News

• Options put forward for Boundary Road crossing

  24 September 2021
  Plans to create a better connection across the busy Norwich outer ring road have been put forward for public consultation, with two options on the table to make it safer and easier for those travelling on foot or by bike.

• £70,000 community fund could boost green projects

  24 September 2021
  A £70,000 online crowd funding scheme, to support environmental and community projects, is set to be launched by the county council.

• New drive to accelerate use of electric vehicles

  24 September 2021
  A new drive to accelerate the use of electric vehicles in Norfolk is being considered by the county council’s cabinet.

• Norfolk County Council wins Internet of Things Award at Connected Britain Awards Ceremony

  22 September 2021
  The council won the Internet of Things (IoT) Award for its Long-Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) for sending and receiving low power signals from digital devices and objects.

• Norfolk calls on Ministers to Just Dual It

  16 September 2021
  Calls are growing for the government to prioritise dualling the A47, as the chance for members of the public to have their say on the roads in Norfolk opens up for this year.

• Reaction to Government's winter strategy for Covid

  14 September 2021
  Today, the Government announced its five pillars strategy for handling Covid 19 over the winter.

• COVID-19 vaccination requirement for those entering a care home

  10 September 2021
  Employees carrying out works at any kind of care home will be required, from 11 November 2021, to prove that they are double-vaccinated.

• Reaction to the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board's report on three deaths at the Cawston Park private hospital

  09 September 2021
  Today, the safeguarding adults board published a report into the deaths of Joanna, Jon and Ben at the privately run Cawston Park hospital.

• Norfolk set to accelerate electric vehicle uptake

  08 September 2021
  A new electric vehicle strategy is set for discussion next week as county councillors consider practical ways to help boost the uptake of carbon cutting electric vehicles across Norfolk.

• Leader responds to PM's social care announcement

  07 September 2021
  Norfolk County Council leader Councillor Andrew Proctor said: “Bill Borrett and I have pressed the Government, repeatedly, to address the real and mounting pressures on care services, which threaten to drag down the budget of every major council. So, I welcome today’s announcement for additional funding for care services.