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Lynn club plays host to four-times world champion on Saturday

A four-times world champion thrilled a sell-out crowd as Mark Selby played an exhibition at the Maltings Q Club on Saturday night.Selby - fresh from his runners-up spot at this year's Cazoo World Championship - was joined by Chatteris cueman Joe Perry, and others, for an evening of snooker at the Lynn venue.Leicester-based Selby - the first player to make a 147 in a World Championship final - delighted the 100 fans present, compiling a number of centuries during hisRead More

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Local News

Popular discount store to close within two weeks

The doors at a popular town centre discount store will close within a fortnight.The Poundland premises on Broad Street in Lynn, within the Vancouver Quarter, are set to shut at the start of next month.Company bosses have said that although they wished to stay open at the site, their landlord has “asked them to leave”.The Poundland store on Broad Street will close at the start of JuneThe future of the building remains unclear.A spokesperson for Poundland told the Lynn News:Read More

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National News

Alison Hammond and Dermot OLeary to fill in as interim This Morning hosts

Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary will fill in as hosts on This Morning on Monday following Phillip Schofield’s departure from the show, ITV has confirmed. On Saturday, Schofield announced he was stepping down from presenting the ITV talk show with “immediate effect” after more than 20 years on the programme. Holly Willoughby, who Schofield has hosted alongside since 2009, will remain on the show but she is taking early half-term holiday leave next week and will return on June 5,Read More

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National News

Manchester City players and fans celebrate step one of the treble

Manchester City celebrated with their fans after being crowned Premier League champions for a fifth time in six seasons. City were presented with the trophy for a third season in succession after comfortably beating Chelsea 1-0 in their final home match of the campaign at a sun-drenched Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Their latest triumph could be the first leg of a treble with City still having the FA Cup and Champions League finals – in which they will face ManchesterRead More

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National News

Home Secretary set to face questions over her speeding ticket response

The Home Secretary is expected to face questions about claims she asked civil servants to help her to arrange a private speed awareness course as the threat of an inquiry hangs over her. The Prime Minister is expected to speak with Suella Braverman following suggestions her alleged request for support from Home Office officials after being caught speeding may have breached the ministerial code. Rishi Sunak, who faced questions about the Home Secretary’s handling of her speeding ticket while in Japan forRead More

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Local News

‘She didn’t want to be a drug addict or an alcoholic,’ said solicitor of shoplifter

A court heard how a woman was influenced by her partne to steal bottles of vodka and whiskey from a supermarket.Julie Hanks, 34, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and admitted shoplifting to the value of £40.50.Prosecutor Colette Harper outlined to the magistrates’ that on March 23, Hanks was in Sainsbury’s on the Hardwick Estate in Lynn and was seen with a man.Sainsbury's at Hardwick, King's Lynn.The man was seen on CCTV putting bottles of alcohol in Hanks’ bag.MitigatingRead More

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National News

Leeds pushed to brink of relegation after West Ham fight back for victory

Leeds were shoved to the brink of relegation from the Premier League after their ‘must-win’ match at West Ham ended in a 3-1 defeat. Sam Allardyce’s rescue mission reached crisis point after goals from Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Manuel Lanzini denied them the victory their new manager admitted they needed to have any realistic chance of staying up. Allardyce arrived at Elland Road as a last-ditch appointment with four games to go, but his first three matches have providedRead More

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National News

Andy Murray withdraws from French Open

Andy Murray has withdrawn from this year’s French Open, the PA news agency understands. The second grand slam of the year begins next week, but after struggling to find his best form on clay recently, the Scot will prioritise a busy grass-court schedule in the build-up to Wimbledon. Murray was beaten in the first round of the Italian Open and earlier this week made another early exit on clay after losing to Stan Wawrinka at an ATP Challenger event inRead More

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National News

Rescuers install boom in bid to stop cygnets being washed into weir

An animal charity has taken steps to protect nine baby swans which had to be rescued after shooting over the edge of a weir while swimming with their parents. The cygnets got into difficulties while paddling in a millpond in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, on Monday. A rescuer from charity Swan Support, which is based in Datchet, Berkshire, saved the chicks. Steve Hermon, who runs Swan Support with wife Wendy, clambered in and scooped the cygnets up in a net asRead More

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