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With her impeccable enunciation and effortless elegance, it’s hard to imagine actress Emilia Fox enjoying a boisterous night out playing bingo – but she assures me she does. Or did, before lockdown prevented it.  ‘Oh, yes!’ she confirms brightly. ‘I’d go to bingo with Liz Carr. She’s a demon at it and I’ve discovered how very amateur I am in comparison. We’ve been to a Mecca Bingo hall and played at a pub as well.  'We worked together for seven months each year on Silent Witness and inevitably we’ve become great friends. Liz will be hugely missed and is irreplaceable.’

READERS have offered more ideas on what should happen to the space that houses Barrow’s Debenhams when the shop closes. The department store chain was bought by online fashion retailers Boohoo, with all physical stores due to close by May 15. Mail readers have spoken out on social media on what could become of the Portland Walk shop and paid tribute to staff. Nicola Rees said: "Use it as a shopping centre with loads of different outlets inside, like a mini Trafford centre. Then use Portland walk for cafes, restaurants and bars." Dave Caldwell said: "A giant foodhall for KFC, Burge...

*** Claims have been made that the proposed new library could bring in $6.6M to local businesses. I just discovered the economic impact study behind that number is posted on the Town’s web site. It makes for interesting reading. One issue is that $6.6M is the high estimate; the low estimate is only $346K. A bigger issue is that there is a major flaw in the logic, making the results meaningless. The report summarizes how they arrived at the number.  Here’s the gist of it: Basically, they did a survey of library patrons in June-July 2019. Survey questions asked if they patronized other loc...

By the early 1990s, malting barley had become a key element of the business. In June 1992, it exported a then record shipment of 3,500 tonnes of Alexis spring barley to drought-stricken Denmark from Yarmouth’s East Quay. Having sold the Wroxham offices, Adams & Howling moved to Little Plumstead, converting a former stables and granary at Manor Farm. In the firm’s silver jubilee year, the then Mid-Norfolk MP Keith Simpson officially opened the £300,000 investment in offices and laboratory in January 1998. The business expanded – by providing a first-class service to farmers and by devel...

Patricia Wilson Scott passed away peacefully on Sept. 26, 2016, in Naples, Fla. She was 84. Patty will be remembered by her friends and family for her genuine interest in other people, her sense of optimism and fairness, her wonderful laugh and sense of humor, her passion for racquet sports, international travel, entertaining, and her love of her extended family. Born to Fredrick and Ruth Wilson in Bronxville, New York on Feb. 1, 1932, she was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John M. Scott, and first husband, Stanley R. Westberg. She was the granddaughter of Jacob Sechler Coxey...