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Scottish Labour ask Heath Secretary for Covid support

The Health Secretary must take urgent action to end the “betrayal” of long Covid sufferers started by his predecessor, Scottish Labour has said. The party’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said thousands of sufferers are living a “precarious existence” and risk being forgotten about by the Scottish Government if action is not taken. An estimated 172,000 people in Scotland are reported to be living with long Covid and many are unable to work due to the condition. Scottish Labour said theRead More

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Downham promotion is just reward for so many people at the club, says joint boss

Joint Downham Town manager Craig Dickson says promotion to the Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division is just reward for so many people at the club.Downham rubber-stamped their elevation to Step 5 football for the first time in the club's history with a resounding 4-0 victory over Harwich and Parkeston at the SCL Memorial Field.John Fysh has been involved at the club in some capacity for more than 60 years and long-serving defender Pat Yates, who has played for the RedsRead More

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Optimism is sustainable Michael J Fox talks about his worsening Parkinsons

Back To The Future film series star Michael J Fox has said that “optimism is sustainable” in the face of Parkinson’s despite the disease becoming “harder and tougher” to live with. The 61-year-old activist and former Hollywood actor – who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease a year after Back To The Future Part III was released in 1990 – is also known for the films Teen Wolf and Doc Hollywood along with the series Spin City. Fox told CBS Sunday Morning: “It sucks, having Parkinson’s… for some families, some people, it’s a nightmare, it’s a living hell. They have to dealRead More

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Liz Truss contests 12000 bill over use of Chevening country retreat

Liz Truss is contesting a Government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate, the Mail on Sunday reported. The invoice covers the period last summer when she was preparing for her short-lived premiership and is understood to have been received by Ms Truss several weeks ago. The GovernmentRead More

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Red Bulls Sergio Perez dominates in Azerbaijan

Sergio Perez breathed fresh life into this season’s world championship by beating Max Verstappen to victory in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez took advantage of an early safety car to stop for new tyres and leapfrog Verstappen in the other Red Bull. The Mexican controlled the remainder of the race to take the chequered flag 2.1 seconds clear of Verstappen. Charles Leclerc, who started on pole position, finished third for Ferrari with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso fourth. Lewis Hamilton finishedRead More

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Linnets boss feels his side have ‘momentum’ heading into play-offs

King's Lynn Town's focus will not waver and manager Mark Hughes believes his players have momentum on their side heading into the National League North play-offs.Seven successive wins at the end of the season weren't quite enough to get Lynn over the automatic promotion line as AFC Fylde claimed the title on the final day of a pulsating campaign.Lynn will entertain either Alfreton Town or Kidderminster Harriers in the play-off semi-finals at the Walks next Sunday (3.30pm) and, if theyRead More

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Millions around world asked to cry out in support of King at coronation

The public watching at home will be invited to play an active role in the ceremony for the first time ever Millions watching the coronation around the world are to be asked to cry out and swear allegiance to the King, with the public given an active role in the ancient ceremony for the first time in history. Charles’s coronation has been modernised to include the first ever Homage of the People. Lambeth Palace said it was hoped the significant change to the historic service willRead More

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NHS braced for large scale disruption as nurses prepare for 28 hour strike

Royal College of Nursing members will walk out from 8pm tonight NHS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer. The union initially said it would not agree to derogations – broad areas of care where staffing is guaranteed despite industrial action – butRead More

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Downham promoted after play-off final win

Downham Town 4 Harwich and Parkeston 0Downham Town are celebrating promotion to Step 5 of the football pyramid for the first time in the club's history.Dale Stokes and Craig Dickson's side made sure there was no slip-up in this afternoon's play-off final against Harwich and Parkeston with a dominant 4-0 victory at the SCL Memorial Field.The home side scored two goals in either half to send the Reds into the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division with a convincing performan in frontRead More

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