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Dubai 7s date for West Norfolk rugby ace

West Norfolk rugby star Georgie Lingham jetted to the sun this week to play for the Hammerheads in one of rugby’s most famous fixtures - the Dubai 7s.Lingham is building up her game time and pitch presence ahead of the Olympics next summer.As a North Wootton native, Lingham has been part of the local rugby club since the start of her journey, already having had the honour of representing England and setting an example for local girls who are eitherRead More

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Sport

Pelicans held to home draw

Pelicans 1 Cambridge South 1sts 1Pelicans dropped points for the first time at home this season - but their bid for East Men's Division 1 North glory remains firmly in their sights.Come the end of the season they might reflect on this results as a point gained rather than two points dropped against a well-organised Cambridge South side.Pelicans took the league early in the first half thanks to their captain Sam Phillips who drag flicked a short corner beautifully intoRead More

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National News

Final chance to see pandas at Edinburgh Zoo ahead of their return to China

Visitors have one final opportunity to say goodbye to Britain’s only giant pandas before zoo keepers get them ready to make their way back to China. Yang Guang and Tian Tian have lived at Edinburgh Zoo since 2011 as part of a 10-year agreement between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Access to the panda enclosure will be restricted from 3.30pm on Thursday as preparations to return the bears to China get underRead More

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National News

Citizens Advice warning as many turn to buy now pay later to fund Christmas

More than a quarter of UK adults say they are likely to use buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) to help ease spending over the festive period, Citizens Advice has found. The charity said it was braced to provide debt support in the New Year as some 28% of consumers – the equivalent of 15.1 million people – plan to use the unregulated credit for Christmas spending, rising to 56% of parents with primary school-age children. The advisory service warned that those now unableRead More

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National News

GPs must be given more support to deliver continuity of care report

GPs must be given more support to delivery continuity of care for patients, the safety investigator has recommended. The Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) looked into whether patients could see the same GP and whether records reflected they had come back repeatedly with the same problem. It comes after a man who had recovered from breast cancer visited his GP surgery repeatedly with back pain and also went to A&E where his family said he was accused of wastingRead More

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National News

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

Henry Kissinger, the US secretary of state who dominated foreign policy under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has died aged 100, his consulting firm Kissinger Associates said. The firm said in a statement Mr Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut and is survived by his wife Nancy, two children, David and Elizabeth and his five grandchildren. Mr Kissinger was born in southern Germany in 1923 before he fled Nazi Germany to the US in 1938. In 1969,Read More

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National News

UK mortgage approvals increase after interest rates held at 525

The number of mortgages approved for home buyers picked up last month after interest rates were held steady and mortgage increases eased. Bank of England figures showed that 47,400 mortgages were approved for house purchases in October. The Bank’s monthly Money And Credit report revealed the improvement from the eight-month low of 43,300 recorded in September. It also showed that 23,700 remortgaging approvals were recorded in October, recovering from 20,600 in the previous month, which had been the lowest sinceRead More

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History and justice on side of Greek claim to Elgin Marbles says minister

Greece’s foreign minister has pushed for Athens to take back the Elgin Marbles as he attended a summit with Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron. Giorgos Gerapetritis said Greece’s call for the Parthenon Sculptures to be returned from the British Museum was based on “history” and “justice”. A diplomatic row over the sculptures was triggered when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled Tuesday’s planned meeting with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with No 10 claiming he reneged on assurances not to campaign publicly forRead More

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UK set for slower growth next year as economy lags behind G7 peers OECD

The UK economy is set for the second-slowest growth of the world’s G7 advanced economies, according to new forecasts. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reduced its forecast UK growth rate for 2024. Growth across the global economy has been stronger than expected but is beginning to slow as higher interest rates, weaker trade and lower business and consumer confidence take a toll, economists for the globally recognised organisation said. Britain is forecast to have the slowestRead More

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