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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1h
The UK has no memory of measles – until it’s in your child’s nursery. How did we forget? Liz Crosbie tells of bots, burnout, and broken systems.
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Tots, bots, measles and the surging distrust in vaccines
How does the decline in take-up of the measles vaccination tell a tale of our times?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3h
Want to dig into history? This new archeology project at Flag Fen is offering hands-on volunteering opportunities for the local community. #Volunteering
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3h
Have you acquired your tickets for this stunning event?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3h
Farming is increasingly precarious without having to deal with this 👇
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Farming family counts the cost of 2,000 tonne fly-tip
An Essex farming family facing a £350,000 bill to clear 2,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped on their land are calling on authorities to stop treating fly-tipping victims like criminals.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 5h
A disease we eliminated is back. There have been over 1000 measles case in England this year with 3 deaths, and one in six children aren’t fully vaccinated. LizCrosbie explains why. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Tots, bots, measles and the surging distrust in vaccines
How does the decline in take-up of the measles vaccination tell a tale of our times?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 6h
Education and teaching is crucial to the well being of a child, facilitating opportunities that benefit the child and the country. On Teachers Day, Gary Champion examines the challenges teachers face to deliver meaningful education.
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Beyond the test: let’s reclaim education for the next generation
How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for young people? How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for…
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 7h
A massive funding boost for a vital new excavation at Flag Fen near Peterborough! This rare 3,500-year-old Bronze Age timber causeway will unlock secrets of our ancient past. #Archaeology
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 8h
On World Architecture Day is there any more exquisite architecture than that of a cathedral? Coming to Norwich cathedral, is a stunning show of light, music and stories. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...
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The precious gift of time: spectacular light show at half term
A stunning show of light, music and stories in Norwich Cathedral will invite visitors to join a voyage of discovery through time and space
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 8h
With the Tory conference proposing abolition of Natural England, the Environment Agency & many regulations what would be the impact on the health of our environment & river pollution?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 9h
The tea room, whose future is in doubt, is temporarily closed until 7 October while filming takes place for Ludwig. Currently its frontage has been transformed to resemble a bank. Via BBC News
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Hemel Hempstead tea shop may close despite Ludwig filming
The series, starring David Mitchell, is filming scenes in Hemel Hempstead.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 9h
A disease we eliminated is back. There have been over 1000 measles case in England this year with 3 deaths, and one in six children aren’t fully vaccinated. Here’s why.
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Tots, bots, measles and the surging distrust in vaccines
How does the decline in take-up of the measles vaccination tell a tale of our times?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 9h
My Christmas cake has two secrets. One is choosing really good dried fruit. The other is infusing the spices in milk rather than relying on dried mixed spice. The difference is surprisingly noticeable writes Kate Viscardi.
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The traditional Christmas fruitcake raised to new heights
Time to deck the halls with … fruitcake. Whether you are making it for Christmas or a wedding, here is the perfect recipe
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 21h
What was Flag Fen’s extraordinary Bronze Age causeway for? A new £700,000 project will investigate the 3,500-year-old structure, train local volunteers and help protect one of Britain’s most important prehistoric sites.
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 21h
Ready, steady… Christmas cake. 🎄 If you want a properly matured fruitcake for Christmas, October is a very good time to begin. Kate Viscardi shares her recipe – and a few tricks learned over a lifetime of baking.
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The traditional Christmas fruitcake raised to new heights
Time to deck the halls with … fruitcake. Whether you are making it for Christmas or a wedding, here is the perfect recipe
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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 23h
An amazing place. Visited it back in the day as was working on another site in Suffolk and was shown around by the great Francis Pryor.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Archaeologists are racing to record Flag Fen’s ancient remains. Worked timbers preserved for thousands of years are deteriorating as groundwater levels change and peat dries out. New funding will help investigate what survives.
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
The best Christmas cakes aren’t made on Christmas Eve. 🎄 Now’s the time to get the fruit, spices and mixing bowl out. Kate Viscardi shares her recipe for a rich fruitcake you can make now and mature for the big day.
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The traditional Christmas fruitcake raised to new heights
Time to deck the halls with … fruitcake. Whether you are making it for Christmas or a wedding, here is the perfect recipe
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Pecksniff considers Andy Burnham’s pitch for a calmer EU debate * Essex deploys security guards with no enforcement powers * Norfolk awaits a discreet bit of dobbing in.
Andy Burnham at the Labour Party conference
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Around 3,500 years ago, people at Flag Fen faced a changing climate and an increasingly wet landscape. Their response? A monumental timber causeway across the marsh. Now environmental change threatens the evidence they left behind.
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Today is #WorldWalkingDay. Peddars Way is a wonderful National Trail. Described by Sarah Pryor as "the best marked route I’ve walked to date" and "an excellent walk to cut your teeth on."
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Peddars Way: a beautiful gentle National Trail through Norfolk
A gentle 47-mile Roman road trail beginning in Suffolk and passing through Norfolk: superbly signposted, rich in wildlife, history and views
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Pecksniff finds Andy Burnham holding all the cards * Kemi Badenoch’s party resembles a low-battery smoke alarm * Reform’s Norfolk dinner raises questions.
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Pecksniff: Burnham’s message is ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
John Constable painted this landscape in 1816 almost 150 years before a university was dropped into the middle of it. Essex opened here in 1964, its radical concrete campus deliberately concentrated in the valley to preserve Wivenhoe Park around it #WeAreEssex #Colchester #Essex
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
“With climate change increasing the likelihood of milder winters and hotter summers, pests and pathogens that were once unable to survive here can now make their home. This will profoundly impact not only farmers, but the wider public” Via The Guardian
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
It’s October. Time to start thinking about Christmas cake. 🎄 Kate Viscardi has been perfecting hers for years. Here’s her recipe, from spice-infused milk to the all-important regular dose of your chosen tipple.
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The traditional Christmas fruitcake raised to new heights
Time to deck the halls with … fruitcake. Whether you are making it for Christmas or a wedding, here is the perfect recipe
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
A 3,500-year-old Bronze Age landscape near Peterborough is in a race against time. Flag Fen’s waterlogged archaeology is threatened as peat dries out. Now £700,000 will fund urgent excavation and conservation.
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites | East Anglia Bylines
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Funding secured to unlock the secrets of Bronze Age Flag Fen
A major new excavation at Flag Fen Archaeology Park near Peterborough will investigate one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Children with SEND may be particularly vulnerable when restrictive intervention leads to exclusion. Norfolk parent Kerrie Langdon argues local authorities should automatically be told when the two occur as part of the same incident.
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Letter: When restraint and exclusion are part of the same incident
Letter to the editor
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Councils are closing libraries and swimming pools to pay for the ballooning costs of social care -- 53% of their budgets in 2010, now 70%. Burnham wants long term savings from changing the triple lock to help fund a different model. Stephen McNair reports.
Older man with laptop
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
🎄 Christmas may feel a long way off, but now’s the perfect time to start your Christmas cake. Kate Viscardi shares her tried-and-tested fruitcake recipe – plus the secrets that make it something special.
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The traditional Christmas fruitcake raised to new heights
Time to deck the halls with … fruitcake. Whether you are making it for Christmas or a wedding, here is the perfect recipe
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Pecksniff considers Andy Burnham’s great escape * Zack Polanski faces a difficult contest * Essex launches Operation Vanguard.
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Pecksniff: Burnham’s message is ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
For a child, restraint followed by exclusion is one experience. But the information about it can travel down two different routes. Norfolk parent Kerry Langdon is petitioning Parliament for greater transparency and oversight.
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Letter: When restraint and exclusion are part of the same incident
Letter to the editor
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Solar panels above crops. Solar panels above car parks. Reader Sarah Mould asks why we aren’t making more use of spaces that can serve two purposes at once.
German field set up for agrivoltaics
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Andy Burnham has promised to grasp some big policy issues which have frightened governments for decades. His plans for pensioners are a big gamble, but it seems that people are ready for a different approach. Stephen McNair reports.
Older man with laptop
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Pecksniff watches Andy Burnham tear up the script * the LibDems decline to read the room * Prosper UK stages a conference within a conference.
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Pecksniff: Burnham’s message is ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Fast food has changed enormously since the 1980s. Wimpy has somehow moved with the times while remaining remarkably recognisable. Stuart Burrell takes a nostalgic look at a high-street survivor.
Exterior view of a Wimpy restaurant
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Schools must record significant disciplinary uses of force. They must also report suspensions and permanent exclusions. But those two parts of the same incident may not be joined up. Norfolk parent Kerry Langdon explains why she wants that changed.
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Letter: When restraint and exclusion are part of the same incident
Letter to the editor
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
East Anglia is short of water. Could raising solar panels above crops help reduce the need for irrigation while generating renewable energy? Reader Sarah Mould argues agrivoltaics deserves serious consideration.
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Letter: Why aren’t we considering agrivoltaics?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Would voters accept changes to the pension triple lock? Early polling suggests there may be more appetite for reform than politicians assume. But what exactly is Andy Burnham proposing? Stephen McNair writes of seven things you need to know.
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The triple lock: seven things you need to know about Burnham’s plan for pensioners
Andy Burnham has radical plans. But he is not ‘abolishing’ the triple lock on state pensions. What are the facts?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Pecksniff surveys Andy Burnham kicking over the traces * the Tory undead rise again * Richard Tice discovers the perils of forgetfulness.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Councillors’ registers of interest are legally-required to be up to date within 28 days..... Another @bylinetimes.bsky.social truth to power exclusive involving an East Anglian council.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
From Lyons Corner Houses to the Half Pounder with Chips, the story of Wimpy is also a small slice of Britain’s changing eating habits. And unlike many of its contemporaries, it hasn’t disappeared. Stuart Burrell has the story.
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A nostalgic fast-food moment: Wimpy restaurants
Once a familiar high-street sight, Wimpy has survived while many of its contemporary restaurant chains have disappeared
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
A pupil is restrained during an incident that ends in suspension or exclusion. Does the local authority get the whole picture? Norfolk parent Kerry Langdon argues there’s a gap in the system that needs closing.
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Letter: When restraint and exclusion are part of the same incident
Letter to the editor
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Pecksniff watches Andy Burnham tackle the subjects Labour wouldn’t touch, meanwhile... * The Greens wrestle with placard politics * Richard Tice enjoys some lavish hospitality and * Another Reform councillor decamps.
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Pecksniff: Burnham’s message is ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Retirement can bring freedom, but it can also bring isolation. Losing the everyday conversations and connections of working life can leave a gap. Celina looks at how local communities can help fill it. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...
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In praise of older people
1 October marks the UN’s International Day of Older Persons. To celebrate the occasion, the UK’s theme is ‘What’s on your doorstep?’
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Why choose between solar power and farming when the same land can provide both? Reader Sarah Mould asks why agrivoltaics isn’t getting more attention in water-stressed East Anglia.
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Letter: Why aren’t we considering agrivoltaics?
Letter to the editor
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Why does the pension triple lock have a “ratchet effect”? When inflation rises, pensions follow. When wages catch up, they rise again. Andy Burnham thinks there’s another way to protect pensions. Stephen McNair looks at his proposal.
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The triple lock: seven things you need to know about Burnham’s plan for pensioners
Andy Burnham has radical plans. But he is not ‘abolishing’ the triple lock on state pensions. What are the facts?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life | East Anglia Bylines
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Pecksniff: Burnham’s message is ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Most of us don’t know what social care we’ll need – or what it might cost us. Andy Burnham wants to link reform of the pension triple lock with a new approach to funding care. Stephen McNair explains how his proposal would work.
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The triple lock: seven things you need to know about Burnham’s plan for pensioners
Andy Burnham has radical plans. But he is not ‘abolishing’ the triple lock on state pensions. What are the facts?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Letter to the editor: When a pupil is restrained during an incident that ends in suspension or exclusion, does the local authority get the whole picture? A Norfolk parent argues there’s a gap in the system that needs closing.
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Letter: When restraint and exclusion are part of the same incident
Letter to the editor
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think this is a good assessment
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