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Heritage railway revives oil-fired engine after nearly 20 years to reduce fire risks
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Heritage railway revives oil-fired engine after nearly 20 years to reduce fire risks

Engineers from the Aylsham workshops have developed a system which means the locomotive, No.8 John of Gaunt, can be converted to oil in around 72 hours.

09 Sep 2026 Aylsham Read at source
Restored 'ghost pond' remains full of water despite searing summer drought
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Restored 'ghost pond' remains full of water despite searing summer drought

A restored Norfolk "ghost pond" within the Wymondham Habitat Bank nature project has remained full of water despite the drought - proving the value of natural hydrology during arid summers.

09 Sep 2026 Wymondham Read at source
Event offering advice for Norfolk business owners to take place next month
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Event offering advice for Norfolk business owners to take place next month

A business event promising practical advice for long-term success is taking place in Norwich later this month.

09 Sep 2026 Norwich Read at source
Angry Norfolk leaders seek payback for money spent on abandoned council axe plans
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Angry Norfolk leaders seek payback for money spent on abandoned council axe plans

Angry Norfolk leaders want the government to pay them back for costs racked up through now withdrawn plans to axe the county's councils.

09 Sep 2026 Read at source

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Norfolk beauty business expansion approved with warehouse and nine new jobs
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Norfolk beauty business expansion approved with warehouse and nine new jobs

A Norfolk beauty products firm can expand its premises near Wymondham after approval.

09 Sep 2026 Wymondham Read at source
Norfolk firm creates AI versions of pupil photos to protect them from deepfakes
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Norfolk firm creates AI versions of pupil photos to protect them from deepfakes

Almost half of UK headteachers say their school has been targeted by criminals creating deepfake images of pupils, a new survey has found.

09 Sep 2026 Read at source
Dealer who admitted more drugs charges while on suspended sentence due back in court
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Dealer who admitted more drugs charges while on suspended sentence due back in court

A former Amazon worker given a suspended jail term for supplying cocaine is to be sentenced later this month after he admitted more drugs offences.

09 Sep 2026 Read at source
Historic sites in Norfolk town set to open up for free during national festival
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Historic sites in Norfolk town set to open up for free during national festival

Great Yarmouth will take part in the annual Heritage Open Days, offering free entry to sites and buildings in the town that are often closed to the public.

09 Sep 2026 Great Yarmouth Read at source
Councillors call to scrap plans for new Norfolk town on A11 the size of North Walsham
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Councillors call to scrap plans for new Norfolk town on A11 the size of North Walsham

County councillors have agreed to call for controversial proposals for a new 6,000-home town in rural Norfolk to be abandoned.

09 Sep 2026 North Walsham Read at source
Firm with 10,000 clients and eight offices across the region appoints new director
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Firm with 10,000 clients and eight offices across the region appoints new director

Michael Morter has joined Lovewell Blake as tax director, providing tax advice and planning to individuals and business owners.

09 Sep 2026 Read at source
Woman cheated benefits system out of more than £20,000 by living with her husband
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Woman cheated benefits system out of more than £20,000 by living with her husband

Chantelle Crookes failed to declare her partner had moved into her Thetford home to continue to claim low income benefits that she was not entitled to.

09 Sep 2026 Thetford Read at source
Rapist with brain injury made note to himself on phone he had 'abused' woman
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Rapist with brain injury made note to himself on phone he had 'abused' woman

A man left with memory difficulties as a result of a brain injury added a note on his phone stating he had "abused" a woman and made her bleed.

09 Sep 2026 Read at source

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