Terita Smith featured on the front of the Diss Express in May 2008, aged 26, appealing for people to join the bone marrow register in a bid to save lives after she was diagnosed with leukaemia.
A ‘positive’ step has been taken in the long-running saga to solve the problems at the infamous Vinces Road and A1066 junction in Diss — with finding the funds to carry out the improvements now on the agenda.
Plans for a renewable energy facility in Bressingham which could power up to 1,000 homes has been given the green light by South Norfolk Council.
Roydon Primary School has finished the year on a high note after Ofsted judged the facility to be ‘Good’.
The chairman of Suffolk’s Museum of the Year has slammed the ‘mindless’ vandalism of a 140-year-old carriage which could cost hundreds of pounds to repair.
Attleborough’s infant and junior schools could become ‘all-through’ primary schools in a bid to increase the number of school places in the south Norfolk town.
Months of months of turmoil and sleepless nights — which one south Norfolk family believe is down to their postcode.
The proposed development of four large shop units in Diss would increase traffic congestion, draw people away from the town centre, and would compete with independent traders “in direct opposition to the £3 million Heritage Triangle Project”.
A young mum from Harleston is encouraging who lost her step-mother to cancer encouraging others to enter a Norfolk Race for Life this month — and make it a family affair in the process.
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Dr Dan Poulter says BT must ‘behave better’ to deliver superfast broadband to the county.
A planning application for new homes in Stradbroke has been scaled down from 54 to 44 properties, according to a Mid Suffolk District Council spokesperson.
A south Norfolk town council clerk who doubted her ability when applying for the role nearly ten years ago has been recognised for her work.
A charity shoe sale in Diss has helped raise more than £1,000 for St Nicholas Hospice Care in Bury St Edmunds.
Pupils and teachers of past and present are being called to celebrate the history of Bacton Community Middle School, ahead of its closure this month.
A £1,500 pot money from Eye Town Council has been set aside to allow for adult or youth groups to run activities at the town hall, with the authority now welcoming applications.
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon has criticized the “very disappointing” decision to close the Barclays branch in Long Stratton.
The organiser of an annual charity cycle across the Diss Express area says it was his late uncle that inspired him to fundraise for good causes.
Diss district councillors have been charged with finding out what South Norfolk Council’s intentions are for the former Infant School site at The Causeway.
The Barclays Bank branch in Long Stratton will close in September, it has been confirmed.
The history of the American Air Force’s 490th Bomb Group airmen who served at Eye Airfield during the Second World War will be shared with the wider community after a grant award of nearly £40,000.