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Ninety per cent of Norfolk pupils expected to be back in school on March 8

Moves have been made to reassure parents that Norfolk schools will be safe for their children to return on March 8.

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Parents are being told that Norfolk’s schools will be safe for their children to return on March 8. Norfolk County Council has moved to reassure anxious families by outlining its plans for the full reopening of all of the county’s 422 schools...
Aviva in Norwich. Pic: Archant

Warning over scam 'Aviva' automated cold calls

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GCSEs and A-levels cancelled by the pandemic will be replaced by grades decided by teachers.

‘They know students best’: teachers to decide A-level and GCSE results

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Oaklands Care Home in Scole, near Diss, has been rated as 'good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

'Good' rating for care home which had been plunged into special measures

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Heavy rain caused flooding in Long Stratton

Bid for £6m so towns and villages can combat flooding

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A show of crocuses near the bandstand in Chapelfield Gardens in the spring sunshine and warmer weath

Temperatures reach 18C - the average for May

Dan Grimmer

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Mathew Boomer from Norfolk County Council handing over some laptops to Jackie Appleby, business mana

Norfolk County Council

Laptop campaign passes target with 5,300 collected for children in need

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Care providers say they are struggling with recruiting carers Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire

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Norfolk given extra £10m to stop Covid spread in care homes

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More than 200 homes in south Norfolk have been left without power.

More than 350 south Norfolk homes hit by power cut

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Sir John Hurt.

Sir John Hurt art prize opens for entries with increased prize money

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The James Paget University Hospital, in Gorleston, has opened an accessible vaccine clinic for people with learning disabilities

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Everyone with registered learning disability to be made vaccine priority

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The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administering. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

What our readers think of the vaccine passport debate

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Patients waited for Covid jabs for more than two hours at Connaught Hall, Attleborough, following a "malfunction" with the online booking system

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Two-hour waits at vaccine centre after booking 'malfunction'

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A temporary road closure will be in place on the A140, near Eye, from 8pm on Friday February 26 until 5am on Monday March 1. 

Section of A140 to close over the weekend

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Dust from the Sahara carried by warm winds that have brought unseasonal spring temperatures has seen colorful sunrises and sunsets.

Warm winds bring Saharan dust as temperatures soar to 17C

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The Zoological Society of East Anglia has scooped a £752k grant from government

Zoo bosses' delight as government steps in to fund vital work

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The James Paget University Hospital, in Gorleston, has opened an accessible vaccine clinic for people with learning disabilities

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Hospital first in UK to open vaccine clinic for people with disabilities

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A mass COVID testing centre at Diss Leisure Centre. Picture: Danielle Booden

More than 6,000 people tested for Covid variant

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Banham Zoo celebrating World Lemur Festival. Education officer Charlotte Blyth feeding the Lemurs.Pi

Family, cuddles and the zoo - What you're looking forward to after lockdown

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Thousands of people enjoying Norwich Pride Parade 2018Picture: Nick Butcher

'People are keen to come' - What is happening with our big summer events?

Ben Hardy

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Norfolk County Council at County Hall in Norwich

Warning over 'Royal Mail' fake text scam

Dan Grimmer

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Broadland Conservative candidate Jerome Mayhew giving his speech at The General Election 2019 result

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MPs say vaccine roll-out 'under control' - despite jabs offered in Brighton

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John Crofts

Former headteacher is Lib Dem pick for police and crime commissioner

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The scene of a collision between two cars on the A143 near the Brockdish junction that led to the de

Man denies causing death by dangerous driving after fatal A143 crash

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Josh Worley, cabinet member for finance and resources on South Norfolk Council.

South Norfolk District Council

Bid to raise South Norfolk council tax to protect communities

Sophie Wyllie

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Jimmy Carr will perform in Norwich as part of the Theatre Royal's Interlude programme. Picture: Matt

Comedy in the Park and Britannia Pier shows among confirmed 2021 events

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The new masts will boost phone reception of travellers across Greater Anglia's network of tail services in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and London.

Nineteen new 4G masts to be put up across Norfolk and Suffolk

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Sandra Govender, chief executive of Athena Education Support, gives tips for parents who have children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) during lockdown. 

Teachers and parents welcome schools reopening announcement

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Andrew Proctor, leader of Norfolk County Council

Norfolk and Waveney respond to PM's road map announcement

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson giving his speech to Parliament, in in the House of Commons, London.

From holidays to weddings - what does 68-page Covid roadmap tell us?

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