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Train drivers at 16 operators to refuse to work overtime

Train drivers at 16 rail operators will refuse to work overtime for six days next month in the long running dispute over pay. Aslef said its members will withdraw non-contractual overtime – known as rest day working – from Monday July 3 to Saturday July 8. The action coincides with the first week of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Train companies affected are: Avanti West Coast; Chiltern Railways; Cross Country; East

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Rishi Sunak would not want to influence anyone ahead of Boris Johnson partygate vote

MPs will get the chance to vote this afternoon on the Privileges Committee report which found Boris Johnson misled Parliament Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he will approve the report that found Boris Johnson lied over partygate, saying he “would not want to influence anyone in advance of that vote”. Speaking to Good Morning Britain on ITV, the Prime Minister said: “This committee was established under the former Prime

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London mayor warns terror threat still very real on Finsbury Park anniversary

The threat of terrorism is “still very real”, London mayor Sadiq Khan said on the sixth anniversary of the Finsbury Park terror attack. Makram Ali, 51, died and 11 others were injured on June 19, 2017 when Darren Osborne drove a van into worshippers outside the Muslim Welfare House shortly after Ramadan evening prayers. Osborne, from Cardiff, was found guilty of terrorism-related murder and jailed for life in February 2018. Mohamed Mamoud –

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Local News

Man avoids prison after harassing ex and breaching sexual harm prevention order

A man avoided jail after admitting harassing his ex-partner and failing to comply with a sexual harm prevention order.David Saunders, 48, of Cresswell Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday where he admitted to the two offences.Prosecutor Adbul Khan explained that between the dates of December 24 last year and January 20 this year, Saunders sent a number of Facebook messages to his ex-partner after the

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Majority of councils in poorer areas are uncertain of meeting budgets

Fewer than half of councils serving some of England’s poorest communities are confident they will meet their budgets this year, a survey has found. In a dire warning of the perilous state of local government finances, 47 authorities in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast said they will have to make savings totalling £700 million on spending plans set just four months ago due to inflationary pressures.

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National News

Tories who attended Covid era gathering should not be stripped of honours Gove

Michael Gove has said two Tories should keep the honours they were handed by Boris Johnson despite attending a pandemic-era gathering at which staff were filmed apparently joking about Covid restrictions. The Levelling Up Secretary apologised over the footage of a Christmas event at Conservative Party headquarters said to have taken place on December 14 2020 when indoor socialising was banned. But Mr Gove said the former prime minister has

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Ollie Robinson unrepentant after fired up celebration in Ashes opener

Ollie Robinson was unrepentant after appearing to give Usman Khawaja an expletive-laden send-off as tempers rose on day three of a delicately-balanced first Ashes Test. Khawaja’s masterful 141 was ended when England’s ring of close fielders led to the Australia opener attempting to make room, only to york himself as he was castled by Robinson. Television cameras seemed to show a fired-up Robinson giving Khawaja a verbal volley in his celebration as he helped restrict

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Local News

Trio in court after fight during night out in town

Three men who were involved in a fight during a night out in town admitted a number of offences in court on Thursday.Luke Burnett, 24, of Spring Gardens, Sleaford, Callum Feenan, 21, of Bedford Drive, Lynn and Joshua Batten, 21, of Pretoria Grove, South Wootton, appeared before Lynn Magistrates’ Court.Burnett, who was thought to have instigated the fight, admitted to the offence of using threatening words to provoke violence.Norfolk Street

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Local News

Man’s fundraising walk in mum’s memory will help make ‘real difference’ to QEH patients

A Lynn man has taken on a walking challenge in aid of the Breast Care Unit at the town’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in memory of his mother.Shaun Hamer, who was joined by his friend Charles Johnson on his three-day trek, walked 84 miles of the Norfolk Coastal path and raised a total of £1,424 for the cause.They organised the challenge in honour of Shaun’s mother who died due to breast

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