A pledge by the new Prime Minister to increase police numbers has been welcomed by Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), who says he is optimistic the county will benefit.

The family of a nine-month-old boy is raising £50,000 for treatment abroad to save their son who has a rare form of cancer.

A small emu was among the animals killed on Norfolk's roads over the last three years - but numbers reveal the animal most likely to end up as roadkill was deer.

Councils across the region are hoping their high street woes will be relieved by getting a share of a government fund for revitalising town centres - but competition is stiff for a slice of the £675m.

Norfolk commuters will hope new trains being rolled out on the regional network keep time with the same precision as Swiss-made watches, as Greater Anglia tests the first of its new long electric trains made in the Alpine country.

A local campaign group has called on the government to not only pause the rollout of Universal Credit - but to scrap the controversial benefit.

People in Norfolk and Suffolk helped spread festive cheer this Christmas by donating over 75,000 items at Co-op stores in support of a food bank appeal - helping to create over 30,000 meals for people in need.

A number of bus and train services in Norfolk are not running today.

Burnt toast costs not only vital minutes in the morning rush, new figures can reveal, but also time and money for firefighters.

A woman's "idyllic" home was turned into a "part-dream, part-nightmare" after a crime gang had committed a burglary there, a court has heard.

"History from the bottom up" - this is how an archive editor at Archant has described the company's project to digitise 150 years of its stories.

Norfolk has woken up to frosty and icy roads this morning.

A hard-hitting play hoping to effect a reduction in the numbers of injuries and fatalities on Norfolk's roads will be performed in schools around the county.

The father of the Norwich teenager who won the last ever series of Big Brother says his son can now 'go anywhere he chooses' following the victory.

A south Norfolk man was found dead in the grounds of a church, an inquest heard.

An inquest has opened into the death of a 53 year old builder from south Norfolk.

A Norfolk garage owner accused of supplying false plates to a gang which carried out more than 200 burglaries has said he does not know why certain men involved in the set-up contacted him.

The artistic talents of a private woman will be publicly acknowledged this month at an exhibition outside Norwich.

Almost one hundred and fifty vulnerable young adults assisted by a local charity moved from supported accommodation into either education, employment or training over the last year, it can be revealed.

Summer is set to return to the region this week as temperatures are expected to reach the mid-twenties.

An inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl who crashed off a busy Norfolk road.

Long-distance runners speak of a "second wind", when having lost breath and energy during a race, they suddenly find the strength to keep going.

Network Rail will train its sights this autumn on combatting leaves which fall on the line and cause delays.

Fudge swirls, chocolate jazzies, raspberry and saffron wrapped in dark chocolate - the descriptions, almost edible themselves, sound like treats from inside Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

A local opticians has invested £250,000 in its new premises in Diss, transforming an old butcher's shop into a "stylish yet friendly" clinic.