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Primary School student becomes one of the first girls to win Ninja Karts Championship

05 May 2022
Primary School student becomes one of the first girls to win Ninja Karts Championship

Primary School student becomes one of the first girls to win Ninja Karts Championship

05 May 2022

Rosie Taber fought her way over 15 laps to take home the silverware during the championship race last month


Primary school using golden retriever to help pupils' reading

03 May 2022
Primary school using golden retriever to help pupils' reading

Primary school using golden retriever to help pupils' reading

03 May 2022

Riley, a two-year-old golden retriever, has has become a cherished reading companion for special education students


Hundreds of trees planted to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

02 May 2022
Hundreds of trees planted to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Hundreds of trees planted to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

02 May 2022

Hundreds of trees deemed ‘fit for a queen’ have been planted as part of an initiative to mark the Platinum Jubilee


Firm plead guilty to damaging habitat of local river

01 May 2022
Firm plead guilty to damaging habitat of local river

Firm plead guilty to damaging habitat of local river

01 May 2022

Paul Rackham Ltd pleaded guilty to carrying out work on the River Little Ouse without a permit


Residents warn that plans for plant could 'finish' village

01 May 2022
Residents warn that plans for plant could 'finish' village

Residents warn that plans for plant could 'finish' village

01 May 2022

Opposition to the plant is spreading across south Norfolk after developers outlined a number of distribution routes to carry digestate to nearby farms


Mother of Covid victim critcizes MP for partygate defence

30 April 2022
Mother of Covid victim critcizes MP for partygate defence

Mother of Covid victim critcizes MP for partygate defence

30 April 2022

Rachel Turner-Hewitt accused her MP of “not living in the real world” after he said that people were “bored” of the continued focus on partygate


Residents pick up Honoured Citizen Awards at annual town meeting

29 April 2022
Residents pick up Honoured Citizen Awards at annual town meeting

Residents pick up Honoured Citizen Awards at annual town meeting

29 April 2022

Residents in Diss were recognised for their philanthropic work in the community during the annual town meeting this week


The cycle store of more than 100 years' history, which played a special role in the 1992 Olympics

28 April 2022
The cycle store of more than 100 years' history, which played a special role in the 1992 Olympics

The cycle store of more than 100 years' history, which played a special role in the 1992 Olympics

28 April 2022

Few shops can trace their roots back 100 years, and even fewer have managed to stay in the family all that time


Village's only postmistress retires after almost half a century on the job

27 April 2022
Village's only postmistress retires after almost half a century on the job

Village's only postmistress retires after almost half a century on the job

27 April 2022

Sheila Coe, 82, is finally looking forward to retirement after single-handedly running the only post office in the village for 43 years


Radio station given blue plaque for efforts during Covid

26 April 2022
Radio station given blue plaque for efforts during Covid

Radio station given blue plaque for efforts during Covid

26 April 2022

Volunteers at the Diss-based broadcaster have been the latest to receive a blue plaque for their work during the pandemic


Charity shop worker, 82, returns to action 12 months after breaking her pelvis

25 April 2022
Charity shop worker, 82, returns to action 12 months after breaking her pelvis

Charity shop worker, 82, returns to action 12 months after breaking her pelvis

25 April 2022

Olive Duffield was forced to take a year out after suffering her injury in early 2021


Rare bottle of wine fetches more almost treble previous record at auction house

24 April 2022
Rare bottle of wine fetches more almost treble previous record at auction house

Rare bottle of wine fetches more almost treble previous record at auction house

24 April 2022

Despite a stained label and part of the wax seal missing, the three-litre bottle of La Tache managed to fetch a mind-blowing sum at auction last week


Fundraisers auction off props from hit BBC series to pay for new community hall

23 April 2022
Fundraisers auction off props from hit BBC series to pay for new community hall

Fundraisers auction off props from hit BBC series to pay for new community hall

23 April 2022

Items featured in hit TV drama Detectorists, which was filmed in a local community hall, have been auctioned off to pay for its replacement


Police appeal for help to trace man accused of killing 50 pigs in arson attack

22 April 2022
Police appeal for help to trace man accused of killing 50 pigs in arson attack

Police appeal for help to trace man accused of killing 50 pigs in arson attack

22 April 2022

The 23-year-old is wanted for failing to appear at Crown Court this month


Boxing champion pays visit to sports bar

22 April 2022
Boxing champion pays visit to sports bar

Boxing champion pays visit to sports bar

22 April 2022

The former British, Commonwealth and World cruiserweight champion hopes the bar, named in his honour, could inspire the next generation of stars


Outcry amongst residents after far-right nationalist group post flyers across town

21 April 2022
Outcry amongst residents after far-right nationalist group post flyers across town

Outcry amongst residents after far-right nationalist group post flyers across town

21 April 2022

The leaflets, from far-right group Patriotic Alternative, have been branded 'unacceptable' by a local councillor


Record shop owner strikes gold after discovering extremely rare blues album

19 April 2022
Record shop owner strikes gold after discovering extremely rare blues album

Record shop owner strikes gold after discovering extremely rare blues album

19 April 2022

William Porteous has struck gold after finding an extremely rare blues album in a box-full of old records


Diss resident selected to join Government's High Street Task Force

18 April 2022
Diss resident selected to join Government's High Street Task Force

Diss resident selected to join Government's High Street Task Force

18 April 2022

A business leader from Diss has been tasked with boosting the country’s town centres while helping the transition to net-zero


Residents weigh in on £750,000 changes to town centre

17 April 2022
Residents weigh in on £750,000 changes to town centre

Residents weigh in on £750,000 changes to town centre

17 April 2022

Residents and business owners across have weighed in on proposed traffic measures in the town, as a petition to stop them closes in on 500 signatures


Carpet fitters' heroic rescue of deer trapped in goal netting

15 April 2022
Carpet fitters' heroic rescue of deer trapped in goal netting

Carpet fitters' heroic rescue of deer trapped in goal netting

15 April 2022

A pair of carpet fitters saw their day take an unexpected turn after they were called on to rescue a deer that had been trapped in some goal netting


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