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Man avoids prison after harassing ex and breaching sexual harm prevention order

A man avoided jail after admitting harassing his ex-partner and failing to comply with a sexual harm prevention order.David Saunders, 48, of Cresswell Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where he admitted to the two offences.Prosecutor Adbul Khan explained that between the dates of December 24 last year and January 20 this year, Saunders sent a number of Facebook messages to his ex-partner after the

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Majority of councils in poorer areas are uncertain of meeting budgets

Fewer than half of councils serving some of England’s poorest communities are confident they will meet their budgets this year, a survey has found. In a dire warning of the perilous state of local government finances, 47 authorities in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast said they will have to make savings totalling £700 million on spending plans set just four months ago due to inflationary pressures.

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Tories who attended Covid era gathering should not be stripped of honours Gove

Michael Gove has said two Tories should keep the honours they were handed by Boris Johnson despite attending a pandemic-era gathering at which staff were filmed apparently joking about Covid restrictions. The Levelling Up Secretary apologised over the footage of a Christmas event at Conservative Party headquarters said to have taken place on December 14 2020 when indoor socialising was banned. But Mr Gove said the former prime minister has

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Ollie Robinson unrepentant after fired up celebration in Ashes opener

Ollie Robinson was unrepentant after appearing to give Usman Khawaja an expletive-laden send-off as tempers rose on day three of a delicately-balanced first Ashes Test. Khawaja’s masterful 141 was ended when England’s ring of close fielders led to the Australia opener attempting to make room, only to york himself as he was castled by Robinson. Television cameras seemed to show a fired-up Robinson giving Khawaja a verbal volley in his celebration as he helped restrict

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Trio in court after fight during night out in town

Three men who were involved in a fight during a night out in town admitted a number of offences in court on Thursday.Luke Burnett, 24, of Spring Gardens, Sleaford, Callum Feenan, 21, of Bedford Drive, Lynn and Joshua Batten, 21, of Pretoria Grove, South Wootton, appeared before Lynn Magistrates’ Court.Burnett, who was thought to have instigated the fight, admitted to the offence of using threatening words to provoke violence.Norfolk Street

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Man’s fundraising walk in mum’s memory will help make ‘real difference’ to QEH patients

A Lynn man has taken on a walking challenge in aid of the Breast Care Unit at the town’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in memory of his mother.Shaun Hamer, who was joined by his friend Charles Johnson on his three-day trek, walked 84 miles of the Norfolk Coastal path and raised a total of £1,424 for the cause.They organised the challenge in honour of Shaun’s mother who died due to breast

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Man punched teen and threatened to throw a bar stool at another while under influence of drugs

A Lynn man has admitted attacking a teenager and threatening to throw a bar stool at another while under the influence of ketamine.Luke Bills, 34, of Westmark, Fairstead, pleaded guilty at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court to having ketamine in his possession, assault and using threatening words to provoke violence.Prosecutor Abdul Khan told magistrates that on May 8, Bills was seen on CCTV looking out of breath on Old Sunway in Lynn

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Man caught with drugs in town was putting up marquees for West Norfolk show

A man who was found with cocaine and cannabis in his pockets on a night out in Lynn initially approached the police to make a coplaint about somebody else.Julian Drew, 34, was in the West Norfolk area at the time setting up marquees’ at Sandringham, but found himself at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.He admitted to having in his possession 0.48g of cocaine and 3.3g of cannabis.Julian Drew was found

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Max Verstappen fastest as Carlos Sainz crashes out of rain hit Canadian practice

Max Verstappen finished fastest as Carlos Sainz crashed out of a rain-hit final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. Verstappen has won five of the first seven races of the season and even a wet track in Montreal could not slow the Dutchman down. The world champion, already 53 points clear of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in the championship standings, finished 0.291 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque was the

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