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Eleanor Storey, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Someone around this table lied to all of you’: Extraordinary scenes from town council meeting

09 July 2025
‘Someone around this table lied to all of you’: Extraordinary scenes from town council meeting

‘Someone around this table lied to all of you’: Extraordinary scenes from town council meeting

09 July 2025

Town council meeting descends into Agatha Christie whodunnit


Controversial countryside battery farm proposals ‘paused’

08 July 2025
Controversial countryside battery farm proposals ‘paused’

Controversial countryside battery farm proposals ‘paused’

08 July 2025

Controversial plans for a huge battery farm in the countryside have been put on hold


‘Demolition benefits no one except those who want to develop on the land’: Opposition to former council headquarters plans

07 July 2025
‘Demolition benefits no one except those who want to develop on the land’: Opposition to former council headquarters plans

‘Demolition benefits no one except those who want to develop on the land’: Opposition to former council headquarters plans

07 July 2025

A district council has lodged plans to demolish its former headquarters – despite a local push to save the building.


Proposed bar could keep people in town

07 July 2025
Proposed bar could keep people in town

Proposed bar could keep people in town

07 July 2025

A former town centre barbers is set for a new lease of life.


Town councillors told to put phones in kitchen amid bugging fears

18 June 2025
Town councillors told to put phones in kitchen amid bugging fears

Town councillors told to put phones in kitchen amid bugging fears

18 June 2025

Members of a troubled town council have been told to put their phones in the kitchen during meetings because they suspect one of them is being bugged.


Town council employee racked up a £4,000 bill on a taxpayer-funded mobile phone in less than three months

17 June 2025
Town council employee racked up a £4,000 bill on a taxpayer-funded mobile phone in less than three months

Town council employee racked up a £4,000 bill on a taxpayer-funded mobile phone in less than three months

17 June 2025

A town council employee racked up a £4,000 bill on a taxpayer-funded mobile phone in less than three months.


Councillor was ‘too drunk’ to remember criminal damage incident, court hears

10 June 2025
Councillor was ‘too drunk’ to remember criminal damage incident, court hears

Councillor was ‘too drunk’ to remember criminal damage incident, court hears

10 June 2025

A councillor accused of smashing a shop window told police he was “too drunk” to remember the late-night incident.


‘We’ve been bitten, slapped in the face, and sworn at’ by ‘Facebook nutters’, say councillors

09 June 2025
‘We’ve been bitten, slapped in the face, and sworn at’ by ‘Facebook nutters’, say councillors

‘We’ve been bitten, slapped in the face, and sworn at’ by ‘Facebook nutters’, say councillors

09 June 2025

A Norfolk council has pleaded for a truce after finding itself in an extraordinary war with its own townsfolk.


Plans for a bungalow in a village have been thrown out

06 June 2025
Plans for a bungalow in a village have been thrown out

Plans for a bungalow in a village have been thrown out

06 June 2025

Plans for a new bungalow in a village have been thrown out.


‘Wrong project, wrong place, in the wrong way’: Concern after plans launched for 1,000 battery containers across farmland

01 June 2025
‘Wrong project, wrong place, in the wrong way’: Concern after plans launched for 1,000 battery containers across farmland

‘Wrong project, wrong place, in the wrong way’: Concern after plans launched for 1,000 battery containers across farmland

01 June 2025

Plans for a mega battery storage site in the Norfolk countryside have sparked concern.


Plan launched for 66-bedroom care home at site of a former feather factory

30 May 2025
Plan launched for 66-bedroom care home at site of a former feather factory

Plan launched for 66-bedroom care home at site of a former feather factory

30 May 2025

Plans have emerged for a 66-bedroom care home at the site of a former feather factory.


Councillor charged with criminal damage to sit as independent

30 May 2025
Councillor charged with criminal damage to sit as independent

Councillor charged with criminal damage to sit as independent

30 May 2025

Councillor charged with criminal damage has left the Conservative Party to sit as an independent.


Town councillors offered therapy - funded by taxpapers - after online backlash

28 May 2025
Town councillors offered therapy - funded by taxpapers - after online backlash

Town councillors offered therapy - funded by taxpapers - after online backlash

28 May 2025

A crisis-hit town council has agreed to pay for councillors to go to therapy to cope with the stress caused by an online backlash.


Former town superstore to be turned into retail units and flats

19 May 2025
Former town superstore to be turned into retail units and flats

Former town superstore to be turned into retail units and flats

19 May 2025

An empty shop in the centre of a Norfolk town is set to be turned into flats.


Former town steakhouse to become new fine dining restaurant

14 May 2025
Former town steakhouse to become new fine dining restaurant

Former town steakhouse to become new fine dining restaurant

14 May 2025

A former town centre steakhouse is set to be turned into a fine dining restaurant.


Councillor charged with criminal damage after broken shop window

07 May 2025
Councillor charged with criminal damage after broken shop window

Councillor charged with criminal damage after broken shop window

07 May 2025

A Conservative councillor has been charged with criminal damage over an early hours incident in which the window of a small business was broken.


Plans lodged for new 39-home estate in village

21 April 2025
Plans lodged for new 39-home estate in village

Plans lodged for new 39-home estate in village

21 April 2025

Dozens of new homes are set to be built across the road from a village primary school in South Norfolk.


Norfolk council spends more than £20,000 a year on bin collection apps

17 April 2025
Norfolk council spends more than £20,000 a year on bin collection apps

Norfolk council spends more than £20,000 a year on bin collection apps

17 April 2025

An app that reminds people of their bin collection days is costing a district council tens of thousands of pounds, it has been revealed.


Late-night bar in town given licence despite residents’ concerns

11 April 2025
Late-night bar in town given licence despite residents’ concerns

Late-night bar in town given licence despite residents’ concerns

11 April 2025

A late-night bar is set to open in a Norfolk town despite pushback from worried neighbours.


Work on 4,000 new homes in town delayed for second time

09 April 2025
Work on 4,000 new homes in town delayed for second time

Work on 4,000 new homes in town delayed for second time

09 April 2025

Work on a major 4,000-home development that would double the population of a Norfolk town has been delayed again.


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