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Robby West

Norwich

Broadcast Journalist at BBC

@BBCLookEast journalist. If news & bits about my life don't fill you with excitement, probably best not to follow.

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  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | |Robby West

    Prince William visits sustainable textile dyes labNeve Gordon-Farleigh & Robby WestPA MediaDuring the visit, the Prince of Wales and Cate Blanchett, observed DNA gel under a microscope and were shown diagrams analysing the effectiveness of the pigmentsThe Prince of Wales and actor Cate Blanchett have complemented the work of a sustainable textile dyes company after visiting its laboratory.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Robby West |Alice Cunningham

    Image source, Connor MannImage caption, The friends enjoyed going to events together and visiting LondonTributes have been paid to a "loved and adored" man who died in a plane crash in India. Mr Harrington, known as Ash to friends and family, had attended Thomas Gainsborough School in Sudbury and West Suffolk College in Bury St Edmunds. Connor Mann, 27, was a close friend for 15 years and said it had been "hard to put into words" what Mr Harrington meant to him.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Robby West |Laura Devlin

    Campsite clampdown for 'aggressive' cat HarryRobby West and Laura DevlinRobby West/BBCHarry likes to wander around the village - but he's not welcome everywhereA campsite has complained to the owner of a neighbourhood cat that her wandering moggy was "aggressive" and could deter guests. Harry makes regular stop-offs at Applewood Countryside Park in his home village of Banham, Norfolk - but the company director claims he is far from the purr-fect visitor.

  • 3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Robby West |

    Officers investigating a fire at a former city pub uncovered a cannabis factory, police said. Roads were closed after a blaze started at the Cat and Fiddle on Magdalen Street in Norwich at about 14:50 BST on Thursday. "Crime scene investigators and fire investigators found 40 cannabis plants and hydroponics equipment in the building," said a statement from Norfolk Police. The fire brought part of the city to a standstill. Neighbouring buildings were evacuated.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Robby West

    Cannabis factory found after fire in city pubRobby WestReporting fromMagdalen streetJayden StraceyWitnesses said the fire was in a flat above the old pubOfficers investigating a fire at a former city pub uncovered a cannabis factory, police said. Roads were closed after a blaze started at the Cat and Fiddle on Magdalen Street in Norwich at about 14:50 BST on Thursday.

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Robby West @RobWestBBC
4 Jul 24

RT @andrewpolitics: If this exit poll is correct, the political map of East Anglia is about to be re-drawn in a way we’ve never seen before…

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Robby West @RobWestBBC
27 Jun 24

RT @JonIronmonger: Excl: The UK’s biggest supplier of unused Covid PPE has claimed £1.4 billion of its stock may have been incinerated or w…

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Robby West @RobWestBBC
28 May 24

Today I've been to meet the @takethat fans waiting 40 hours for #Norwich gig https://t.co/iVgxyriRe5