Diss

A north Suffolk man who played a key role in one of the first school collaborations in the county has been honoured by being made an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

A £2.2 million community scheme to help conserve the natural and built heritage of the Brecks across Norfolk and Suffolk has kicked off its first window of funding.

A Norfolk-based horse welfare charity is celebrating after winning two distinct awards from a national magazine in recognition of its services over the past year.

Mid Suffolk and Babergh Council tenants are being urged to attend a meeting next week which will see the formation of a new forum for both councils.

Residents in areas of south Norfolk should see their water supply returning to normal, after disruption was caused by a burst water main on New Year’s Eve.

A cheque for £75 has been presented to Harleston Primary School following a Christmas competition organised by Durrants Estate Agents.

A large congregation attended the funeral service at SS Peter and Paul’s Church on December 5 for George Francis Plant, who was a teacher at Hartismere School for more than 30 years.

A five-year-old boy from Hopton received a toy set worth £100 after triumphing in a housebuilder’s drawing contest.

A recently-opened supermarket in Diss has obtained planning approval to install an array of signs and advertisements, despite objections from local councillors.

Plans to create a site for ten touring caravan pitches at a public house in Rushall have been submitted.

An enormous convoy of tractors kept the festive spirit alive in Larling last Friday, raising more than £2,000 for charity on its cross-county journey.

Bags of burning rubbish were extinguished in Larling yesterday evening following what police confirmed to be an arson incident.

Three fire appliances prevented a potentially enormous blaze in Long Stratton at the weekend after a car caught fire inside a large barn.

A driver sustained minor injuries after losing control of his vehicle in Garboldisham at the weekend.

Police are offering advice to homeowners following a spate of burglaries in the Brecklands, including one in Attleborough.

Police are urging motorists to take extra care as temperatures plummet, causing potentially hazardous conditions.

A ‘key’ planning consultation for the Breckland area is set to close at 4pm on January 9.

There is no point delving into clichés about Christmas’s true meaning, or the spirit of the festive season, when as a newspaper you can report on stories that show it palpably.

Members of the Attleborough Boxing Club swapped their boxing mitts for gardening gloves earlier this month to help plant 5,000 flower bulbs at a landmark site in the town.

Maggie Brook, one of the first Barnardo’s girls who came to Wickham Skeith in 1891, died of tuberculosis in 1900, seven years after she left the village and went to live with a family in Canada.