Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 3 February 2017

  • Dirty Norwich artist takes on Ed Sheeran

  • Norwich City part company with chief executive after just six months

  • 'Stay away unless emergency' asks hospital

  • Hoax calls to paramedics revealed

  • Thieves target Broads Post Office

  • Erosion battle pensioner packing up home

  1. Regional theatre group faces huge job lossespublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    Norwich Theatre tells staff it has been "forced" to restructure due to the impact of coronavirus.

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  2. Vulnerable children referrals 'drop by half'published at 12:29 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    Lack of contact with schools or health workers means fewer at-risk children are "being identified".

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  3. Norwich Science Festival cancelledpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    The Norwich Science Festival, external, scheduled for 18-26 October, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Organisers said the decision had been made "with a heavy heart" but that the event would be "back with a bang" in 2021.

    The Forum Trust Norwich Science Festival team are furloughed from 3 July until mid-September.

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  4. Pantomimes are starting to be cancelledpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    There's a warning that if all Christmas shows are called off, many theatres "will go to the wall".

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  5. Canaries without Klose for Arsenal trippublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    Norwich City travel to Arsenal later in their latest match of the resumed Premier League season.

    The Canaries will be without centre-back Timm Klose, who is suspended as a result of his red card in the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United at the weekend.

    Lukas Rupp, Max Aarons and Adam Idah are all being monitored after suffering minor injuries.

    Norwich are bottom of the table, without a win since the restart and six points from safety.

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  6. The UK millennial picking veg during the pandemicpublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 1 July 2020

    Maddie Yarham worked in the Norfolk fields during lockdown when a job at John Lewis fell through.

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  7. £11.2m aims to 'kick-start economy' post-lockdownpublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    A business agency says action is needed to prevent job losses reaching a forecasted 200,000.

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  8. Stolen disability ramp leaves man stuck indoorspublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    A disability ramp has been stolen from outside a flat in Norwich, leaving a disabled man housebound.

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    The folding ramp, valued at £1,000, was taken on St George's Street sometime between noon and 15:00 on 14 June.

    Norfolk Police, external is appealing for information.

  9. What the papers are saying....published at 16:38 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    • The Northants Telegraph, external reports on a village pub where diners can eat in their own igloo to allow social distancing
    • The beach clear-up continues in Gorleston following the easing of lockdown rules and the rush to the coast and is reported in the Great Yarmouth Mercury, external
    • Norwich Theatre Royal is cancelling its Christmas panto reports the EDP, external

  10. West Ham strike late in thriller with Chelseapublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    West Ham host Chelsea in the Premier League - follow live text coverage and listen to BBC Radio London commentary.

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  11. Commercial flights to resume at airportpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    Commercial flights from Norwich Airport are resuming from July with the first flight to Bourgas in Bulgaria.

    Richard Pace, MD, Norwich AirportImage source, Norwich Airport

    The airport said from August people will be able to travel to Amsterdam, while more scheduled planes will operate to Aberdeen.

    Flights to Edinburgh will start in September, with winter season flights to Tenerife scheduled from 8 October.

    Norwich Airport, external has remained open for offshore helicopter flights, medical and military flights during the lockdown.

    The airport said safety measures include enhanced cleaning in the terminal and the rest of the site, additional hand sanitiser units and a one-way system in place for passengers.

    Richard Pace, managing director of Norwich Airport, said: "In the middle a difficult period for aviation and UK business as a whole, a return to commercial flying marks the first signs of recovery and gives a much-needed boost to regional and international air connectivity."

  12. Lawro's predictions v grime MC and Liverpool fan Big Zuupublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    Mark Lawrenson takes on grime MC and Liverpool fan Big Zuu to make predictions for this week's Premier League games.

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  13. Cantwell's goal voted best of FA Cup quarterspublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    The FA Cup returned at the weekend and with it came some great goals but BBC Sport readers have voted Todd Cantwell's strike as the best.

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  14. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    • The Eastern Daily Press, external is reporting that the DixieMix Jazz Band is considering a name change over concerns it may be seen to have links to the USA's southern former slave states
    • The Lynn News, external is reporting that revised plans for 46 homes have been refused on the grounds of density, potential crime and being out of character
    • The Diss Express, external is reporting that more than 4,000 motorists were caught speeding in during a two-week enforcement campaign
  15. 6.4m watched Norwich-Man Utd FA Cup tiepublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    Manchester United's FA Cup quarter-final victory against Norwich was the most watched football match in the UK since the sport's return, with a peak of 6.4 million viewers.

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  16. Photos give a glimpse of healthcare workers' livespublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    A new campaign reveals the faces and stories behind the care given in hospitals, GP surgeries and homes.

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  17. Frantic search for corn snake that slipped his tank lidpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    The frantic owner of a corn snake, external has issued a plea on social media in a bid to find her pet that has gone missing in the NR3 area of Norwich.

    Leah Spagatner assures everyone that the corn snake is not venomous.

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    She said: "Ghostie is a ghost corn snake - grey with a chess board underbelly.

    "He is not a danger at all, he won't bite and is not venomous. His tank lid was slightly ajar for some unknown reason."

  18. City's main theatre cancels panto for 2020published at 13:19 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    Norwich's Theatre Royal has announced it is postponing this year's pantomime.

    Dick Whittington will instead be staged over Christmas 2021.

    A statement said: "The huge financial losses we are currently experiencing due to an extended period of closure, as well as there having been no government support package for theatres, mean that we are no longer able to commit to such a large scale production because of its substantial up-front costs."

    The show was due to run 8 December-10 January.

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  19. 'Lockdown taught me to slow down and enjoy things'published at 00:02 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    An artist says the coronavirus pandemic helped remind people of "the joy and wonder in our lives".

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  20. Duchess of Cambridge visits children's hospicepublished at 10:22 British Summer Time 28 June 2020

    The duchess met staff as well as people who benefit from East Anglia's Children's Hospices.

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