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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Jenny Kirk |Chris Goreham
New home sought for Bossy the 8ft bunnyJenny Kirk & Chris GorehamBBCLauren Guest is leaving Norfolk and can't take Bossy with herA fine art student is looking for a forever home for an 8ft tall (2.4-metre) rabbit she made as part of her final year exhibition. Lauren Guest made Bossy the bunny to show how objects from childhood can become "monumental symbols of importance".
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1 week ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Zoe Applegate |Jenny Kirk
Image source, Jenny Kirk/BBCImage caption, John and Annie Chapman have helped to raise more than £1.2m for a cancer charity with their Pink Ladies' Tractor Road RunA couple who have raised more than £1.2m for a cancer charity said it was a "huge honour" to be recognised by the King. Annie Chapman, 83, and her husband John, 74, have been appointed MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list for their services to fundraising.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jenny Kirk |Chris Goreham
Months of roadworks to start at major junctionJenny Kirk & Chris GorehamJenny Kirk/BBCDrivers are being warned that delays are likely when the roadworks beginThe first phase of roadworks to improve a major route into Norwich for cyclists and pedestrians starts on Monday and is set to last until November. The £2.2m upgrade will extend the "yellow pedalway" route along the A140 Holt Road between Middletons Lane in Hellesdon, and Broadland Northway, known locally as the Northern Distributor Road.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jenny Kirk |Ben Fryer
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Hundreds of people are getting a refund from Southend-on-Sea City Council due to a computer error in 2018Everyone entitled to a refund after being overcharged for care costs has now been offered one, a council has said. Southend-on-Sea City Council said a technical error resulted in 641 families overpaying £2.3m for seven years.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jenny Kirk |Ben Fryer
Refunds under way after £2.3m care fees blunderJenny Kirk & Ben FryerPA MediaHundreds of people are getting a refund from Southend-on-Sea City Council due to a computer error in 2018Everyone entitled to a refund after being overcharged for care costs has now been offered one, a council has said. Southend-on-Sea City Council said a technical error resulted in 641 families overpaying £2.3m for seven years.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jenny Kirk |Louise Parry
Image source, Jenny Kirk/BBCImage caption, Darren, known as "Captain Baldy", helped to organise a pirate-themed protest against sewage in Norfolk's riversBBC News, East of EnglandWhitlingham Broad, NorfolkBBC News, East of EnglandPaddle-boarders, punters and swimmers have held protests at rivers and beaches across the East of England to call for action against sewage pollution.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Harriet Heywood |Jenny Kirk
Image source, Jenny Kirk/BBCImage caption, Darren Reeve, from the Suffolk Fire Service, said crews used What3Words to determine the exact locationA forest fire several hundred metres across was "hard work for crews". Suffolk Fire Service was called to Marks Lane, near the village of Santon Downham, in Thetford Forest, at 14:41 BST on Saturday. It said the blaze covered 300m (985ft) by 200m (650ft) and the undergrowth had been "well alight".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Harriet Heywood |Jenny Kirk
Deep-seated forest fire 'hard work' for crewsHarriet Heywood & Jenny KirkJenny Kirk/BBCDarren Reeve, from the Suffolk Fire Service, said crews used What3Words to determine the exact locationA forest fire several hundred metres across was "hard work for crews". Suffolk Fire Service was called to Marks Lane, near the village of Santon Downham, in Thetford Forest, at 14:41 BST on Saturday. It said the blaze covered 300m (985ft) by 200m (650ft) and the undergrowth had been "well alight".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jenny Kirk |
Image source, Jenny Kirk/BBCImage caption, Helen McGrath-Doherty wanted to create her own cabin after she was inspired by a friend who had repurposed the units beforeA woman has repurposed the bodies from refrigerated supermarket delivery vans and given them a new lease of life as a "fairytale cabin". After rescuing the units from the scrapheap, Helen McGrath-Doherty and husband Pete Doherty spent 12 weeks using other recycled materials to turn them into holiday accommodation in Woodton, Norfolk.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Kirk |Brian Farmer
A civic official said "terrible mistakes" made during the Covid-19 pandemic must not be repeated. Kurshida Mirza, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, said society must learn from the experiences of the bereaved. She was speaking at an event staged in Milton Keynes to mark the fifth anniversary of the pandemic. About 100 people attended the "day of reflection" - one of many staged around Britain on Sunday.
