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An open shoot event organised by an archery club saw more than 100 people take part.On September 17, King’s Lynn Field Archery Club took to a quarry near Blackborough End to host their event and were greeted by archers ready to compete.It was the first open shoot event on the field archery grounds since the end of lockdown.Aurora Archery Club members with their winnings (Picture: King's Lynn Archery Club)Ellie Murphy

A cancer survivor has donated more than £3,000 to buy specialist disposable cameras to benefit future patients at Lynn’s hospital.Gloria Joiner, 74, from Walpole Highway, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2016 and frequently visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for various treatments – including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgeries to remove cancerous tumours.Nine operations later, the grandmother of four and great-grandmother of two was given the news that she only needs

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An automotive workshop and training facility held an awards evening to give parents, students and staff a chance to celebrate their successes of last year.Open Road West Norfolk was established in 2009 to help students who struggle with a traditional classroom setting.The facility's main aim is to reduce the number of school exclusions in West Norfolk, working in partnership with the College of West Anglia to provide English and maths

Work to improve the energy efficiency of nearly 70 homes in Lynn has kicked off.Housing provider Longhurst Group secured £6.3million of funding through the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to enhance the energy performance of some of its properties.A total of 581 homes have been identified for energy efficiency improvement works – including 68 throughout the Lynn area.Stephen Butland with Longhurst staff at his Gayton home. Picture: Longhurst GroupLonghurst

Staff at Lynn’s hospital will wear body cameras from next week in a bid to crack down on abusive behaviour.Starting next Monday (October 2), security personnel at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital will make use of the cameras as part of a scheme which NHS bosses hope will reduce anti-social behaviour in the building.Since January this year, there have been 163 reported incidents of such behaviour at the QEH – and

Firefighters were called to a blaze close to a riverside in Lynn yesterday evening.The Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire in the open off Hardings Way, close to Harding’s Pits, after receiving a call at 5.32pm on Monday.Smoke could be seen rising from the area around the scene, with crews using hose reel jets and hand appliances to extinguish the flames after one appliance was sent.One appliance was

A 22-year-old has been arrested following a crash at the Hardwick roundabout in Lynn over the weekend.Police were called to the scene at 7.50pm on Saturday after a two-vehicle collision. The road was closed while emergency services, including firefighters and paramedics, attended the scene.Nathan Roberts, of Burch Close in Lynn, has subsequently been charged with three offences – taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, driving while disqualified and

A man refused leave the area outside a court building despite being ordered to by police following a separate incident.Paul Baptist, 53, of London Road in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with failing to comply with a police direction excluding him from an area.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on August 17 outside the court building on College Lane itself. Prosecutor Emma