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Buses set to be more frequent in borough

Four key bus services in West Norfolk have been extended as part of Norfolk County Council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan.The changes, which were implemented today (April 17) , affect Lynx bus services and mean that Castle Rising will get buses seven days a week and some buses from Lynn will be running on Sundays and bank holidays.Service 49/49A which runs from Lynn to Fakenham will see six additional journeys (three in each direction) Mondays to Fridays with two extra journeysRead More

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Sunak under investigation by standards watchdog over interest declaration

Rishi Sunak is under investigation after facing allegations of a possible failure to declare the shares his wife holds in a childcare agency that was boosted by the Budget. Parliament’s standards watchdog opened the inquiry into the Prime Minister under rules demanding MPs are “open and frank” when declaring their interests. The investigation relates to the shares Akshata Murty holds in Koru Kids, a Downing Street source told the PA news agency on Monday. Downing Street said the Prime MinisterRead More

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Britains Got Talent premiere sees fall in viewer numbers from last year

The return of Britain’s Got Talent has drawn around half a million fewer viewers than last year, when the show came back on air for the first time since the pandemic. ITV said the first episode of the 16th series had an average of 5.5 million viewers based on overnight figures. The peak viewing figure of the premiere of the talent show on Saturday at 8pm was 6.2 million viewers. The broadcaster said it was ITV1’s highest rated programme of the year based on overnight figures.Read More

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King and Queen Consort pick Coronation Quiche as celebratory recipe

The King and Queen Consort have personally chosen a recipe for “Coronation Quiche” in celebration of the Big Lunches due to be staged to mark their coronation. Charles and Camilla shared the recipe for the open baked savoury tart, which features spinach, broad beans and tarragon, the royal family’s official Twitter account revealed. For the late Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, Coronation Chicken – cold chicken in a curry cream sauce with a well-seasoned dressed salad of rice, greenRead More

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Salon wins hair and beauty award

Lynn-based salon Boldero & Filby have scooped up an award at the English Hair and Beauty Awards 2023.Reilly McDonald-Warner and Emily Chaplin attended the event at the Colwick Hall in Nottingham to accept the award on behalf of the salon on March 26.Boldero & Filby won ‘Best Hair and Beauty Salon East’ award.Reilly McDonald-Warner and Emily Chaplin from Boldero & Filby accepted the award on owner Emily Self's behalf. Picture: Alex Dodd (63527415)Owner Emily Self said: “The award ceremony wasRead More

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Russian opposition activist jailed for 25 years

A court in Moscow has convicted a top Kremlin opponent on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr, a prominent opposition activist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago. He has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator JosefRead More

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Five people taken to hospital after crash on main road

Three adults and two children were taken to hospital following a two-car crash on Lynn's Hardwick Road yesterday evening.One person was seriously injured in the collision, at the traffic lights between Sainsbury's and Tesco, which was reported at around 7pm.Police, firefighters and paramedics attended the scene and dealt with the incident, which closed the road to Scania Way and heading towards the Hardwick roundabout.Emergency services were on the scene of a crash on Lynn's Hardwick Road yesterday eveningA police spokespersonRead More

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Nikita Kuzmin reveals dream Strictly Come Dancing partner

Nikita Kuzmin has revealed that Graham Norton is his dream Strictly Come Dancing celebrity partner. The 25-year-old Ukrainian dancer has been a Strictly professional since 2021. Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Monday, Kuzmin was asked by presenter Sally Nugent about his ideal Strictly partner, to which he replied: “Well, I just recently said that I would really wish to have Graham Norton. “Just because I think it would be really good entertainment. I think it would be really interesting. “IRead More

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Spring Covid booster jab campaign begins

Millions are eligible for the spring Covid-19 booster from today as hundreds of thousands of vaccination appointments are made available to book through the NHS. Around five million people in total are eligible for a booster until the end of June, with the first vaccinations taking place from Monday across 3,000 sites in England. Eligible people include those aged 75 and over, and anyone aged five and over who has a weakened immune system, alongside the care home programme ofRead More

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