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Bus service shake-up in Norwich

Bus services in Norwich are set for a big shake-up when new timetables come into force later this month.

Connaught on brink of administration

Connaught is said to be on the brink of administrationNorwich's council leader today assured contingency plans were in place as the company which provides key services in the city reportedly teeters on the brink of administration.

Norwich letting agent stole from clients

A Norwich letting agent has admitted stealing more than £143,000 in cash from clients of the company he ran

Seething air show ready for take-off

Fast and furious aerial displays will be among the attractions at Seething Airfield's Charity Airday next weekend.

Body art success for Norfolk woman

An ex-science teacher from Norfolk who is now a body painter won a prize in all three of the categories she entered at the UKChildren know her as the felt-hatted, pointy-eared elf who paints butterflies and bats on their faces at a Norfolk adventure park.

Norwich musician up for Mercury Prize

A Norwich jazz musician will tonight find out if he has been chosen as the Mercury Music Prize winner.

Help save community centre

The future of a long-established community centre in the heart of a city estate is under threat unless more people come forward to help run it.

Norwich nightclub fined for free wine promotion

Tom Webster pictured at Optic in 2006The firm which runs a Norwich nightclub has been fined £3,000 after advertising and selling a de-alcoholised liquid as wine as part of a drinks promotion.

Asbestos waste dumped in villages near Norwich

Asbestos waste has been found dumped in villages in the Broadland area. The material was discovered in identical bags at three roadside locations - Salhouse Road, Rackheath, Green Lane, Great Plumstead and Hare Road, Great Plumstead.

Pioneering surgery saved Norwich man's life

John Raines, 77, from Coltishall, only the second person in the country to have his heart repaired in a pioneering procedureA Norfolk man who became only the second person in the country to have his heart repaired in a pioneering procedure has talked about how his life has been transformed since the operation.

Top ten artists get their works in Norwich shop windows

Katherine mager, left, Joseph Hayes, and Charlotte Rutherford, winners in the Norwich Arts CentreTen artists are celebrating after their work was picked to be the first to go on show in empty shop windows in Norwich city centre.

Passengers reminded of tube strikes

People heading from Norfolk to the capital are being reminded an underground strike is taking place today.

More Norwich streets may get permit parking

General view of Norwich from Thorpe Hamlet looking towards Prince of Wales RoadFamilies in three areas of Norwich who have been struggling to find somewhere to park near their homes are being urged to have their say on a possible solution.

Norfolk woman, 78, tells burglars to get out

A 78-year-old woman confronted two burglars who broke in to her Norfolk home and said: “What are you doing in my house? Get out.

Norfolk police target speed gun cheats

Sgt Geoff Bowers, right, and Pc Chris Harris are spear-heading prosecutions of drivers using jammers to disable police laser speed gunsTwo Norfolk police officers are spearheading a clampdown on hi-tech speeders who use laser jamming devices to disable speed guns.

Protection for historic RAF Coltishall airbase

Plans to save the heritage of a former RAF air base have been given the go-ahead by councillors.

Norfolk man dies in road crash

A 22-year-old man from Norfolk was one of two people who died after a van collided with a parked car in a lay-by on a major route through Berkshire

Police issue card skimming warning

The device was discovered on a cash machine at the Solar Supermarket (Co-Op) in Long Stratton at 3pm on Saturday.People who used a supermarket cash machine in a south Norfolk village over the weekend have been warned to check their accounts after a card skimming device was found.

Speed camera coverage cut across Norfolk

Speed camera coverage across Norfolk is to be drastically reducedSpeed camera coverage across Norfolk is to be drastically reduced as the county's enforcement team faces major cuts following the withdrawal of government funding.

Former Norfolk head gets 21 years for abusing boys

Derek Slade, 61, who ran St GeorgeA former Norfolk headmaster convicted of abusing boys in his care during the 1970s and 1980s has been sentenced to a 21-year jail term. Derek Slade, 61, who ran St George's School in Wicklewood, near Wymondham, and then another in Great Finborough, near Stowmarket, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court this morning.

Richard is the hero of Norwich Star Wars club

Richard WalkerAfter being given a Star Wars figure from a car boot sale Richard Walker was inspired to set up the Norwich and District Star Wars Club which now has more than 800 members and has raised in excess of £40,000 for charity,.

Norfolk councillors approve £10m cuts plan

Norfolk County Council voted in favour of the cuts plans which follows a decision by the coalition government to cut £6bn in public spending this year.Councillors in Norfolk today approved a £10m cut in grant funding which will see up to 90 jobs lost and an overhaul of the county's careers service. Norfolk County Council voted in favour of the cuts plans which follows a decision by the coalition government to cut £6bn in public spending this year.

Norwich man's kidneys saved lives

Suzie Reeves, 40, from Russet Grove in Earlham, was unaware that her husband Michael was a donor until his death from a heart attack last month.A Norwich widow whose husband's donated kidneys helped save the lives of two people has become a campaigner to recruit more organ donors.

Government backs Norwich 'free school' plan

Education secretary Michael Gove.The government today gave the go-ahead to a group of teachers and parents who want to set up one of the country's first “free schools” in the heart of Norwich.

Norwich parents warned to park safely at school

Reckless drivers who gamble with the lives of Norwich youngsters by parking dangerously outside city schools have been reminded their behaviour is illegal as preparations begin for the new school year.Reckless drivers who gamble with the lives of Norwich youngsters by parking dangerously outside city schools have been reminded their behaviour is illegal as preparations begin for the new school year.

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