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Town’s distillery makes ‘gin of the month’ in national subscription club

A business in Lynn is celebrating after being crowned as having the “gin of the month” in the UK’s “biggest” gin subscription club.Gin distillers What a Hoot have been chosen from a shortlist as winning the gin of the month in the gin subscription club Craft Gin Club.It happened just in time for Coronation celebrations last weekend, with their citrusy “Hushwig” gin landing on the doorsteps of gin club subscribers around the country.What a Hoot's Hushwig gin featured in CraftRead More

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Second Lidl supermarket coming to town after plans approved

Lynn residents look certain to have a second Lidl store to choose from after the supermarket giant was given permission to build new premises in the town.Planning officers at West Norfolk Council have approved a bid from the budget retailer to set up shop at the fledgling Morston Point development, off Greenyard Way and close to the Hardwick industrial estate.The application was first submitted back in late 2018, and was given the go-ahead on April 27.A second Lynn Lidl storeRead More

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Fire crews help to pull dog and owner from mud

Fire crews gave a helping hand to a dog and owner who were trapped in mud.Appliances from Lynn North and Lynn South were sent to St Valery Lane at 11.42am yesterday after receiving reports of one person and the animal becoming stuck.Staff used a ladder to help release both, and a stop message was received shortly afterwards at 11.57am.St Valery Lane in South Lynn, where the person and their dog became trapped in mud. Picture: Google MapsDo you have aRead More

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Twelve new homes in village among planning applications lodged with local councils

Here are the latest plans submitted to West Norfolk Borough Council...Barton Bendish: 23/00614/F, Hill Farm, Boughton Long Road, installation of digestate tank and an extended concrete apron around the tank for access.Bircham: 23/00768/FM, land south of 16 Lynn Road, Great Bircham, construction of 12 new dwellings, change of use of land adjoining to shared woodland/meadow outdoor space.planning applicationsBrancaster: 23/00644/F, 14 Common Lane, Brancaster Staithe, proposed rear extension;23/00749/F, Fairways, 14 The Cricket Pasture, Burnham Deepdale, single storey rear extension to formRead More

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No enforcement action over release of Nicola Bulleys personal information

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will not be taking any enforcement action against Lancashire Police over its disclosure of missing mother Nicola Bulley’s personal information, the force has said. In an update issued on Tuesday, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) also said its investigation into an officer’s contact with Ms Bulley prior to her disappearance identified two areas of learning. The force came under heavy criticism after the 45-year-old’s body was pulled from the River Wyre in LancashireRead More

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Energy bills to drop from July experts say

Energy bills are expected to drop significantly from the start of July, according to new analysis released on Tuesday. Energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight said it thinks the price cap on energy bills will fall by more than £1,200 for the average household when it is next updated. However, because the Government bill support, which has artificially lowered bills, will fall away, households will only be around £437 better off per year on average. The analysts at Cornwall said theyRead More

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Trump rape case jury to begin deliberations

A jury in New York City is set to begin its deliberations in a civil trial over advice columnist E Jean Carroll’s claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996. US District Judge Lewis A Kaplan will read instructions on the law to the nine-person jury for about an hour before jurors begin discussing the civil claims of battery and defamation. If they believe Ms Carroll, jurors can award compensatory and punitive damages. Trump,Read More

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Sunak gets clean bill of health during visit to pharmacist

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was given a clean bill of health when he provided an “extremely fit” blood pressure reading during a visit to a pharmacist to promote his plan to expand primary health care. Pharmacist Peter Baillie asked the Conservative leader to roll up his sleeves for the test during a visit to Weston Lane Surgery in Weston, Southampton – the Hampshire city where the Prime Minister was brought up by his GP father and pharmacist mother – on Tuesday morning.Read More

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Alpines Sophia Floersch sets sights on F1 after recovering from fractured spine

Sophia Floersch has set her sights on competing in Formula One “in the next three to five years” after recovering from a spinal fracture. The 22-year-old currently drives for PHM Racing by Charouz in Formula Three, and has also taken part in endurance events such as Le Mans. Floersch’s F1 aspirations are all the more remarkable given she broke her spine in a horrific crash at the 2018 Macau Grand Prix, aged 17. The German driver’s incredible return to theRead More

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