The clerk of Thetford Town Council has been recognised by the Norfolk Association of Local Councils.

Eastern Daily Press: Thetford Town Council clerk Tina Cunnell has been named the Clerk of the Year for Norfolk. Picture: Joe CunnellThetford Town Council clerk Tina Cunnell has been named the Clerk of the Year for Norfolk. Picture: Joe Cunnell (Image: Archant)

Tina Cunnell was named as the county's Clerk of the Year for large councils after being nominated by the town council staff.

'I am proud and it is nice to be recognised by your peers and by those who know what it takes to be a clerk,' she said. 'But it is not just me. I am just the top of a group of people who are working really hard.

'The councillors and officers are working hard and together and that brings the success.'

Mrs Cunnell has worked for the council for three years.

She started as the planning, projects, policies and communications officer before becoming the clerk a year ago.

She was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Attleborough Town Council clerk Gina Lopes and Swaffham councillor Shirley Matthews at a council meeting on September 26.