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No option off the table for TransPennine Express

That's according to the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper Transport Secretary Mark Harper said “no option is off the table” ahead of his decision on whether to renew the contract of train company TransPennine Express (TPE). Passengers of the FirstGroup-owned company have suffered from widespread delays and cancellations over the past year. Its contract to run the service expires on May 28. Commons Transport Select Committee member Mike Amesbury, the Labour MP for Weaver Vale in Cheshire, told Mr Harper thatRead More

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Local News

Southgates revamp approved as critics accused of ‘moaning for sake of it’

Objectors to a multi-million-pound scheme to improve an historic gateway to a town have been accused of “moaning for the sake of it”.Plans to redevelop the Southgates area of Lynn – a key entry into the town – will see the space around the 600-year-old fortification pedestrianised, with the main road diverted and a roundabout replaced by new junctions.But opposition councillors at West Norfolk Council have repeatedly raised concerns about the project, including where extra funding will come from toRead More

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Local News

Volunteer completes 18 months of help

A parkrun volunteer has completed 18 months of helping out at the weekly Lynn event as part of her Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Gold Award.Springwood High School student Kacie Jackson-Cook joined 28 other volunteers and 245 runners on Saturday, April 8 for the Easter parkrun.Having first decided on what to do for the volunteering section of her Gold DofE Award in October 2021, Kacie finally completed the 18 months of volunteering on her 68th event.Parkrun DofE Gold Volunteer PresentationShe wasRead More

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Beer sales waver for Heineken as prices shoot up

Beer prices have shot up but sales have begun to decline, alcohol giant Heineken said as the business and punters have felt the effects of higher inflation. Heineken, which owns hundreds of brands including Amstel, Birra Moretti, Beavertown and ciders Strongbow and Orchard Thieves, said average selling prices were 12% higher in the latest quarter compared with the previous year. It helped lift the global brewer’s revenues by around 5% in the UK over the first three months of the year.Read More

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National News

Warnings parts of England becoming dental deserts due to NHS dentist shortage

Fewer than half of children saw a dentist in the past year in England, with opposition MPs warning parts of the country have become “dental deserts”. Data commissioned by the Liberal Democrats found there are as many as 3,000 people per NHS dentist in some English areas. Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey is expected to caution on Wednesday that the dental crisis is leading desperate people to resort to performing so-called DIY dentistry. His party is calling for anRead More

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Local News

Man accused of assaulting police officer to face trial

A man will face a trial after being accused of attacking a police officer.Mark Cook, 51, of Edmundsbury Road, Lynn, appeared at the town's magistrates' court on Thursday where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault on an emergency worker.Cook however did plead guilty to another charge of using threatening words to cause alarm or distress.Mark Cook will face a trial at Lynn's Magistrates' Court on August 8Due to his not guilty plea, Cook will face trial andRead More

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Local News

Witnesses sought after boys racially assaulted in park

Police want to speak to any witnesses after a racially aggravated assault involving children in Lynn.Officers said the incident happened on Sunday at around 3pm, when a teenage boy approached two younger boys at a park on Reffley Lane.Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Nathan Holt at Lynn Police Station on 101, quoting crime reference 36/27221/23.Park on Reffley Lane in King's Lynn. Picture: Google MapsAlternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Local News

CCTV shows killer walking with victim hours before murder

Chilling CCTV shows the moment a killer walked with a woman she had just met back to a flat just hours before stabbing her to death.Birute Klicneliene, 51, was handed a life sentence after she murdered mum Dace Kalkerte, 50, in a brutal attack on April 15 last year.Mrs Kalkerte was stabbed 16 times and sustained nine other wounds during the frenzied attack in her own first-floor flat in Lynn. CCTV captured the pair chatting as they walked back throughRead More

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National News

Platinum Jubilee Paddington sketch in running to be named TV moment of the year

Paddington’s meeting with the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations is in the running to be voted the TV moment of the year at the Bafta Television Awards. The comedy sketch, part of the BBC’s Party At The Palace broadcast, saw the duffle-coat-wearing bear offer the late monarch a marmalade sandwich from his hat during a cream tea at Buckingham Palace. The Queen responded by revealing she also loves marmalade sandwiches, and keeps an emergency stash in her handbag “for later”.Read More

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