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Business leaders welcome plans for giant soft play in former Debenhams store
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Business leaders welcome plans for giant soft play in former Debenhams store

Norwich BID have said they welcome the new scheme to transform the former Debenhams building in Orford Street into a Fun Parx family entertainment park.

17 Jun 2026 Norwich Read at source
Expert photographers capture scale of record-breaking turbines
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Expert photographers capture scale of record-breaking turbines

Stunning imagery of East Anglia THREE’s record turbines highlights the growing role of specialist media in documenting offshore wind projects.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
Drunk driver in court over Christmas Eve crash that killed pedestrian
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Drunk driver in court over Christmas Eve crash that killed pedestrian

Nicolae Brica is charged with causing death and serious injury having previously admitted being twice over drink drive limit.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
£700,000 invested in Great Yarmouth station ahead of summer season
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£700,000 invested in Great Yarmouth station ahead of summer season

Great Yarmouth Train Station is at the centre of the upgrades by Greater Anglia aimed at improving comfort, accessibility and information for passengers.

17 Jun 2026 Great Yarmouth Read at source

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£700,000 invested in Norfolk train station ahead of summer season
News via Eastern Daily Press

£700,000 invested in Norfolk train station ahead of summer season

Great Yarmouth Train Station is at the centre of the upgrades by Greater Anglia aimed at improving comfort, accessibility and information for passengers.

17 Jun 2026 Great Yarmouth Read at source
UEA expert says social media ban for under-16s 'will do more harm than good'
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UEA expert says social media ban for under-16s 'will do more harm than good'

A social media ban for under-16s has been branded “ineffective and counterproductive” by a digital education expert from the UEA.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
'Prolific' burglar who stole safe (and dog harness) jailed for three years
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'Prolific' burglar who stole safe (and dog harness) jailed for three years

Richard Duggan, a "prolific" burglar, has been jailed for three years following a series of incidents in Swaffham.

17 Jun 2026 Swaffham Read at source
North Norfolk named among best areas for independent coffee shops
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North Norfolk named among best areas for independent coffee shops

A new study has crowned north Norfolk as the best place in the East of England for independent coffee shops.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
Finance boss nearly put firm out of business by stealing £300,000 to spend on clothes
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Finance boss nearly put firm out of business by stealing £300,000 to spend on clothes

The finance manager of a family-run Norfolk business drained more than £300,000 from the firm's finances over six years, a court has heard.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
Get ready for Flying Ant Season! Huge numbers of ants set to swarm this summer
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Get ready for Flying Ant Season! Huge numbers of ants set to swarm this summer

Flying ants are set to invade Norfolk this summer due to the recent warm and wet weather.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
'Loving' Norfolk man who died in motorbike crash named by police
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'Loving' Norfolk man who died in motorbike crash named by police

Police have named the man from Outwell who died after a motorbike crash on the M11.

17 Jun 2026 Read at source
Fly-tippers fined nearly £2,000 after dumping freezer and mounds of waste
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Fly-tippers fined nearly £2,000 after dumping freezer and mounds of waste

Three people have been fined after fly-tipping incidents in Great Yarmouth and Gorleston.

17 Jun 2026 Great Yarmouth Read at source

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