The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has teamed up with award-winning grower Peter Beales Roses to create a new rose to celebrate 200 years of saving lives at sea. The orange rose has been named ‘With Courage’ by the charity’s…
Norwich-based Barratt and David Wilson Homes Anglia has donated £3,000 to Love Dereham, a charity dedicated to helping vulnerable people in its community and surrounding villages. Love Dereham, established in 2011, focuses on promoting health and well-being by combatting loneliness, isolation,…
NORFOLK’S Annie Chapman – affectionately known as ‘Pink Tractor Annie’ – has a new title to get used to. The incredible 82-year-old has been made a Cancer Research UK Honorary Fellow at this year’s national Flame of Hope awards, celebrating…
The Museum of the Broads launches a brand-new exhibition and accompanying film: Digging, Draining, Drenching – the Story of Peat in the Broads Though a haven for wildlife, the Broads landscape is not entirely natural. Having gone through millennia of…
Feedback from the public and stakeholders is shaping proposals for King’s Lynn’s riverfront after consultation took place. The consultation on the Riverfront Regeneration proposals, held as part of a wider programme of engagement around the project, saw about 200 people…
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has revealed that a stunning replica of a 17th century Spanish galleon will be sailing into the town at the end of May. The tall ship’s arrival coincides with half term and will be open to the…
Preparations are well under way for Norwich’s biggest FREE festival event of the year as applications open for procession entries for the Lord Mayor’s Weekend on Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 July. Other details are also announced, with further…
Stage and screen star Suranne Jones has stepped into a new role – as president of Sheringham Little Theatre. The multi award-winning actor best known for Vigil, Gentleman Jack and Dr Foster, was unveiled at the annual meeting of the…
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced that beach wheelchairs are now available to book for free at two locations. The special wheelchairs have large pneumatic wheels which allow them to slide over the sand giving people with limited mobility easy…
A brand-new cycling studio was unveiled at South Norfolk Council’s Wymondham Leisure Centre. Council Chairman, Cllr James Easter, officially opened the studio which has 30 bikes. He said: “Where some councils are cutting their leisure provision, we are continuing to…
