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PICTURE: Emergency services called to Downham after car collided with shop
A MAN has been taken to hospital after a car collided with a shop window in Downham market place.
INQUEST OPENED INTO DEATH OF RIO BELL
AN inquest has been opened and adjourned this afternoon (Wednesday) into the death of three-year-old Rio Bell, who died following an incident near Lynn Mart.
Business advisory group announces programme
A BUSINESS advisory group which meets in Fakenham library has announced its forthcoming programme.
INCINERATOR: Protest songs - listen here
SMOKE On The Wash is a CD being sold to raise funds for the King’s Lynn Without Incineration campaign.
BREAKING NEWS: Linnets will not appeal against points deduction
THE Linnets have decided not to appeal against the UCL’s decision to deduct them three points and replay their league fixture at Boston Town.
Work begins on new £40 million Sainsbury’s superstore at Lynn
PRELIMINARY work has begun on Sainsbury’s £40 million superstore and petrol station near the Hardwick roundabout at Lynn.
Hunstanton to Heacham walk raises cash
AHOY! King’s Lynn sea cadets donned fancy dress to walk seven miles for a fund-raising effort.
Lynn and Downham: Peacocks stores saved
PEACOCKS clothes stores in Lynn and Downham have been saved.
MP speaks out over plans for wind farms
AN MP has spoken out against plans to put up two wind farms in his constituency.
Lynn: New group for real nappy advice
A GROUP is being launched for new parents and child carers who use or are interested in real nappies.
UPDATE - Downham: Man hospitalised after car crashes into shop window
A MAN has been hospitalised after the car he was driving crashed into a shop in Downham market place.
Downham: Car crashes into shop window
A CAR has crashed into the front of a ladieswear shop in Downham market place.
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.
Gaywood: ‘Distinctive’ bicycle stolen
THIEVES have stolen a distinctive bicycle from outside a supermarket in Lynn.
Lynn: Plans to sell part of a car park
A COUNCIL is hopeful it can sell a section of a car park for development.
Court told of animal cruelty
THREE men face being banned from keeping horses after they were found guilty of cruelty charges.
North Lynn family left high and dry – again
MEMBERS of a family have hit out after they were left without water for more than 24 hours because their pipes had frozen.
Incinerator: Delay saves council £16m
A DELAY in the incinerator project has saved Norfolk County Council £16 million.
Mart incident tragedy: In loving memory of ‘our little man’
FAMILY and friends had recreated the mounting pile of tributes to Rio Bell as they added bunches of flowers, stuffed toys and cards with personal messages to the boy.
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.
Protesters demand road closure for Rio
AGAINST a background of flashing lights of the Lynn Mart, protesters joined hands in the freezing cold to form a human barricade across the site of last week’s crash.
School bus contractor in fumes incident sacked from Marham route
THE coach operator involved in yesterday’s school bus fumes incident has been sacked by from the RAF Marham to Swaffham route.
Linnets undecided if they will contest points deduction
LINNETS chairman Buster Chapman has said the club are undecided if they will contest the United Counties League’s decision to deduct them three points and replay the game against Boston Town for playing midfielder Rob Hughes.
GASPING CHILDREN FLEE COACH FUMES AT BEACHAMWELL
PANICKING teenagers gasped for air as they fled fumes leaking into their school bus yesterday.
Police release name of three-year-old crash victim
POLICE have confirmed that the boy who died after a road accident near the Lynn Mart last Wednesday was three-year-old Rio Bell, from Lowestoft.
Lynn: Group of men spotted at the scene of the crime
A GROUP of men were spotted at the scene of a burglary at a property in Lynn.
Downham/Southery/Saddlebow: Battery thefts from temporary traffic lights
BATTERIES have been stolen from three sets of temporary traffic lights placed in the Downham area and at two other sites.
Dersingham: Unmanned station springs a leak
A FIRE crew from Sandringham were called out to help after the unmanned fire station in Dersingham flooded.
Methwold: Serious blaze calls out three fire crews
A SERIOUS blaze at a property in Methwold on the morning of February 11 was attended by crews from Methwold, Downham and Thetford.
Swaffham: Puppy rescued from under a boiler
A FIRE crew from Swaffham were called out to help free a puppy from underneath a boiler at a home in Pentney on February 12.
Gaywood: Car targeted in wheelie bin arson
A WHEELIE bin was set alight after being placed next to a parked car which also caught fire and caused substantial damage.
BREAKING NEWS - The boy’s father lays the most touching tribute of all at the spot where his son died
THE father of three-year-old Rio Bell lays a tribute to his beloved son who died as the victim of a road accident last Wednesday.
Lions put town events on web
SWAFFHAM and District Lions Club has launched a town events calendar on its website.
Scouts reach for the stars
SCOUTS from the 14th Lynn Scouts were joined by the chairman of the Lynn and District Astronomy Society, Richard Last, for a talk to help them earn a new badge.
Fantastic line up announced for 2012 festival
A CELEBRATORY feast of music and the arts featuring top-class international names has been lined up for this summer’s King’s Lynn Festival to mark both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics.
Breaking News: Big garden centre could bring 120-plus new jobs to Lynn
LYNN is in line for at least 120 new jobs if planning permission is granted for the first Dobbies Garden World development in East Anglia.
Driver is fined for speeding
A SPEEDING van driver escaped a ban at West Norfolk Magistrates’ Court today.
Admits being drunk and disorderly
A MAN who admitted being drunk and disorderly outside a Lynn nightclub told magistrates he was provoked by police.
Nordelph: Air ambulance lands in garden
A WOMAN who fell down the stairs at her home in Nordelph on Sunday afternoon was flown to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital by the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Ban for driving over the limit
DRINK-driver Aaron Wick was banned from driving for a year by West Norfolk Magistrates today.
Woman, 40, dies in Lynn flat
POLICE, paramedics and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were called to a flat near Lynn town centre after a woman was found collapsed on Saturday afternoon.
Lynn: Crime prevention surgery for students
STUDENTS at the College of West Anglia are being given the chance to meet their local police and get crime prevention advice tailored to their needs.
South Lynn: Thieves break into outbuildings
TWO sheds and a summer house were broken into at a property in South Lynn last Tuesday.
Successful Sporle Preschool
CHILDREN are said to blossom at Sporle Preschool in a new Ofsted report which grades the preschool as good overall.
Lynn: Man targeted in racist attack
WITNESSES of an alleged racist incident are being asked to come forward after a group of youths shouted racist abuse at a man in Lynn town centre.
EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS FROM JUST £5! See tomorrow’s Lynn News!
BACK by popular demand, a new and fabulous offer for family holidays is being promoted by the Lynn News this February.
Stoke Ferry society’s wheat results
STOKE Ferry Agricultural Society’s annual wheat competition, drew 21 entries with Bill Legge winning both the spring and winter categories.
MEP meets farmers at Wereham
AGRICULTURAL reforms and the changes that face the industry were outlined and debated when a group of Norfolk Young Farmers representatives met their MEP, Robert Sturdy.
- 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
