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Ashes controversy over Pope status

England were left “angry” and “bewildered” after Ollie Pope was pressed to take the field with a shoulder injury, but expect him to play his part in salvaging the second Ashes Test despite aggravating the problem. England are 221 runs behind with eight Australian wickets to take and will need every one of their batters for what is shaping up to be a huge fourth-innings chase at Lord’s. But Pope

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National News

Titan investigators were laser focused on rescue

The team behind the deep sea robot which eventually helped locate wreckage from the Titan submersible – following a fatal implosion which killed five people – had been hoping they were on a rescue mission, a company executive has said. British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board the deep-sea vessel, alongside OceanGate Expeditions’ chief executive Stockton Rush and French national Paul-Henri

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Sport

Memory Lane Schools: hockey fun

Memory Lane Schools, from the Friday, June 30 Lynn News:Didn’t they do well! Twenty-two youngsters from a number of primary schools in West Norfolk show off their certificates and medals after taking part in a three-day hockey coaching course in June 2002.They had put their names down for the course which was organised by RD Coaching and run by Rebecca Dungay and Rupert Sanford-Scutt, who are pictured in the centre

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Local News

Principal praises ‘efficient’ response after bomb hoax at school

The principal of a school hit by a bomb hoax earlier this week has praised its “efficient” response to the incident.It comes after hundreds of students lost a day at Lynn’s King Edward VII (KES) Academy as they were evacuated following the threat earlier this week.Youngsters were sent home early on Tuesday morning, after receiving a threatening email, but luckily no GCSE or A-level exams were being held on the

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Sport

West Norfolk driver hoping for a change of luck

Willie Skoyles Jnr will be hoping a change of luck kick-starts his 2023 season in the BriSCA F1 stock cars when racing returns to Lynn this tomorrow (5pm).It has been disappointing year for the Skoyles racing team who have picked up lots of damage rather than the results they would have hoped for.It really has been a shame for local fans who were hoping for big things from the West

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National News

New NHS staff will be trained and regulated properly

That's according to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak The Prime Minister has insisted people being brought into new roles in the NHS will be trained and regulated properly as he said the Tories can be trusted with the health service. The Government has published its plan for a massive shake-up in how the NHS recruits and retains staff, promising thousands more workers, some of whom will train on the job.

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Local News

30-year-old jailed after breaching suspended sentence with driving offences

A Lynn man has been sent to prison after breaching a suspended sentence with a series of driving offences.Darren Curson, 30, of Highgate, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday. On June 1, he had pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, driving without third party insurance, and driving a motorbike after taking it from its owner without consent.His case had been adjourned for an impact of custody report to

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Local News

Is time running out for night shelter?

The clock is ticking to save King’s Lynn Night Shelter, with a deadline fast approaching to secure the critical government funding necessary for it to re-open in the autumn.The night shelter has already missed out on £300,000 from Westminster after an earlier grant application was turned down.The grant was required to pay running costs for the next three years and the bid’s failure leaves the shelter in potentially dire financial

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National News

Justice system could be undermined MPs warn

Public confidence in the justice system is at risk of being undermined by the courts and tribunals service amid delays to key reforms, MPs have warned in a scathing report. The agency has almost “burnt through” its entire budget to deliver a programme that is just over halfway complete, chairwoman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Dame Meg Hillier said. Many of the issues relate to the introduction of His

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NHS workforce plan gets mixed reaction

The much-anticipated NHS workforce plan has been described as a beacon of hope to staff working on the frontline. But others have said the document is the “latest attempt to fill a leaky bucket”. NHS Confederation said that the “comprehensive” document will “go a long way to addressing the NHS’s workforce challenges”. Others have also welcomed the plan but have said that the “details will be crucial”. Government and NHS

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