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Home Office failings causing significant costs to emergency services report

Britain’s blue light services are facing “significant costs” because of Home Office failures with a scandal-hit project for a new communications system, MPs have warned. The proposed new Emergency Services Network (ESN), first announced in 2015, was supposed to have replaced the ageing Airwave system for police, fire and ambulance services in England, Scotland and Wales, by 2020. But the Government still does not know when the replacement network will be ready, despite already spending £2 billion on the project, the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said.Read More

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Local News

‘It was a thrill for staff and customers’: Rock band visit two town businesses before headlining festival

A rock band who performed at Lynn’s Festival Too at the weekend gave two local businesses a shout-out during their headline set.It came after Feeder, who are most well-known for their hits including Buck Rogers and Just A Day, visited both the Bank House hotel, bar and restaurant and WhataHoot distillery, bar and gin school on Saturday afternoon.Abbie Panks, who is a member of the Festival Too committee, took the band on a short tour of the town ahead ofRead More

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National News

Funeral takes place of Nottingham victim Barnaby Webber

The funeral is taking place of one of the victims of the Nottingham attacks. The funeral is taking place of one of the victims of the Nottingham attacks. Family and friends will gather in Taunton, Somerset to pay their respects to Barnaby Webber, 19, who died after being attacked in Nottingham on June 13. Hundreds of people, including friends from Taunton School and the University of Nottingham, are expected fill Taunton Minister while many more will gather outside to watchRead More

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National News

NatWest sets goal to support 10 million people per year with financial wellbeing

NatWest is planning to help 10 million people to manage their financial wellbeing per year by the end of 2027. The bank aims to reach the target through methods such as digital tools, financial health checks, and its “know your credit score” service, which is also available to non-customers. NatWest Group chief executive Alison Rose said: “We recognise the important role we play in helping people build their financial capability.” The bank said there will be an incremental approach, starting with 6.5Read More

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Local News

Jess Watch: Former Lynn resident among couples who could be dumped from villa

While the last few episodes of Love Island have seen Jess and Sammy reconcile for hopefully one final time, is it the end of their journey on the hit ITV show?The couple have been revealed as one of three vulnerable pairings who could be leaving the Mallorcan villa.But as always, there’s a lot to get through before we get to that point! So let’s rewind back to Monday’s episode, when Jess and Sammy were on the rocks following the revelationsRead More

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National News

Poundland cashes in on demand for budget food and essentials

Shoppers hunting for deals on food and household essentials have driven up sales at Poundland in recent months, the budget retailer’s owner said. Pepco Group, which owns the Pepco and Dealz brands in Europe and Poundland in the UK, saw its revenues grow as it opened new stores and kept prices low. Poundland revenues jumped by 9% to 539 million euros (£460 million) in the three months to the end of June, compared with the same period last year. The firm said the increase wasRead More

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National News

William praises inspirational Dele Alli for revealing mental health struggles

The Prince of Wales has called footballer Dele Alli “brave and inspirational” for speaking out about his mental health struggles, telling him “We’re all with you”. William shared his message after the Everton midfielder revealed that he had suffered sexual abuse as a child and has battled a sleeping pill addiction, coming out of rehab last month. In an emotional interview, England international Alli fought back tears as he said he was sexually abused at the age of six and was dealing drugs by theRead More

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Local News

New partnership launches five-year responsible waste scheme for town centre

Visitors, shoppers and traders are set to benefit from a new scheme aiming to reduce waste from Lynn going to landfill, thanks to a new partnership.Anglian Recycling has beat off stiff competition to become the new waste and recycling partner for Business Improvement District (BID) Discover King’s Lynn over the next five years.BID manager Vicky Etheridge said: “We are so excited to be working with Anglian to help reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill. This will giveRead More

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Local News

‘People want to talk to people rather than use a ticket machine’

Campaigners have called for ticket offices to be saved as they protested outside of Lynn rail station this morning.Representatives from the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) union and the area’s Trade Unions Council (TUC), as well as concerned passengers were among those who gathered at the station, in a bid to get the Rail Delivery Group proposals to close almost all the facilities reversed.A public consultation has been launched on the plans, which would see bothRead More

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