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- Elderly man dies after dog attack
- BBC boss backs more 'older' women
- PM urges more women in boardrooms
- Award for Harry the Apache pilot
- Britain braced for further snow
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- PM, Osborne 'wedded to old rules'
- Falkland military claims rejected
- Coogan settles NotW hacking claim
- Mills will give evidence to Leveson
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Community
Reffley: Donation helps ward revamp
A NEW Year’s Eve party has raised more than £1,200 for the refurbishment of the Castle Acre ward of Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Docking: Youngsters learn how to trade Fair
SCHOOL councillors learned about fair food production during a conference last week.
Death warning over gritting
A RETIRED farmer is sprearheading a campaign to get his local road salted in winter, claiming there will soon be a fatality if nothing is done.
QUEEN AT LYNN TOWN HALL - SEE MORE PICTURES Picture gallery
THE Queen started her Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Lynn this morning with a visit to the Town Hall.
QUEEN MARKS ACCESSION TO THRONE IN WEST NORFOLK - SEE PICTURES Picture gallery
THE QUEEN chose two low-key engagements in West Norfolk on the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
Community News
Lynn: Shedding the pounds
THE Stroke Association has joined forces with the Do Something Different programme to give people in West Norfolk the support they need to shed the pounds for good.
Barwick and Syderstone: Wind farms would be ‘detrimental’ inquiry told
A PUBLIC inquiry on two proposed wind farms opened this week.
Help sought for walkies
A NATIONAL charity is looking for volunteers to help support their work in Lynn.
West Lynn: Public consultation on retirement village bid
RESIDENTS will be able to learn more about plans to build a retirement village at a public consultation later this month.
Campaigns
Painting the town red for heart charity funds
ONE of West Norfolk’s representatives in Europe backed a heart charity’s fundraising campaign when he launched National Heart Month in Lynn.
INCINERATOR: Business day well attended
A BUSINESS open day organised by developers of the incinerator was attended by more than 150 people.
INCINERATOR: Getting value for your £157,128.08?
A TWIN hat councillor who has pocketed a share of more than £150,000 of allowances and expenses so far this year has insisted: “We deserve it.”
4 commentsINCINERATOR: Legal bid welcomed
CAMPAIGNERS protesting against plans to build an incinerator on the outskirts of Lynn have applauded West Norfolk council’s decision to apply for a judicial review of ministers’ decision to provide cash for the project.
Letters
I am trying to piece this group together
I AM starting up a new group for disectologists. Our first meeting will be at Wimbotsham and Stow Village Hall at 7pm on Wednesday, March 14, then hopefully the second Wednesday of each month, a new Group and for Disectologists.
Would this work for Lynn and Hunny?
I HAD the pleasure as a youngster to ride the Lynn to Hunstanton line when it had steam trains.
1 commentDon’t let them walk all over us
WHY does it seem that West Norfolk, especially around Lynn, is being used as a dumping ground?
Up in the air with thanks . . .
ON January 16 I organised a charity bingo in aid of the East Anglian air Ambulance and through your paper I would like to say a big thank-you to those shops in town and Gaywood and also Knight’s Hill Farm shop and anybody else who kindly gave to this good cause. A grand total of £253.60p was raised on the evening. Many thanks to you all.
More bins needed
RESIDENTS of Grovelands in Ingoldisthorpe have been increasingly concerned about the problems of irresponsible dog owners who refuse to clean-up after their animals, leaving one particular alleyway resembling a dog toilet.
Video
Lynn: Armed arrests of two men for Boston murder - SEE VIDEO video
ARMED police carried out a dramatic noon swoop in Lynn’s Saturday Market Place on Friday to arrest two men wanted in connection with the murder of a Boston man.
MURDER INVESTIGATION: Black-clad officers search for clues. WATCH VIDEO. video
COULD windswept Snettisham beach hold vital clues to solve the murder of Alisa Dmitrijeva?
CAMPBELL’S TOWER BLOWN UP - WATCH VIDEO HERE video
ONE of Lynn’s most iconic landmarks, Campbell’s Tower, was blown up this morning in a controlled explosion.
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Sarah will press button - WATCH VIDEO AND VIDEO ON THIS SITE SUNDAY MORNING video
CLENCHWARTON’S Sarah Griffiths will be pressing the button on Sunday (January 15) to blow up the iconic Campbell’s Tower.
MURDER INVESTIGATION - Police appeal for public’s help video
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of teenager Alisa Dmitrijeva are appealing for the public’s help to get justice for the student.
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