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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Caroline Kingdon
Retailers are full of "optimism" in a seaside resort despite a difficult time on the high street.
Read MoreA head teacher explains how she is piecing school life back together before children return.
Read MoreA golfer says he was sworn at and asked to get off a train for not being a key worker.
Read MoreThe 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.
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."
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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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.
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.
Oscar Parodi was born with a condition involving a lack of oxygen or blood flow.
Read MoreThe country's only mental health trust in special measures is sending away more patients for treatment.
Read MoreThe closure of two zoos has caused a charity a loss of about £1.5m.
Read MoreThe group of 14 adults and four children were trapped by fast-rising tides on bank holiday Monday.
Read MoreOne 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.
Residents are asked to keep their windows and doors closed as firefighters tackle the flames.
Read MoreLimits on movement have led people to discover interesting spots they were previously oblivious to.
Read MoreArchaeologists say the 1,100-year-old brooch was found in a delivery of topsoil dumped on a field.
Read MoreThe 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.
A singer and publican advises those struggling with mental health after losing all her income.
Read MoreCharlie Talmadge says he currently cannot move his vehicle because of the nest in the wheel arch.
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