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Re-think urged on Norfolk fire cover cuts
Wed,10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT
Fire chiefs were urged to think again on plans to cut the level of cover in Norfolk amid fears lives would be put at risk and the impact of proposals for thousands of new homes in the county had not been taken into account.
A47 work set to cause delays
Tue,09 Mar 2010 07:49:00 GMT
Drivers were today warned to expect delays when work starts on the A47 later this week, continuing through the weekend.
Major project to restore Norfolk river
Wed,10 Mar 2010 09:31:00 GMT
A major project is under way to restore a 45-mile stretch of a Norfolk river which is described as one of the county's “hidden gems.”
Midwives gear up for charity China cycle ride
Wed,10 Mar 2010 09:25:00 GMT
Bringing new life into the world has to be one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, and probably one of the most challenging. But two Dereham midwives are gearing up for what could be the most challenging experience of their lifetimes - a 450 kms cycle ride in China.
Public services workers strike in Norwich
Tue,09 Mar 2010 07:28:00 GMT
Thousands of public sector workers across Norfolk went on strike yesterday as part of a two day protest at plans to change their redundancy terms and conditions.
Man, 51, jailed over indecent pictures
Mon,08 Mar 2010 13:16:00 GMT
A family man and children's charity fundraiser who downloaded nearly 100 indecent images of children at his North Walsham home was jailed for six months on Friday.
Strike hits Norfolk public services
Mon,08 Mar 2010 10:01:00 GMT
Jobcentres, tax offices, coastguard stations, driving test centres, courts and prisons across the Eastern region face disruption today and tomorrow as up to 15,000 civil servants take part in a 48-hour strike.
Perry runs around Norfolk coast
Mon,08 Mar 2010 06:29:00 GMT
For most people running a marathon would be demanding enough, but Perry Mann plans to quadruple the challenge when he runs more than 105 miles along the Norfolk coastline this month.
Stephen Fry's former home for sale
Sun,07 Mar 2010 17:18:00 GMT
The Victorian Norfolk home in which actor Stephen Fry grew up is on the market for £995,000. The impressive seven-bedroom Booton House, near Reepham, was in the Fry family from 1965 to 2000 and in his autobiography, the celebrity said he had kept a “tattered and torn” picture of the property in his wallet for years and it had “touched him deeply.
Two house fires in same market town
Sun,07 Mar 2010 15:29:00 GMT
Two fires broke out in houses in Reepham within half an hour of each other today. At about 12.30pm crews from Reepham and Aylsham were called to a property in Whitwell Street.
Reunion at old Dereham firm
Sun,07 Mar 2010 14:29:00 GMT
Former employees of one of Dereham's largest firms are calling for forgotten friends to reunite at a one off reunion. During its more than 100 year history thousands of workers from the Dereham area earned their living at Cranes, later Crane Fruehauf.
Dereham school in a class of its own
Sun,07 Mar 2010 14:27:00 GMT
A Dereham infant school has kept its outstanding Ofsted status - and become the first in Norfolk to get top marks since a new more rigorous inspection system was introduced.
Village roads used as Norfolk A47 rat runs
Sat,06 Mar 2010 08:03:00 GMT
Traffic problems caused by people using village roads as rat runs to avoid tailbacks on the A47 have been highlighted at a public meeting.
Assistant head on sex charges
Thu,04 Mar 2010 10:12:00 GMT
An assistant headteacher at a West Norfolk primary school has appeared in court charged with sex offences. Alastair Walker, who was a PE teacher at Middleton Primary School, is facing 16 charges of making and possessing indecent photographs of a child.
Cash offer for litter wardens
Tue,02 Mar 2010 17:35:00 GMT
Volunteers prepared to give up their time to keep mid-Norfolk's countryside clean are to be offered cash in part of a new crackdown on litter. The region's most picturesque views can fall foul of rubbish carelessly strewn around, but now a group of campaigners are offering a financial incentive to keep our fields and country lanes neat.
OBITUARY: oldest Methodist minister in county dies aged 101
Tue,02 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT
A man who proudly held the title of the oldest Methodist minister in the country has died in Norfolk at the age of 101. The Rev Stuart Luckcock , who died at Eckling Grange residential home at Dereham, on February 17, had been a Methodist minister since 1932.
City-style plan at country club
Mon,01 Mar 2010 12:31:00 GMT
Two Hertfordshire-based night club owners have taken over a Norfolk country club with plans for a wine bar and gym. Daniel Alder and Al Massie of Kinda Magic Ltd have taken on the lease for Lakeside Country Club in Lyng.
Archbishop to make a county visit of contrasts
Sat,27 Feb 2010 12:28:00 GMT
The Archbishop of Canterbury is set to visit Norfolk later this year, where he will speak at both the largest and one of the smallest churches in size in the Diocese.