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Search for 1948 NHS staff to join in with big anniversary celebrations

The search is on for NHS workers from 1948 to join in with celebrations for the service’s 75th anniversary.Staff at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital are on the look-out for West Norfolk residents who worked with the national health service when it was established in 1948.They are marking the occasion with a celebratory afternoon tea next Wednesday (July 5), and hope to have former doctors, nurses and other practitioners go along.QEH

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National News

Ex Essex player Jahid Ahmed Racism probe being dragged out to protect accused

Former Essex player Jahid Ahmed believes an investigation into his allegations of racism is deliberately being dragged out to protect one of the accused. Ahmed, who spoke out in the week that a damning report highlighted entrenched racism in English and Welsh cricket, is convinced investigators want him to get to the point where he becomes exhausted by the process and gives up. The 37-year-old came forward in 2021 to

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Sport

Just ace, youngsters serve up a tennis treat

Players from six high schools from across West Norfolk took part in a KS3 Tennis tournament hosted on the grass courts at Hunstanton Recreation ground.The tournament was organised by Jamie Tilley from Smithdon with the support of West Norfolk Council.Schools competing were Downham Academy, Marshland, Kings Lynn Academy, KES Academy, Smithdon who were runners-up and Springwood who were overall winners.The KS3 Tennis tournament held at Hunstanton. Pictures: Ian BurtThe KS3

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National News

I gained a friend back Sergio Garcia says his feud with Rory McIlroy is over

Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia have ended their feud in the wake of the proposed peace deal between golf’s rival factions. The former Ryder Cup team-mates fell out following Garcia’s move to LIV Golf, with McIlroy emerging as the most vocal opponent to the Saudi-funded breakaway. But even though McIlroy admitted earlier this month that he still “hates” LIV Golf, he and Garcia rekindled their friendship at the US Open

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Wheelchair using rape suspect facing extradition kicked down door court told

The prison doctor for rape suspect Nicholas Rossi has told a court she does not know why he uses a wheelchair as she saw a video of him kicking down a door and attacking an officer. Dr Barbara Mundweil, a GP at HMP Edinburgh, has been Rossi’s doctor since early September last year when she started work with the prison. Giving evidence at Rossi’s extradition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court

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National News

Cricketer claims umpire suggested she stay home to do ironing during match

A cricketer, who claims an umpire at a county cricket match suggested she “stay at home to do the ironing”, has called the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report “shocking, but not surprising”. Charlotte Dukes, from Bristol, a finance worker, said she felt “let down” by cricket and “broke down into tears” when she was 13 – playing for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club – following the umpire’s alleged

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David Goodwillie has contract cancelled in Australia after backlash

FC Sorrento have become the latest club to backtrack on signing former Scotland striker David Goodwillie in the wake of a public backlash. The Australian second-tier side announced on Wednesday that they had recruited the 34-year-old, who was ruled by a judge at a civil court case in 2017 to have raped a woman in 2011. “SFC are pleased to announce we have added three players to our mid season

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Local News

Hospital to host free diabetes healthcare event at town hotel

Residents in West Norfolk are being invited to a free diabetes healthcare event in Lynn next month.On Thursday, July 13, Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be hosting the event at the town's Duke’s Head Hotel from 6pm to 8.30pm, with NHS experts on hand to discuss remission, care and unchecked health concerns.The event is to be held due to the fact that more than 66,000 adults in the West Norfolk

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Thames Water working to secure cash as Government draws up nationalisation plan

It's being reported that ministers are drawing up contingency plans for the company's collapse Debt-laden utility giant Thames Water has said it is working with shareholders to secure the cash it needs after reports that ministers are drawing up contingency plans for its collapse. The company, which serves 15 million households, said on Wednesday that it needs “further equity funding” on top of the half-billion pounds it raised just three

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England cricketer Jonny Bairstow carries Just Stop Oil protester off pitch

Three people have been arrested following the pitch invasion at the start of the second Ashes test at Lord's A Just Stop Oil (JSO) protester has been carried off the pitch at Lord’s during the second Ashes test by England’s Jonny Bairstow as activists threw orange paint dust during play. The climate change group has been staging daily protests since April 24, disrupting high profile events like the Chelsea Flower Show, the

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