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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

If you have ever wanted to know more about the justice system and its workings, you are in luck, as Lynn Crown and Magistrates’ Court is holding an open day next week.Visitors to the courthouse on College Lane will be able to visit the cells, observe a mock trial, meet a sniffer dog and experience a video link during the event on Friday, September 1 between 10am and 2pm.There will

What an amazing weekend it’s been in West Norfolk!First of all, I was so pleased to finally be able to make it to my first King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride event on Saturday.In previous years, prior plans had meant I was away when it was taking place, but when I saw this year’s date was free, I made sure to keep it that way.King's Lynn and West Norfolk Pride

New steps have been taken towards a “multi-use community hub” in Lynn’s former Argos building as the main contractor has been announced.The building at 46 New Conduit Street is set to become the town’s community hub, which will also house the library currently in the Carnegie building.Mace, the international consultancy and construction firm that has previously worked on other County Council projects, has been appointed to bring the vision of

A council looks set to give all its workers a significant pay boost to help recruit and retain staff.West Norfolk Council’s ruling cabinet has recommended a rise of £1,925 or 5% – whatever is the greater – for all of its 500 staff.At the same time, all workers will receive a one-off cost of living payment of £750.West Norfolk Council officesIt comes on the back of high levels of inflation,