Lynn News - Environment Feed

KING’S LYNN: French connection in The Walks

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:01:48 GMT

Visitors to The Walks in Lynn will be able to enjoy some new features to the landscape following work by French artists and landscape architects.

HUNSTANTON: Beach clean-up to help turtles

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:58 GMT

Children from schools in Hunstanton joined in on a purge of plastic bags down at the beach to mark a global push to save turtles.

HUNSTANTON: Spinney project gets the go-ahead

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:21:35 GMT

West Norfolk Council’s cabinet has given the green light to a controversial enhancement scheme, costing up to £300,000, for the Spinney in Hunstanton.

KING’S LYNN: Summer start on new look for market place

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:50 GMT

Work on an £890,000 make-over for Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place to create a cafe culture in the town could start in July after West Norfolk Council’s cabinet recommended approval for the plan.

WEST NORFOLK: Cabinet approves revamp plans in King’s Lynn and Hunstanton

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:51:15 GMT

Work on an £890,000 makeover for Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place to create a cafe culture in the town could start in July after West Norfolk Council’s cabinet recommended the council to approve the proposal.

SWAFFHAM: Rotarian quartet lend a hand in town spring clean

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:53:23 GMT

Four members of Swaffham Rotary Club took part in last week’s big spring clean in the town.

SWAFFHAM: Turbine with a view nears 14 years of green power

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:46:09 GMT

The wind turbine at Swaffham’s Green Britain Centre, the only one in the world with a viewing platform the public can access, has so far produced enough green electricity to brew more than two billion cups of tea.

SNETTISHAM: Villagers vow to keep on fighting for footpath

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:53:13 GMT

Villagers have vowed to keep on fighting after a decision to register a footpath at Snettisham has been passed to a Government minister.

Old school conversion wins Mayor’s top design award

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:16:41 GMT

Properties in the Burnhams and near the coast took most of the honours in this year’s Mayor’s Awards for Design in the Environment in West Norfolk.

DEEPDALE: First-time festival is a shining success

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:22:33 GMT

The sun shone as 2,000 people headed to the first Deepdale Outdoor and Wildlife Festival last weekend to learn about how they can enjoy and protect the North Norfolk coast.

INCINERATOR - Sign up to an incinerator now, leave a debt for generations

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:53:19 GMT

Signing up to a waste incinerator at Saddlebow now could leave future generations saddled with debt for an unnecessary facility, MP Elizabeth Truss told an inquiry into the plan this week.

KING’S LYNN: Praise be! Grant aid for church

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:12:49 GMT

A project to provide new disability facilities is now under way after a “poor man’s church” received a welcome windfall of £25,000.

Bin service is improving

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:12:24 GMT

The new bin collection service is improving, West Norfolk Council has said - but some residents still say it has been rubbish so far.

SWAFFHAM: Volunteers turn out in force to give the town a spring clean

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:25:43 GMT

A team of more than 30 volunteers turned up outside the Market Cross Café in the Market Place on Monday morning for the start of Spring Clean Swaffham.

SWAFFHAM: Lions surprised by cigarette butt haul on town clean-up

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:33:45 GMT

A team from Swaffham Lions took part in the clean-up of Swaffham town centre organised by Swaffham Business Forum and Swaffham in Bloom.

THORNHAM: RSPB volunteer is a green hero

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:04:03 GMT

A Thornham man who has been volunteering at RSPB Titchwell for almost 50 years has been chosen as a finalist in The National Trust’s search for green heroes.

HUNSTANTON: Scout hut is a caddy shack

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:41:49 GMT

Hunstanton Scouts were treated to a lesson on the new borough recycling system from Hayley Kurt, West Norfolk Council’s marketing and development manager.

SANDRINGHAM: New garden set to delight senses

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:54:02 GMT

A Sandringham hotel that provides holidays for disabled people will now offer a whole new sensory experience after opening a new garden last Friday.

BURNHAM DEEPDALE: A taste of the outdoors at new festival

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:04:28 GMT

This weekend will see the first Deepdale Outdoor and Wildlife Festival which is being held to celebrate the coastline, countryside and wildlife of the North Norfolk coast.

KING’S LYNN: ‘Willpower and vision’ needed on South Gate

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:31:23 GMT

Lynn Civic Society would like to see greater emphasis given to improving the gateways to the town like the historic South Gate in London Road.