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Tributes paid after death of former SNP health secretary Jeane Freeman
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (1115+ words) Tributes have been paid to former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman who has died at the age of 72 from cancer. Ms Freeman served as cabinet secretary for health and sport from 2018 to 2021. She was also the Scottish National Party's MSP…...
Person taken to hospital after crash in Sprowston, Norwich
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (101+ words) A car crash on a roundabout on the city outskirts resulted in one person being taken to hospital. Police were called to reports of a single-vehicle collision on Blaxter Way in Sprowston at around 5pm yesterday. The car had ended up…...
Busker known for 'amazing' Charlie Chaplin statue act dies aged 58
1+ week, 3+ day ago (382+ words) A busker who entertained people in Norfolk with his Charlie Chaplin act has died aged 58. Ant Arnold, who lived in Great Yarmouth, was known for his statuesque tribute act on Regent Road in the town, and in Norwich city centre....
Olivia Dean and Spiritualized to play small-scale Brits Week gigs
1+ week, 4+ day ago (518+ words) Pop star Olivia Dean and psychedelic rock band Spiritualized are to play small-scale gigs as part of Brits Week. The concerts, which will raise money for War Child, will see Man I Need singer Dean perform at Manchester's Albert Hall,…...
Opening of 'bespoke' shop delayed
3+ week, 1+ day ago (179+ words) A shop that was meant to open weeks ago has still not welcomed its first customers. Timber Windows was supposed to open its doors in Farmers Avenue'at the end of 2025. The store specialises in "bespoke" windows and doors that can…...
Body pulled from River Wensum was former RAF serviceman
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (405+ words) The body of a man whose discovery in the River Wensum sparked a police investigation has been named. Peter Nightingale Beart was pulled from the river near the Foundry Bridge, opposite Norwich Railway Station, on November 11 last year. It is…...
Scotland forecast to benefit from âcoolcationsâ as Med becomes too hot
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (775+ words) Scotland is set to receive an influx of summer holidaymakers as the Mediterranean weather is simply becoming too hot, a tourism expert has said. Chris Greenwood, a senior researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University, said with the Mediterranean summer becoming "unbearable…...
Hoist key to Swaffham undertaker's death inspected by coroner
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (377+ words) A coroner has requested to have the device at the centre of a Norfolk funeral parlour death, where an undertaker was crushed to death, delivered to the court." Sally Blundell died in December 2023 following an incident at the East of…...
Trains from Norwich faced disruptions after person hit by train
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (138+ words) A person has died after being hit by a train on the Norwich to London line. It happened at Ingatestone railway station just before 12pm. Emergency services and Network Rail staff were at the scene of the incident. Greater Anglia said…...
Fire crews remain at scene of blaze in Glasgow city centre
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (295+ words) Fire crews remained at the scene of a blaze that broke out in a building in the centre of Glasgow on Saturday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) sent seven fire engines and two high-reach appliances to Virginia Street…...