My painful memories of D-Day
Today's 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy has brought back vivid and painful memories for Thomas Robinson. KATE SCOTTER talks to the war veteran about that tragic day, life after the war, meeting royalty and the love of his life.
06 June 2009
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Meet Norfolk's King of Sport
He is the self proclaimed King of Norfolk sport, but Les King's impact spreads much further than football pitches and boxing rings as MICHAEL BAILEY discovered.
02 May 2009
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We meet city's hardman
He was inspired to box by an Oscar-winning film, but little did Earl Jones know that he'd later go on to star on the big screen himself. ROB GARRATT spoke to him about his colourful career on camera and in the ring.
11 April 2009
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Meet Norfolk's Mr Ale
He may have brought joy to thousands of people as the organiser of one the country's most popular beer festivals, but Alan Edwards still gets a frosty reception from the public during his day job as a parking attendant.
06 April 2009
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Meet Norwich's own running man
To hundreds of students he is a college teacher, to others he is a former boxer but to most he is known for running across America.
21 March 2009
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Originals: Jake Humphrey
He is the youngest presenter to host a number of sporting programmes and has now landed one of the most prestigious roles in TV. KATE SCOTTER talks to Jake Humphrey about paper rounds, the Olympics, Formula One and Norwich City's chances of survival.
13 March 2009
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My one way ticket to a successul career
When terrified 18-year-old Richard Wells was given a one-way ticket to London by his father and told not to return for six months, he did not realise that the move would be the key to his lifelong business success, as SAM EMANUEL reports.
07 March 2009
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Originals: Nigel Dowdney
He's the respectable face of local independent businesses in Norwich, but did you know that once Nigel Dowdney was pictured on billboards all over Spain, advertising aftershave while wearing little more than glistening body oil?
28 February 2009
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Originals: Fat Cat landlord Colin Keatley
He went from pulling pints behind a bar as a teenager to owning his own award-winning venue in the city.
Every major event of his life seems to have been connected to the bar trade, from supplying him with his first job to the place he met his wife.
13 December 2008
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Original: Bryan McNerney
He is the larger than life character who for years brought history to life on our television screens. But when KATE SCOTTER met up with Bryan McNerney, she discovered he loathed the subject when he was a young boy.
13 December 2008
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Meet soprano Elizabeth Watts
She has been singing for longer than she can remember and is now bringing music into thousands of homes. KATE SCOTTER talks to soprano singer Elizabeth Watts about her career, ambitions and her hometown.
06 December 2008
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Originals: Neil Doncaster
He is the man in charge of the city's beloved football club, but your average fan knows very little about Neil Doncaster outside of his role as chief executive of Norwich City Football Club.
22 November 2008
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Meet city's Mr Maddermarket
Painted green with vegetable dye playing Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the nine-year-old Peter Sowerbutts never thought that one day he would be working alongside some of the country's most famous actors.
14 June 2008
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