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Rail passengers to suffer fresh travel disruption amid more strikes

Walkouts are taking place today, on Friday and on Saturday Rail passengers will suffer fresh travel disruption in the next few days because of more strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Train companies are warning that services will be “severely reduced” because of industrial action by drivers and other workers. Members of the drivers’ union Aslef will walk out on Wednesday and June 3, while the Rail, Maritime and Transport union

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Local News

Woman left ‘devestated’ after being moved care home ‘without families consent’

A woman has told the Lynn News of her upset after her mother was moved from her care home into a smaller room and further away.Last week, 87-year-old Kathleen Smith was moved from Goodwins Hall care home in Lynn over to Heacham and her daughter Christine Neve says it was without the consent of her family.Mrs Neve said that her mother has Alzheimer’s and dementia and is upset by her

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Local News

Lily stars in BBC drama and has exciting career ahead

An eight-year-old girl who is part of a dance school in Lynn will be starring in a TV advert as well as having a string of acting jobs lined up.You may have already spotted Lily Baker in an episode of BBC One’s Casualty which aired on Saturday, which she starred in along with her dad Malcolm.Lily goes to Lynn’s Noise & Chance School of Dance and is a pupil as

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National News

Phillip Schofield axed as ambassador for the Princes Trust

Phillip Schofield has been axed as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust as the charity says it is “no longer appropriate” to work with him. Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague. The relationship took place while the TV star was still married to wife Stephanie Lowe and

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National News

Nato sends 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests

Nato has sent 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests and has put another battalion on standby in case the riots spread, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. “We have decided to deploy 700 more troops from the operational reserve force for Western Balkans and to put an additional battalion of reserve forces on high readiness so they can also be deployed if needed. These are prudent steps,”

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Local News

‘One of the good guys’: Tributes paid to former mayor and council leader Nick Daubney

Tributes have been paid to a former mayor and borough council leader who was a “passionate advocate for all things West Norfolk” who has died.Nick Daubney, who was first elected to West Norfolk Council in 1999, died yesterday aged 72 – with colleagues saying he will be remembered for his campaign against an incinerator in the area.Lorraine Gore, chief executive of the council, said: "It was with great sadness that

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National News

Ireland plans to introduce essentially an outright ban on vapes being sold to children

A draft law that would “outright ban” vapes being sold to children is hoped to significantly reduce the number of young people who use them, a minister has said. Cabinet on Tuesday approved legislation that would ban e-cigarettes being sold to people aged under 18 at shops, and banned them from being sold from vending machines, mobile premises and events for children. It also plans to ban vapes being advertised

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National News

Sailors honoured by King for symbolic role in Queens funeral procession

Royal Navy sailors given a symbolic role in Queen Elizabeth’s funeral procession have been recognised by the King – including a heavily pregnant sailor. Charles presented honours from the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) to around 150 sailors and officers who took part in the historic event or planned the Navy’s involvement, during an open air ceremony at Windsor Castle. Medical Assistant Paisley Chambers-Smith was awarded an RVO silver medal for

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National News

Royal Blood frontman comes under fire over attitude at BBC Radio 1s Big Weekend

Royal Blood singer Mike Kerr has come under fire for branding the crowd “pathetic” and departing the show with his middle fingers in the air after performing at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. The British rock duo performed on the main stage of the festival in Dundee on Sunday afternoon in a slot between pop stars Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi – whose latest album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent is

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Sport

Where you there in May 2000 when The Whirlwind was blown off course?

►All Our Yesterdays: May sporting moments photo nostalgia, part oneMay 2000: It’s that winning feeling: Players in the Dawbarns Pearson Netball League receive their championship and runners-up trophies at the league’s presentation evening held at Lynnsport.Bassetts took the Division One title from second place Diamonds, while Mels Angels were the Division Two winners with Magpies runners-up. Photo: MLNF-00054921Netball. MLNF-00054921May 2000: The Whirlwind, Jimmy White, was blown off course by local

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