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Funeral for 'beautiful' woman with 'bubbly personality' who died outside her home
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (352+ words) A funeral will be held today for a "beautiful" woman with a "bubbly personality". The service for Tania Williams, 49, who was found dead in Thorpe St Andrew on January 19, will be held today (Saturday, February 28). Her ex-husband, 61-year-old Raymond Williams,…...
‘Useful idiot’ who firebombed businesses in gang feud jailed
2+ week, 5+ day ago (451+ words) A man described as a "useful idiot" who set fire to to businesses as part of a gang feud has been jailed for more than seven years. Logan Carlin, 24, threw bottles filled with accelerant into two properties in Edinburgh in…...
Tributes paid after death of former SNP health secretary Jeane Freeman
3+ week, 5+ hour 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
3+ week, 4+ day 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+ mon, 4+ hour 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+ mon, 1+ 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
1+ mon, 1+ week 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, 3+ week 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, 3+ week 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, 3+ week 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…...