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Primary school rated inadequate following head teacher’s arrest

An emergency inspection carried out at a school after its head teacher was arrested in front of pupils and parents has found it to be inadequate.Ofsted inspectors discovered “serious failings” at Howard Junior School in Gaywood which they said had been “unchallenged for too long”.It comes after Howard’s head teacher Greg Hill was detained at the premises on suspicion of stalking on Monday, March 6. Mr Hill, who was suspended

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Local News

Group’s run will remember Alan and support MND charity

Among the runners taking to Lynn’s streets for the GEAR 10K on Sunday will be a team supporting those living with Motor Neurone Disease, after the loss of a friend.A total of 21 runners are expected to line up in their MND Association T-shirts for the King’s Lynn group, and many of them will be doing so in memory of Lynn man Alan Oakes, who worked for various UPVC companies,

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National News

Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after breaching appointment rules

He failed to disclose that he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee. Adam Heppinstall KC’s review found the former Tory donor twice breached the code governing public appointments, risking the perception he was not independent from

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Local News

Nominations open for this year’s Education Awards

Nominations for the Lynn News Education Awards have now opened – and schools, teachers and students can once again look forward to a fantastic night celebrating their success.The Lynn News Education Awards will celebrate those in West Norfolk who have excelled during the 2021/2022 academic year and the organisations that have gone above and beyond to promote educational excellence in the borough.This year’s glittering ceremony will take place at The

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Sport

Winning promotion would be that extra bit special for Downham management team

Promotion this season would be that little bit extra special, according to the Downham Town management team heading into Saturday's play-off final against Harwich and Parkeston.A number of the current squad are local lads while joint bosses of Craig Dickson and Dale Stokes have live and breathed the club since a young age.After a number of near misses, the SCL Memorial outfit are bidding to reach Step 5 football for

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National News

Britons in Sudan urged to head to airfield quickly after ceasefire extended

Rival generals have agreed a further three-day deal Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged all UK nationals wishing to flee Sudan to come forward “as quickly as possible” despite a three-day extension to the ceasefire being agreed. The British evacuation mission was potentially bought more time when the rival generals made the deal as the midnight deadline for the resumption of fierce fighting loomed. The RAF has airlifted nearly 900 people from

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National News

Watchdog says Met has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case

They're warning 'history could repeat itself' if officers don't grasp basic standards of investigation Police could be missing murders because they are still failing to investigate deaths properly nearly a decade after the blunders in catching serial killer Stephen Port, a watchdog has warned. The risk of homicides not being identified by the Metropolitan Police is “way higher than it should be”, with some officers admitting they are relying on “luck” to

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Sport

Stars stalwart insists gating has to improve

King's Lynn’s Danish racer Thomas Jorgensen says the team’s gating simply has to improve – in order to avoid “embarrassing” results such as last Monday.The Stars were humiliated 56-34 on their own track in the KO Cup by a Sheffield side who simply love the Adrian Flux Arena, but the hosts did not make life easy for themselves.With tricky track conditions, making fast starts was of paramount importance, and it

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