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Additional support sent to help as time runs out to find missing deep sea vessel

It's thought oxygen supplies on the Titan will be close to running out Additional help is being sent to find the missing Titan submersible with just hours of oxygen thought to be left for those onboard. The vessel lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck off the coast of Canada. As of Wednesday afternoon, it was

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National News

Ben Wallace rules himself out of contention to be Nato chief

The Defence Secretary had been thought to be one of the frontrunners for the job British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has ruled himself out of contention to succeed the secretary general of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg. Mr Wallace told The Economist “it’s not going to happen” and there are “a lot of unresolved issues in Nato”. He said the US wants Mr Stoltenberg to stay in the role. Earlier in the month, US President Joe Biden

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Sport

King’s Lynn Soccer Club paving the way for a brighter future

King's Lynn Soccer Club are winning off the pitch as much as they are on it.The newly-promoted outfit won Division 5 North of the Anglian Combination, remaining unbeaten with three games left in a season that Dedicated Care-sponsored player Thomas Wagg netted 70 times in the first season of asking.Not only did they win the league in style, they also win Junior Team of the Month in recognition of their

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Local News

Plans revealed for six blocks of flats with commercial space – but could see demolition of community centre

Plans for 65 new affordable flats have made progress and could also see the demolition of a community centre used by thousands over the years.Six blocks of flats have been proposed for Hillington Square in Lynn to replace 67 of the existing flats.It is part of the final phase of the Lynn development after 190 apartments have previously been built in four refurbished blocks.An aerial view of Hillington Square in

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New units at town business park are ‘nearly finished’ – and could be ready by October

The first phase of work at a multi-million pound brownfield development site is “nearly finished”, according to councillors.Businesses have been invited to rent out the first units at Lynn’s Nar Ouse Business Park, off Nar Ouse Way, which are due to be up and running by October.This is part of a West Norfolk Council and Norfolk County Council project to open up the east side of the site, with £8million

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National News

Sunak says he feels moral responsibility to halve inflation

The Prime Minister says he feels a “deep moral responsibility” to deliver on his pledge to halve inflation after the key driver behind the cost-of-living crisis stayed static last month. Office for National Statistics data published on Wednesday showed that the Consumer Prices Index inflation (CPI) remained at 8.7% in May, the same level as in April, despite experts forecasting a fall to 8.4%. Rishi Sunak, due to speak on

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National News

Missing submarine extremely safe say operators

A spokesman for the mothership which launched the missing submersible has defended OceanGate, saying it runs an “extremely safe operation”. Questions were raised about the safety of the vessel, called Titan and run by OceanGate, during a press conference in Canada on Wednesday. Five people are on board the submersible, which went missing on Sunday off the coast of Canada during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, and

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Local News

Fundraising tea party to support bereavement charity

A fundraising tea party will be held in Lynn next week in aid of a charity supporting bereaved parents.The Forget Me Not Tea Party, which will take place at Reffley Community Hall on Monday between 10am and 2pm, will raise funds for Aching Arms.The event, hosted by Lynn bereaved parent group Whispers from Wings, will feature hot drinks, cakes and bakes.Reffley Community Hall in King's Lynn. Picture: Google MapsThe charity gives

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Local News

Complaints after ‘preachers’ in town centre seen promoting anti-LGBTQ+ messages

Police have received complaints regarding two ‘preachers’ in Lynn town centre, who were today seen promoting anti-LGBTQ+ messages.Most Wednesdays, members of a religious group who reportedly travel from Peterborough hand out leaflets and use a loud hailer to spread their religious beliefs.Today, they were seen wearing sandwich boards, one of which read “God opposes the proud James 4:6” with a picture of the rainbow flag, used to represent members of

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Sport

Gray makes it back-to-back tons as Fakenham win thriller

As the saying goes, you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once - just like Fakenham Cricket Club's last two games in the Norfolk Alliance.After their thrilling one-wicket win over Norwich the previous week, Fakenham repeated the feat against Garbolidsham at the weekend with Stephen Gray also making it back-to-back centuries.On a sunny afternoon at Highfield Lawn, Garboldisham won the toss and decided to bat.Fakenham

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