An award-winning Norwich prep school is allowing all children to use its library of recorded lessons and downloadable learning resources

NHS staff were given a thank you from the skies with a special Spitfire flypast at two of Norfolk’s biggest hospitals.

Fitness clubs, gyms and indoor pools will be allowed to reopen at the end of the month, with outdoor arts performances set to resume from the weekend, the government has announced.

A dazzling comet can be seen streaking through the Norfolk night sky this month.

With books three months overdue and long ago read and reread library users queued around the block to be amongst the first through the doors on the first day of reopening.

While some have been counting down the hours until the further easing of coronavirus restrictions, not everyone is going to be flocking to enjoy greater freedoms.

A steep fall in coronavirus cases saw just 12 positive tests last week in Norfolk, which had amongst the lowest coronavirus infection rates in England.

The RNLI has issued a safety warning to coastal visitors following a spike in callouts since lockdown measures were eased.

Schools have been told to keep children in class or year-sized “bubbles” and avoid creating “busy corridors” when all pupils return in September.

A school trust says it has seen overwhelming backing from parents and pupils over its decision to restart some lessons in August.

Schools could be asked to create whole year-group ‘bubbles’ of up to 240 pupils under plans to ease classroom social distancing but ensure all children can return to the classroom in September.

Parents could be fined if they do not send their children back to school in September, the Education Secretary has said.

A man found unresponsive in his daughters’ bedrooms died eight days later in hospital, an inquest has heard.

The family of a 51-year-old man found dead at his home has been left shocked by his drugs-related death, an inquest has heard.

Norfolk’s restaurants and hotels are preparing to bounce back with thousands of diners showing their appetite for post-lockdown eating out.

With the easing of lockdown seeing more passengers travelling Greater Anglia kept trains running reliably despite continuing restrictions, with 95.7pc of services running on time.

Flapping sails, water lapping at the bow and the sun shining, it was almost possible to forget that just a couple of weeks ago the Norfolk Broads were eerily quiet.

Almost three quarters of Norfolk parents believe the government has handled the closure of schools badly during the coronavirus crisis, a survey has found.

Motorists returning to work after lockdown may have been cheering a record fall in fuel prices that helped push the inflation rate down to a four year low, but households saw rising prices to their weekly shopping bills.

Sea Life centres in Norfolk have been left “very frustrated” at still not knowing when they will be able to reopen despite zoos welcoming back visitors.

A Norfolk MP has said footballer Marcus Rashford “makes a powerful case” as he again urged the government to reconsider its decision not to extend the current food voucher scheme.

Education chiefs have pledged an investigation into the gap between how well boys perform compared to girls in Norfolk’s schools will be relaunched in the autumn despite having “stalled” due to coronavirus.

Around 2,500 workers are set to lose their jobs at builders’ merchant and home improvement chain Travis Perkins, which has 16 branches across Norfolk and Waveney.

School pupils will undergo a “massive catch-up operation over the summer and beyond” to get up to speed on work they have missed, the prime minister has said.

Thousands of school children across Norfolk are set to take part in a colourful finale to a sporting event designed to get pupils active that this year had to be held online due to coronavirus.

Supporters of Admiral Nelson in Norfolk have defended him from calls to remove statues that represent or celebrate Britain’s slave trade and imperialist past.

Headteachers in Norfolk have welcomed the dropping of plans for all primary school pupils to return to the classroom before the summer break.

Plans for primary schools to welcome back all pupils to the classroom before the summer look set to be dropped.

People in need of urgent dental treatment faced a “skeleton service” and strict new safety measures as some dentists reopened after 12 weeks in lockdown.

For the past 10 weeks hundreds of people across Norfolk with health conditions that make them more vulnerable to coronavirus have been confined to their homes.