Despite racking up more than 180 offences, a criminal has avoided jail as the courts decided to give him “one last chance”. James Leonard, 58, of Turbus Road in North Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to 14 offences. His crime spree included a number of thefts, attempted thefts,
Birthday celebrations ended with a prison sentence after a soup kitchen volunteer knocked out a man and tried to flee the scene. Simon Sparrow, of Grosvenor Road in Wisbech, admitted assaulting a person and causing them actual bodily harm when he appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The 54-year-old was on a night out
Waterstones’ book of the week is The Artist, a lush, impressive debut novel by Lucy Steeds. Richly evocative of a Provençal summer, Steeds’ masterly 1920s-set novel focuses on an enigmatic painter, the young journalist set on penning a piece on him and the artist’s niece who harbours an unexpected secret. Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has
A town centre is set to be transformed into an ‘open-air gallery’ with the launch of a new colourful art trail. The self-guided Lynn trail will run throughout August and launches on Friday, August 1. It will feature the work of 19 local artists, who will take over shop windows with their work reflecting creativity,
Compete against friends and family in our weekly online quiz – the Saturday Social. There are 13 questions in total – simply scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers. QUESTION 2 1. TRUE OR FALSE? A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto? 2. WHO AM I? Can you name
An 18-year-old who got kicked out of a nightclub has been told to “keep a handle on it”. Reece Bloy, of The Portway in South Lynn, appeared unrepresented at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on Norfolk Street in the early hours of June 22. The former
An Emneth youngster’s treatment via an innovative virtual hospital ward has made her a milestone patient. Eight-year-old Callie Field was the 50th child patient to be cared through the programme, launched by Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in May 2024, supporting children to recover at home but still being monitored by clinicians. The programme uses smart
Hundreds of people have attended sessions showing what Lynn’s proposed new state-of-the-art hospital will look like. More than 450 people have attended in-person and virtual events to find out more about the Queen Elizabeth Hospital new build plans to create a facility “fit for tomorrow”. Throughout June and July, people joined showcase events at venues
A law firm has raised an impressive £6,715 by taking part in an annual charity will-writing campaign. Lynn-based Hawkins Ryan Solicitors has taken part in the campaign since 2012, raising a grand total of £29,062 by volunteering its time and expertise to write wills and, instead of charging their usual fees, inviting clients to make
There will be disruption and bus replacements as urgent engineering work is carried out on the rail line between Lynn and Ely. Network Rail will carry out the work on the Fen Line between Monday evening and next Friday morning, with buses replacing trains from 9pm on Great Northern services. Engineers will be improving the