Summary

  • Updates for Norfolk

  1. Town hit by lockdown and sinkhole 'double whammy'published at 10:36 British Summer Time 31 May 2020

    Retailers are full of "optimism" in a seaside resort despite a difficult time on the high street.

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  2. How the new school day might lookpublished at 01:29 British Summer Time 30 May 2020

    A head teacher explains how she is piecing school life back together before children return.

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  3. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 29 May 2020

    • The Eastern Daily Press, external has paid tribute to a 67-year-old Great Yarmouth woman who has a love of crafts and is using her time at home to create face masks with plastic windows to help children in schools and those who have trouble hearing
    • The Lynn News, external reports on residents at a Downham Market care home who saw members of their families for the first time in months on Thursday night as they drove by during the 10th Clap for Carers
    • The Diss Express, external reports that businesses have begun to introduce a number of social distancing measures as they prepare to reopen over the coming weeks, but shoppers must adhere to two-customer limits and use sanitation stations
  4. Golfer 'sworn at' by train driver in lockdown rowpublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 29 May 2020

    A golfer says he was sworn at and asked to get off a train for not being a key worker.

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  5. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 28 May 2020

    • The Eastern Daily Press, external reports that a wartime-themed scarecrow festival and carnival, due to be held on 27 June in Loddon, has now been postponed until June 2021
    • The Lynn News, external reports that with income reduced because of the Covid-19 lockdown, West Norfolk Riding for the Disabled Association has launched a sponsored horseshoe project to raise money
    • The Diss Express, external reports Jackie Mitchell, 63, from Kenninghall has been putting her sewing skills to good use by selling face masks to raise money for four charities
  6. Trains and stations sprayed with 30-day virus killerpublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 28 May 2020

    BBC Radio Norfolk

    The train company which runs services from King's Lynn in Norfolk to London is spraying carriages with a virus killer that makers claim gives surfaces protection against coronavirus for up to 30 days.

    Govia Thameslink, external staff are spraying rolling stock and stations with a viruscide that sticks to surfaces.

    Spraying at Blackfriars StationImage source, Govia

    Engineering director Steve Lammin said: "Since the outbreak of this pandemic we have been doing all we can to protect our passengers and staff by ensuring our trains, and stations have enhanced cleaning regimes, and a switch in focus to high-touch areas and the increased use of anti-viral agents.

    "We are now using a product that will kill coronavirus for up to 30 days and we are applying this to surfaces across our network on a 21-day cycle.

    "We want to do everything possible to work with passengers and staff to keep them safe and this will further protect everyone who is working so hard for this country."

  7. Fox and starling saved in 'lockdown rescues'published at 17:39 British Summer Time 27 May 2020

    A starling that had become trapped in a drain in Norfolk and a young fox cub that had fallen down a well in Hertfordshire have been among the RSPCA, external's wildlife rescues.

    The charity said the starling needed a hand to free itself from a drain after it got its head stuck in a hole in Downham Market.

    An officer managed to safely free the animal by lifting up the drain cover and the bird was taken to the East Winch Wildlife Centre in Norfolk, external for a check-up, and was uninjured.

    Elsewhere, the charity was called to rescue a fox cub after it had fallen 12ft (3.7m) down an unused well in a Hertfordshire village.

    An officer safely retrieved the lost fox, which showed no sign of injury and could be instantly released back to the wild.

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  8. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 27 May 2020

    • More than £50m has been paid by North Norfolk District Council to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, the EDP, external reports
    • The Norwich Evening News, external reports that a DJ, who has been getting people to dance on their doorsteps to lift spirits, has been told he can keep doing it despite complaints
    • While in Fakenham, people are having their mail delivered by posties dressed up as Scooby Doo, a chicken, banana or a jester to help cheer customers up and to raise money for charity, the Lynn News, external reports
  9. Reopening of schools 'more difficult' after Cummings rowpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 27 May 2020

    A Norwich head teacher says the prime minister’s defence of his aide Dominic Cummings will make school reopenings even more difficult as lockdown rules are relaxed.

    Pupil walking to schoolImage source, Reuters

    Boris Johnson's chief adviser admitted travelling from London to Durham during the height of lockdown.

    Binks Neate-Evans, executive head of Angel Road Infant and Junior School and Bignold Primary School, said the PM’s handling of the crisis had heightened her fears over the "shoddy and badly timed guidance" of schools re-opening to more pupils.

    In a letter to local MPs, Mrs Neate-Evans said: "My worries and that of my staff are escalated because we know the impact the debacle will have on sticking to lockdown."

    Mr Lewis, Norwich South Labour MP, said scientists "have come out and said if you put schools re-opening back by two weeks, you halve deaths."

    The Conservative MP for Norwich North, Chloe Smith, said: "As an MP, I will always represent my constituents’ views to Westminster," but added that she respected the prime minister’s decision to back Mr Cummings.

  10. Baby given cannabis-based drug in medical firstpublished at 05:58 British Summer Time 27 May 2020

    Oscar Parodi was born with a condition involving a lack of oxygen or blood flow.

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  11. More mental health patients being sent out of areapublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 26 May 2020

    The country's only mental health trust in special measures is sending away more patients for treatment.

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  12. Zoos charity set to lose a third of jobspublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 26 May 2020

    The closure of two zoos has caused a charity a loss of about £1.5m.

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  13. Stranded visitors rescued from tidal islandpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 26 May 2020

    The group of 14 adults and four children were trapped by fast-rising tides on bank holiday Monday.

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  14. Norfolk MP demands Cummings 'admits' his errorpublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 26 May 2020

    One of the region's Conservative MPs has called for the Prime Minister's chief advisor to admit to an error of judgement and face a reprimand.

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    Duncan Baker, MP for North Norfolk, tweeted that Dominic Cummings broke the spirit, if not the letter, of lockdown guidance.

    Mr Cummings admitted in a press conference to travelling 260 miles from London to Durham with his wife Mary after the lockdown period had begun.

    Mr Baker said he had made his thoughts known to senior figures in the government that Mr Cummings had undermined the whole essence of the "stay at home" message.

    He wrote on Twitter that, given his strong stance imploring people not to visit second homes in his coastal constituency, "you can imagine how strongly" he feels about the situation.

  15. 'Substantial' fire breaks out in city centrepublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 25 May 2020

    Residents are asked to keep their windows and doors closed as firefighters tackle the flames.

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  16. Lockdown leads to walkabout discoveriespublished at 00:07 British Summer Time 25 May 2020

    Limits on movement have led people to discover interesting spots they were previously oblivious to.

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  17. Saxon brooch's origins 'will remain a mystery'published at 00:52 British Summer Time 24 May 2020

    Archaeologists say the 1,100-year-old brooch was found in a delivery of topsoil dumped on a field.

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  18. Extra police to patrol beachespublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 23 May 2020

    The head of a police force has said the recent "shift" in people visiting coastal towns is "concerning".

    To cope with the additional visitors expected in Norfolk this bank holiday weekend, more police will be on hand to enforce social distancing.

    Simon Bailey, chief constable of Norfolk Police, said local people were being put at risk.

    "This last few days there just seems to have been a shift and it's a shift that really concerns me", he said.

    Hunstanton beachImage source, Hunstanton coastguard
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    Hunstanton beach on Wednesday

  19. 'Keep your passion alive' during virus lockdownpublished at 01:05 British Summer Time 23 May 2020

    A singer and publican advises those struggling with mental health after losing all her income.

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  20. Driver finds robins nesting in lockdown carspublished at 00:47 British Summer Time 23 May 2020

    Charlie Talmadge says he currently cannot move his vehicle because of the nest in the wheel arch.

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