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Elaine, 101, is VIP as she opens up fair

The oldest member of a West Norfolk church community became a VIP when she officially opened its fundraising Spring Fair.For 101-year-old Elaine Price-Jones, Saturday’s event proved to be a trip down memory lane when she was able to chat to people she hadn’t seen for many years.Mrs Price-Jones, wearing one of her trademark elegant outfits, performed the opening of St Faith’s Anglican and Methodist Church Spring Fair in the Church

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Local News

Leisure centre heat pump installed by company wins award

Renewable heating experts Finn Geotherm, have scored a double-win in the Energy Efficiency Awards for the East of England for a project at Lynnsport.The awards recognise businesses and organisations who are making strides in cutting carbon emissions and increasing energy efficiency.Finn Geotherm was awarded Large Scale Project of the Year for its air source heat pump installation at the Lynn leisure centre.Guy Ransom and Leanne Gill of Finn Geotherm (both

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Local News

Volunteers do their bit in national spring clean

Harding’s Pits Community Association (HPCA) joined the annual national event, Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean.Volunteers joined in to do their bit for the environment, collecting more than 30 bags of rubbish from the Lynn site, most of which was recyclable, including alcoholic drinks bottles.Rob Archer, chairman of HPCA said: “Our volunteers clear litter from the site throughout the year and we can see all the rubbish which has

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Local News

Run event celebrates women

Lynn parkrun participants donned purple running tops in celebration of International Women’s Day.Gary Walker, event director said: “With the ladies taking on the volunteering roles and the sun shining after a day of terrible weather, the 263 runners had nothing to worry about.“Whilst thousands of women and girls participate in parkrun every weekend, we know that females are less likely to come along after they have registered.”Lynn parkrun participants adorned

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Sport

Downham Town extend lead at top of the table

A late equaliser denied Downham Town a tenth straight win in the Thurlow Nunn First Division North last night – but the league leaders still extended their lead at the top of the table.The SCL Memorial Field outfit, who created numerous chances and were twice denied a penalty, were twice pegged back by Whittlesey Athletic in a 2-2 draw after taking the lead through George Watts Sturrock and Joe Jackson.After

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National News

Boris Johnsons political career in peril after combative partygate inquiry hearing

He'll now have to await the verdict of the Privileges Committee Boris Johnson is fighting for his political future after MPs investigating his partygate denials denounced the “flimsy” assurances they were based on. In at times short-tempered testimony lasting more than three hours, the former prime minister insisted there was not a “shred of evidence” to show he lied to MPs. It would have been “utterly insane” for him to have

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Sport

“We still believe we can win the league, we’ve got no qualms about that,” says Linnets boss

King's Lynn Town manager Tommy Widdrington has not yet given up on winning the National League North title, despite rivals AFC Fylde showing little sign of slipping up.The Coasters hold a five-point lead over the Linnets at the summit following Tuesday night's 1-0 at The Walks, but crucially have two games in hand.But Widdrington, whose side travel to Hereford on Saturday, is refusing to throw in towel just yet, insisting

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National News

Sunak claims strong support for NI Brexit deal after seeing off Tory rebels

Rishi Sunak has hailed the “incredibly strong support” for his new deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland after seeing off a backbench revolt by Tory hardliners. A total of 22 Conservative rebels, including former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, defied a three-line whip to vote against regulations to implement a key plank of the Windsor Framework agreement. The so-called Stormont brake, designed to give

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National News

Strong Support for Windsor Framework insists Sunak

Rishi Sunak has hailed the “incredibly strong support” for his new deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland after seeing off a backbench revolt by Tory hardliners. A total of 22 Conservative rebels, including former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, defied a three-line whip to vote against regulations to implement a key plank of the Windsor Framework agreement. The so-called Stormont brake, designed to give

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