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Category IconTeenager 'forced to drink petrol'

A 17-year-old Norfolk teenager whose remains were found in woodland near Yarmouth had been tied to a tree and set on fire after being forced to drink petrol, a post mortem examination has revealed.

From: edp24.co.uk   21 minutes ago

Category IconPriest's Sheringham Tesco store warning

The quaintness of Sheringham as a shopping town and seaside resort could be ruined by a planned Tesco store a long-standing resident told a public inquiry today.

From: edp24.co.uk   19 minutes ago

Category IconDereham arson attack

Arsonists targeted a pair of Dereham shops last night when they set fire to large quantities of cardboard. Two fire engines were called to Halfords and Jollyes on Yaxham Road at around 10.

From: edp24.co.uk   31 minutes ago

Category IconElephants go on safari across Norwich

Around 50 baby elephants have appeared in public places around Norwich, including several churches, in a mammoth exhibition until August 31, including one painted by YMCA residents.

From: Network Norwich   50 minutes ago

Category IconFirst-hand Norfolk view of Florida Outpouring

Norwich-based Christian intercessor, Jill Gower, reports on her life-changing experience at the Lakeland Florida religious outpouring, led by evangelist Todd Bentley.

From: Network Norwich   1 hour ago

Category IconFilm student heads for Slovenia

A Norfolk student flies out to Slovenia for his latest project to turn a folklore tale into a film.

From: BBC News   2 hours ago

Category IconFens to lose four post offices

Fenland will lose four post offices in the latest round of closures set to be announced next week. Leaked documents obtained by local paper the Wisbech Standard reveal offices in Wisbech (Harecroft Road) March (St Peter's Road), Benwick, and Christchurch are earmarked for closure.

From: edp24.co.uk   2 hours ago

Category IconNorwich youth project team get on their bikes

Keen cyclists supporting the East Norwich Youth Project visited church services across the city on Sunday June 29, to raise awareness of the project.

From: Network Norwich   3 hours ago

Category Icon'Don't get rid of the crop sprayer'

As the combines prepare to start the barley harvest in the next fortnight, farmers and advisers in Norfolk are worried by Europe's proposals to ban key crop protection products.

From: edp24.co.uk   4 hours ago

Category IconThird person charged with murder

Police last night charged a third person in connection with the murder of 17-year-old student Simon Everitt. Jimi Lee Stewart, aged 24, and of no fixed abode has been charged with murder and will appear before Yarmouth Magistrates court this morning.

From: edp24.co.uk   4 hours ago

Category IconSponsored walk to raise club funds

A Dereham-based youth football club is staging a major sponsored walk as it seeks to boost club funds. Dereham Wanderers Football Club is organising the 10-mile walk on Saturday, July 26, starting from its home ground on the pitches at Swanton Morley Village Hall at 10am.

From: edp24.co.uk   5 hours ago

Category IconFight to save payphones

BT has received a formal objection to the removal of 19 payphones from the Breckland area after a working party was set up by the district council to examine its rationalisation programme.

From: edp24.co.uk   5 hours ago

Category IconDelays over new homes announcement

Moves to unveil where 30,000 new homes in Norfolk should be built have been delayed after fears that a proposal for up to 7,000 new dwellings in both Hethersett and Wymondham could scupper a deal.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconGem of a garden toopen to the public

A hidden gem of a garden will be open to the public on Sunday as people are offered the chance to explore Norfolk's most beautiful private domains while raising money for good causes.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconGem of a garden to open to the public

A hidden gem of a garden will be open to the public on Sunday as people are offered the chance to explore Norfolk's most beautiful private domains while raising money for good causes.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconCarbon-friendly car scheme for Reepham

A project to start the UK's first rural community car scheme with carbon- friendly cars has got through to the final round of a funding bid for a chunk of £500,000.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconCouncil tax to underwrite Norwich road

Council tax payers could be asked to underwrite nearly £50m for the building of a Norwich northern bypass in advance of developers coming forward to meet some of the total £116m costs.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconParalympic dream for young athlete

He is only 12 years old and he is already beating athletes several years older. But for Will Smith there is one goal in mind - London 2012. Will, who lives in Westfield, near Dereham, is no ordinary athlete.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconDaring raid on town hall lead

Daring thieves stole more than two tonnes of lead from Yarmouth Town Hall on a busy Saturday - and from under the noses of security guards. The lead, worth up to £2000, had been stripped off the roof as part of a £2m restoration of the listed landmark building, and was being stored in the site compound of Lowestoft contractors MS Oakes.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category IconDeath of a traditional blacksmith

One of the region's last traditional blacksmiths, Jack Barber has died at the age of 79. When Mr Barber sold at auction his historic collection of blacksmith's tools, horseshoes, anvils, weather vanes, binder parts and striking ornaments last autumn, hundreds of people flocked to witness the event.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

Category Icon£500m flood plans clear latest hurdle

Major plans to carry out half a billion pounds of regeneration of waterfront sites across Lowestoft cleared a major hurdle last night after a new report looked set to remove flooding fears.

From: edp24.co.uk   6 hours ago

 

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