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35-year-old assaulted husband and wife who walked in front of his car
A 35-year-old decided to assault a husband and wife after they walked in front of his car - but now has more than £1,000 to pay in court fees.
Wonderful musical evening being held at high school in support of museum
Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the best music West Norfolk has to offer.
Town’s important charter being celebrated with free Tudor writing workshop
Free Tudor writing workshops are being offered for youngsters to celebrate it being 500 years since an important charter was awarded to Lynn.
All aboard! Pupils spend day at railway learning about industrial revolution
Pupils from a West Norfolk school swapped the classroom for a station when they spent a day at Bure Valley Railway.
Domestic abuser jailed for raft of assaults and possession of blade
A Lynn man has been jailed after committing a raft of offences including domestic assault and possessing a blade in public.
Blown car tyre caused bank holiday traffic delays on busy roundabout
A car whose tyre had blown on a busy roundabout caused traffic delays over the bank holiday weekend.
Morning traffic delays caused by two-car crash
A crash between a BMW and a Suzuki caused traffic delays for those commuting into work this morning.
Three dads who lost daughters to suicide arrive in town as part of 500-mile charity trek
They have faced all weather including hail and rain, but the sun was shining when three dads trekked into town nearing the end of a 500-mile walk.
How charity is helping to get more kids interested in classical music
As a classical music enthusiast, I appreciated meeting Peter Barker recently who is the chair of Classical Music Rocks (CMR).
Man who repeatedly shoplifted in town jailed
A 44-year-old who repeatedly breached his suspended sentence order was sent to prison after he stole some plant bulbs from a supermarket foyer.
Three talks in one week
In his weekly The Bar Man column, Jeff Hoyle discusses a busy week.
Prolific drunk and disorderly offender back in court after urinating in front of members of the public
A Lynn man who has 244 previous convictions found himself back in court after urinating in front of members of the public.
22-year-old who smoked cannabis in front of CCTV appears in court
A 22-year-old who was caught smoking cannabis on CCTV was described as “an author of his own misfortune” by his solicitor.
Woman sentenced after racially abusing custody staff and repeatedly assaulting police officers
A woman who assaulted police officers five times on three different occasions has avoided jail.
Runners raise thousands for hospital’s charity
A 30-strong team laced up their trainers for the GEAR run to raise money for a hospital.
Police discover five bags of amphetamine on man during stop and search
Police who stopped and searched a 40-year-old found that he had a total of five bags of drugs in his possession.
20-year-old stole almost £3,000 worth of beauty products in attempt to get out of debt
A 20-year-old drove around Norfolk with no licence and stole thousands of pounds worth of beauty products from a number of Boots stores.
Your letters concerning education, retail, planning and elections
Here are the letters from this Friday’s Lynn News
24-year-old who was stopped and searched by police had class B drug hidden in hoodie pocket
Police patrolling in town stopped and searched a man who had a quantity of cannabis on him.
Thousands GEAR-ed up for annual running event
There was certainly a buzz of excitement as crowds lined the streets to show their support for the thousands of people running on Sunday.