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The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk’s Mini Meet and Classic Car Day: in the Tuesday Market Place are back for 2023, and exhibitors are urged to sign up now! Registration for both car shows is already open, and with most of the exhibitors’ places already booked, owners who would like to bring their vehicles along to these popular events are advised to move fast.  Spaces will be

A 19-year-old has put himself in breach of a suspended sentence and could face going to prison after getting caught with a quantity of cannabis.Leon Vertigan, of Priory Road in Downham, pleaded guilty to having the Class B drug in his possession while in Lynn.Vertigan had been given a suspended sentence in Manchester Crown Court after intending to supply Class A drugs.Vertigan admitted to having cannabis in his possession. Picture:

A court heard how a man had stolen bottles of spirits from a supermarket to sell to get money to feed himself.Danny Ford, 42, of St Johns Terrace in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday, where he admitted to the theft.Prosecutor Qamar Iqbal explained that on July 18, Ford was seen in Sainbury’s in Lynn picking up bottles of spirits totalling to the value of £45.Ford was

During September, Norfolk County Council will be asked to approve the business case for the West Winch Housing Access Road so it can be submitted to the Department for Transport. It is part of the infrastructure planned for 4000 homes which are planned to be built in the West Winch area over the next 20 years. The report, to be considered on September 4, says the cost has risen from

A Lynn man will appear at crown court next month after being charged with the attempted murder of another man in Hunstanton.It comes after police were called to Elizabeth Close at 4.45pm on Tuesday following reports a man had been stabbed and left with life-threatening injuries.Neil Donkin, 41, of Saddlebow Road, South Lynn, was subsequently charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.Norwich Crown CourtHe appeared at Norwich

A mum of three suffered a drug-related death due to the combination of her medication and Oramorph, a painkiller containing morphine, which together caused fatal respiratory depression.Rebecca Lennox, 36, of Caxton Court in Lynn – known as Becky – was found dead at her home on December 9 last year.An inquest into her death was held in Norwich on Wednesday which ruled out suicide, but left questions still unanswered as

A Lynn man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was left fighting for his life following a stabbing in Hunstanton.Police were called to Elizabeth Close at 4.45pm on Tuesday following reports of the incident.Neil Donkin, 41, of Saddlebow Road in Lynn, has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.Elizabeth Close in Hunstanton. Picture: Google MapsHe was remanded in custody and was set to

Administrators for the stricken retailer Wilko have denied plans to close stores next week after the GMB union said “the majority” would be shut.The GMB, which represents more than 3,000 of Wilko’s 12,500 staff, said it was told the high street chain is set to announce a raft of redundancies as a result.Wilko has a store in New Conduit Street, Lynn – with all goods on sale at marked down

The construction of a new healthcare facility will begin next month after long-awaited proposals were given the green light by the NHS.The healthcare hub, earmarked for land off Nar Ouse Way in South Lynn, is now fully expected to be up and running by next May.After also receiving planning permission and being approved by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee, it is expected to assist in dealing with extra healthcare pressures