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Toy company raises more than £2,700 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices

Employees from Lynn-based educational toys company Learning Resources laced up their hiking boots to take on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge as one of the company’s annual fund-raising events.In a test of endurance, the team completed the 24-mile round trip – which includes more than 1,500m of ascent – and made it to the finish line in under 12 hours.Their efforts raised more than £2,700 which will be donated to

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‘It’s a step backwards’: Campaigners to call for reversal of plans to shut station ticket offices

Campaigners will be joining forces in Lynn tomorrow as they call on rail operators to reverse plans to close ticket offices.It comes after the Rail Delivery Group confirmed proposals last week to close almost all but the busiest facilities.A public consultation has been launched on the plans, which would see both Lynn and Downham rail stations lose their ticket offices and instead have employees move onto concourses in a bid

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National News

Olivia Pratt Korbels killer loses first step of sentence appeal bid

The killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has lost the first step of a bid to appeal against his prison sentence. Thomas Cashman, 34, was jailed for life for shooting Olivia dead at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22 last year. His application for permission to challenge his 42-year minimum term has been rejected by a judge without a hearing, Court of Appeal staff confirmed on Wednesday. Cashman is

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Gatwick worst performing European airport for air traffic control delays

Gatwick is suffering more flight delays due to air traffic control (ATC) limits than any other major European airport, according to an airline veteran. Willie Walsh, director-general of global airline body the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said figures from Eurocontrol, which manages European airspace, show the West Sussex airport is being hit by “severe impacts”. EasyJet cancelled 1,700 summer flights earlier this week – mostly from Gatwick – in response to what

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Jeremy Vine says unnamed BBC presenter needs to come forward now

TV and radio star Jeremy Vine has said the unnamed presenter at the heart of the BBC furore “needs to come forward” adding that “the longer he leaves it the worse it will be for him”. Vine and Piers Morgan are among the high-profile figures who have called for the unnamed BBC presenter to go public, with a number of other BBC stars including Gary Lineker, Nicky Campbell, Rylan Clark

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Ambulance service accused of covering up errors when patients died apologises

Ambulance bosses have apologised to families after staff were accused of covering up errors and withholding evidence from coroners when patients died. An independent review has been completed into how the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) did not give some relatives a full explanation of the death of a loved one, if mistakes were made. The review, led by retired hospital boss Dame Marianne Griffiths, also looked at how NEAS

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Schoolboy in court accused of attempted wounding after teacher stabbed

A 15-year-old schoolboy will appear in court accused of attempted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article after a teacher was stabbed in Gloucestershire. Maths teacher Jamie Sansom suffered a single stab wound in a corridor at Tewkesbury Academy at just after 9am on Monday. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with section 18 attempted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed

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