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Film Festival starts on Thursday

Movie buffs and cinema enthusiasts are in for a real treat as Lynn Film Festival starts on Thursday.The annual event, run by Lynn Community Cinema Club, is being staged mostly at the Corn Exchange Cinema in Tuesday Market Place, with a host of films on offer spread over four days.These include the chance to see family blockbusters like Elemental (PG) and The Greatest Showman (PG) on the big screen, while there are also international movies such as Mavka: The ForestRead More

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Here’s what you need to know ahead of Fawkes in the Walks fireworks event

A free fireworks display which was put back a week due to flooding will be lighting up the skies above a park in Lynn this evening.Fawkes in the Walks was called off last week after heavy rain made The Walks unsafe.Organisers West Norfolk Council confirmed earlier today that the popular fireworks display is set to go ahead tonight, with conditions better than they were last week.Fawkes in the Walks. Photos: Matthew UsherEntertainment is planned to start on stage at 6pmRead More

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Cat kicker caught after video footage went viral admits animal cruelty charge

A dog-walker caught on doorbell camera footage as he viciously kicked a 21-year-old cat into a road has been ordered to complete 300 hours of community work. Terry Bree, 71, was charged last month after “extremely distressing” video of the attack on the cat, which died three weeks later, was posted on social media. Bree pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on September 16. The town’s magistrates’Read More

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‘Extensive search’ carried out after reports of concern for safety

Police carried out an “extensive search” after being called to reports of a concern for safety in Lynn yesterday evening.Officers said they received the reports – related to the Hardings Way area – just before 7pm.In the hours that followed, residents in and around Lynn reported seeing and hearing a helicopter with a searchlight flying over the area.Police carried out an “extensive search” after being called to reports of a concern for safety in Lynn yesterday evening. Picture: iStockA NorfolkRead More

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Klopp has no case for the defence after Liverpools loss in Toulouse

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he is more concerned with side’s defensive display than the role VAR played in denying his side a late Europa League draw in Toulouse. Individual mistakes and a lack of collective cohesion saw the hosts take a 3-1 lead but Diogo Jota’s 89th-minute strike, after Cristian Casseres’ own goal had got them back into the game, set up a dramatic conclusion. In the seventh and final minute of added time 20-year-old centre-back Jarell Quansah thoughtRead More

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Evri invests 46m in customer service improvements ahead of Christmas

Delivery giant Evri has said it is investing £46 million to boost its customer service and operations ahead of the busy Christmas period. It said this will include a new automatic call-back service, through a new phone line, to help customers regarding any issues with orders. The courier, which was rebranded from Hermes last year, said the facility is expected to allow the business to connect 40% more people with advisers at its UK contact centre at its busiest period for parcels.Read More

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Retired boxer Tony Bellew is final name rumoured to join Im A Celebrity line up

Former professional boxer Tony Bellew is the final name rumoured to be heading into the Australian jungle on ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Britney Spears’ sister Jamie Lynn Spears, soap star Nick Pickard, This Morning presenter Josie Gibson and First Dates star Fred Sirieix are also reported to be part of the line-up, according to the Sun newspaper. Former Ukip and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said he is giving an offer to join theRead More

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People should adopt old fashioned ways of staying healthy Sir Chris Whitty

People should adopt “old-fashioned” methods to stay healthy as they get older because falling sick is not inevitable, England’s most senior doctor has said. Professor Sir Chris Whitty called on people to take responsibility for their own health with good diet and exercise, while calling on the Government to do more to make healthy lives the norm. People are living longer and, by 2050, a quarter of those in the UK will be over 65, but Sir Chris argued it should notRead More

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faces calls to sack Braverman after row over Met criticism sign off

Rishi Sunak is under pressure to sack Suella Braverman after she defied Downing Street by publishing an article accusing police of bias over protests in support of Palestine. Her claim that there is a perception some senior officers “play favourites”, only the latest inflammatory comment by the Home Secretary in recent days, has prompted frustration and unease among Conservative MPs and sparked calls for the Prime Minister to sack her after she failed to get Number 10 to sign off the TimesRead More

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