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A 61-year-old could face jail after strangling and punching a woman in broad daylight.Raymond Tuck, of Browning Place in North Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with two offences.He pleaded guilty to intentional strangulation and assault by beating, offences he committed against the same woman on September 7.Raymond Tuck appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on ThursdayCrown prosecutor Sally Harris told the court that on that date,

A cyclist has been taken to hospital with a leg injury after a crash involving a car on a Lynn roundabout this afternoon.A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service said they were called to reports of a collision with a car and bicycle on Vancouver Avenue at 1.24pm.It comes after police confirmed that officers responded to the incident – which they said involved a cyclist and a parked

Emergency services have been called to a crash between a cyclist and a car in Lynn this afternoon.Police responded to reports of the collision – which they said involved a cyclist and a parked car – at the Southgates roundabout at around 1.35pm.A Norfolk Police spokesperson said the road is currently blocked and the ambulance service had also been called to the scene.The Southgates roundabout in LynnThe East of England

Students celebrated their achievements during a special day in Lynn with their family and friends last weekend.The University Centre at West Anglia (UcWA) recognised the accomplishments of 100 graduates across 16 higher education programmes with a ceremony that took place in Lynn Minster on Saturday.The College of West Anglia provides higher education opportunities to around 400 students, including degrees, higher apprenticeships, and HNC Higher National Certificates.Students graduated at a ceremony

A proposal to create Norfolk’s ‘missing town council’ has moved a step closer, leading to a heated debate between councillors on both sides of the political spectrum.The leader of the Independent-led West Norfolk Council, Terry Parish, faced criticism from Conservative members for his calls to investigate creating a Lynn town council.It became the focus of furore among members during a corporate performance panel meeting, at the neglect of debate over

Roadshows to help West Norfolk residents "beat their bills" are visiting four venues in the area over the next month.The borough council organised the ‘Beat Your Bills’ roadshow which proved popular when it visited Stoke Ferry last week, with more events planned across West Norfolk over the next few weeks.The roadshows offer help on all aspects of the cost of living, including information about how to access benefits, grants, discounts,

Lynn’s night shelter will reopen next month despite worries over its future – although West Norfolk Council has been forced to defend its decision not to offer any funding this year.It has been confirmed that the night shelter, after a month’s delay, will reopen on November 1 despite missing out on thousands of pounds in funding from the Government.It was revealed last week that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing

New electric car charging points have been installed in two car parks run by the borough council and two Breckland towns will shortly have some as well.Central Car Park in Hunstanton and St James Multi-Storey in Lynn now have 50kW chargers where up to two vehicles can be charged at a time in Hunstanton and up to six in Lynn.The electricity will be paid for by the user via an

A row over funding for the revamp of a town’s historic Guildhall with links to Shakespeare has taken an unlikely turn after a councillor called for a ‘GoFundMe’ page to be set up to plug a £3m gap in costs.Stuart Dark, who leads the Conservative group at West Norfolk Council, has suggested a fundraiser be created to help raise funds towards the multi-million-pound restoration of St George’s Guildhall in Lynn.It