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Prezzo to shut 46 restaurants

Prezzo is to shut 46 loss-making restaurants after being hit hard by soaring energy and food costs.The Italian restaurant chain has said about 810 workers are at risk of redundancy as part of the overhaul.Bosses at the private equity-owned businesses said the cuts, which are part of a broader strategic review, will affect sites where “the post-Covid recovery has proved harder than we had hoped”.Prezzo. The Italian restaurant chain has

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Sisters assaulted victims in ‘unprovoked attack’

Two sisters carried out an “unprovoked attack” on two people in a pub’s beer garden.Rebecca Evans, 42, of Mill Road, Walpole Highway, and Tara English, 38, of Highgate, Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where they each admitted two cases of assault by beating and causing criminal damage.Prosecutor Nishma Shah outlined to the magistrates’ that the incident happened on November 4, 2022, when Evans and her sister

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Man sent to crown court after being accused of possessing criminal property

Magistrates decided their sentencing powers were not enough to deal with a man accused of possessing a large amount of tobacco without paying duty.Andruis Majauskas, 47, of Dukes Place in Lynn, is also accused of possessing criminal property.He was advised by the duty solicitor George Sorrell not to indicate a plea, and magistrates made their decision after hearing the prosecution case outlined by Nishma Shah.Majauskas has been sent to Norwich

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National News

20 of people less confident than six months ago about paying rent or mortgage

Renters, single people and the “squeezed middle” generation are particularly likely to have lost confidence in recent months in their ability to cover their housing costs, a survey suggests. The research was released as HSBC UK and housing charity Shelter announced a new partnership to support the financial health of people and communities during the cost-of-living crisis and “help break the vicious circle of homelessness”. One in five (20%) people

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Sunak to lead major business event

The Prime Minister is to kick off a conference that will look to increase opportunities for the private sector to boost economic growth. The Business Connect event on Monday will gather industry leaders and investors together with Government ministers for “direct and detailed discussions”, according to Downing Street. No 10 said the London gathering of 200 of the UK’s highest-profile chief executives was about recognising that the UK Government cannot

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Womens race winner not expecting to win Mo signs off in 9th

Sifan Hassan only entered the London Marathon to see if she could finish it. Yet despite stopping twice, once through injury and once as she tried to grab a drink, the 30-year-old track specialist won it. On the day the capital said farewell to Sir Mo Farah, who finished ninth in his final crack at the famous race, two new distance stars emerged. Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete Hassan’s remarkable victory, in

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Sport

Heacham boss describes latest promotion as ‘crazy’

Winning promotion may have become second nature to David Griggs in the last decade, but it didn't stop him from showing his emotion after the club's latest triumph.The Heacham boss basked in the celebrations before trying to come to terms with another momentous day for the village side after an eighth successive promotion."I don't know whether to fall on the floor or what, it hasn't sunk in yet," he said."It's

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Man used violent language to police while dealing with a serious crash

A man who was using “abusive language” to police officers at the scene of a serious crash was also found guilty of being in charge of a bicycle while drunk.Jason Bell, 53, of Dawbar Close, Gaywood, appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he admitted to three offences.He pleaded guilty to failing to stop on a bicycle as well as being drunk and in charge of it. He also

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Sport

Heacham pip Downham to promotion after final day demolition job

Nine years ago, Heacham manager David Griggs was pleading league officials not to relegate his side from the North West Norfolk League.Wind the clock forward, the tiny village club is pinching itself after completing an eighth successive promotion to Step 5 of the non league pyramid by being crowned champions of the First Division North.The Magpies wrote another chapter in their fairy tale rise as they made sure there was

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Shocking price hikes push biggest mobile providers down customer rankings

Mobile phone users are being hit with “shocking” mid-contract price hikes by the country’s biggest networks when they could be getting better deals and strong service elsewhere, according to an influential survey. The “big four” network giants O2, EE, Vodafone and Three were outperformed by smaller firms in the annual survey of best and worst mobile phone providers by consumer group Which?. Consumers could be finding better value and good

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