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Boy 17 and girl 12 die following incident off Bournemouth beach

Dorset Police say a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter A 17-year-old-boy and a girl aged 12 have died, and a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following an incident off Bournemouth beach, Dorset Police said. The force said it received a report from paramedics at around 4.30pm on Wednesday afternoon of people requiring assistance on the beach off Bournemouth Pier. Emergency services attended

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National News

Deadline looms again in Covid inquiry row as Boris Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The government has until 4pm this afternoon to hand the material over The Government faces a deadline to either release Boris Johnson’s unredacted messages and diaries to the Covid-19 inquiry or face a legal dispute, with an extension due to come to an end on Thursday. The Cabinet Office had claimed it did not have access to Mr Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and private notebooks ahead of an earlier deadline on Tuesday. But

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National News

Walford bids farewell to EastEnders Lola Pearce in emotional final scenes

Lola died from brain cancer during last night's episode The residents of Albert Square have said their final goodbyes to Lola Pearce in heart-wrenching scenes. Hairdresser and mother Lola, granddaughter of Billy Mitchell, lost her battle with brain cancer during Wednesday’s episode, with her family at her side. Last year, the character, played by Danielle Harold, received the heart-breaking diagnosis and was told she had months to live, before getting

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Local News

‘It has just been such a pleasure, it really has’- former mayor takes a look back on a busy year

“It has just been such a pleasure, it really has.”So said King’s Lynn and West Norfolk’s 820th mayor Lesley Bambridge after her eventful year in office came to and end.Lesley, the 13th female mayor of the borough, has been reflecting on some of the most memorable moments of the last 12 months, which have seen her attend more than 300 events, as well as making history when she read the

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Local News

Lynn News supports company’s annual business survey

The Lynn News is throwing its support behind Complete Commercial Finance’s 2023 Business Survey.The survey, now in its third year, was launched last month and reviews the attitudes of business owners in East Anglia towards trading conditions and their use of commercial finance.As media partner, the Lynn News is urging companies in the area to complete the survey and answer nine short questions to share their views on how they

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Local News

Person airlifted to hospital following medical emergency in town

Paramedics and an air ambulance were called to a medical emergency in Lynn this afternoon.The East of England Ambulance Service said its teams responded to the incident at around 1.29pm, with one ambulance and an air ambulance sent to the scene.Reports on social media suggested the air ambulance had landed at The Walks.The Walks in LynnOne patient was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

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Local News

Major delays reported due to partial closure on main road

Roadworks have been causing major delays on a main Lynn road – and they will remain in place for more than a week.Drivers have reported lengthy wait-times while travelling in and out of the town throughout the past few days, with one saying it took them 45 minutes to reach the Southgates roundabout from Tuesday Market Place yesterday afternoon.And the problems appear to be stemming from a partial closure on

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Local News

Heather celebrates 25 spec-tacular years working for opticians

A dispensing consultant and her colleagues have been celebrating after she’s racked up a quarter of a century working at a town’s opticians.Heather Wright has worked at Lynn’s Wigram and Ware Opticians for 25 years and says she cannot imagine working anywhere else.To mark the special occasion, she was treated by her colleagues to flowers, chocolates and a meal out at Lynn’s Pearl River.Wigram and Ware anniversaryHeather said: “Wigram and

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National News

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested in Parliament Square

Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested for failing to move out of the road in Parliament Square in their latest slow march. The group said 10 supporters, including a wheelchair-dependent, retired cook and members of Christian Climate Action, were detained by police on Wednesday. They were among a larger group of 56 activists who were staging a slow march near the Houses of Parliament, following earlier protest action in

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Sport

All Our Yesterdays sporting moments part two – students’ Italian job

• All Our Yesterdays photo nostalgia: May sporting moments part two:May 2003: Students from the Linnets football academy were provided with kit bags for their working holiday in Italy, donated by the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. They also received new matching polo shirts from the student union at the College of West Anglia.They played three matches against teams from the Juventus satellite centre, winning one and losing two. Seated

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