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The King's Lynn Festival is into its second week and showing no sign of slowing — coffee concerts at the Town Hall every morning, Boris Giltburg at the piano on Tuesday, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra closing things out on Saturday. Add in a fresh push for an indoor tennis and padel hub at Lynnsport, and it's a week where Lynn is quietly investing in itself.

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The week ahead

♫ Mon 20 Jul, 11am — Coffee Concert I, Town Hall. The Novo Quartet play Nielsen and Mozart, tea and cake included from 10.30am. Book on the Festival site – Coffee Concert I

🎭 Mon 20 Jul, 7:30pm — Alison Skilbeck: Are There More of You?, Corn Exchange Theatre. Festival theatre from the actress and writer. Book on the Festival site – Are There More of You?

🎥 Tue 21 Jul, 11am — Toddler Tuesday: Tabby McTat, Corn Exchange Cinema. Under 4s free.

🎸 Tue 21 Jul — Boris Giltburg: Ruth, Lady Fermoy Memorial Concert. One of the Festival's headline piano recitals. Book on the Festival site – Boris Giltburg: Ruth, Lady Fermoy Memorial Concert

🎧 Wed 22 Jul — Craig Ogden: Fantasy to Flamenco, guitar recital. Book on the Festival site – Craig Ogden: Fantasy to Flamenco

🎵 Thu 23 Jul — Roderick Williams & Iain Burnside: The Forest of Dean to the Appalachians, song recital. Book on the Festival site – The Forest of Dean to the Appalachians

In the news this week

🏥 Government reaffirms QEH rebuild funding. Ministers have told North West Norfolk MP James Wild that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital rebuild remains funded through the New Hospitals Programme, worth up to £1.5billion, with £46million in operational capital promised for the current building in the meantime. Read the full story on Lynn News – Government 'remains committed' to hospital funding

🎰 Lynnsport bids for £1million tennis and padel hub. West Norfolk Council is in talks with the Lawn Tennis Association over a grant to cover Lynnsport's four outdoor courts and add three new padel courts, in what would be one of the first hubs of its kind in the country. Read the full story on Lynn News – Lynnsport could get £1m grant

🚆 MP criticises worsening train services. James Wild says nearly 10% of Fen Line services from Lynn were cancelled recently, blaming staff shortages and overhead line failures, and has written to Great Northern demanding improvements now it's back in public control. Read the full story on Lynn News – 'Train services are getting worse'

🎵 Four Lynn riders chase British Final places. King's Lynn Stars riders Jody Scott, Jordan Jenkins, Simon Lambert and Jake Mulford raced at Leicester at the weekend, hoping to be among the top six through to the British Final in Manchester on 15 August. Read the full story on Lynn News – Scott one of four Lynn riders with British Final aspirations

On the horizon

🎤 Festival closes with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Sat 25 Jul, 7.30pm. The 75th King's Lynn Festival ends its run at the Corn Exchange in style. Book on the Festival site – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

🍕 King's Lynn Food Festival — Sat 25 & Sun 26 Jul, Tuesday Market Place. Organisers promise their biggest yet, with 32 food stalls across the weekend. Read more on Lynn News – Businesses invited to support 'biggest yet' Food Festival

🎬 Open air cinema returns with Mean Girls — Fri 7 Aug, Tuesday Market Place. Food from 5pm, film from 7pm, no ticket needed — bring a chair or grab a spot on the cobbles. See the event listing – Movies in the Market Place

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Over to you

With the Festival in full swing, which concert or show on this year's programme are you most looking forward to — and have you been going since it was half its current age? Reply and tell us.

— The This Week In Team

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