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Zoe wins first round of national young musician competition

A student has won the first round of a national music competition held in Lynn and will be progressing to the next stage.Violinist Zoe Burton, of Wisbech Grammar School, came first in the local round of the Rotary Young Musician Competition, meaning she will move on to the district round in February.Judged by Derek Oldfield, Avril Wright and Daniel Jenkins, other competitors included second-place Iryna Oliinyk, Christoper Tooley and Chantelle Verdad.Iryna Oliinyk, Zoe Burton, Christopher Tooley and Chantelle Verdad Picture:Read More

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Local News

Dangerous driver travelled through three red lights during car meet in town

A dangerous driver travelled through three red lights during an organised car meet in Lynn at the weekend.However, police have said that those involved dispersed “with very little issues” as a whole when ordered to by officers.The travelling meet had taken up a spot at the Hardwick Industrial Estate on Sunday after entering Norfolk at around 6.30pm. It had originated in Skegness before moving to Cambridge.The car meet took place at Lynn's Hardwick Industrial Estate. Picture: Google MapsPolice spoke toRead More

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Sport

Battling draw for Pedlars Reserves

Swaffham Reserves faced fourth-placed Horsford United in Division Three of the Anglian Combination on Saturday, fielding an aspiring young line-up, bolstered by a couple of experienced heads.Goalless in the first half, despite chances at both ends, the deadlock was finally broken by substitute Emre Upston, firing home from the edge of the box.The Pedlars then made it two with a superb effort from another substitute, Tyler Reeve, a shot from the left-hand side of the box beating the keeper andRead More

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Sport

Six of the best from Ladies

St Neots Ladies 2nd 1, Pelicans Ladies 6Pelicans made the early morning trip to St Neots to face a side bottom of the East Division 2NW.The game started off slowly, with the Pelicans not performing to their usual standard. A few shots towards goal were looking promising, but the visitors were struggling to put them away.Pelicans Ladies in action earlier this seasonLate on in the first half, St Neots went 1-0 up after catching the Pelicans on the counter. ThisRead More

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Sport

Runners tackle 10Ks

10K was the competition distance of the day for members of Ryston Runners at the weekend in various locations and over various terrains.Performance of the day on Sunday was notched up by Malcolm Tuff who, despite pre-race concerns over the weather, achieved his objective of qualifying for selection for the England team for next year’s Masters International 10K by running 38:02 for third place in the M55 category (158th overall out of over 2,000) on a Brighton seafront course, whippedRead More

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Sport

Athletes take part in Round two of the Norfolk Sportshall League

Round two of the Norfolk Sportshall League took place in Lynn, with 20 juniors taking part.With West Norfolk fielding a full team of U11 and U13 boys, team spirit was high on the day.The U11 boys performed well again, finishing third overall. The boys changed around events from the previous meeting so they could experience all of the available events.Ben Collison and Chris Elmer at the cross-country championshipsMatas Petreikis continued his winning streak with a first in the hurdles. JamesRead More

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Sport

Unlucky defeats for both sides

West Norfolk 17, Shelford 2nd 27West Norfolk welcomed the league leaders to Gatehouse Lane on Saturday knowing that they would need to pull out one of their best performances of the season to beat a side who had so far only lost once and already had eight try bonus points to their name.With both Lewis Rudd and JJ Hart unavailable in the forwards from the previous week, West welcomed back Nic Bull and Alex Miles. In the backs, George Lemon’sRead More

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Sport

Fakenham stay fifth after away defeat

Thurston 39, Fakenham 26Counties 2 Eastern CountiesFakenham’s eighth league fixture saw them travel to Thurston, a team they have enjoyed a number of good games with in recent years.Fakenham in action earlier this seasonThe visitors started the game in lightning-fast fashion, scoring twice within the first five minutes. First, winger Kyle Roberts crossed the whitewash, before full-back Murray Tindal followed suit, with co-captain and fly-half Lloyd Marshall slotting one of the conversions for a 12-0 lead.However, the home side foughtRead More

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National News

Action against Covid 19 was taken too late Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

Action should have been taken earlier against the spread of Covid-19, Sir Chris Whitty has said, though he denied warning ministers against lockdowns. In sometimes tense exchanges with Hugo Keith KC, lead counsel to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, England’s chief medical officer described how he had set out the downsides of locking down but argued that was not the same as saying it should not happen. Sir Chris was put under intense scrutiny following revelations from former chief scientific adviserRead More

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