Diss

Crews from both Norfolk and Suffolk tackled a thatched roof fire in Thorndon yesterday.

No MP in our main constituencies won with a majority of less than 10,000 in 2010.

Meadow House is believed to be in excess of 300 years old of mainly timber frame construction, with a thatched roof and later brick and block work wall extensions.

One thousand miles. Three days. Two countries. And one gracefully-aging £400 banger car.

Concerned Gislingham residents with fears over an outline planning application for 40 homes have formed a group in a bid to stop the plans being given the green light.

These photos are from a Wortham Royal British Legion (RBL) Branch meeting, held at the Dolphin Inn, on October 5, 1981.

The Diss, Thetford and District branch of the Citizens Advice Bureau is the only one chosen in Norfolk and Suffolk to offer a new advice service in the wake of changes to how people can access their pension pots.

Courtyard Barn is an exceptional Grade II-listed barn conversion set in gardens and grounds of just over two acres on the outskirts of the village of Tibenham, almost midway between Diss and Attleborough.

Residents in the Diss area are urging for a greater crackdown on the inadequate care of horses and ponies after another animal was found abandoned in a poor condition.

After almost three years of planning the Upper Waveney Women’s Institute Exhibition of Produce and Craft 2015 took place in Pulham Market Memorial Hall on March 31 and April 1.

A proposal to construct an renewable energy facility in Bressingham that would turn farm waste into bio-gas has been met with concerns from villagers over its potential impacts on the area.

Leslie Burrows of Roydon contacted the Diss Express to correct and shed more light on the photo we ran of the 1070 (Diss) Squadron Air Training Corps last month.

Bereavement sessions aimed at helping people cope with the loss of a loved one will return to Diss and Attleborough next month.

From playing at a barbecue to 65 people in their back garden in 2006, to supporting Status Quo at Holkham Hall in front of more than 8,000 last summer, the rise of Redgrave rockers Walkway has been meteoric – and they’re not finished yet.

Stradbroke Parish Council has supported plans for 54 new homes in the village.

Damage to walls at Eye Castle has prompted police to appeal for information.

The build-up to the 2015 General Election is in full swing following the announcement of the prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) across the Diss Express area.

A motorist escaped injury after his 4x4 rolled onto its roof in Diss last night.

Diss Town Council says it is strongly opposed to the idea of a potential 100-home development at one of the town’s major industrial sites, on the grounds the town infrastructure could not sustain it.

A bid to obtain a £67,000 government grant to go towards the repairs of the roof at Rickinghall Inferior Church has proved unsuccessful.