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Fast food giant to open first Norfolk restaurant
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Fast food giant to open first Norfolk restaurant

Popeyes is planning to open its first restaurant in Norfolk in the PE30 area of King's Lynn, a new job advert has revealed.

01 Oct 2026 King's Lynn Read at source
Beach beloved by Royal Family named among best for an autumn walk
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Beach beloved by Royal Family named among best for an autumn walk

Holkham beach in north Norfolk has been named among the best beaches for an autumn walk by the experts at GO Outdoors.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Years of anti-social behaviour at 'eyesore' building sparks calls to demolish it
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Years of anti-social behaviour at 'eyesore' building sparks calls to demolish it

People living in Fishergate want a derelict block of flats, trashed by people littering and squatting, to be knocked down.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Forest school wins approval for classroom erected without permission
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Forest school wins approval for classroom erected without permission

Plans for a timber learning hub that was built without planning permission have now been given the green light.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source

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Teen accused of racist abuse and assault of security guard at asylum hotel
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Teen accused of racist abuse and assault of security guard at asylum hotel

Teenager Leo Procter denies racially abusing and assaulting a security guard at the Brook Hotel in Bowthorpe, used to house asylum seekers.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Plans to turn former pub into a mosque are scrapped
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Plans to turn former pub into a mosque are scrapped

Plans to transform a former pub into a mosque have been scrapped after swathes of objections.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Inspector overturns refusal of plastic piling at Broads waterside property
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Inspector overturns refusal of plastic piling at Broads waterside property

Planning inspector overturns Broads Authority refusal of plastic piling at a plot in Horning, allowing 25 metres to replace timber quay heading by River Bure.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Fresh details on 360-home development in town unveiled
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Fresh details on 360-home development in town unveiled

Further details about a planned 360-home development in Dereham have been unveiled as the project would be split into phases.

01 Oct 2026 Dereham Read at source
Calls for £5m from sidelined road scheme to be spent on roundabout for Norfolk town
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Calls for £5m from sidelined road scheme to be spent on roundabout for Norfolk town

Fresh calls have been made for investment in a new multi-million-pound roundabout at the entrance to a north Norfolk town.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Closure of Norfolk recycling centre branded 'retrograde' step as budget cuts slammed
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Closure of Norfolk recycling centre branded 'retrograde' step as budget cuts slammed

Proposals to plug the £36m budget gap at Norfolk County Council, including closing a recycling centre and cutting County Hall jobs, have come under fire.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
Mystery surrounds death of 40-year-old delivery driver found at home
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Mystery surrounds death of 40-year-old delivery driver found at home

An inquest opening was held into the death Tom William Smith who was found at his Reepham home.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source
How precision tech and cutting-edge soil science are protecting farms' onions
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How precision tech and cutting-edge soil science are protecting farms' onions

New innovations including an AI-driven spot sprayer took centre stage at an East Anglian open day focused on the future of the onion industry.

01 Oct 2026 Read at source

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