Summary

  • Updates for Norfolk

  1. Three coronavirus test centres set up, Norfolk MP postspublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 1 May 2020

    Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman, external has posted on Twitter to remind people that three coronavirus testing centres have been established in the county.

    They are at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, external, the Queen Elizabeth ll University Hospital, external in King's Lynn and the James Paget Hospital, external at Gorleston.

    He provides links for people to use to apply for tests.

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  2. What the papers are saying about coronavirus in Norfolkpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 1 May 2020

    • The former lighthouse overlooking the cliffs in Hunstanton was itself lit up in NHS blue and paid tribute to a healthcare assistant who died from coronavirus, the Lynn News, external reports
    • The 800-year-old market at Swaffham is to reopen tomorrow with strict social distancing amid criticism of the town council, reported in the Eastern Daily Press, external
    • Model and winner of TV’s Come Dine with Me, Polly Guy from Norwich, is serving up old school dinner favourites to people in coronavirus lockdown including sponge with pink custard, the Norwich Evening News, external reports
  3. Dancers on cruise ship 'desperate to return to UK'published at 09:38 British Summer Time 1 May 2020

    Lauren Carrick and Joseph Harrison are among 950 crew who cannot disembark their ship off the Bahamas due to lockdown.

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  4. 'Community spirit' comes together to make PPEpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 30 April 2020

    BBC Radio Norfolk

    A Norfolk family is helping to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep NHS workers safe.

    Simon Marriott, and a team from the College of West Anglia, external, have been making face shields, mask clips and door openers and switch operators using 3D printers.

    The plastic devices, opens doors and turns on switches, to avoid touch contact.

    Simon Marriott with his children, Summer and RyanImage source, College of West Anglia

    Summer and Ryan Marriott wanted to help as their aunt is a nurse and told them what she needed.

    "The feedback that we have had from everyone is fantastic, anything that we can produce and send, they just think its fanastic", Simon said.

    "It's a big community spirit that is happening around the area - it's just brilliant."

  5. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 29 April 2020

  6. Tribute to East of England NHS staff who have diedpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    More than 100 NHS staff and health workers in the UK have now died with coronavirus, it has been confirmed.

    As the nation fell silent at 11:00 to remember those who have passed away, here we remember and pay tribute to 14 from the East of England whose deaths have been reported to the media.

  7. Gang admit hospital gas canister theftspublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    The thefts from five hospitals during the coronavirus crisis could have led to cancelled operations.

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  8. Funds for families to buy play equipment for homespublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Rob England
    BBC News

    Families of children with special educational needs in Norfolk are able to access money usually ring-fenced for clubs and activities, on play equipment for their homes, external.

    The county council said the cash was from its "short breaks fund", which is allocated to more than 900 families in the area.

    Councillor John Fisher said the lockdown was "particularly tough" for children and young people "who so often rely upon routine".

    "Offering families a flexible way in which they can buy the play equipment they need... has been really positive," he added.

    Joe PopeImage source, Norfolk County Council

    Joe Pope's family bought him a trampoline with the funds. The 13-year-old from Frettenham, who has autism, would usually go to an activity centre for exercise.

    His mother, Claire, said: "Joe needs help to be stimulated to get him to do things and be active, so the trampoline has been absolutely brilliant to give him exercise and make him alert"

  9. Autistic artist uses painting to deal with coronavirus fearpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    David Downes is one of a number of artists in the East of England using the pandemic as inspiration.

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  10. Walker's plague doctor outfit 'terrifying kids'published at 15:10 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Police say they are keen to offer the individual some "words of advice" regarding the outfit choice.

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  11. Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn mark silencepublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn braved the rain to observe this morning's one minute's silence to remember key workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus.

    Watch a video featuring scenes from across the region.

    Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings LynnImage source, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn
  12. Minute's silence for East of England key workerspublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    NHS staff and other key workers stopped to remember colleagues who have died battling coronavirus.

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  13. Minute's silence for East of England key workerspublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    A minute's silence has been held in the East of England as the region paid tribute to key workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Healthcare staff in Milton Keynes, Letchworth, Bedford and King's Lynn were among those paying respects to their colleagues at 11:00 BST.

    At Southend Hospital, empty shoes were laid out in front of the site to symbolise UK workers who have lost their lives.

    Shoppers in Bury St Edmunds also stopped in their tracks and Cambridgeshire police officers fell silent outside their Huntingdon headquarters.

  14. Peregrine chicks hatch on cathedral spire nestpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    We might be in lockdown but the peregrine falcons at Norwich Cathedral are soaring with delight as they welcome three chicks into the world.

    Two chicks were revealed by the nesting platform camera on Sunday, with a third arriving this morning. One egg is still to hatch.

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    Live action can be viewed via a webcam, external on the cathedral spire nest.

  15. Cancer charity hosts virtual marathon fundraiserpublished at 10:24 British Summer Time 26 April 2020

    The charity supports breast cancer patients and is getting "creative" with fundraising in lockdown.

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  16. Charity dad returns full-time to NHS front linepublished at 01:52 British Summer Time 26 April 2020

    Paramedic Tristan Cork says he faced a dilemma but wants to "be part of the fight" against Covid-19.

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  17. Norwich expect up to £35m losspublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 25 April 2020

    Norwich City will "stick to their guns" on a decision to furlough non-playing staff and expect to lose up to £35m.

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  18. Why going without physical touch is so hardpublished at 00:06 British Summer Time 25 April 2020

    Touch is the first sense humans develop in the womb - is that why so many are finding lockdown difficult?

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  19. Phones, desks and chairs donated to ambulance servicepublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 24 April 2020

    Furniture on a lorryImage source, Whitbread

    More than a 100 phones, desks and chairs that are no longer needed by brewers-cum-hoteliers Whitbread have been redistributed to the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS).

    The office supplies were left over when Premier Inn relocated its headquarters from Luton to Dunstable.

    After hearing the EEAS needed additional equipment for its expanding call centres, the supplies were sent to Bedford, Norwich and Chelmsford.

    Huw Thomas, head of facilities at the company, said: "Quick thinking by one of our key partners enabled us to put to good use equipment that we no longer had need for."

  20. A&E nurse pens 'love poem' to the NHSpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 24 April 2020

    Piers Harrison-Reid reflects on the health service as its staff tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

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