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Four-vehicle crash closes busy road and causes traffic chaos
News via Eastern Daily Press

Four-vehicle crash closes busy road and causes traffic chaos

The A1151 is shut near Wroxham following a four-vehicle crash this morning.

14 Oct 2026 Read at source
Highly-anticipated Christmas show to return after last year's sell-out success
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Highly-anticipated Christmas show to return after last year's sell-out success

The Cromer Pier Christmas Show will light up the Pavilion Theatre with festive spirit and variety entertainment from November 14 to December 28.

14 Oct 2026 Cromer Read at source
Travellers’ bid to make Norfolk plot their permanent home is thrown out
News via Watton & Swaffham Times

Travellers’ bid to make Norfolk plot their permanent home is thrown out

Breckland Council has thrown out a bid for a 12-pitch traveller site off Dereham Road near Saham Toney, with one councillor describing the application as "misguided"

14 Oct 2026 Dereham Swaffham Read at source
Drunk driver caught more than FOUR times over limit on A47
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Drunk driver caught more than FOUR times over limit on A47

Andy Perry was stopped on the A47 at Swaffham has narrowly avoided serving time behind bars.

14 Oct 2026 Swaffham Read at source

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Emergency crews called after group in vehicle cut off by incoming tide
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Emergency crews called after group in vehicle cut off by incoming tide

Hunstanton Coastguard team was called out after people became trapped in a vehicle with the tide rising at the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club in Brancaster.

14 Oct 2026 Hunstanton Read at source
Award-winning zoo releases Britain's rarest frogs into wild
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Award-winning zoo releases Britain's rarest frogs into wild

Banham Zoo has released northern pool frog tadpoles and froglets into the wild for the second year running, in a long-term bid to restore the species.

14 Oct 2026 Read at source
Remote railway stop makes 'World Cup of Stations 2026' final
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Remote railway stop makes 'World Cup of Stations 2026' final

Berney Arms railway station, a remote stop in the Norfolk Broads, has reached the final of a national competition.

14 Oct 2026 Read at source
East Anglia awards spotlight sustainability champions and educational trailblazers
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East Anglia awards spotlight sustainability champions and educational trailblazers

Meet the judges for the Clean & Green Champion and Educational Trailblazer categories at the East Anglia Clean & Green Awards 2027.

14 Oct 2026 Read at source
Bridge reopens after £35,000 maintenance work
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Bridge reopens after £35,000 maintenance work

Haven Bridge in Great Yarmouth has reopened after £35,000 maintenance, with nightly vehicle and river traffic closures continuing.

14 Oct 2026 Great Yarmouth Read at source
Large-scale rescue operation launched after concern for person in river
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Large-scale rescue operation launched after concern for person in river

A large-scale emergency response was launched in King's Lynn after concerns about a person who was seen in a river near 'the little ferry'.

14 Oct 2026 King's Lynn Read at source
Pub reassures customers it is here to stay despite building being put up for sale
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Pub reassures customers it is here to stay despite building being put up for sale

The Cock on Norwich Street in Dereham has reassured customers it will be staying open despite the building it occupies being put up for sale.

14 Oct 2026 Norwich Read at source
Man jailed after racist abuse of staff and tyre-slashing attack
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Man jailed after racist abuse of staff and tyre-slashing attack

A man who racially abused petrol station staff in Wisbech and vandalised a vehicle has been jailed for six months.

14 Oct 2026 Read at source

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