Diss

Diss residents enjoyed a slice of festive fun during the family-orientated “Santa Saturday” in the town centre.

Staff at Rosedale Funeral Home, which has branches in Diss and Attleborough, has packed 500 shoeboxes full of toys and practical gifts to contribute to Operation Christmas Child.

A greater number of houses built and more income via business growth are the key reasons why South Norfolk Council is outperforming other authorities when it comes to spending power gains.

Ceramic poppies made by the patients at St John’s House Hospital in Palgrave have helped to raise £130 for the Royal British Legion.

Why is it that when people alight from buses and coaches at the Diss bus station they immediately attempt to cross the road directly opposite the station entrance and exit irrespective of the density of traffic?

There has been sadness at the Redwings equine charity after a cat which had become something of a icon had to be put to sleep.

Only a small number of professional footballers – from the likes of John Terry, Joe Hart and Aaron Ramsey – have had the chance to climb the 107 steps to the Royal Box and lift the FA Cup trophy at Wembley Stadium since it opened in 2007.

A representative of the East of England Co-operative has told a village parish council its plan to build a store has been met with “more positive than negative” feedback.

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A plan for eight homes in Harleston town centre has been submitted.

Jimmy is featured as this week’s Cat of the Week.

After a four-year wait Park Radio has submitted its application to Ofcom to become a full-time radio station.

The White Horse Inn, Stoke Ash, has been crowned the Best Bar 2014 by Diss Express readers.

I am amazed at the proposals to have a Co-op in Stradbroke and of the proposed site.

Thanks to the generosity of people in this area, 400 people in a crisis will be fed over this Christmas fortnight.

I’ve just read the Diss Express front page asking the question is Diss Worth a Tenner (December 5), and the answer is, of course it is.

Class 1 and 2 at Old Buckenham Community Primary School have been getting ready for a busy Christmas period.

People in south Norfolk are being urged to think about the security of their oil tanks this festive period.

Emergency services were deployed following a vehicle collision in Diss yesterday evening.

I write in response to Maggie Dalts (Branding Christmas, December 12).