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Staff at a property and business consultants firm spent eight hours rowing for charity outside their Lynn office this week.Workers at Brown&Co, based on the Tuesday Market Place, held the row-a-thon in aid of Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) and completed a total distance of 101km on Thursday.A spokesperson said the challenge was inspired by colleague Tom Phillip’s Atlantic Row in 2021 and raised a total of £911.65 for AAUK.Staff from

A shoplifter handed herself into police although she had not been caught by security staff at a supermarket.Nejla Degnan, 42, of Westgate Street in Southery, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where she admitted to stealing £13.81 worth of groceries from Lidl in Lynn.Prosecutor Katharine Kibrya-Dean said that on June 27, Degnan had taken the items from the supermarket and left without making any attempt to pay for them.Degnan

A 23-year-old who has committed a total of 79 offences was back in court after stealing lighter refills from a shop.Cleo Hannabus, of Duggie Carter Court in North Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court where she admitted to the offence of theft.Prosecutor Katharine Kibrya-Dean said that at lunchtime on July 8, Hannabuss visited the One Beyond Store in Lynn and picked up the lighter fluid valued at £3.75.Hannabuss was

With the future of Lynn’s Carnegie library up in the air, residents have had their say on what they think should be done with the historic building.Norfolk County Council told the Lynn News that it has effectively ruled out turning the premises into flats – but there remain concerns that a lack of quick action could lead them lying empty.Cllr Alex Kemp, who has been vocal in her criticism of

A man who was heard shouting and swearing at police outside of a magistrates court building just before being due in called officers “f***ing pigs.”Levi Coburn, 26, of Charlock in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court where he admitted to using threatening words to cause alarm or distress.The incident happened on April 19, the same day that Coburn was in court for a different matter.The incident happened outside of

A shoplifter who has 138 offences to his name has been jailed after a recent spate of thefts in Lynn.Ben Reeve, 45, of Dodmans Close in North Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to a total of three thefts.On May 13, Reeve stole a bicycle that was left unlocked outside of Morrisons.Reeve has been jailed for six monthsLater on on July 14, Reeve

Cinema tickets for hit films including Barbie, Meg 2 and Haunted Mansion are available this weekend for just £3, including at Lynn’s Majestic Cinema and the Alive Corn Exchange Cinema.National Cinema Day means that tickets to see films this Saturday at picture houses across the county are on sale with massive discounts.Numerous cinema chains have signed up the industry-wide event to promote how enjoyable an outing to the movies is

Anglian Water has insisted that “no unusual odours” have been reported by staff at a Lynn river despite an art group claiming to have noticed “foul smells”.The water company told the Lynn News that its most recent samples taken from the Great Ouse River returned results which are well within its consent limits, which are set by the Environment Agency.That came after artists at the Lynn-based GroundWork Gallery voiced concerns

Our councils have insisted they are committed to finding “the right option” when deciding on the future of Lynn’s Carnegie library – and have effectively ruled out turning it into flats.But there are still concerns that it could follow in the footsteps of the town’s former Post Office and become derelict if a decision is not made soon.The Carnegie building off London Road has operated as a library since it