Kings's Lynn News Blog

2008-04-26T16:26:00.005+01:00

Kerb crawlers on therapy course
A rehabilitation programme for kerb crawlers is introduced in Norfolk to cut offending.

2008-04-26T15:01:00.001+01:00

Jobs head young people's agendas
Members of a 'Youth Cabinet' talk about jobs and other issues affecting them as the local elections approach.

2008-04-26T13:00:00.001+01:00

Football club loses main sponsor
Budget airline Flybe decides to relinquish its sponsorship of struggling Norwich City FC after two years.

2008-04-26T12:21:00.001+01:00

Dead man in car 'not suspicious'
A post-mortem examination is carried out on the body of a man found dead in a car in Norfolk.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.015+01:00

Consultation over, now fight against quarries begins
TODAY marks the end of a ten-week consultation period on controversial plans for new quarries across West Norfolk.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.013+01:00

Campaigners celebrate end of A149 fight
CAMPAIGNERS have celebrated the end of their fight to improve safety on the A149 Norfolk Lavender junction at Heacham as work on a 750,000 enhancement scheme was completed th

2008-04-26T11:35:00.011+01:00

Dog Fouling, 23rd April
Constant dog fouling, where kids walk to school.Everyday more & more like the dog has been trained to use this footpath.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.009+01:00

Teachers on strike for 4.1 per cent
TEACHERS across the region left the classroom and headed for the picket lines yesterday as part of the national strike against below-inflation pay offers.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.007+01:00

Ofsted chiefs praise Greyfriars' pupils
PUPILS at Lynn's Greyfriars Primary School are making good progress and standards are rising, according to the school's latest Ofsted report.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.005+01:00

Beachamwell: Church to be PO?
POST office campaigners in Beachamwell have been offered a possible olive branch in the fight to save their branch with news the village church could accommodate counter servi

2008-04-26T11:35:00.003+01:00

Objections to Downham flats plan
PLANS for ten flats in Downham, have prompted more than 30 letters of objection.

2008-04-26T11:35:00.001+01:00

Send 'Save Our Post Offices' petitions
THE Lynn News Save Our Post Offices campaign is now four weeks old and has continued to flourish with floods of protest material reaching our offices.

2008-04-26T11:34:00.003+01:00

Police slam crime-risk Lynn shop design
POLICE have hit out at the design of Lynn's new shopping centre while urging anti-crime features for a proposed "shop in the sky" in the Vancouver Quarter.

2008-04-26T11:34:00.001+01:00

West Winch car thief 'drove at police'
A CAR thief deliberately drove at a police car which was pursuing him down a dead-end track, a court heard.

2008-04-20T11:26:00.011+01:00

Thief demanded woman's bag
A WOMAN was left frightened but unhurt after a thief cycled up to her in The Walks in Lynn and demanded she hand over her bag.

2008-04-20T11:26:00.009+01:00

Women tackle estate drug dealers
Two women are recognised for helping to rid their community in Norfolk of drug dealers.

2008-04-20T11:26:00.007+01:00

Hospital clinic scoops top award
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital specialist team win an award for innovation.

2008-04-20T11:26:00.005+01:00

West Raynham RAF site to be eco-village?
AMBITIOUS plans for a major overhaul of the former RAF base at West Raynham were submitted last week in a move which could see the dormant site transformed into an eco-village

2008-04-20T11:26:00.003+01:00

Reward for missing Sutton Bridge dog
A 300 reward is now being offered for information leading to the safe return of a greyhound which disappeared last week.

2008-04-20T11:26:00.001+01:00

Operation clean-up at Old Hunstanton
RESIDENTS of Old Hunstanton have been out and about cleaning up again ahead of this year's entry into the Anglia in Bloom competition.

2008-04-20T11:25:00.007+01:00

Visitors warned over hospital bug
Visitors are being asked to stay away from a Norfolk hospital after an outbreak of winter vomiting virus.

2008-04-20T11:25:00.005+01:00

Partner's drug death anguish
THE PARTNER of a man who died after taking speed has hit out at the "too short" prison sentences given to a Lynn couple who were dealing the killer drug.

2008-04-20T11:25:00.003+01:00

Drank himself to death after girlfriend left
AN Estonian man whose life was "a complete mess" drank himself to death after splitting up with his girlfriend, an inquest heard.

2008-04-20T11:25:00.001+01:00

Ducks on menu for Castle Acre fun
CASTLE Acre went quackers at the weekend when the annual duck race took place.

2008-04-10T11:06:00.011+01:00

Oil still a target in West Norfolk
HOUSEHOLDERS have been sent a renewed warning to be on guard against fuel thieves after another month of raids.