COASTAL campaigners hope a “defences not damages” message will be taken on board by a new government minister visiting a trio of erosion hot spots today.

02 September 2010 18:45

FRESHLY cooked herring have helped a Hemsby life saving team cook up a fund-raising treat. On Sunday the distinct smell of herring cooked in rolled oats and beef dripping drifted over the beach at Hemsby, The fish were being cooked in a traditional way at the Hemsby Inshore Rescue Service's annual herring festival.

02 September 2010 15:56

A SHARED Christian faith helped to bring together a Gorleston couple who celebrated their golden wedding today. Norman Toll, 78, and Peggy Parke, 74, met each other in the late 1940s through their involvement with the former Gospel Hall in Great Yarmouth.

02 September 2010 15:49

A PASSING reference in this column in July to “Bandsman Blake (an ex-leading boxer)” prompted a reader to inquire: “Bandsman Blake the boxer. Who's he?” The answer? On his death, exactly a half-century ago, he had the distinction of being the only Yarmouth man to have been a British boxing champion.

02 September 2010 15:32

IMAGINE doing a job where every day is completely different from the last. A job where one day you could be reporting on a royal visit to the area, the next a high-profile murder trial and the day after be asked to battle it out with the UK's newest thumb-wrestling champion - who just happens to be from Norfolk.

02 September 2010 15:26

IN the annals of the second world war, the death of brave Polish pilot Alex Pietrzak may only have been a footnote in history. But thanks to a Great Yarmouth man, the full details of W/O Pietrzak's career and death, and those of thousands of other allied air crew, are easily available online.

02 September 2010 14:21

A FACTORY worker died after his car skidded on ice and turned upside-down into a water-filled ditch, an inquest has heard. Marcello Ferriera Da-Costa, 37, of Audley Street, Great Yarmouth, who was described by his brother as a “safe driver”, was found in an upturned car in a ditch next to the A143 Beccles Road in Haddiscoe on February 20, 2010.

02 September 2010 10:28

A PACKED public meeting has called for a parish referendum on whether a wind turbine should be built in the heart of a scenic Broadland village. More than 160 villagers attended the special parish meeting in Hickling's Methodist Chapel Hall on Tuesday evening, called after campaigners raised concerns over the parish council's plans to erect an 18m turbine as part of its £600,000-plus scheme for a new community hall.

02 September 2010 10:10

The boat-building division of an historic Norfolk company is closing with the loss of up to 70 jobs - but bosses said they hoped work could resume in the future.

01 September 2010 18:50

RESIDENTS living in an area of Gorleston are being invited to meet with members of their local Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) throughout September. Officers from the Magdalen team will hold surgeries in the MESH office at the Shrublands Adult and Youth Centre, on Magdalen Way, between 1pm and 3pm each Friday.

01 September 2010 15:19

A MAN was chased with what is believed to be a metal pole after an argument last Friday morning in Great Yarmouth Market Place . Just after 10.10am, a black man in his 40s, wearing a leather type jacket, was seen arguing with a white man, aged in his 30s and wearing a black coat and a grey cap.

01 September 2010 14:06

AN unlicensed manager was found working at a local holiday parks illegally, following a co-ordinated check on security staff. The operation to check staff at the parks around Great Yarmouth were working legally during the summer season took place last Thursday.

01 September 2010 13:48

RESIDENTS of a quiet Gorleston street had a dramatic day today after firefighters carried out a mass evacuation following a fire close to a gas cylinder in an offshore firm's warehouse.