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Bus timetable across the holiday weekend

For those travelling by bus to and from King's Lynn and surrounding areas, First Bus will run the following timetable across the Easter weekend.On Good Friday, April 7 it will be the usual Sunday timetables.For Saturday, April 8 it will be the normal Saturday timetables.Easter bus timetable (iStock picture)On Easter Sunday, April 9 and Easter Monday, April 10 it will be the Sunday timetables.Normal timetables will operate at all other times.

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Local News

Children’s charity appeals for help with refurb

A charity is appealing for help to refurbish a sensory room for children with disabilities.Break, which supports young people in care, is looking for help in its bid to refurbish the facilities in one of its Lynn homes.It opened ten years ago, and aims to benefit young people with disabilities with the sensory rooms - which can provide both stimulation to help learning and a calming environment to regulate emotions.Anna Zaremba, care home manager at the premises near Tennyson Avenue,Read More

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Local News

Blind pensioner will turn to charity for help when payments rise

A blind pensioner has said he will need to use a foodbank when his rent and service charges increase in April.Paul Smith, 77, lives in a one-bedroom flat managed by Freebridge Community Housing and is so concerned about his rent going up next month that he plans to use foodbanks to ease the squeeze on his finances.It comes after Freebridge have told him his rent will rise by £100 and the service charge is going up from £112 to £191.FoodbanksRead More

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National News

William Hill Group businesses to pay record 192m for failures

The fines are for “widespread and alarming” social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures Three gambling businesses owned by William Hill will pay a total of £19.2 million for “widespread and alarming” social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures, the Gambling Commission has announced. The settlement is the largest in the Gambling Commission’s history. WHG (International) Limited, which runs williamhill.com, will pay £12.5 million; Mr Green Limited, which runs mrgreen.com, will pay £3.7 million; and William Hill Organisation Limited, which operates 1,344Read More

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Sport

Heacham boss brushes aside talk of title

David Griggs has played down the significance of Heacham regaining top spot in the First Division North table following their 2-0 victory at Whittlesey Athletic on Saturday.Nathan Davies scored twice for Griggs’ side as close rivals Downham Town suffered a 3-2 defeat at AFC Sudbury Reserves.The Magpies now find themselves a point clear at the top going into tonight’s home clash against Holbeach at the Heacham Sports Field.Downham Town are also in action tonight when they travel to Parson Drove.DavidRead More

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National News

Harry deprived of parts of teenage years due to Mail publisher court told

The Duke of Sussex has made a surprise appearance at the High Court in London The Duke of Sussex claims he was “largely deprived” of important parts of his teenage years due to the unlawful actions of the Daily Mail’s publisher, court documents have shown as he made a surprise appearance at the High Court in London. Harry, Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon and Sadie Frost all attended the Royal Courts of JusticeRead More

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National News

MSPs set to back Humza Yousaf as Scotlands next first minister

He's due to be confirmed in the post later today, after winning the SNP leadership race Humza Yousaf will be chosen by MSPs to be the sixth first minister of Scotland after narrowly defeating his rivals in the race to lead the SNP. The 37-year-old will become the youngest to win the job as one of the country’s most powerful politicians when SNP and Scottish Green parliamentarians in Holyrood back him to take over from Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday. After he wins theRead More

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National News

Former pupil kills six in shooting at Nashville school

Police have named the gunwoman as 28 year old Audrey Hale The latest shooting at an elementary school in the United States which killed three children and three adults was carried out by a 28-year-old former pupil, according to police. Police named the gunwoman as Audrey Hale, who they said was transgender and carried out the attack after drawing a detailed map of The Covenant School in Nashville and conducting surveillance of the building. The victims were identified as nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus,Read More

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National News

Woman kills six in US school tragedy

A gunwoman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three pupils and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. The gunwoman died after being shot by police following the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 pupils. Police said the gunwoman was 28 and from Nashville, after initially saying she appearedRead More

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