A £5.75m plan to double the size of a primary school near Diss has been given the go ahead - and building work is already under way.

The leader of Norfolk County Council has made a public apology for comments he aimed towards his leading political opponent.

Norfolk County Council will prepare a business case to support its bid to retain control of the fire service.

A bid to broadcast county council meetings on the Internet has failed - for now - after councillors voted against it.

The leader of Norfolk County Council has refused to rule out reintroducing cuts to bus subsidies in future.

County council meetings in Norfolk could soon be broadcast live via the internet.

There are more than 2,300 pot holes peppering Norfolk’s roads, council bosses have revealed in the wake of one of the harshest winters in recent memory.

This week marks a decade of older and disabled people being eligible for free bus travel across England.

More than £3.5m of government money is to be pumped into plugging the holes left in our roads by the harsh winter weather conditions.

A series of road safety improvements are to be made across the county, with more than £800,000 to be spent across more than 100 schemes.

Gritter drivers, farmers and members of the community have all been thanked for their efforts during the Beast from the East.

Norwich South MP Clive Lewis has hit back at comments made this morning by Norwich County Council leader Cliff Jordan.

The leader of Norfolk County Council has attacked the region’s MPS, saying they need to “up their game” and “work a lot harder” - even claiming to have only met his own party chairman - Great Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis - once and to have never met Norwich MP Clive Lewis.

“I had to change the music for my son in the back of the car.”

A charity offering support to victims of sexual abuse is to receive a big funding boost from Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner.

A prolific burglar who stole cars, jewellery, cash and mobile phones has been jailed for eight years.

Norfolk County Council has issued a plea for schoolchildren, community groups and creative individuals to help it amass a sea of poppies next year.

Flourishes of floral finesse were saluted at an awards ceremony celebrating those who go the extra mile to make their areas beautiful.

The horticultural achievements of the East Anglian region have been recognised once more, as winners were crowned at the annual Anglia in Bloom awards ceremony.

A casting company is hunting for people to put their survival skills to the test in the latest series of a Channel 4 television programme.

The habit of smoking cigarettes is running out of puff, government research has suggested.

A Gorleston school was chosen as the launch site for a summer competition with the aim of getting youngsters writing.

A south Norfolk abattoir must wait until next week to discover whether an appeal against its licence being revoked has been successful.