A promising electrician has proved that even the brightest sparks can fall victim to the recession after he lost his job just weeks after winning a regional award.

01 July 2009 13:36

MERCY TEAM FLIES IN: An air ambulance helicopter made a landing at a Fakenham doctors' surgery car park this week to take a seriously ill woman to hospital..

01 July 2009 13:31

A deal has been signed which officially makes Wells the operational base for a £1billion offshore wind farm. The Times reported last week that Scira, the company behind the Sheringham Shoal project, wanted to base up to 40 workers in the town when its 88 turbines became operational at the end of 2011..

01 July 2009 13:28

Bosses at a Fakenham department store will shut up shop an hour early next week to allow the entire workforce to take part in a charity walk. Up to 40 WJ Aldiss workers are expected to abandon the shop floor for a four-mile coastal walk between Wells and Holkham to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance..

01 July 2009 11:42

Fire service officials have dampened down villagers' fears that a repeat of last week's blaze in Kettlestone could threaten houses because of a lack of water..

30 June 2009 16:27

Limos and classic cars as well as a bus and a balloon covered wheelbarrow all made their way to the Neatherd High School prom. The annual Neatherd High School prom for year 11 leaving students took place at the Dereham School on Thursday (25th June)..

30 June 2009 16:21

He was a legendary agricultural reformer who championed the rights of farm workers. And now a special first day cover has been created to celebrate the life of Sir George Edwards who in 1906 founded the union that was to become the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers and later the rural section of the trade union Unite..

30 June 2009 11:38

They served their country in conflicts more than 60 years apart but at the weekend stood side by side at events marking the nation's first ever Armed Forces Day..

05 March 2009 05:00

Scottish rock band Simple Minds is returning to Blickling Hall for an outdoor gig this summer. The, group fronted by Jim Kerr, appeared at the National Trust stately home in 2004 and are booked to reappear on Friday July 17 this year..