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Plans for 600 new homes could soon take shape after being given green light

After mass objections, protests, and a public inquiry, a controversial housing development will soon be taking shape after passing a major hurdle.West Norfolk councillors have approved the 574-home Knights Hill project, which sits between the A149 and Grimston Road on the outskirts of Lynn.An outline of the Barratt David Wilson Homes development had already been approved but the latest application presented the layout and appearance of the site.Part of the site of the major planning application to build almost 600Read More

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Blackpool more popular than Benidorm as Britons choose staycations

British holidaymakers increasingly chose staycations this year amid wildfires across Europe and soaring air fares, with domestic trips proving popular again for 2024, according to accommodation search website Trivago. The group’s recently appointed chief executive Johannes Thomas said UK hotel bookings in the third and fourth quarters of the year are dominated by domestic destinations. The rising cost of flights has been a big factor in the increasing popularity of domestic holidays, he told the PA news agency. He said:Read More

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Calls for more action to tackle retail crime

Retail giant the Co-op is calling for more action to tackle crime in the sector amid a warning it has reached record levels. At the start of Respect for Shopworkers Week, the Co-op said repeat offenders and criminal gangs were operating “exempt from consequences”. The firm said its latest data showed that of the near 3,000 occasions this year where specialist security teams detained serious offenders in its stores, the police failed to show up almost four-fifths of the time,Read More

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One in four teachers say banter in schools is serious problem poll

One in four teachers think “banter” is a serious problem in their schools, a poll has found. More than three in five (62%) teachers agree there is a fine line between banter and bullying, according to the survey commissioned by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The poll, which questioned nearly 900 teachers in the UK between May and June, found 37% believe the effects of banter online are serious and 26% think it is a serious problem within their schools. More thanRead More

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CBBC presenter talks about new childrens book

A children’s TV presenter has talked about writing her new book aimed at helping to represent mixed-race children in literature. Gemma Hunt, who fronts the CBBC programme Swashbuckle, wrote the book for her own daughter, who has a mixed-race mother, a white father, a black grandmother, and a white grandfather, so that she could see a family like her own reflected in the books she reads. “We couldn’t find any children’s books that represented a family like ours,” said Gemma.Read More

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Braverman sacked as Home Secretary

Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary as Rishi Sunak took action following her unauthorised article criticising the way pro-Palestinian protests had been policed. A No 10 source said the Prime Minister “asked Suella Braverman to leave Government and she has accepted”. The Conservatives said Mr Sunak is carrying out a wider reshuffle which “strengthens his team in Government to deliver long-term decisions for a brighter future”. But sacking one of the leading figures on the Tory right couldRead More

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Family to meet minister over sentences for dangerous driving after three deaths

A family will challenge ministers over what they believe is the unduly lenient sentence for a man whose dangerous driving led to the deaths of their loved ones. Paul Carter, his wife Lisa, and Lisa’s daughter Jade Mace died on the A47 in Norfolk in January. Aurelijus Cielevicius pleaded guilty to causing their deaths by dangerous driving,. He was found to be under the influence of a cocktail of drugs and was driving at more than 90mph before the collisionRead More

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Yousaf and Robison should refer themselves for WhatsApp probe Tories say

First Minister Humza Yousaf and his deputy should refer themselves to the independent adviser for the ministerial code over suggestions they misled parliament, the Scottish Tories have said. Mr Yousaf and Shona Robison have been under fire in the past week after the Scottish Government published a timeline of its dealings with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and when it was asked to divulge WhatsApp messages. The timeline showed requests for messages had been made by the inquiry in February asRead More

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Sunak pledges hard headed foreign policy that helps shape the world

Rishi Sunak will outline his vision for a “hard-headed” foreign policy approach that defends UK values from adversaries at a time for “moral clarity” as war rages in the Middle East and Ukraine. The Prime Minister will speak of the UK’s desire to “shape the world” as he highlights his record on forging international partnerships on defence, trade and migration. Mr Sunak, who has claimed he represents change from his Tory predecessors, will pledge to leave behind “past dogmas, assumptionsRead More

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