- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
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- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
Environment
MP speaks out over plans for wind farms
AN MP has spoken out against plans to put up two wind farms in his constituency.
Gaywood: Have you lost a black cat?
A FIRE crew from Lynn was called out to help rescue a cat from a river in Gaywood.
Lynn: Plans to sell part of a car park
A COUNCIL is hopeful it can sell a section of a car park for development.
Incinerator: Delay saves council £16m
A DELAY in the incinerator project has saved Norfolk County Council £16 million.
Incinerator: Away support by Cory ‘desperate’
THE developer behind plans to build an incinerator in Lynn have been canvassing for support in a supermarket more than 40 miles away.
Denver: Road closed during works
Work starts on Monday to install a new carrier drain on the Sluice Road, Denver.
Feltwell: Meeting to tackle hot topic
VILLAGERS will be able to have their say on a proposal to install a power plant on allotment land.
Drop in and sea
WEST Norfolk is being given the chance to have its say on the future of the sea in this area at a public drop-in event to be held in Lynn.
Snowdrops snowed off
DEEP snow and continuing freezing conditions caused the cancellation of a charity fundraising group’s first snowdrop walk of the year on Sunday.
Wind farms in path of rare harriers
RARE species of birds have been found close to the sites of two wind farms.
Incinerator: Council ‘wastes’ £2.5m on burner
NORFOLK County Council has spent more than £2.5 million in nearly two years on the controversial incinerator project.
Snowdrop walk at Lexham Hall cancelled because of wintry conditions
DEEP snow and the continuing freezing conditions have caused the cancellation of a charity fundraising group’s first snowdrop walk of the year on Sunday (February 12).
Mother’s plea to wind farm public inquiry
A MOTHER asked a planning inspector to throw out applications for two wind farms as the Norfolk countryside is helping her son to adjust to life in this country.
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Snow-covered Hunstanton cliffs
LYNN News reader Maria Rix sent in this photograph of Hunstanton cliffs in the recent cold snap.
Go snow - white-out delivers day off for pupils and bin collections
WEST Norfolk had its first taste of winter over the weekend as several inches of snow fell on the area.
INCINERATOR: Chance to object to planning application
A DOCUMENT allowing the public to object to the planning application for the proposed waste incinerator at Saddlebow has been prepared by campaigners against it.
Barwick and Syderstone: Wind farms would be ‘detrimental’ inquiry told
A PUBLIC inquiry on two proposed wind farms opened this week.
INCINERATOR: Business day well attended
A BUSINESS open day organised by developers of the incinerator was attended by more than 150 people.
West Lynn: Boardwalk upgrade
A £70,000 SCHEME to replace a riverside boardwalk is due to get under way within the next few weeks.
A bid to build in Thornham
A TEAM effort was celebrated on Monday as a group from Thornham managed to fight their way into the final stages of a National Lottery bid for a £450,000-plus grant to build a new village hall and sports pavilion.
INCINERATOR: 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.
INCINERATOR: Events ‘well attended’
DEVELOPERS of the incinerator say they had two well attended business open days last week.
INCINERATOR: Twin-hatters have legal headache - Martin
THERE is “a little local difficulty” that needs to be resolved rather quickly, says solicitor and campaigner John Martin.
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INCINERATOR: Council backs new burner court fight
A LEGAL challenge against environment secretary Caroline Spelman’s decision to support the incinerator project will be launched by West Norfolk Council.
Incinerator work goes to Dereham
ONE of the first contracts to build the proposed Lynn incinerator has been awarded to a company from Dereham.
4 commentsBlackborough End: Forget burning waste, how about composting?
A RECYCLING and digestion plant could be built at a landfill site.
2 commentsSwaffham: Fly-tipper feels force of the law
A SWAFFHAM man who admitted fly-tipping waste from a housing project on a site in North Norfolk has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Walpole St Peter: Roof boost for ‘Cathedral’
Thousands of pounds of charity money has been awarded to the “Cathedral of the Fens” for vital repair work to its roof.
INCINERATOR: Solicitor and campaigner John Martin’s view . . .
WHERE do we go from here? First of all, let me say that last Wednesday was a ghastly day for us all.
Lynn: Tower loss is a blasted waste
A former UK chairman and chief executive officer of Campbell’s Soups regards the destruction of the company’s iconic water tower at Lynn as a piece of town planning vandalism.
INCINERATOR: Burner fight into overdrive
PROTESTERS against the incinerator project say they are in a strong position as a second consultation on the plans is launched.
Fire station green light
A SECOND fire station for Lynn will be operation in two years after being granted funding.
- Police release name of three-year-old crash victim
- BREAKING NEWS - The boy’s father lays the most touching tribute of all at the spot where his son died
- Breaking News: Big garden centre could bring 120-plus new jobs to Lynn
- GASPING CHILDREN FLEE COACH FUMES AT BEACHAMWELL
- Work begins on new £40 million Sainsbury’s superstore at Lynn
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Weather for King's Lynn
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: West
