King s Lynn Dean s bold choice of costume
| Updated: 18:24, 03 February 2021
Dean Miller, 34 from Kingâs Lynn, and Captain of Swaffham FC, has raised£1,550 for Prostate Cancer UK after running 113 miles (the equivalent of four marathons) in January.
He also did a bold fun run in The Walks, Lynn, dressed as a giant penis.
Dean said: âIt was my partner s idea, and a fun way to raise awareness for a serious cause, we got a lot of laughs.
Dean Miller from King s Lynn and Captain of Swaffham Town FC, running the equivalent of two marathons in memory of his late grandfather Peter Hill who died of prostate cancer..Dean completed the Marathon in Fancy Dress with a lap of the Walks on Sunday 31st Jan 2021, with the run being Live Streamed by his partner Maddie Parker.. (44194278)
Home sales remain strong in Illinois
Kevin Bessler The Center Square
Feb. 3, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois real estate market remains red hot.
A surge in home sales that began shortly after real estate transactions resumed last spring after the state’s initial stay-at-home order, has shown little sign of slowing down as the industry goes through what is usually a slow time of year.
Interest rates are low, sales are up, the price of homes has been steadily increasing over the past year, and housing inventories around the state are low.
“Totally seller’s market, and we foresee that happening with the pent up demand right into the spring market,” said Sue Miller, president of Illinois Realtors.
The Jobserve Community Stadium, in United Way, opened as a mass vaccination centre today. People in the top four priority groups, including those aged 70 and above and the clinically extremely vulnerable are being given the jab first. Health and care workers are also being vaccinated at the centre.
Jabbed - Kenneth Randall
(Pictures: Steve Brading) Kenneth Randall, a 74-year-old Army veteran from Colchester, said he was pleased to have been given his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. “I wasn’t anxious about it,” he said. “I used to be in the Army and have had lots of different jabs over the years.
Illinois housing market has strong finish
Star Courier
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois housing market defied seasonal expectations with statewide home sales and prices higher not just in December, but for 2020 as a whole, according to data released by Illinois REALTORS®.
Statewide home sales (including single-family homes and condominiums) in December 2020 totaled 14,835 homes sold, up 28.7 percent from 11,531 in December 2019. Year-end 2020 home sales totaled 172,394, up 9.6 percent from 157,268 in 2019.
The statewide median price in December was $229,000, up 14.6 percent from $199,900 in December 2019. The median is a typical market price where half the homes sold for more and half sold for less. The year-end 2020 median price reached $225,000, up 7.7 percent from $209,000 in 2019.