Daniel Grimmer

Norwich

Public Affairs Correspondent at Eastern Daily Press

Public Affairs Correspondent at Norwich Evening News

Specialist Reporter at Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury

Public Affairs Correspondent for Evening News/EDP.

Articles

£1.3bn Bacton hydrogen hub 'very much part' of government plans

Oct 9, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

5 1/1 Proposals to transform Bacton Gas Terminal into a £1.3bn hydrogen gas and carbon capture hub are "very much part" of government plans, ministers insist - despite money heading to other projects. The Labour government has announced it will pump almost £22bn over 25 years into three projects in Teesside and Merseyside, to capture carbon from hydrogen, gas power and energy from waste.
New details about Norfolk town's £109m bypass trigger further consultation

Oct 9, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

3 1/1 A fresh wave of consultation over a new £109.2m road, seen as crucial for the building of 4,000 new homes in the Norfolk countyside, has begun. The public has another chance to have its say on Norfolk County Council's plans for the West Winch Access Road, close to King's Lynn, after council officers published further details about the scheme.
Tree planting restrictions in Norfolk after invasive beetle spotted

Oct 8, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

4 1/1 An invasive beetle has triggered Norfolk restrictions on how high Christmas trees can be grown and a ban on the planting of spruce trees. The Forestry Commission says the measures are vital to protect trees from the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle. The insect, known as Ips typographus, is a "serious pest", which was first spotted in the UK in 2018, after being blown over from the continent.
Fresh talks to thrash out new devolution deal after £600m package scrapped

Oct 8, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

5 1/1 Fresh talks have begun to thrash out a new devolution deal to hand more powers to councils in Norfolk, after a previous £600m package was scrapped. But the government has made clear it wants Norfolk and Suffolk to seek a cross-border deal - with a shared elected mayor - if the counties are to get the widest range of new powers.
'Lack of swift action' to compensate WASPI women slammed by Norfolk and Suffolk MP

Oct 7, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

One of the region's MPs has criticised government ministers for the “lack of swift action” on a compensation scheme for the Waspi women affected by changes to state pensions. Adrian Ramsay, Green MP for Waveney Valley, said the suffering of tens of thousands of women in Norfolk and Suffolk was "being compounded by the lack of swift action for redress".
£3m specialist housing gets go ahead: but eco-measures stifling similar schemes

Oct 7, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

6 1/1 Almost £3m will be spent to build 18 new homes on the site of a former shoe factory - but council leaders say eco-measures have delayed other schemes. Norfolk County Council's Conservative-controlled cabinet has agreed to pump the money into the new properties in Norwich's Mousehold Lane. The 12 apartments and six bungalows will provide housing for people who need extra support to live independently.
Officials close Norfolk fords after tragedy triggers safety review

Oct 6, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

7 1/1 Officials have closed a string of fords to traffic and say more may have to shut as part of a major cross-county safety review sparked by the death of a motorist who drove into fast-flowing water. Norfolk County Council has carried out inspections at dozens of crossings since Barry Howard, 75, drowned when his car was swept down the river Tas while he was attempting to cross Shotesham ford in the dark.
New investigations shed fresh light on Norfolk's mysterious Blood Hill monument

Oct 6, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

3 1/1 Tucked away on a path through Thetford Forest sits an oval shaped mound with a hugely evocative name - Blood Hill. And archaeologists have been making fresh discoveries about this secluded site, which is only about a mile away from the much better-known . Blood Hill, which has also been known at various times as Bloody Knoll and Haye Meer, is actually a Bronze Age barrow.
Norfolk County Council uses crowdfunding for eco schemes

Oct 5, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

2 1/1 It's a method used to great effect by a Norfolk eco-campaigner challenging road schemes in court - and now Norfolk County Council has decided to give crowdfunding a go for its own green projects. Former city and county councillor Dr Andrew Boswell raised tens of thousands pounds by crowdfunding donations to challenge the legality of A47 dualling schemes. His fight, which road chiefs said had delayed dualling schemes and added millions to the cost, failed.
The bill for Wymondham High Academy's expansion has gone up

Oct 5, 2024 | edp24.co.uk | Daniel Grimmer

2 1/1 The cost of a major expansion at a Norfolk school, to cope with soaring numbers of new homes, has shot up by £2m just as plans are about to be lodged. Education chiefs at Norfolk County Council . But rising inflation has pushed the price tag for the expansion of the secondary school up from the originally estimated £12.4m to £14.4m. The academy, on Folly Road, currently has 1,650 pupils across its main school and sixth form.