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A new food shop will be opening in Lynn town centre at the beginning of next month.Heron Foods will be replacing the old Iceland shop which shut down in 2020 on Saint Dominic Square in the Vancouver Quarter, making it the first one within Norfolk.The “Top Quality – Low Prices” food store specialises in frozen products, but stocks chilled and non-frozen food too.Heron Foods will open in Lynn at the

One of Lynn's most important heritage buildings has been put up for sale.Being offered to the market for the first time in nearly a century, the Greenland Fishery is truly unique and provides a rare opportunity to acquire one of the town's oldest surviving properties.The origins date back to the 1600s when it was originally built as a wealthy merchant’s residence with offices.Historic Greenland Fishery, Lynn, up for saleThe Grade

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash at a town roundabout.Police were called to the Knights Hill roundabout in Lynn, on the A149, at 10.55am this morning after the collision between a motorbike and a car.A full road closure was put in place while emergency services, including paramedics, attended the scene.The Knights Hill roundabout in Lynn. Picture: Google MapsThe motorcyclist was taken to hospital in Lynn, and

A hair extension supplier based in Lynn has completely sold out of one of its products after featuring on ITV’s This Morning.Secret Hair Extensions on Norfolk Street in Lynn has completely ran out of their ‘Halo’ hair extensions, which work by using a small thin wire to make it easy and quick to put in.Owners Bryony and Evany Holland were delighted that their products were featured on the daytime show

Six people have been charged in connection with a shop theft which happened in Lynn last Friday.Around £650 worth of stock was stolen from the store on Hardwick Road and occured at around 3.30pm.The following six people have all been charged with theft in connection with incident:Six people have been charged with the shop theft. Picture: iStock • Gabriela Constantin, aged 45 and of Harris Street, Peterborough • Elena Constantin,

A paralysed war veteran is walking the length of the UK in support of a Lynn charity.On Saturday, Carlisle man Mark Harding kicked off a fundraising walk from John O’Groats at the tip of Scotland to Land’s End in Cornwall.And he is taking on the challenge in a bid to support Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which is based in Lynn and provides support for bereaved military children.Mark Harding is walking the

North West Norfolk’s MP paid a visit to a town’s gas compressor station which plays an important role in delivering energy security across Europe.James Wild visited Lynn’s National Gas Compressor Station which has been helping European countries with energy.Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the compressor station has played a vital role in supporting European countries by exporting four times more gas through Bacton than usual in the last year.Nick Sides

“Excellence, dedication and compassionate” care was celebrated on Friday at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) as International Nurses Day was marked across the globe.The hospital has 1,084 skilled nurses caring for patients on wards, emergency departments and in a variety outpatient settings.In 2022/23 more than 76,000 new patients attended the QEH in need of care. The majority of these would have been cared for by a QEH nurse.Nurses at Lynn's

An “inadequate” primary school has been handed yet another blow after receiving a termination warning notice.The troubled Howard Junior School in Gaywood was handed a damning report from education watchdog Ofsted last month, with an emergency inspection unveiling “serious failings” in the way it is run.This followed the arrest of Greg Hill, its head teacher of 16 years, on suspicison of stalking offences earlier this year. He was re-bailed last