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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,

Building work at a new GP surgery in Lynn is set to begin next month – with an additional bus service announced to service it.A business case for the new Wave 4b Hub at Nar Ouse Way in South Lynn was approved by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee last month, leaving just the NHS itself to give the project the green light.Planning permission for the development, which would house GP

Staff at a housing association took to the streets today in protest at what they feel is an inadequate pay offer.Lynn-based Freebridge Community Housing's services are being affected as members of its team take strike action, with some picketing outside its Austin Street premises on Monday.Freebridge is the largest housing provider in West Norfolk – but staff have been left frustrated by their futile efforts in attaining a 7% wage

Love was all around as thousands of people celebrated Pride in Lynn at the weekend. The event started with music from the local radio station KL1 Radio on The Tuesday Market Place. Saturday, which marked the fourth King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride event since its launch in 2018, saw a parade through the town of people dressed in rainbow colours – representing the Pride flag – and some carried

A road was closed after an incident last night that saw a man taken to hospital.Police were called to Wootton Road in Gaywood at 10.26pm yesterday following reports of an assault.The road was shut off while officers attended the scene – with one man, aged in his 30s, taken to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Police attended Wootton Road in Gaywood after reports of an assault last night. Picture: iStockWitnesses reported an

Residents were invited to watch as England take on Spain in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final match as it was shown on a big screen in Lynn on Sunday. The screen, in the Tuesday Market Place, showed the game – while Alive West Norfolk provided some fun football activities to try. The market place radiated  the buzz of Stadium Australia as the final is shown on the big borough

A new bus route is coming to Lynn, making accessing health services easier.Go To Town, an independent bus company, is introducing a new service in a matter of days which will link three health centres via Vancouver Avenue and Tennyson Avenue.It includes the new St James Surgery at South Wootton along with the planned Nar Ouse Health Hub at South Lynn and the Southgate’s Medical Centre.The bus will go to

Work has officially begun on a new state-of-the-art diagnostics centre at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Selected members of staff from the hospital visited the site where they were some of the first to lift soil from the ground.Building work is expected to finish by next July ready for the centre to open – which is said to reduce waiting times for patients needing MRI and CT scans as well as X-rays.