1500 runners will be winding their way through historic King's Lynn on Sunday for the Grand East Anglia Run 2010.

The race starts and finishes in the town centre's Tuesday Market Place, is suitable for wheelchairs and is an excellent venue for spectators with a wonderful atmosphere that only a town centre race can create.

www.grandeastangliarun.co.uk

Community Xchange is on the look out for 15 enthusiastic, skilled Youth/Community Workers from West Norfolk area to work and live alongside 15 counterparts from Mongolia, on a reciprocal 6-week exchange between May and July 2010 that will bring hands on voluntary service and expertise to the local community.

The innovative programme is a Professional Development opportunity for youth workers and those whose work impacts upon young people, to promote youth participation and cross cultural dialogue in communities around the world and experience life in Mongolia. The Xchange requires a time commitment of 35 days per participant and draws on those in employment with established community projects already running in the Kings Lynn area.

Gaby Wood, Global Xchange Programme Supervisor, said: ‘this is an outstanding opportunity for personal, professional and community development; I am looking for passionate people who will be committed to sharing their learning and experiences with the wider community and the young people they work with”.

Community Xchange participants from Kings Lynn are expected to have the full support of their local employer when applying and are supported to share their learning and experiences with their organisation and community. The programme will see accepted volunteers travel to Mongolia for 3 weeks and then host their Mongolian counterpart in West Norfolk for 3 weeks.

Participants are also encouraged to host their partner participant from Mongolia in their home if possible, to have first hand experience of living with someone from a different culture and understand more about Mongolia. Community Xchange offers a financial incentive of £50 per participant, to cover living costs.

If you are interested in a place on Community Xchange, or would like more information about Community Xchange, contact Gaby Wood, Programme Supervisor on 07833 391024 or email gaby.wood@vso.org.uk

www.globalxchange.org.uk

Local events over the Easter Weekend:

Saturday
Easter Fun Day in The Walks 
Easter Trail at Oxburgh Hall Garden & Estate

Sunday
Open Day at  RAF Bircham Newton
The Easter Opening of Lynnsport Miniature Railway

Monday
Morris Dancing in Snettisham, Heacham & Thornham 

Following Week
Various events for children at Trues Yard Museum

More details of all these events are in our Whats On Section and don't forget to check out our Entertainment , Places to Visit and Places to Visit Nearby sections.

Judy Tombelson emigrated to El Paso, Texas about 50 years ago with a US Airforce enlisted man. The couple are pictured here, possibly in Chicago.

It's believed she returned to her family, who ran an old mill in this area, after about a year.

If you know anything of her, please contact us.

The Lynnsport Miniature Railway will be open again this season, starting on Easter Sunday at 12noon.  The Easter Opening will be more of a big event this year, with a display tent containing  models (not just trains), and being Easter there will be chocolate eggs for the first 100 children on the day. Fares will still be the same at 50p a ride, with money donated to the East Anglian Air Ambulance  at the end of the year.

The King's Lynn Town Mayor and his Deputy will be paying a visit to the railway at 1.30pm and may go for a ride on one of the trains.

June 8th will be  Fun Run day at the Railway with special guest Paul Middleton from Ride on Railways, Romford, Essex. Ride On Railways is a supplier and manufacturer of 5" gauge equipment and he will bring some items along for demonstration.

www.kldsme.org.uk

The plans for the latest redevelopment of the Southgates roundabout have been revealed by KL.FM.
These are still officially a 'design proposal' but show the basic ideas that the Highways team want to introduce.
Click here to see how the Southgates in King's Lynn are changing...
Click here to see a larger image of picture on left.

Sainsbury's is planning to build a new flagship superstore at Hardwick Roundabout, providing over 300 new full-time and part-time jobs.
In addition to the store, Sainsbury’s and Morston Assets have planned a new Link road between Scania Way and Queen Elizabeth Way. This will help improve access to this part of King’s Lynn, facilitating the expansion of the Hardwick Industrial Estate and helping attract new businesses and jobs. The development will also provide funds for neighbouring employer, Pinguin Foods, to invest in its adjacent site.

In summary, the proposals will provide:

• A new Sainsbury’s superstore of approximately 70,000 sq ft sales area, offering a wider range of products and services for our customers in King’s Lynn
• Sainsbury’s To You online delivery service
• A new petrol station
• A new link road to improve access to the area and facilitate the expansion of the Hardwick Industrial Estate
• Over 300 new jobs created at the Sainsbury’s store
• Funding to enable Pinguin Foods to invest in new buildings and facilities, ensuring the firm’s long-term future in King’s Lynn

 An estimated 1,000+ people visited the public exhibition in the St Dominic’s Square store on 16-17 January. 154 questionnaires were returned, with the main results as follows:

• 86% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the Sainsbury’s/Morston Assets proposals
• 88% supported the proposed multi-million-pound link road
• 73% said they wanted a town centre Sainsbury’s to remain

You can read more about the proposals at  www.sainsburys-kingslynn.co.uk

West Norfolk Borough Council have launched a campaign to bring super-fast broadband to the area.

The council say they need local broadband users to register their interest so that they can show service providers that there is a ready market for this service here in West Norfolk.

If the campaign is successful, we could look forward to:
* receiving broadband speeds of up to 40 Megabits per second. The majority of people would benefit from speeds of at least 15 Megabits per second.
* upload speeds of around 10 Megabits per second
* a more reliable and consistent connection

Imagine … a broadband service which enables music albums to be downloaded in 30 seconds or being able to upload photos to your social media networks in an instant.

Or enjoying that latest online game without the action freezing just as you’re about to destroy the enemy, or watching your favourite on-demand TV programme - uninterrupted.

These are just some of the benefits that super-fast broadband could bring.

Visit fasterfuture website to join the campaign.

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Showmen from around the country will gather in King's Lynn for the ceremonial opening of the Mart on Saturday, February 13th, at 12 noon.

The Mayor's guests for the opening, including civic dignitaries and showmen, will join him at the Town Hall prior to the ceremony, walking in procession to the Tuesday Market Place.


Children’s Day at the Mart is Monday February 15th when rides on the dodgems will cost £2.00 a time and the other rides will all cost  £1.00. 

The mart will open at noon on February 13th, 15th, 16th, 20th, and 27th, and at 6.00pm the rest of the time. The Mart does not open on Sundays.

Read more about the History of the Mart 
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A spokesperson from Arcadia Group stated: “Primark has indicated that they will be undertaking an extensive refurbishment of the store premises, and would expect to re-open at least six months after the closure.”