News

• King's Lynn children to join Crucial Crew

  19 April 2018
  Youngsters aged 10-11 from 48 local schools will learn valuable safety skills and advice at interactive workshops thanks to the project led by Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service.

• Initial findings of Norfolk’s first independent mobile coverage survey revealed

  13 April 2018
  An extensive independent survey has found that attempts to make a mobile phone call in locations across Norfolk are likely to be unsuccessful nearly one in five times.

• Preventing potholes: £10.4m to seal hundreds of miles of Norfolk roads as 2018 surface dressing work starts next week

  12 April 2018
  Work is starting next week to add a new seal to more than 320 miles of Norfolk’s roads this spring and summer. The £10.4m surface dressing scheme will extend the life of the roads and provide a new skid-resistant surface to help reduce the risk of accidents.

• Trial announced to tackle traffic congestion on London Road, King’s Lynn

  12 April 2018
  Norfolk County Council is to make changes to one of the main routes into and out of King’s Lynn town centre in an attempt to tackle traffic congestion.

• Opening set for final section of Norwich NDR – A1270 Broadland Northway

  12 April 2018
  The final section of the A1270 Norwich Northern Distributor Road – now named Broadland Northway – will be opened up to all traffic overnight on Monday/Tuesday 16/17 April, Norfolk County Council and Balfour Beatty confirmed today (Thurs 12 April).

• County Council commits £2.4m to help ensure No Lonely Day in Norfolk

  10 April 2018
  Norfolk County Council has stepped up its In Good Company campaign to combat loneliness in the county by announcing £2.4 million of new funding to help ensure no one spends a lonely day in Norfolk if they don’t want to.

• New Deputy Lieutenants announced

  06 April 2018
  Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of eight new Deputy Lieutenants for the County of Norfolk.

• Four thousand Norfolk households helped to get composting this spring

  06 April 2018
  With a new cut price bin offer and free courses across the county Norfolk County Council is aiming to make it easier for people to get composting this spring.

• Help cut food waste and save money this Easter

  05 April 2018
  Norfolk County Council’s Plan Eat Save initiative – an exciting campaign proud to support Love Food Hate Waste in Norfolk – aims to reduce this wasted food with a host of top tips, recipes and advice on how to save money by following a simple food waste programme.

• Norfolk County Council to hold roadshow event in South Norfolk

  04 April 2018
  People are invited to have their say at Norfolk County Council’s latest roadshow, in Diss on Tuesday, April 24