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A Gaywood man has made history by becoming the first wheelchair user to complete a three-event sporting challenge in one year.Mark Howard, 52, is one of 4,000 people to have received the London Classics Medal and have his name listed in its Hall of Fame, after participating in three tough challenges including the London Marathon, RideLondon 100 and a two-mile swimming event at Swim Serpentine.Mark was injured whilst serving with

Police discovered cannabis at a man’s property in Lynn.Reece Lennox, 26, of Hillington Square, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday where he admitted having a “couple of pounds” of the Class B drug.Prosecutor Lesla Small said that on April 21, police conducted a search warrant on Lennox’s home at around 8.30am.Lennox was found with cannabis in his kitchen drawer. Picture: iStockOfficers found some cannabis in a kitchen drawer,

A drug-driver got behind the wheel with just a provisional licence while he had a heavily pregnant passenger in the car.Tristen Whittaker, 24, of Methuen Avenue in Gaywood, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates Court on Thursday where he admitted driving above the specified drug limit as well as using a red Ford Focus without any insurance.He also pleaded guilty to driving without a full licence and having cannabis on him.Whittaker had

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital following a crash on a town roundabout which has resulted in gridlocked traffic.Drivers are suffering from lengthy delays along the A149 and A1076 on the outskirts of Lynn following the collision on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital roundabout.Police were called to the incident at 2.33pm this afternoon, with a car and motorbike involved in the crash.The crash occurred at the QEH Roundabout on the

A new Aldi store could be coming to Lynn under the supermarket’s plans to expand across the country.Residents already benefit from the existing store at Queen Mary Road in Gaywood, but could soon have another to choose from.Aldi bosses are investing £1.4billion over the next two years to increase their number of locations, having opened their 1,000th UK store earlier this month.The existing Aldi store on Queen Mary Road, Gaywood.

The best of the borough’s businesses are set to be celebrated once more, as we launch the 2024 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Mayor’s Business Awards.The glittering black-tie evening is booked for Friday, March 1, at its traditional venue of the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place.The headline sponsor of the Business Awards is the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, and the event is organised

A heartbroken sister and daughter has launched a petition to change the criminal justice system after the drug-driver who killed her family was “let off” with less than a decade behind bars.Summer Mace’s world was turned upside down in January this year when Lynn man Aurelijus Cielevicius ploughed into her family’s car on the A47 at North Runcton, killing them on the spot.Cielevicius was speeding at 96mph when he attempted

Early steps along the path to establish a town council for Lynn could be taken by the end of this year.That is according to West Norfolk Council leader Terry Parish, who has raised the possibility of setting up a separate ruling body for the town – allowing the borough council to operate without ‘Lynn’ in its official title.Any decision on this would require a referendum to be held, and possibly

A night shelter in Lynn could have its provision extended with year-round, 24/7 accommodation for homeless people.King’s Lynn Night Shelter, based at St John’s House on Blackfriars Road, has submitted plans to West Norfolk Council to change the building’s use from a winter night shelter, with no proposed development or works required.In a document on the council’s planning portal, the shelter’s co-ordinator Lucy McKitterick said that the trustees “hope that