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Joe Biden seeks time to finish the job as he announces re election bid

President Joe Biden has formally announced that he is running for re-election in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn in to office. Mr Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his

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Local News

Secondary School reaches finals of national music awards

A West Norfolk secondary school has been recognised for its exceptional music provision, making it through to the final of a “prestigious” national competition.Springwood High School was one of seven schools from across the country to be shortlisted in the Outstanding School Music Department category of the 2023 Music and Drama Education Awards.Springwood, a member of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, was represented at the awards by the school’s head

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National News

Foreign Secretary says UK must engage with China

James Cleverly will claim isolating China is a “betrayal” of the national interest in a speech setting out the Government’s position on Beijing. The Foreign Secretary will say the UK must engage directly with the country in order to promote stability in a keynote address to the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet in London. He is set to deny China should be classed as a “threat”, arguing its scale and complexity

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National News

South Africa Im a Celebrity spin off underway

The contestants for I’m A Celebrity… South Africa have faced three challenges in the first episode of the new series. US model and TV personality Janice Dickinson and former Countdown star Carol Vorderman are among the campmates featuring in the all-stars spin-off show of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The celebrities, who featured on previous seasons of the show, are battling it out this time to be

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Local News

Hospital’s multi-storey car park plans approved

Plans for a multi-storey car park at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been approved – a step forward in the bid for a new hospital.Officials at the QEH say the car park is a “key ‘enabler’” for the trust’s much-needed new hospital, which would be built on the site of the existing main car park, replacing the current crumbling building.A spokesperson said: “QEH is investment-ready to deliver a new hospital

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Local News

Two arrested after suspected illegal vapes seized from town shop

Two men have been arrested after police seized suspected illegal vapes from a Lynn shop at the weekend.Lynn Police said its officers took the devices after a seizure at a Norfolk Street shop on Saturday afternoon.They said the men had since been bailed.Police seized suspected illegal vapes from a Lynn shop. Picture: Lynn Police“Our teams are working hard to crack down on illegal vapes and those being sold to children,”

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Sport

Linnets’ promotion hopes go down to the wire

King's Lynn Town's hopes of automatic promotion will be decided on the final day of the National League North season.Lynn’s 3-1 success at Darlington on Saturday was matched by second-placed Fylde, who were 5-1 home winners over Leamington, whose relegation was confirmed as a result of their defeat.Mark Hughes' side showed their quality by scoring twice in the first half through Ben Stephens and Josh Coulson.Gold Omotayo added a third

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Local News

Prezzo to shut 46 restaurants

Prezzo is to shut 46 loss-making restaurants after being hit hard by soaring energy and food costs.The Italian restaurant chain has said about 810 workers are at risk of redundancy as part of the overhaul.Bosses at the private equity-owned businesses said the cuts, which are part of a broader strategic review, will affect sites where “the post-Covid recovery has proved harder than we had hoped”.Prezzo. The Italian restaurant chain has

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Local News

Sisters assaulted victims in ‘unprovoked attack’

Two sisters carried out an “unprovoked attack” on two people in a pub’s beer garden.Rebecca Evans, 42, of Mill Road, Walpole Highway, and Tara English, 38, of Highgate, Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where they each admitted two cases of assault by beating and causing criminal damage.Prosecutor Nishma Shah outlined to the magistrates’ that the incident happened on November 4, 2022, when Evans and her sister

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Local News

Man sent to crown court after being accused of possessing criminal property

Magistrates decided their sentencing powers were not enough to deal with a man accused of possessing a large amount of tobacco without paying duty.Andruis Majauskas, 47, of Dukes Place in Lynn, is also accused of possessing criminal property.He was advised by the duty solicitor George Sorrell not to indicate a plea, and magistrates made their decision after hearing the prosecution case outlined by Nishma Shah.Majauskas has been sent to Norwich

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