3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (574+ words) Plans to give England’s mayors the power to introduce a tourist tax will be set out on Thursday. The levy will be decided by local leaders and charged as a percentage of the cost of accommodation to overnight visitors, rather…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (866+ words) David Powles, the newly appointed CEO of St Martins, the Norwich homeless charity, looks at what the Prime Minister’s recent pledges could mean closer to home. When Andy Burnham made ending rough sleeping his first pledge as Prime Minister the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (681+ words) A transgender activist from Norwich elected to a prominent women’s role in the Greens has been suspended by the party amid the threat of legal action. Eleanora Folan - a self-described “mentally ill”, “proud anti-Zionist trans woman” - had been voted in…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (335+ words) Radio trackers are being used to follow Asian hornets back to their homes - a high-tech tactic that could be deployed to destroy the nest that has appeared in Norfolk. The invasive insect, also known as the yellow-legged hornet, poses a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (507+ words) Farmers' leaders are calling for government action to boost homegrown food production as a new industry report revealed the nation's dwindling self-sufficiency. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has urged ministers to set clear targets for domestic food output and introduce…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (453+ words) Our understanding of history and the environment has evolved so much over the last hundred years. But how did things look in Norwich a hundred years before that? A book published this week about an early 19th century pioneer gives us…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (203+ words) Two major retailers are among the UK supermarkets with 'do not eat' warnings in place on some products. Norfolk Trading Standards has issued alerts in the last week over foods sold by Tesco and Waitrose, with recalls launched due to…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (295+ words) A restaurant chain is closing its doors for the final time today as part of a cost-cutting measure. Brewers Fayre restaurants are shutting all sites across Norfolk, including its locations In Clenchwarton Road, King's Lynn, and Holt Road, near Norwich…...

1+ week, 5+ min ago   (849+ words) A Norfolk tennis tournament has become a last bastion of tradition, community spirit and a way of life that is fading fast in modern Britain, so claims a Tory peer. Lord Young of Acton - also known as the journalist and…...