The 2024 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises will be held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, celebrating the very best in TV from 2023. To mark the occasion, the Lynn News has teamed up with Hatch Mansfield to give one lucky winner a taste…
In defence of Brewdog’s James Watt
By Benedict Spence James Watt may not be a very nice man and his beer isn’t that great either, but at least Brewdog proved that pubs didn’t have to die, writes Benedict Spence I don’t particularly like Brewdog’s beer. There’s something about it that le…
This speedy 512GB MicroSD card is a steal at $30
I still remember a time when you couldn’t fit a big JPEG file on a 1.44MB floppy disk, so I’m occasionally flabbergasted that 512 gigabytes of storage or more can fit on something the size of the nail on my pinky finger. But indeed, this is the future,…
Further attacks on German politicians decried as assault on democracy
Further attacks on politicians in Germany have rattled the country and prompted renewed outrage from leaders, after Berlin’s former mayor was assaulted in a library on Tuesday afternoon. Franziska Giffey, the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) in Ber…
China’s Xi and Serbia’s Vučić praise ‘ironclad friendship’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the good relations between the People’s Republic and Serbia, describing it as an “ironclad friendship” during his visit to Belgrade on Wednesday. Xi and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić signed a “Joint Decl…
German defence minister argues debt rules can’t limit military budget
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said strict limits on government borrowing in German law cannot be allowed to curtail necessary spending on defence and military preparedness. Pistorius told dpa during a visit to New York on Wednesday that milit…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need secure shelters, IOM head says
Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh are in dire need of safer and more secure shelters, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday in Dhaka. “People are living in shelters where they can’t properly lock their doors,” said Am…
EU chief von der Leyen warns of ‘arsonists in the European house’
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for European values and achievements to be defended against populists and extremists in the European elections in June. During a speech in Berlin, she said the European Union could not be construc…
No legal basis to ban Islamist protest in Hamburg, police say
Another demonstration by the Islamist organization Muslim Interaktiv in Hamburg will be allowed to proceed, less than two weeks after an earlier demonstration caused a national uproar in Germany. Hamburg’s police chief Falk Schnabel said on Wednesday t…
Prince William pictured at Windsor Castle ahead of Prince Harry’s Invictus event
Prince William has been pictured at Windsor Castle this afternoon as he carried out a royal engagement. The Prince of Wales granted honours to former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton and current Lionesses number one Mary Earps today. William is the Pre…