Summary

  • All the latest from Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Norfolk, Northants and Suffolk

  • Sadness as 99-year-old theme park goes into administration

  • After a rise of one in Monday's stats, the region's hospitals record 15 more Covid-19 deaths

  • Pride celebrations will go 'virtual' in one town next month

  • Celebrity vicar Richard Coles among those mourning the loss of Wicksteed Park

Live Reporting

  1. Support packs for businesses

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Businesses in Northamptonshire are being sent support packs to help them reopen safely during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Just over £80,000 of European Union funding has been given to Conservative-controlled South Northamptonshire Council and its support packs include social distancing posters and floor decals that are being delivered to high street businesses.

    Councillor Dermot Bambridge, portfolio holder for environmental services, said: "It is understandable that the prospect of reopening with new safety measures in place may cause some concern."

    Businesses which reopen will not be inspected automatically, but the government requires them to display a poster at their entrance confirming they have read and implemented the guidance.

  2. What the papers say in Norfolk

    • The Eastern Daily Press report that a draft plan for development in a Norfolk village has been delayed following shock over a planning examiner's "horrifying" changes
    • North Norfolk News has reaction from people in Holt and Cromer as non-essential retailers reopen
    • And the Great Yarmouth Mercury writes that there is "no wish" for Nelson ward in Great Yarmouth to be renamed as debate continues over Britain’s historical figures

  3. Easing lockdown 'premature' says town mayor

    Data shows Bedford has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in the east of England.

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  4. Wicksteed Park: Reaction to 'sad' administration

    The company that runs Wicksteed Park has gone into administration, with the loss of more than 100 full and part-time jobs.

    The park in Kettering - founded in 1921 - claims to be the oldest theme park on the UK mainland.

    News of its demise has prompted outpourings on social media, with local vicar and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Rev Richard Coles calling it a "sad, sad day".

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    Meanwhile, BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith offered his help to a fundraising effort to help the park navigate the financial threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Full story: Wicksteed Park enters administration after 99 years

  5. Missing man's family receives messages of support

    Luke Durbin was 19 when he disappeared on a night out with friends in Ipswich in May 2006.

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  6. Theme park enters administration after 99 years

    The owners of Wicksteed Park blame "months of uncertainty and difficulty" from coronavirus.

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  7. The first thing I bought when the shops reopened

    As stores across England selling non-essential goods opened their doors, we asked people in Milton Keynes what they bought.

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