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  • Updates for Norfolk

  1. Helicopter remembrance service has to be onlinepublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 1 April 2020

    Coronavirus measures mean the annual event to mark the 2009 tragedy could not go ahead in Aberdeen.

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  2. Joint county lines operation sees five arrestedpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 1 April 2020

    Police officers arrested five people linked to a county lines drug line being run from Hackney to Norwich.

    cash found by policeImage source, Met Police

    Nine searches were carried out at addresses in Hackney, Ilford, Tottenham, Enfield and Islington.

    All five have been arrested for conspiracy to supply class A drugs between April 2019 to the present day.

    A large amount of cash was seized as part of the raids, the Met Police said.

    The investigation, code-named Operation Clovet, commenced in early 2019 after officers received intelligence that established that gang members in Hackney were running a county line to Norwich and using vulnerable adults and children to do so.

    Based on the information Met officers had, as well as intelligence from officers from Norfolk police, Operation Clovet was established to dismantle this drug line.

  3. Coronavirus: Age UK answers your questionspublished at 09:41 British Summer Time 1 April 2020

    From medication deliveries to being able to walk your dog if you have underlying health conditions - Caroline Abrahams talks Covid-19 for the over 70s.

  4. 'Supergran', 94, back home after coronavirus fightpublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 1 April 2020

    Grandmother Joy is discharged from hospital after a 10-day battle with Covid-19 and pneumonia.

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  5. Norwich begin to furlough staffpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 31 March 2020

    Norwich City are the latest Premier League club to start furloughing staff during the coronavirus crisis.

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  6. Medical students step in to help NHS workers with childcarepublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 31 March 2020

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    Medical students in Norwich have been providing free childcare to NHS medics who are busy trying to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

    Child playingImage source, PA

    Trainee doctors, nurses and therapists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have had their courses put on hold due to the national lockdown.

    They have offered free childcare for key workers, external so staff can continue working despite school and nursery closures.

    The group Helping Hands East Anglia is part of a national movement to bring together medical students and families of healthcare workers.

    Volunteers have been given exemptions from the lockdown.

    Student Tanya Ta said: "We’re just trying to help those who are providing so much help for others in the most effective way we can."

  7. 'Kindness help hub' opens in Harlestonpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 31 March 2020

    Sarah Jenkins
    BBC News

    A town in Norfolk has set up a "kindness help hub" to support local residents in need.

    The project in Harleston is being supported by the local church and town and South Norfolk councillors.

    The team of volunteers is prepared to help vulnerable and elderly people with shopping, prescriptions, friendly contact groups, phone calls and dog walks.

    The group has also set up a dry food store and will distribute supplies to those most in need.

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  8. Woman faces court accused of flouting 'go home' requestspublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 31 March 2020

    A woman is due to appear in court accused of repeatedly ignoring officers' requests to return home under new police powers brought in over the coronavirus crisis.

    The woman, in her 40s, will be the first person in the county to be prosecuted since the policing measures were brought in on Thursday.

    The force said a woman was asked to return home three times in Great Yarmouth on Monday, and will now be summonsed to attend magistrates' court.

    Police have been given powers to fine people who are outside without "reasonable excuse" as part of the government's Covid-19 containment strategy.

    Norfolk Constabulary's Chief Constable Simon Bailey

    Chief Constable Simon Bailey said: "Our communities are looking out for each other and listening to the government's message to stay at home, and I thank them for that."

    Meanwhile, he also warned that anyone deliberately spitting or coughing on others would be dealt with "robustly".

  9. Toilet rolls reward in missing cockatiel searchpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 31 March 2020

    The pet bird, called Oreo, flew out of a house in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, on Friday.

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  10. Man reunited with wedding ring after 20 yearspublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Christiane Hewiston, 72, says it is "amazing" to see her husband wearing his ring again.

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  11. Triathlete defends 200-mile lockdown ridepublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Joe Skipper said with only one exercise outing a day allowed, he "better make it count".

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  12. College donates personal protection equipment to hospital and policepublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    A Norfolk and Suffolk college has donated thousands of items of personal protection equipment to its local hospital and police.

    East Coast College, which is based in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, dropped off masks, disposable aprons and gloves to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston and Norfolk Police.

    It said the items would have been used by students on a variety of courses.

    "We will continue to support our local community during these unprecedented times," it tweeted.

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  13. Stall for feeding homeless removedpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Stall at the Haymarket, NorwichImage source, Google

    A stall which was used by volunteer groups handing out food to homeless people has been removed.

    Norwich City Council said it had taken down the covered stall on the Haymarket opposite Primark, following advice on social distancing during the Coronavirus outbreak.

    "We’re not planning to bring our stall back," it added.

    "The expert medical guidance on social distancing has highlighted the importance of best practice around food provision for the most vulnerable.

    "This is about making sure we get food to people safely, rather than bringing people to food, and we are working positively with a number of groups involved in providing food in this way."

    It said it was working with organisations to engage with rough sleepers, secure temporary accommodation and deliver food to people directly.

    Some volunteer groups criticised the decision on social media, as reported in the Eastern Daily Press, external.

    Norwich homeless food stallImage source, The People's Picnic
  14. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Here's how the newspapers are reporting the coronavirus pandemic...

  15. Doorstep flowers 'a kind gesture in tough times'published at 13:50 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    OrchidsImage source, Residents' photos

    A "thoughtful" garden centre worker has been thanked by his neighbours for leaving flowers on their doorstep.

    David Barton, who works at Sprowston Garden Centre near Norwich, saved pot plants from going to waste while the business was closed during lockdown.

    Last week, he put them outside front doors on his cul-de-sac in Sprowston, and was thanked on a community Facebook page.

    "I can’t thank [in person] the lovely man who just delivered this beautiful flower to my door," said one neighbour.

    "Such a kind gesture in these tough times."

    "It has certainly put a smile on my face," said another.

    Mr Barton said: "With the situation at the moment there would not have been adequate staff to care for the houseplants.

    "We decided to distribute to the local community so people could enjoy them while they were looking their best and spread some happiness in this uncertain time."

  16. Hope for couple who've left coronavirus cruise shippublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Pete Cooper
    BBC News

    It is hoped a couple from south Norfolk will be able to get refuge in the US after four people died of suspected coronavirus on their cruise ship.

    David and Heather Haycox from Brooke were transferred from the contaminated vessel Zaandam close to Panama over the weekend.

    It is hoped their new liner will be allowed to dock in America, after numerous countries turned away their original cruise ship.

    ZaandamImage source, Reuters

    The couple's daughter, Sami Haycox, said: "The next big thing is to be lobbying America to let the boat dock so they can come home from there but we don't know if that will happen."

  17. 'The sun will shine again' says Canaries bosspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Norwich City manager Daniel Farke has posted a message on Twitter to Canaries fans.

    In he says "the sun will shine again" and asks supports to "look after each other and stay healthy".

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  18. James Paget University Hospital confirms coronavirus deathpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    James Paget University Hospital has announced that a patient with coronvirus died on Sunday.

    It said the man, in his 80s, had underlying health conditions.

    His family had been informed, said a spokesman for the hospital, which is in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

    James Paget University Hospital
  19. Youth football team combines toilet rolls with Stormzypublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

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    Normally thousands of people all ages are playing football matches at the weekend.

    Covid-19 has put a stop to that, so how do you keep the young footballers’ team spirit alive?

    Norfolk youth side Stoke United FC came up with the idea of a video, featuring a Stormzy soundtrack, to keep the team practising.

    Chairman and coach Rob Ward said: "We wanted to do something for their well-being, to make sure they’re still connected, and they were still playing the game which they obviously miss.

    "Whilst it’s not the same, we thought it was probably the next best thing."

    Stoke United FC, based in Stoke Holy Cross near Norwich, is an under-eleven side in the Norfolk Combined Youth Football League, external.

  20. What a self-isolating medieval mystic can teach uspublished at 00:07 British Summer Time 30 March 2020

    Julian of Norwich, who spent her life isolated in prayer, is more relevant than ever, a historian says.

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