Three pals have been ‘overwhelmed’ by the outpouring of support after completing a 28-mile charity trek – and smashing their fundraising target. Andrea Graveling, Hailey Muller and Rachael Bowman marched the 28-miles from Sutton Bridge to Hunstanton on…
Oversight costs King’s Lynn factory worker who carried knife £1,205 after court appearance which also sees him lose driving licence
A packing worker made a costly mistake when he left work without emptying his pockets and still carrying a lock knife. Algimantas Matacuinas, 57, of Shiregreen, Lynn, appeared before magistrates at Lynn on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to possessio…
Parking row in Sculthorpe led to criminal damage charge
A row over parking left a driver counting the cost when he admitted causing criminal damage at a hearing at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Kenneth Barnes, 68, of Moor Lane, Sculthorpe, found himself before the court following an incident in his s…
A short history leasehold, and why it’s taken so long to end the ‘feudal’ system
By Amber Murray For a policy with rare cross-party support, reforms to the leasehold system in the UK have taken a surprisingly long time to sort out. Reform nearly happened under the previous prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government, but changes were w…
Politics, King’s Lynn Festival and football
It’s independent councillor Jo Rust’s turn to write our weekly Friday Politics column… Well, what a few weeks it’s been and, what a change our country has seen. Both of last week’s political commentators wrote about the low number of votes that had man…
Heacham Sunday School during the late Victorian period
In the fortnightly Picture This feature, Lynn Museum Newman curator Dayna Woolbright looks at pictures of interest… This beautiful oil on canvas painting by Mary Gemmath shows Sunday School pupils being taught by Mary Anne Francis Black, a commanding f…
King’s Lynn’s Fairstead Community School launched design challenge in July 2014
In our weekly Memory Lane Schooldays feature, we look back at a design challenge ten years ago… Inspired by a visit to Norwich where they saw a 22m cardboard church constructed as part of the Norwich and Norfolk Festival, representatives of Year 5 at L…
Setchey teenager described himself as an ‘absolute idiot’ after breaching conditional discharge one day after it was imposed by Lynn magistrates
A teenager who was caught in possession of drugs just one day after receiving a conditional discharge for a similar offence described himself as an ‘absolute idiot’. Samuel Goodenough, 19, of Lynn Road, Setchey, admitted possession of 0.54g of cocaine,…
Gujarat: Heavy rainfall in Porbandar, Junagadh, Devbhumi Dwarka cause waterlogging, traffic snarls
Porbandar (Gujarat) [India], July 20 (ANI): Heavy rains in Porbandar, Junagadh and Devbhumi Dwarka districts in Gujarat have caused waterlogging in several areas, resulting in traffic snarls and the closure of some roads, causeways and underpasses, add…
Germany marks 80th anniversary of failed attempt on Hitler’s life
The German government plans to commemorate the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler 80 years ago on Saturday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz aims to give a speech at a ceremony at the German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin. Scholz and President Fr…