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Police declare major incident and urge against travel to Cumbria after snowfall

Cumbria Police has urged people not to travel to the county on Sunday after it declared a major incident because of heavy snowfall on the county’s roads. The force said a multi-agency response was ongoing on Saturday evening to “minimise the challenges that heavy snowfall is continuing to have on the county’s road network”. It has urged people not to travel to the county on Sunday unless necessary, adding that some highway teams had been “verbally abused” as they attemptedRead More

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Drinker wound up in court after confronting bouncer who refused to let him into bar

A man wound up in court after confronting a town centre bar’s door staff because he had been separated from his friends.James Julian, 34, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on October 28 this year.James Julian was attempting to enter Bar 100 in Lynn when he became ‘aggressive’Crown prosecutor Holly Postle told the court that on that date, police officers wereRead More

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‘Don’t get on this slippery slope’: 18-year-old caught with drugs in town park

An 18-year-old who was caught with Class B drugs in a town park has been warned to get off a “slippery slope”.Povilas Zemlianskis, of Highfield in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with possession of cannabis.He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on February 1 this year. When walking through The Walks on that date at around midday, he was stopped by police officers using powers under the Misuse of Drugs Act.The Walks inRead More

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Local News

Chance pub chat sees big and wonky potatoes donated to food banks

A chance conversation in a local pub between a councillor and a farmer has led to a special delivery for families in need.Wonky potatoes considered too big for packaging for supermarkets have been bringing smiles to the faces of users of the local food bank thanks to that pub chat.Councillor Paul Kunes explained he was having a chat with his farmer friend in the pub when he happened to mention he had a couple of bags of potatoes that heRead More

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National News

Shane MacGowans wife joins calls for Fairytale Of New York to go to number one

Shane MacGowan’s wife says his song Fairytale Of New York “absolutely should” be the Christmas number one. Shane MacGowan’s wife says his song Fairytale Of New York “absolutely should” be the Christmas number one. The Pogues’ frontman died “peacefully” at 3am on Thursday with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke and family by his side, weeks before his 66th birthday on Christmas Day. Originally released in 1987, the band’s gritty festive song has never reached the top spot in the UKRead More

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50 oil companies pledge to reach near zero methane emissions by 2030

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of the United Nations climate talks said. The announcement by Sultan al-Jaber, president of the Cop28 summit and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, came as he and others have insisted his background would allow him to bring oil companies to the negotiating table. Mr al-Jaber has maintained that having theRead More

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Man 84 dies and two taken to hospital after house explosion in Edinburgh

An 84-year-old man has died after an explosion at a house in Edinburgh, Police Scotland said. Officers were called to the Baberton area of the city at 10.25pm on Friday after “multiple reports” about the blast. A 43-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were taken to hospital but their condition is unknown. The man who died was in a neighbouring property, the PA news agency understands. Police said there are no suspicious circumstances. A number of homes were evacuated asRead More

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Police raid Moscow gay bars after court labels LGBT movement extremist

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organisation. Police searched venues across the Russian capital, including a nightclub, a male sauna and a bar that hosted LGBT+ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, local media reported. Witnesses told journalists that clubgoers’ documents were checked and photographed by the security services, but added that managersRead More

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National News

Developing nations press rich world to fight climate change at Cop28 summit

Leaders of developing nations have used the second day of the UN climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face. The annual United Nations Conference of the Parties, known as Cop28, in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates featured about 150 presidents, prime ministers, royals and other leaders who are presenting plans to cut heat-trapping emissions and mostly seek unity with other nations to avert climate catastrophe.Read More

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