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New twist delays decision over major new housing development

New twist delays decision over major new housing development

A decision over one of Norwich's biggest housing developments has been put on hold - because councillors insisted they need to visit the site first.

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Anger after vandals spray St George's flag on memorial to former Norwich Lord Mayor

Anger after vandals spray St George's flag on memorial to former Norwich Lord Mayor

A prominent memorial to a former Norwich Lord Mayor and First World War veteran has been vandalised, with a St George's Cross and the word 'England'...

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

New twist delays decision over major new housing development

New twist delays decision over major new housing development

A decision over one of Norwich's biggest housing developments has been put on hold - because councillors insisted they need to visit the site first.

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Anger after vandals spray St George's flag on memorial to former Norwich Lord Mayor

Anger after vandals spray St George's flag on memorial to former Norwich Lord Mayor

A prominent memorial to a former Norwich Lord Mayor and First World War veteran has been vandalised, with a St George's Cross and the word 'England'...

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Independent councillor switches allegiance to the Greens at City Hall

Independent councillor switches allegiance to the Greens at City Hall

The Green ranks at Norwich City Council have been swelled after an independent councillor joined the party.

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Norwich Evening News

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Almost 30 Norfolk schools have fewer than 50 pupils

Almost 30 Norfolk schools have fewer than 50 pupils

Falling pupil numbers are likely to have a "significant impact" on some of Norfolk's smaller schools and some may close, councillors have warned.

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Fury as council leader accuses districts of 'gerrymandering' over shake-up

Fury as council leader accuses districts of 'gerrymandering' over shake-up

The leader of Norfolk County Council has sparked fury after she accused district council colleagues of "wilful gerrymandering" over the biggest...

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Independent councillor switches allegiance to the Greens at City Hall

Independent councillor switches allegiance to the Greens at City Hall

The Green ranks at Norwich City Council have been swelled after an independent councillor joined the party.

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Almost 30 Norfolk schools have fewer than 50 pupils

Almost 30 Norfolk schools have fewer than 50 pupils

Falling pupil numbers are likely to have a "significant impact" on some of Norfolk's smaller schools and some may close, councillors have warned.

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Fury as council leader accuses districts of 'gerrymandering' over shake-up

Fury as council leader accuses districts of 'gerrymandering' over shake-up

The leader of Norfolk County Council has sparked fury after she accused district council colleagues of "wilful gerrymandering" over the biggest...

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Eastern Daily Press

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Fresh warning more small schools may close as pupil numbers plummet in Norfolk

Fresh warning more small schools may close as pupil numbers plummet in Norfolk

Some of Norfolk's smallest schools are likely to struggle to stay open as pupil numbers across the county plummet, officials have warned.

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Anger grows as crunch decision looms over homes at former golf club

Anger grows as crunch decision looms over homes at former golf club

Anger is growing over whether a builder should be allowed to reduce how many affordable homes it provides - and chop down more than 200 trees - on one...

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Proposals for 'reimagining' Norwich's City Hall revealed

Proposals for 'reimagining' Norwich's City Hall revealed

Proposals to revamp Norwich's City Hall have been unveiled, with plans for an extension to create a hotel put on the backburner.

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Fresh warning more small schools may close as pupil numbers plummet in Norfolk

Fresh warning more small schools may close as pupil numbers plummet in Norfolk

Some of Norfolk's smallest schools are likely to struggle to stay open as pupil numbers across the county plummet, officials have warned.

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Anger grows as crunch decision looms over homes at former golf club

Anger grows as crunch decision looms over homes at former golf club

Anger is growing over whether a builder should be allowed to reduce how many affordable homes it provides - and chop down more than 200 trees - on one...

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Proposals for 'reimagining' Norwich's City Hall revealed

Proposals for 'reimagining' Norwich's City Hall revealed

Proposals to revamp Norwich's City Hall have been unveiled, with plans for an extension to create a hotel put on the backburner.

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Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

New £6.3m contract for Norwich bus station and park and ride sites on the cards

New £6.3m contract for Norwich bus station and park and ride sites on the cards

The search for a company to run Norwich's bus station and to maintain the city's park and ride sites is drawing to a close.

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Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

New £6.3m contract for Norwich bus station and park and ride sites on the cards

New £6.3m contract for Norwich bus station and park and ride sites on the cards

The search for a company to run Norwich's bus station and to maintain the city's park and ride sites is drawing to a close.

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Eastern Daily Press

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Gritting, speeding and parking worries at school on new housing estate

Gritting, speeding and parking worries at school on new housing estate

Parents fear speeding drivers, poor parking and the potential of roads going ungritted this winter are putting children in danger near one of...

12.10.2025 3

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Gritting, speeding and parking worries at school on new housing estate

Gritting, speeding and parking worries at school on new housing estate

Parents fear speeding drivers, poor parking and the potential of roads going ungritted this winter are putting children in danger near one of...

12.10.2025 2

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Drivers will face disruption as finishing touches made to new £47m bypass

Drivers will face disruption as finishing touches made to new £47m bypass

Work to put the finishing touches to the £47m Long Stratton bypass is about to begin - with drivers facing one final week of disruption.

11.10.2025 8

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Major change for Norfolk railways as Greater Anglia goes into public ownership

Major change for Norfolk railways as Greater Anglia goes into public ownership

A rail firm that runs services in Norfolk will become the third to be re-nationalised this weekend - but a government minister has said she cannot...

11.10.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Drivers will face disruption as finishing touches made to new £47m bypass

Drivers will face disruption as finishing touches made to new £47m bypass

Work to put the finishing touches to the £47m Long Stratton bypass is about to begin - with drivers facing one final week of disruption.

11.10.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Major change for Norfolk railways as Greater Anglia goes into public ownership

Major change for Norfolk railways as Greater Anglia goes into public ownership

A rail firm that runs services in Norfolk will become the third to be re-nationalised this weekend - but a government minister has said she cannot...

11.10.2025 10

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Dan Grimmer

Gritney Spears or Spreadie Mercury? Council wants YOUR help to name its gritters

Gritney Spears or Spreadie Mercury? Council wants YOUR help to name its gritters

Giving gritting trucks names has become something of a tradition - with the likes of Lewice Hamilton, Chittygrittybangbang and Gritter Me Timbers...

10.10.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Fresh blow in quest to find alternatives to scrapped road scheme

Fresh blow in quest to find alternatives to scrapped road scheme

Moves to come up with an alternative to the scrapped plans for the Norwich Western Link road have been dealt a blow.

10.10.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Norfolk's museums get £360k boost to help pull in more visitors

Norfolk's museums get £360k boost to help pull in more visitors

Norfolk museum bosses have been handed a £360,000 boost to get more people enjoying the county's heritage.

10.10.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Gritney Spears or Spreadie Mercury? Council wants YOUR help to name its gritters

Gritney Spears or Spreadie Mercury? Council wants YOUR help to name its gritters

Giving gritting trucks names has become something of a tradition - with the likes of Lewice Hamilton, Chittygrittybangbang and Gritter Me Timbers...

10.10.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Fresh blow in quest to find alternatives to scrapped road scheme

Fresh blow in quest to find alternatives to scrapped road scheme

Moves to come up with an alternative to the scrapped plans for the Norwich Western Link road have been dealt a blow.

10.10.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Norfolk's museums get £360k boost to help pull in more visitors

Norfolk's museums get £360k boost to help pull in more visitors

Norfolk museum bosses have been handed a £360,000 boost to get more people enjoying the county's heritage.

10.10.2025 3

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Decision over hundreds of new homes on long-derelict site hit by delay

Decision over hundreds of new homes on long-derelict site hit by delay

A decision over plans for 550 new homes on a site which has stood empty for decades has been put on hold.

09.10.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Decision over hundreds of new homes on long-derelict site hit by delay

Decision over hundreds of new homes on long-derelict site hit by delay

A decision over plans for 550 new homes on a site which has stood empty for decades has been put on hold.

09.10.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Village to get almost 200 new homes - but only after extraordinary votes at council

Village to get almost 200 new homes - but only after extraordinary votes at council

Proposals to build almost 200 homes on the edge of a Norfolk village have been approved - but only after an extraordinary chain of events at a...

09.10.2025 10

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Dan Grimmer

Decision made over opening hours for controversial new McDonald's

Decision made over opening hours for controversial new McDonald's

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been given the go-ahead to run its newest Norfolk restaurant around the clock, despite opposition from neighbours.

08.10.2025 9

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

'Taxi' bill for Norfolk schoolchildren to be cut as council unveils savings proposals

'Taxi' bill for Norfolk schoolchildren to be cut as council unveils savings proposals

Councillors have unveiled plans to reduce the huge cost to the taxpayer of ferrying children to and from school.

08.10.2025 6

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Decision made over opening hours for controversial new McDonald's

Decision made over opening hours for controversial new McDonald's

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been given the go-ahead to run its newest Norfolk restaurant around the clock, despite opposition from neighbours.

08.10.2025 6

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

'Taxi' bill for Norfolk schoolchildren to be cut as council unveils savings proposals

'Taxi' bill for Norfolk schoolchildren to be cut as council unveils savings proposals

Councillors have unveiled plans to reduce the huge cost to the taxpayer of ferrying children to and from school.

08.10.2025 6

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Dan Grimmer

Awkward for Adrian... Landlord MP's party votes to abolish LANDLORDS

Awkward for Adrian... Landlord MP's party votes to abolish LANDLORDS

The Green Party has made it party policy to "abolish landlords" - even though one of its four MPs rents out a home in Norfolk.

07.10.2025 8

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Decision time over controversial plans for 550 homes at long-derelict site

Decision time over controversial plans for 550 homes at long-derelict site

A long-awaited decision over controversial plans for 550 new homes on a site which has stood derelict for decades will be made this week.

07.10.2025 8

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Awkward for Adrian... Landlord MP's party votes to abolish LANDLORDS

Awkward for Adrian... Landlord MP's party votes to abolish LANDLORDS

The Green Party has made it party policy to "abolish landlords" - even though one of its four MPs rents out a home in Norfolk.

07.10.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Decision time over controversial plans for 550 homes at long-derelict site

Decision time over controversial plans for 550 homes at long-derelict site

A long-awaited decision over controversial plans for 550 new homes on a site which has stood derelict for decades will be made this week.

07.10.2025 8

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Bird's-eye view pictures show progress to lay surface on dualled A47

Bird's-eye view pictures show progress to lay surface on dualled A47

These bird's-eye view photographs show the progress being made to dual two sections of Norfolk's A47.

06.10.2025 8

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Speed limit on road through Norfolk village could be halved

Speed limit on road through Norfolk village could be halved

The speed limit on a section of road through a Norfolk village could be halved, from 60mph to 30mph.

06.10.2025 7

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Bird's-eye view pictures show progress to lay surface on dualled A47

Bird's-eye view pictures show progress to lay surface on dualled A47

These bird's-eye view photographs show the progress being made to dual two sections of Norfolk's A47.

06.10.2025 8

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Speed limit on road through Norfolk village could be halved

Speed limit on road through Norfolk village could be halved

The speed limit on a section of road through a Norfolk village could be halved, from 60mph to 30mph.

06.10.2025 7

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Crunch vote to back £1bn deal and elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk nears

Crunch vote to back £1bn deal and elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk nears

A crunch vote where councillors will decide whether to back a £1bn devolution deal and an elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk, will be made within...

05.10.2025 3

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Crunch vote to back £1bn deal and elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk nears

Crunch vote to back £1bn deal and elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk nears

A crunch vote where councillors will decide whether to back a £1bn devolution deal and an elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk, will be made within...

05.10.2025 2

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Thousands of Norwich City season ticket holders to be forced to move for away fans

Thousands of Norwich City season ticket holders to be forced to move for away fans

Carrow Road is to undergo one of its biggest transformations in generations with thousands of season ticket holders forced to move so their seats can...

04.10.2025 7

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer

Thousands of Norwich City season ticket holders to be forced to move for away fans

Thousands of Norwich City season ticket holders to be forced to move for away fans

Carrow Road is to undergo one of its biggest transformations in generations with thousands of season ticket holders forced to move so their seats can...

04.10.2025 9

Eastern Daily Press

Dan Grimmer

Work to pave way for new £8.4m Norfolk road and roundabout to start

Work to pave way for new £8.4m Norfolk road and roundabout to start

Work to pave the way for a new £8.4m Norfolk road and roundabout will start next week.

03.10.2025 8

Norwich Evening News

Dan Grimmer