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Happiness locked up in grief as Israelis celebrate return of hostages

The freed Israelis included nine women and four children aged nine and under Family and friends of Israeli hostages released by Hamas have celebrated the return of their relatives as the militant group released 24 people it had held for weeks in the Gaza Strip. A crowd of Israelis gathered in a plaza dubbed Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to mark releases as part of a ceasefire swap deal. The

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Rwanda plan not the be all and end all says James Cleverly

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak remains under pressure to revive the policy after this month’s Supreme Court defeat The flagship Rwanda asylum plan is not the “be all and end all” of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, the Home Secretary has said. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak remains under pressure to revive the policy after this month’s Supreme Court defeat, with some Tory MPs also angered by latest data on legal

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Sharp cut in fuel prices after retailers given good prod by regulator AA says

Average petrol prices dropped twice as fast following a Competition and Markets Authority report Fuel retailers receiving “a good prod” from the competition regulator has sparked a sharp cut in pump prices, according to new analysis. Average petrol prices dropped twice as fast following a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report accusing retailers of not reflecting a decline in wholesale costs, the AA said. It took 31 days for prices

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Students making the news in November 2013

In our weekly Memory Lane Schooldays feature we go back to a high school in November 2013...Pupils at Lynn’s King Edward VII High School called in the Lynn News for help when they began work on their new house newspaper in November 2013.A team of students in the school’s Gloucester Windsor house were working on the first edition of the paper which they hoped to publish in December ahead of

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Samaritans receive £500 to help them continue vital work

A town’s Samaritans group has been boosted by a Rotary club, which will help to keep the branch running.The Samaritans’ Lynn branch on Queen Street is staffed by 100 volunteers who support people in need across the area primarily with loneliness, mental and physical health issues, relationship problems as well as home, work and school worries.Recently, the charity received a donation of £500 from the Trinity Rotary Club of King’s

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MP says he is ‘confident’ borough will have new hospital by 2030 to replace crumbling QEH

West Norfolk’s Conservative MPs have both said they are working closely with ministers to ensure Lynn’s crumbling Queen Elizabeth Hospital is replaced on time.It comes after a report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – which is a Government value watchdog – published a scathing report after an inquiry into the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) found that it had “no confidence” that the Government would deliver the new hospitals it

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Drink-driving motorcyclist sped through roundabout and ignored red light

A 24-year-old drink-driver sped around a busy town roundabout and ignored a red traffic light before being caught by police. Jordan Hardman, of St Ann’s Court in Lynn, pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, having committed the offence on October 10. Crown prosecutor Holly Postle told the court that just after 6pm on that date, police spotted Hardman driving a hired motorbike

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Man in 70s dies after being found with serious injuries on roundabout

A man in his 70s has died after he was found with serious injuries on Lynn’s Hardwick Roundabout this morning.Emergency services were called to the scene at around 9.50am, and road closures were put in place on the Hardwick flyover and roads surrounding the roundabout.Police, paramedics and an air ambulance responded to the incident.A stock image of Lynn’s Hardwick RoundaboutThe man received treatment but was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Trial date set for trio accused of stealing lambs from royal estate

Three women accused of stealing lambs from the King's estate will face a trial in Lynn in November next year.Sarah Foy, 23, of North Street, Alfreton Derbyshire, Rose Patterson, 34, of no fixed address and Rosa Sharkey, 23, of Mayville Estate, London, who are part of the Animal Rising activist group, are set to appear at Lynn Crown Court on November 4, 2024.The trio previously pleaded not guilty to one

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