King's Lynn, England News

If you have not got anything planned this weekend then have a look at some of the great events going on this weekend.

Up to 70 jobs are feared to be at risk in Bar Hill with MPG Printgroup, which took over the historic printing business of Cambridge University Press less than a year ago, reportedly poised to go into administration.

King's Lynn's free festival will be celebrating its 28th year with two chart-topping acts and some new features.

One of Norfolk's finest churches - St Nicholas Chapel at King's Lynn - was yesterday praised as a "wonderful lesson in history." Loyd Grossman, chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust and TV presenter, visited St Nicholas to present the Friends of St Nicholas Chapel with a certificate to honour its trustees as part of a tour of East Anglia.

Delays in Network Rail's maintenance programme were to blame for an accident in which part of a King's Lynn to London train travelling at 80mph came off, shattering windows and injuring a passenger.

Hotel and leisure management services company Legacy has agreed a deal to run the Surya Hotels portfolio of four four-star hotels in the East of England, which will now operate under the Legacy brand.

It hardly seems like the cradle of prehistoric civilisation - tucked away in a field behind the dyke, around the corner from the Tesco garage, the hairdresser's and the chinese takeaway.

Ford is hoping to kick-start the Pirates' stuttering Elite League campaign, with cover needed for the injured Darcy Ward.

King's Lynn will be celebrating International Hanse Day on Saturday with a packed programme of events and activities to showcase the Hanseatic links.

In 1762, a young German princess deposed her incompetent husband Tsar Peter III, became Empress of Russia and set about making her adopted country part of Europe.

A Green Party offer to break the deadlock at Norfolk County Council by overhauling the way decisions are made has been rejected by the Conservatives.

Residents at the closing of the public inquiry into the King's Lynn incinerator applauded as the campaign group against the bid said the "very clear strength of feeling displayed by the local people" meant the plan should be ditched.

Anyone who watched the latest episode of Mary Queen of the High Street will have been mildly amused to see the retail diva encounter the good burghers of Margate.

The Poole Pirates ended the King's Lynn Stars' unbeaten home record as the Dorset side got their Elite League campaign back on track.

Charities have urged Norfolk's army of unpaid carers to seek support if struggling to cope - after a court heard how a woman who had cared for her elderly mother for six years lashed out when the pressure became too much.

A second was fined A 100 with A 75 costs and a A 20 victim surcharge, while the third was fined A 40 with A 40 costs and A 20 victim surcharge.

A deal between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to break the deadlock at Norfolk County Council has been rejected, but negotiations to form a coalition are continuing.

Police found 60 plants along with a tent for drying cannabis and hydroponic equipment during a raid on the site in June last year.

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These are at Hunstanton Community Centre from 9-11am, at Downham Market Leisure Centre from noon-2pm and at King's Lynn Town Hall from 3-5pm. Scans for risk of future fracture in postmenopausal women are not always readily available on the NHS but you can now have a non-invasive scan for A 22.