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New initiative aims to improve health among over-50s

“It’s never too late” is the county council’s mantra as it rolls out an initiative to encourage healthy ageing.

Walpole residents will head to the pools next month to vote in their neighbourhood planning referendum.

Ambulance staff will no longer strike after proposed changes to working arrangements were scaled back, according to a union.

Norfolk is among the top ten worst places for mobile phone signal, sparking calls for companies to do more to boost connectivity in rural areas.

A county council has appointed Kier as its new long-term contractor responsible for the maintenance and construction of roads.

Norfolk is set to receive £1bn as part of a devolution deal that will also see an elected mayor preside over the county and neighbouring Suffolk.

A landmark court case examining whether Norfolk County Council unfairly awarded Lynn’s library to a charity got under way today.

Councillors joined members of the public to mark the construction a new swimming pool getting under way.

James Wild has launched a scathing attack on a Government minister for suggesting a 90-mile pylon route “has to be built somewhere”.

A spike in solar farms vying to be built in the county has sparked a fierce row at a council.

A court case scrutinising the decision-making process on who takes over Lynn’s historic library begins tomorrow.

West Norfolk Council has hit back at a petition calling for it to be more “ambitious” with the swimming pool revamp in Lynn.

A town councillor has resigned from her position, claiming her peers have failed to meet ethical standards.

A gritting contract left councillors butting heads over which of their committees is responsible for it.

The £5.3million invested in a storm tank to improve flood resilience at Anglian Water’s Lynn Recycling Centre has been welcomed.

In his weekly column, MP James Wild shares the Conservative Party’s vision for the future.

A petition calling for councillors to have more “ambition” with a new swimming pool in Lynn has been launched.

Residents near a secondary school have reported facing abuse from parents parked outside their homes after on-site fees were introduced.

Drivers are still being spotted speeding near a school despite a councillor’s warnings about the risk of a serious crash.

The number of people who have died while homeless has nearly doubled in Norfolk amid a record rise nationally.

Key projects to help prevent “devastating” flooding in West Norfolk have been celebrated.