Francis Redwood

2 weeks ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Francis Redwood

The £4.5m revamp of the Halls, and neighbouring Blackfriars' Hall in St Andrew's Street, has fallen behind its planned reopening date again. Closing after its New Year's Day Concert on January 1, it was due to reopen in spring, however this was pushed back to summer with work suffering a setback. But the Norwich Beer Festival, which has been at the historic venue for 45 years, recently announced it wouldn't be able to hold its event there - at the end of October.

2 weeks ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Francis Redwood

Blenti Chotza, owner of the Greek Street Food in NR3, said: "I've owned the truck for two and a half years. "Now I'm changing up my business, as I want to focus on opening a breakfast shop in the city. "I also have three children, who I'd like to spend more time with when they get home from school. "So hopefully I can work in the morning and be back to see them in the afternoon.

2 weeks ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Francis Redwood

Sapientia Education Trust, which governs Framingham Earl High School near Poringland, submitted plans to install 67 new parking spaces and eight new electric vehicle charging points. The expansion for the Norwich Road site is "reflecting the growth of the locality" around the school - which has 794 pupils aged 11 to 16 years old.

2 weeks ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Francis Redwood

Here's a look at how the 190-stall site has evolved over the centuries to keep up with changing shopping habits. A radical redesign came about in 1938 when new civil buildings, notably the art deco City Hall, were constructed. This resulted in the market being modernised and restructured. Another big change happened nearly 70 years later, in 2005, when work began to create a market fit for the new millennium.

3 weeks ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Francis Redwood

Between May 2024 and April 2025 there were 6,927 logged reports of illegally dumped rubbish across Norwich. Councillor Alex Catt, leader of the Green Party at Norwich City Council, claims that incidents have risen every year going back to 2021. He said: "I have watched fly-tipping go up and up and up every single year under this Labour-run council with seemingly nothing being done about it. "Yet again we see another record-high for fly-tipping in the city.