Diss

The mayor of Diss has expressed his disappointment following the announcement that the town’s police station will shut to the public later this year.

Representatives of many organisations as well as relatives and close friends attended the funeral at the Seven Hills Crematorium, Nacton, of Eileen May Pretoria Brett of Pippin Cottage, Castleton Way, Eye, who died on January 8, aged 87.

A special day of activities and competitions was held at Stradbroke Primary School recently to help promote road safety.

TODAY: Erin Myhill, 11, of Skinners Lane, Starston; Ruby Mae Greenhalf, 10, of Tudor Avenue, Roydon.

Royal British Legion chairman of past and present were in attendance for the Annual Conference of the RBL last month.

Redgrave and Lopham Fen is holding a volunteering morning next week to shed light on the opportunities to get involved at the wildlife site.

A major horse welfare charity which has its headquarters based in south Norfolk has expanded its operations after officially merging with another similar organisation.

Plans to convert a closed pub in Bressingham into a bed-and-breakfast appear to have sustained another setback after South Norfolk Council rejected the owners’ Community Asset de-listing appeal.

If all goes go plan, by 4pm Sunday, six Diss bowls players will have just completed their 50th hour of continuous playing to set a new world record.

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices’ appeal to raise £10 million to replace their current Quidenham facility has reached the £500,000 mark.

A Peugeot dealership which has stood in Palgrave for 25 years has ceased trading.

A stolen car found on fire in Wattisfield on Tuesday has been linked to armed robbery incidents.

A female was cut free from a car after it left the road in icy conditions in Weybread on Tuesday.

Police stations in Diss and Attleborough are shutting their front counters to the public this year, as part of Norfolk Constabulary’s aim of saving £25 million by 2020.

A vehicle found in Rickinghall has been linked to an attempted murder in Elmswell.

The Diss Business Forum is set to hold its next breakfast meeting at the Park Hotel in Diss on Thursday, February 12 from 7.30am until 9am.

A Wetheringsett firm which specialises in the design and manufacture of treatment chairs and couches for health services has reported an annual revenue growth of 15 per cent.

After being delayed by the supplier, Harleston Town Council has voted to press ahead with ordering CCTV for the recreation ground.

The B1077 Aspall Road in Debenham is due to close for a week from Wednesday for road improvement works.

A man has avoided serious injury after a car smashed into the bedroom wall of his flat in Scole in the early hours of Saturday morning.