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Communist Party tracked Hong Kong protesters via ByteDance data ex chief

A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular video app TikTok, has said in legal papers that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong. Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance in the US, says those same people had access to US user data – an accusation that the company denies.

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Sussex foundation donates 10000 to get diverse book in every secondary school

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s foundation has donated £10,000 to a fundraiser aiming to get a book of “raw” and “inspirational” stories from ethnic minorities into every state secondary school in the UK. A Colourful View From The Top is a novel which features entrepreneurs, executives and “thought leaders” from ethnic minority backgrounds, and aims to help “change the narrative” for their communities. The book’s curator, Jonathan Mildenhall, co-founder

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Local News

Developer hopes to turn more of historic town building into flats

A developer hopes to turn another section of a historic town centre building into flats.Gain Spvkl Ltd has submitted a planning application to West Norfolk Council in a bid to turn convert the front of the Bishops Lynn House, in the Tuesday Market Place, from offices to flats.If approved, the first and second floor areas would be converted into four separate living areas.Bishops Lynn House on The Tuesday Market PlacePermission

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Local News

Residents suffering with loneliness urged to go along to town centre session

Councillors are urging residents affected by loneliness to make use of one of their services this week.From next Monday, West Norfolk Council will be inviting people along to a special session to try and benefit from its Lily programme.This is a service which aims to help people who feel lonely or isolated by connecting them with organisations that can help them.The Place on New Conduit Street will host the event

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Sport

Snettisham ace smashes lap record twice on his way to race win

Snettisham race ace Callum Manley endured a weekend nearly as up and down as the track at Donington Park itself.The championship leader helped himself to one race win and two other podium places - but returned home knowing that it could have been even better had he not crashed out of the opening race on the Sunday.As qualifying got underway Manley only took two flying laps before returning to the

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London is the fourth most expensive city for expats in a global study

London has held its position as the fourth most expensive city for expatriates in a global cost-of-living study. New York in the United States was ranked first in the long-running research, overtaking Hong Kong, which previously held top spot for four years but was pushed into second place in 2023. The annual report was carried out by ECA International, which compared costs faced by expatriates around the world in 207

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Government set to miss cycling and walking targets

Government targets to increase levels of cycling and walking in England are set to be missed, according to a new report. Delivery of active travel schemes has been “patchy” and the Department for Transport (DfT) “does not yet know” if local authority projects “have been of good enough quality”, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) said. The Government’s objectives for active travel include doubling the number of journeys made by cycling from

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Local News

Man attempted to steal £300 worth of protein bars from town shop

A man attempted to steal almost £300 worth of protein bars from a town supermarket – and later stole more than £100 of confectionary from another store nearby.Robert Read, 42, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, where he admitted to one count of theft and another of attempted theft.The case was outlined by prosecutor Stephen Munton, who said that Read first attempted to steal £276.30 worth of Grenade protein

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Disqualified driver ‘did not realise’ he was banned from the roads

A disqualified driver did not realise that he was banned until he was pulled over by police in Lynn, a court has heard.Amritpal Singh, 21 appeared at Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and admitted driving while disqualified and subsequently driving without insurance.Prosecutor Stephen Munton said that it came after Singh was stopped by officers on Hardwick Road on Tuesday, April 18 after they saw some debris hanging off of the

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