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An impressive football trick, a date with another bombshell and a third recoupling - it’s been another busy few days for our Jess, and that’s without mentioning all the latest drama!Let’s start though by picking up where we left off last time. We had seen a preview for Thursday’s Love Island, in which Jess was in tears after a confrontation with Catherine and Whitney about “whispering”.When that episode aired, we

A crematorium has boosted a bereavement charity with a donation of £12,000.Mintlyn Crematorium, which is owned and managed by West Norfolk Council, raised money for Widowed and Young (WAY) through a charitable scheme operated by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM).Under the scheme, metal from medical implants is recycled after cremation, with the consent of the family of the deceased.From left, Widowed & Young chief executive Stephanie Patrick,

Police were called to reports of a robbery at a town store at the weekend.Officers attended the Costcutter store on Wisbech Road in Lynn yesterday at 7.07pm, with four police vehicles parked outside at one stage.A man at the scene reported that he had been approached by another man, who made threats of violence and demanded he hand over alcohol he had just purchased.The Costcutter store on Wisbech Road, Lynn.

Three teenage boys have been arrested after a man was taken to hospital following an assault in Lynn on Friday night.Police said a physical altercation took place with a man at around 11pm in The Walks, in the area near to St John’s Church.The man, who is in his 30s, was left injured and was taken to hospital.The police cordon was in place at The Walks in King's Lynn on

A man avoided jail after admitting harassing his ex-partner and failing to comply with a sexual harm prevention order.David Saunders, 48, of Cresswell Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where he admitted to the two offences.Prosecutor Adbul Khan explained that between the dates of December 24 last year and January 20 this year, Saunders sent a number of Facebook messages to his ex-partner after the

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

Three men who were involved in a fight during a night out in town admitted a number of offences in court on Thursday.Luke Burnett, 24, of Spring Gardens, Sleaford, Callum Feenan, 21, of Bedford Drive, Lynn and Joshua Batten, 21, of Pretoria Grove, South Wootton, appeared before Lynn Magistrates’ Court.Burnett, who was thought to have instigated the fight, admitted to the offence of using threatening words to provoke violence.Norfolk Street