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• Grant Holt Takes On 93-Mile Charity Walk

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• Norfolk Primary School Celebrates 200 Years

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• Olly Murs To Headline New Great Yarmouth Festival

  Olly Murs will headline a new four-day music festival on Great Yarmouth beach when On The Beach launches next summer.

• Gorleston Ocean Room Sold For £500,000

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• Nearly 1,700 Young People Supported Over Summer

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• Extra Late Train For Norwich City Fans

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• Man Jailed After Great Yarmouth Shop Robbery Attempt

  A man has been jailed for 34 months after threatening a Great Yarmouth shop worker with a toothbrush handle.

• Norfolk Desalination Sites To Be Shortlisted

  Anglian Water expects to shortlist potential Norfolk locations this year for a major desalination plant designed to secure future supplies.

• Canaries Continue Tributes To Michael Wynn Jones

  Norwich City supporters and staff are continuing to pay tribute to former majority shareholder and honorary life president Michael Wynn Jones.

• Anglia Square Demolition Enters New Phase

  Demolition of Gildengate House and Sovereign House has begun as Norwich’s £350 million Anglia Square regeneration enters a new phase.

• Students Call For Action After Bluebell Road Crash

  Students are calling for more road safety measures near UEA after a pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries in Sunday’s serious collision.

• Four Arrested After Unlicensed Music Event

  Four people have been arrested after police shut down an unlicensed music event near Toft Monks, seizing equipment and vehicles.

• Driver Jailed For Fatal Great Yarmouth Seafront Crash

  A driver has been jailed for six years after killing a pedestrian while speeding along Great Yarmouth’s seafront in 2024.

• Parents Raise Concerns Over Chapelfield Play Equipment

  Parents are raising concerns about climbing equipment at Chapelfield Gardens, calling for clearer guidance on how children should use it.

• Hundreds Take Part In Marriott’s Way 10K

  More than 430 runners took part in Broadland’s Marriott’s Way 10K, with Patrick Thomas and Jo Andrews taking overall wins.

• Labour Becomes Largest Group On Great Yarmouth Council

  Labour is now Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s largest group after Conservative councillor James Bensly switched to Great Yarmouth First there.

• Lavender View Independent Living Scheme Opens

  A new independent living development in Hunstanton has opened, providing 61 affordable apartments with round-the-clock care for people over 55.