Environment

For more pictures and reactions from local visitors at the launch, see this coming Friday’s Diss Express (out March 23)

If you thought the snow was gone for this year, you were wrong.

The Met Office has today (Wednesday) updated its warnings for snow across East Anglia, extending them through Saturday with warnings of a continuing risk of travel and power disruption – but Bury St Edmunds market carries on.

Suffolk’s most senior bishop has backed a deal between the Government and Church of England to use churches to improve rural mobile phones and broadband services.

Two flood alerts have been in force in Suffolk and Norfolk since New Year’s Day as the Met Office warns of the approach of Storm Eleanor.

A mother-of-three who launched a not-for-profit social enterprise is calling on the community to lend a hand this weekend – as it aims to create a permanent site in a Norfolk village.

Landowners in a Suffolk village have put their heads together in a bid to create natural flood prevention measures.

Banham Primary School children have had the chance to get in touch with their wild side once again.

A petition begun by a Suffolk naturalist to get balloon and sky-lantern releases banned has gained 10,000 signatures in two weeks.

Showers giving up to three hours of heavy rain will hit East Anglia tomorrow followed by more continuous rain on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned.

The water supply between Eye and Hoxne, near Syleham, is to be the subject of a £450,000 investment from Essex and Suffolk Water.

South Norfolk Council’s Big Litter Pick 2017 has come to an end with thousands of bags of rubbish and recycling collected.

The Little Ouse Headwaters Project (LOHP) has secured a grant that has allowed the project to hire its first conservation manager.

A Denham businessman says solar power is the energy source of the future for businesses, after hooking up his car servicing company to be completely powered by solar panels.

Harleston residents showed off their gardens to hundreds of visitors from near and far, as the town staged its Open Gardens event over the weekend.

The Met office has warned that torrential rain could bring localised flooding and difficult driving conditions to East Anglia tomorrow afternoon and evening.

The former owner of Foxearth’s new nature reserve is hoping as many people as possible can enjoy the wildlife on display.

The community of Harleston has taken action to support the swifts returning to the town this month, in the hope of stopping the decline in their population.

Raf Lakenheath has today warned that its 48th Fighter Wing will increase flying operations next week across East Anglia.