Diss

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

I don’t like to complain, but I really do feel I need to get this off my chest, what has happened to our Christmas tree in Diss?

Abellio Greater Anglia, one of the main transport providers for south Norfolk commuters, started a major programme of carriage refurbishments and upgrades yesterday.

A 16-foot trailer was stolen from outside a home in Attleborough between Friday evening and Saturday morning last week.

Vandals caused £200 worth of damage to a vehicle in Harleston at the weekend, causing police to appeal for information.

One of the recurring concerns of this area, it seems, is how infrastructure and services can keep up with the pace of population growth.

Redgrave rockers Walkway will support the legendary Status Quo next summer.

The Riddlesworth Hall School Association (RHSA) presented a £1,500 cheque to Mr and Mrs Nic Noakes at a special assembly earlier this month.

An evening of seasonal music and carols was hosted at Stradbroke earlier this month, which featured the Anglia Fellowship Band.

Diss has been named by a national newspaper as being one of this nation’s most Christmassy towns.

A fundraising appeal to replace a children’s hospice in Quidenham has reached the £100,000 mark.

The key to the future of south Norfolk’s major towns is developing them all as “economic centres” for the area, according to South Norfolk Council’s latest proposals.

The winners of the 11th annual Dickleburgh 50 Trees in a Church event have been crowned following an “excellent” event, according to one of its organisers.

Eye based estate agents Palmers Country Homes’ residential property sales and letting portfolio has been taken on by Potterbudd after Palmers’ directors decided to return to the legal profession.

A pair of Eye residents have told the town council of their concern over lack of information on affordable housing presented at a homes consultation last week.

While we have a National Curriculum, an education in rural south Norfolk is always going to be in contrast with one experienced in inner city London.

A young man may have been trying to avoid a deer on a country road when he

Jewellery has been stolen from a property in Stradbroke.

A horse had to be rescued by emergency services from a ditch this morning.

Plans for a 174-acre solar farm in Bridgham has been deferred for a second time.