A last ditch effort from campaigners to get controversial hikes to parking charges across north Norfolk thrown out has been lost after finance chiefs rubber stamped their budget.

The managing director of a Fakenham based and founded haulage firm hit by the recession said he believed it is well placed to pick up business as the economy recovers.

More than 80 jobs are to go across Norfolk and Suffolk as a deal was struck to sell a number of Peacocks shops to the Edinburgh Woollen Mill today.

They say that what goes around comes around.

A “significant step” has been made in a campaign to convince the government to plug a multi-million pound funding gap in Norfolk caused by concessionary bus fares, council leaders said after presenting a 23,500-signature petition at Downing Street.

Members of Norfolk Police Authority have today decided to increase the council tax precept for police by 3pc to allow the chief constable financial flexibility to protect Norfolk.

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Arcade owners and game machine operators from the region will today urge Treasury minister Chloe Smith not to hit an already struggling gaming industry with high machine gaming duty (MGD).

A Fakenham firm has landed a contract to wash all the clothes of staff working on the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay.

A hike in car parking fees across north Norfolk has been branded a “stealth tax” by campaigners who have revealed spaces throughout the district net more than £1.1m.