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Former Premier League star appointed as assistant boss of Linnets

A former Premier League player has been unveiled as the new assistant manager at King's Lynn Town.Former West Ham and Swindon player Adrian Whitbread will assist manager Murk Hughes in the dugout at The Walks.Whitbread, 51, as played in the Football League for Leyton Orient, Portsmouth, Luton Town, Reading and Exeter City.King's Lynn Town boss Mark Hughes has a new assistant at The Walks in Adrian WhitbreadA knee injury forced

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Sport

Robert is the golden boy at masters swimming event

West Norfolk Swimming Club sent a team of eight to the 2023 edition of the British Masters Swimming Championships.Held at Ponds Forge, in Sheffield, their selection was fully justified with a highly-respectable 29th-place finish out of 291 clubs in attendance.The opening day on Friday saw Robert Addis and Finlay Ryan win a pair of medals each.West Norfolk masters swimmers. Pictured back, from left, are: Jake Lammas; Oliver Kenny and Finlay

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Sport

Danish ace leaves Lynn Stars

King's Lynn rider Frederik Jakobsen has informed the club of his decision to stand down from racing in Great Britain.The Dane was a successful signing for the MacInnes Stars in the second half of last season, but has struggled to recapture his best form in 2023.He started the year well with 13+2 from seven rides at reserve at Wolverhampton and also won two races at Peterborough, but recent results have

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Local News

Crews called to fight fire in the open

Firefighters were called to a town blaze in the open last night.Appliances from Lynn were sent to the fire at Hardings Way at 7.19pm.Crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, and a stop message was received at 8.24pm.Crews battled the fire just after 7pm last night. Picture: iStockDo you have a story? Email newsdesk@lynnnews.co.uk

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Local News

Delays to continue with no end date in sight for roadworks

A set of town roadworks will remain in place for longer than originally planned after work crews experienced “unexpected issues”.Anglian Water has been carrying out work at Hardwick Road in Lynn for the past few weeks, with a partial lane closure in place due to a burst pipe close to the bridge.This was due to be finished by June 9, but the traffic measures are still in place – and

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Springwood students shine at secondary school athletics championships

Springwood came out on top in the eight-strong secondary school athletics championships held at Alive Lynnsport on Monday.There were superb displays all day from the team.A few notable performances were Year 7 student Miley Gilboy, who won the 100m and 200m, Year 8 Fran Escoto Domingo, who won the 200m and 800m, Year 8 Nelia Anderson, who won the 300m and high jump, Year 10 Theo Morrell, who won the

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National News

Manchester City to begin title defence at Burnley

Manchester City will begin their bid for a record fourth consecutive Premier League title away to Vincent Kompany’s Burnley. The Treble winners will visit Turf Moor to face their former captain’s newly-promoted side on the evening of Friday, August 11 to raise the curtain on the 2023-24 campaign. It will be the second time Kompany – who won the title on four occasions as City skipper – will have faced

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National News

Johnson found to have committed repeated contempts of Parliament

Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading MPs with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation, a cross-party investigation has found. The Privileges Committee recommended a 90-day suspension which would have paved the way for a by-election for the former prime minister if he had not quit the Commons in anticipation. Though his resignation means he will escape that punishment, the

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National News

University staff read applicants personal statements for two minutes study

University applicants’ personal statements are read for just two minutes on average, a report has suggested. The majority of higher education admissions professionals said decisions about which applicants should be offered a university or college place are primarily made on the basis of grades, a survey found. Nearly two in five (39%) said the personal statements written by university applicants were read for just one minute or less, according to

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