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Pelicans pay tribute to ‘club legend’ following his death

Pelicans Hockey Club has paid tribute to one of its former playing stalwarts following his sudden death last week.Alan ‘Saggy’ Sagrott, 64, passed away last week after representing the club in a number of capacities for more than four decades.Saggrott was an incredibly agile, fearless goalkeeper and spent a number of years in the first team and was also a member of the very successful Pelicans indoor team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Pelicans stalwart and legend Alan SagrottRead More

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Sport

Linnets lose long-serving skipper to National League North rivals

King's Lynn Town have been dealt a huge blow with captain Michael Clunan leaving the club for pastures new at Scunthorpe United.Clunan has become the second player to leave the Linnets for the Iron following Tyler Denton's departure early last week.The 29-year-old made more than 300 appearances in a Lynn shirt and scored more than 56 goals from midfield.Michael Clunan who has left King's Lynn Town for Scunthorpe UnitedLynn were unable to keep hold of Clunan's services despite the bestRead More

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Local News

Groundsman has livelihood stolen from him as theives take tractor and trailer

A groundsman who works on football pitches across the county has had his livelihood stolen from him after somebody took his tractor and trailer last week.Chris Cracknell, from Fakenham, has worked on town’s football pitch for more than 10 years and has spoke of his struggles after his tractor, trailer and disc seeder were taken last week.At the beginning of this month, Chris had bought the equipment from a former employer to continue grounds-keeping on his own. But just aRead More

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Sport

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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