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A man who was found with cocaine and cannabis in his pockets on a night out in Lynn initially approached the police to make a coplaint about somebody else.Julian Drew, 34, was in the West Norfolk area at the time setting up marquees’ at Sandringham, but found himself at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.He admitted to having in his possession 0.48g of cocaine and 3.3g of cannabis.Julian Drew was found

A Lynn man has admitted attacking a teenager and threatening to throw a bar stool at another while under the influence of ketamine.Luke Bills, 34, of Westmark, Fairstead, pleaded guilty at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court to having ketamine in his possession, assault and using threatening words to provoke violence.Prosecutor Abdul Khan told magistrates that on May 8, Bills was seen on CCTV looking out of breath on Old Sunway in Lynn

A Lynn man has taken on a walking challenge in aid of the Breast Care Unit at the town’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in memory of his mother.Shaun Hamer, who was joined by his friend Charles Johnson on his three-day trek, walked 84 miles of the Norfolk Coastal path and raised a total of £1,424 for the cause.They organised the challenge in honour of Shaun’s mother who died due to breast

Police have cordoned off part of a park in Lynn after reports that a person was hurt overnight.Officers have put a cordon in place at St John’s Walk in The Walks, on the corner nearest to the rail station.A policeman at the scene told the Lynn News that it was reported that a person was injured last night.A police cordon is in place at The Walks in King's LynnHe said

A drink driver was caught with a bottle of vodka on the driver seat but denied consuming any.At Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, Romans Grisins, 38, of Five Elms, Fairstead, admitted to driving above the specified alcohol limit.Prosecutor Abdul Khan said that police pulled Grisins over on Loke Road as part of a routine stop.Grisins was caught drink driving on Loke Road in Lynn. Picture: iStockOfficers found an open bottle

A former carer “dishonestly abused her posistion” when she ordered more than £6,000 worth of items on Amazon using a patient’s bank details.Gemma Isbell, 34, of Hill Road, Ingoldisthorpe admitted to the offence of fraud by abuse of posistion at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday – where she avoided going to prison.Crown prosecutor Abdul Khan said that between the dates of October 2021 to October 2022, Isbell was using the

Here are the Lynn News letters from Friday, June 16, 2023...Those taking industrial action need our supportWe would be foolish to accept the nonsense that David Fleming writes concerning rail workers striking for 'political reasons'.Neither rail workers (or anybody else) ever strikes for any other reason that they want justice. I can only surmise that Mr Fleming himself has never been in a situation where he has not had a

A set of traffic lights which experienced outages at a busy carriageway have been fixed.A three-car crash at occurred at Lynn’s Hardwick industrial estate last Sunday while a number of signals were out of action.This prompted Rick Morrish, the leader of North Runcton Parish Council - which has the Hardwick area in its boundaries - to voice concerns about the potential for more collisions.The traffic lights at the Hardwick industrial

• Memory Lane Schools, Friday, June 16:Pupils from the King Edward VII School (KES) cluster of primary schools in Lynn are pictured at Eastgate Primary School in June 2013 for the launch of the first ‘Scotty’s Day’ which was to be held on July 10.The aim was for businesses and schools to help Scotty’s Little Soldiers mark the fourth anniversary of Corporal Lee Scott’s death in Afghanistan by celebrating the