharing the brands of food it has produced since opening.MARS first opened in 1963 under the name of Dornay Foods and started off by producing vacuum-dried potato sticks ‘chipples.’Today, the factory manufactures Ben’s microwaveable rice and Dolmio products for the UK and 14 export markets.North West Norfolk MP James Wild

A 29-year-old carpet fitter was found unresponsive on his sofa by police after family raised the alarm, an inquest has heard.Emergency services were called to the Fairstead home of Luke Clark on July 17 last year, after his friends and relatives realised no one had heard from him in days, Norfolk Coroner’s Court was told on Tuesday.The inquest concluded that Luke’s death was drug-related, after his mother Tracey Clark said,

Exciting plans are place to bring a modern touch to one of Lynn’s most historic pubs.Staff at The Lattice House say the business is thriving once again since reopening at the end of July, having closed down in August 2022.The medieval building was purchased by town businessman James Lee earlier this year, and is being run on a day-to-day basis by Jacob Seed – the director of operations at Davies