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Lucie Riches at the headmaster's desk in the Old School Bookshop she has opened in Old Buckenham Picture: Denise Bradley

Norfolk village school that shut in 1930s lovingly restored as a bookshop

Joe Ringer and the Xmas Pop Party Starlets

REVIEW: Festive fairytale a Norwich Christmas cracker

A yellow weather warning for ice has been issued by the Met Office for Norfolk overnight

Weather warning for ice in Norfolk as temperatures plunge below freezing

James Bucher (left), of Hall Farm at Knettishall, is the 2023 winner of the Ian MacNicol Memorial Trophy for farm conservation, presented by Charlie MacNicol

Dedicated Norfolk farmer rewarded for "outstanding" conservation work

Plenty of Norfolk venues are hosting festive afternoon teas this year - but here are 7 of the best

7 of the best festive afternoon teas in Norfolk this year

Wild Fields Festival is launching at the Raynham Estate in 2024 Picture: Raynham

Line-up announced for new four-day music festival at Norfolk estate

Tuck into a Christmas afternoon tea at the Britons Arms in Norwich Picture: Newman Associates PR

Historic city restaurant launches Christmas-themed afternoon tea

A sun halo was captured above Suffolk

Rare weather phenomenon captured over Suffolk

Outdoor clothing brand opens first East Anglian branch in Norfolk town

The closure of Roberston Barracks at Swanton Morley could see it transformed into a new neighbourhood

Major housing development could be built on Norfolk army base

A new dog grooming parlour has been given the go-ahead on Boleness Road in Wisbech

Go-ahead for new grooming and hydrotherapy centre for dogs

Wells harbourmaster Robert Smith with his new book, Doctor at Sea

Hidden history of a daring 'doctor of the waves' told in new book

Martin Place in Hockwold, where a former nursery could return to being part of the house

Former children's nursery could return to being part of home

Baroness Bennett has called for the government to investigate the collapse of One Norwich Practices

Fresh calls for probe into what went wrong at Norwich NHS centre

The scene in Watton on Friday night after an explosive ordnance device was found Picture: Kinga Skowronek

Explosive device discovered in Norfolk town is detonated

Controversial plans for the railway town have been ruled as 'inappropriate' by council bosses

'Railway town' of 5,000 homes hits buffers after council brands it 'inappropriate'

(From Left to Right) Dave Cornell (Poppyland Brewery) David Holliday (Moon Gazer Ales) Roger Protz, Dimitri Stalens Brewery Adept (Leuven) at Strangers Hall Norwich in May 2024

Beers beyond borders - Norfolk and Belgian brewers team up to create new drinks

The pub was forced to close in October

Pub forced to close due to rising costs now set to reopen next week

The controversial property in Cley, near Wells, called Arcady

New plans set to be revealed for coastal 'fortress' ordered to be pulled down

Tortilla is among businesses opening in Norwich this December

All the changes happening in Norwich city centre this December

Dereham Town Council has bought 22 hectares of arable land to create a 160-acre country park

Plans for 'forest of the future' in vast new Norfolk country park

The Waveney Domestic Violence & Abuse Forum held its 12th AGM. Picture: Mick Howes

Rise in domestic abuse referrals is reported across district

A rainfall record which stood for almost 50 years at a Norfolk farm has been more than doubled in October 2023

50-year-old October rainfall record smashed at Norfolk farm

The legend of the grey goose feather is set to be commemorated at King's Lynn station

Region's mysterious 'secret society' to be celebrated in new 8ft public artwork

Norfolk-based Alpheus Environmental has secured a further five-year contract with Glenmorangie Distillery in Tain, earlier this year (Image: Submitted)

Turnover soars at Norfolk water firm which serves one of UK's oldest distilleries

Alison Morris will chair the Cambridgeshire branch of the National Farmers' Union (NFU)

Fenland grower will become first woman to lead county's farming union

These are some of the criminals jailed in Norfolk in November

Drug barons and shoplifters among the criminals jailed in Norfolk in November

Signs in Hunstanton need improving to help people find their way around

Would better signs help people find their way around seaside town?

Frank Sparrow taught across north Norfolk for three decades

Obituary Teacher who left 1960s bohemian London life for Norfolk career dies, aged 85

Olly Birkbeck is a director of the Little Massingham Estate, one of the partners in a Landscape Recovery project aiming to create huge nature corridors in west Norfolk

Farming estates join forces to realise 'Landscape Recovery' nature ambitions

The Northern Lights have been captured over Norfolk

Stunning Northern Lights captured over Norfolk

People worry wildlife at Willows Nature Reserve in Downham Market could be harmed

Dozens object to major homes scheme they say threatens 'hidden gem' nature reserve

Ros Setterfield, centre, pictured with her parents Philip and Reba

Woman's mission to share the 'best-kept secret in the NHS' with others

See inside this luxury barn conversion close to the Norfolk coast

See inside this £1.25m barn conversion close to the north Norfolk coast

Lets Dance Norwich is a silent disco which is all about inspiring people to move

Coachella inspires former teacher's discos to get people away from screens

Keith Greensides has been a referee for 60 years

In a league of his own - Meet Norfolk's oldest football referee aged 85!

North Norfolk is in

North Norfolk in 'the grip of housing emergency' despite 500+ homes sitting empty

Staff from Breckland Council and the National Trust charity joined together to plant 2,400 trees at Oxburgh Hall

Stately home gets 'woodland of thanks' for Covid heroes

George Edwards MP in his garden in Fakenham in about 1930.

A farm worker champion remembered, 90 years on

Owner Liz Elliott in her newly opened everything botanical shop, The Open Garden, in Beccles

First look inside new botanical shop enjoying 'good start' to life

The Norfolk Cider Shop has closed after 30 years

'End of an era': Cider shop goes mobile after leaving home of 30 years

Jim Russell's 'breathtaking' collection of Ferguson tractor memorabilia was auctioned by Cheffins

Vintage tractor memorabilia fetches 'staggering' prices at auction

Skip taking the mike as roving reporter in early days of BBC Radio Norfolk as “your new neighbour” rapidly developed into “your old friend”

Opinion BBC's widespread wireless cull is a callous insult to local radio pioneers

A 1.5m high soil wall has been built to try to stop A47 flooding, Inset: Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman

Soil wall built to try to stop repeated flooding on A47

There are concerns about the policing of people using laughing gas canisters

'They will still find a way': Laughing gas doubts after law change

The Herring Bridge at Great Yarmouth

Updated Bridge IS linked to Broads floods as documents reveal risk

Emily Bridges and Elliot Dransfield, the team behind Norwich’s first micropub Malt and Mardle, are hoping to grow their business with a new offering in Aylsham.

Meet the couple racing against time to convert a telescope shop into a pub for NYE

Patients were sent hundreds of miles around the country while the Rollesby ward was closed

NHS patients sent hundreds of miles from Norfolk - and one woman spent a YEAR away

Homes in Watton are being evacuated after an unexploded bomb was discovered

Updated Homes, businesses and a supermarket evacuated after 'unexploded bomb' found

Police and forensics officers were at the East of England Co-op Funeral Services this evening

Updated Woman in her 60s dies in town centre funeral home

A crash in Queen's Road in Norwich has caused major delays

Updated Long tailbacks in city centre after rush hour crash

Frankie Saich roamed city streets at night looking for insecure cars

Man who prowled city streets jailed for £10k thefts from cars

The family of a man who died after an assault in Loddon has paid tribute to him

Pub attack victim died of 'severe head injuries'

Gregg Murphy has admitted a malicious communications offence after sending a former partner threatening texts

Restraining order given to man who sent 'threatening and intimidating' texts