Zoe Applegate

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Zoe Applegate

Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Officers will work with councils and support groups to try to stop young people carrying knivesPolice have launched a crackdown on youth violence in a city after a spate of daytime incidents escalated into "large-scale disorder". It follows assaults, robberies and the possession of weapons in the centre of Norwich over the last two months involving young people, officers said.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Zoe Applegate

Zoe ApplegateBBC News, NorfolkPolice have launched a crackdown on youth violence in a city after a spate of daytime incidents escalated into "large-scale disorder". It follows assaults, robberies and the possession of weapons in the centre of Norwich over the last two months involving young people, officers said. As part of the operation, two teenagers appeared in court on Monday after being stopped with knives in Chapelfield Gardens, a park in Norwich.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Zoe Applegate

Image source, Norfolk ConstabularyImage caption, Riley Mckinley-Green, 18, has been jailed for stabbing the same victim twice within a few days in Norwich city centreA teenager has been jailed for stabbing a man twice in four days in a city centre. Police said doctors commented the victim was "lucky to be alive" after suffering wounds "dangerously" close to major arteries when he was stabbed six times in his arms, legs and chest in Brazen Gate, Norwich, on 18 December.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Zoe Applegate

Zoe ApplegateBBC News, NorfolkA teenager has been jailed for stabbing a man twice in four days in a city centre. Police said doctors commented the victim was "lucky to be alive" after suffering wounds "dangerously" close to major arteries when he was stabbed six times in his arms, legs and chest in Brazen Gate, Norwich, on 18 December. He needed surgery following the knife attack and told police he had also been stabbed by the same man four days beforehand in Castle Mall.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Zoe Applegate

Zoe ApplegateBBC News, NorfolkControversial plans to install miles of overhead electricity pylons across the countryside have taken a step forward. Government energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed initial funding for the project, which could see 114 miles (183km) of pylons built from near Norwich to Tilbury, Essex. Planning permission has not yet been granted for the National Grid scheme, which would carry electricity produced by offshore wind farms.