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Machete wielding teen detained in Somerset

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after two teenagers were reportedly threatened with a machete in a Somerset town. Officers were called to Parkway in Bridgwater at around 6.10pm on Saturday June 3. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested later the same evening and remains in police custody. Avon and Somerset Constabulary said they were aware of footage posted on social media which showed a child running through the town with a machete. PCSO supervisorRead More

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National News

Landslide kills 19 in China

A landslide struck a rural district in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Sunday morning, killing 19 people and leaving several others missing, authorities said. The mountainous region has seen rainfall lasting weeks, saturating the top soil. More than 180 people were helping to find those buried under the debris in Sichuan’s Leshan county, with the search continuing into the afternoon, the Communist Party committee of Jinhouke district said on its social media account. Those killed were all apparently workers with the JinkaiyuanRead More

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Local News

Partial road closure in place on main town road

A partial road closure has been put in place amid apparent work at a town library.A portion of London Road in Lynn has been shut off as work crews operate outside the historic building.Reports suggest that a water leak has occurred, but the Lynn News has contacted Anglian Water for confirmation.A partial closure has been put in place outside Lynn's libraryDiversion signs are in place as far back as the Southgates roundabout, but drivers can still travel down the streetRead More

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National News

EastEnders wins best soap as Jane McDonald takes over hosting duties

She replaced Philip Schofield at the event at The Lowry in Salford Quays EastEnders has been crowned best soap at the British Soap Awards, where host Jane McDonald proved a hit after taking over from Phillip Schofield. The ceremony, at The Lowry in Salford Quays, was presented by McDonald after she stepped in to replace Schofield when he quit ITV amid a furore over his extramarital affair with a younger male colleague. Wearing a gold sequinned floor-length dress, McDonald told the audience: “I’ve got toRead More

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National News

King gives up his Welsh home on edge of Brecon Beacons

It was bought for £1.2 million in March 2007 The King is giving up his home in Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Llwynywermod, near Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, was bought for £1.2 million by the Duchy of Cornwall estate on behalf of the then prince in March 2007 after he spent 40 years searching for the right place. The former coach house and farm buildings are at the centre of 192 acres of idyllic rolling countryside. The Telegraph said thatRead More

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National News

Dua Lipa calls ministers language on migrants short sighted and small minded

The pop star was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents Pop star Dua Lipa has criticised the way ministers have discussed migrants as “short-sighted and small-minded”. Lipa, born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, said the way the Government has discussed Albanians caused her “hurt” as she called for “more empathy”. Home Secretary Suella Braverman singled out “Albanian criminals” as she claimed there was an “invasion” of England in a Commons debate on small boat crossings of the Channel. In an interview with theRead More

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National News

India minister says signal error led to rail crash that killed more than 300

The error led to one of the trains involved wrongly changing tracks The rail crash in eastern India which killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds of others was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system which led to a train wrongly changing tracks, India’s railways minister said on Sunday. “Who has done it and what is the reason will come out of an investigation,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said in an interview with New Delhi Television network. The explanation came as authoritiesRead More

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Local News

Students awarded for work raising awareness of drink-spiking

A group of students at Springwood High School have won two awards in the Young Enterprise Programme for their entrepreneurial abilities.The young entrepreneurs have been tackling the issue of the link between drink spiking and sexual assault and their innovative efforts were rewarded.Students Freddie Burt, Will Bland, Lexi Ampohmah and Edwin Muji set up a sexual assault awareness company SAWARE, with the aim of promoting awareness of drink spiking and its potential to lead to sexual assault.Students at Springwood HighRead More

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Local News

Man who found purse bought whiskey, tobacco and food using woman’s bank card

A Lynn man was in court after finding a woman’s purse on the floor and using her bank card to go shopping.Daniel Parsons, 28, of Bransby Close, admitted to the offence of fraud at the town’s magistrates court on Thursday.It comes after Parsons found a purse on Loke Road on April 15 and decided to pick it up and go to the Premier off-licence.Parsons took the bank card into the Premier on Loke RoadProsecutor Stephen Munton told the magistrates thatRead More

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