News

• Libraries help tackle loneliness in Norfolk over Christmas

  10 December 2018
  Libraries in Norfolk are inviting people to come along for free tea and a friendly chat at Just A Cuppa events across the county.

• Project to prevent ‘County Lines’ child exploitation receives Home Office backing

  07 December 2018
  A partnership project to tackle serious violence in Norfolk by preventing the exploitation of young people by criminal gangs has been successful in securing Home Office funding.

• Residents warned to keep escape routes clear

  07 December 2018
  Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service is reminding people living in flats and buildings with communal escape routes that these areas must be kept clear in case of emergencies.

• Completion of first phase of £4.5m Transport for Attleborough project

  07 December 2018
  The scheme, which will reduce congestion, improve pedestrian safety will also support planned growth in the town.

• Help Norfolk prevent the spread of Norovirus

  07 December 2018
  Norfolk residents are being urged to help prevent the spread of Norovirus as several cases of the virus have been seen in the county.

• Rogue traders not welcome! Celebration at launch of Norfolk’s 200th no cold calling zone

  06 December 2018
  A celebration today marked the launch of Norfolk’s 200th No Cold Calling Zone (NCCZ) as people who live in the Norwich Housing Society’s Lanchester Court gathered for tea and cake.

• New suicide prevention Stay Alive app launches in Norfolk

  04 December 2018
  The new Stay Alive App from Norfolk County Council is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the county, packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis.

• Norfolk treasure on shortlist for Britain’s favourite work of art in Art Fund poll

  04 December 2018
  Voting has opened to find the Art Fund’s Work of 2018 – and Norfolk treasure the Winfarthing Pendant is on the shortlist. The nationally-significant Anglo-Saxon gold treasure, which was found by a Norfolk student while metal-detecting at Winfarthing near Diss, was saved for the nation earlier this year following a fundraising appeal by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery.

• Young people most likely to take deadly risks in a flood

  03 December 2018
  Driving through flood water, taking storm selfies and wave watching during coastal flooding are some of the life endangering risks that young people would take in a flood, according to new figures.

• Public information: Work progressing well on Broadland Northway roundabouts

  03 December 2018
  Drivers are being advised to leave extra time for their journeys this week as delays are possible as work moves to the Salhouse Road roundabout.