9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (682+ words) Private care providers are raking in excessive profits from looking after Norfolk's vulnerable children, senior council officials have warned. A hard-hitting report into 'profiteering' within children's social care was presented to councillors at Norfolk County Council, with officials revealing some…...

15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (499+ words) Peers are to debate calls for a cap on political donations amid concern from campaigners over two £36 million donations from crypto-billionaires to Reform UK. The donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, disclosed over the weekend, together amount to three…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (188+ words) Armed police swarmed a Broads pub after a man was stabbed, an eyewitness has said. A "rave" or "party" took place at Beauchamp Arms in Langley on Saturday night, according to the male eyewitness. He said that a "guy was…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (103+ words) Armed officers with guns shocked a town in Norfolk after they arrived outside a parade of shops. Neighbours looked out their windows around mid-morning on Thursday in Long Stratton to find a significant number of police swarming the area near…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (195+ words) A major emergency response was launched at a hotel following concerns for the welfare of a guest. The incident took place at the Travelodge on the A47 roundabout in Acle at around 1pm on Thursday. Fire crews from Acle, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (576+ words) A “flirty” former PE teacher who “exploited her position” has been convicted of having sexual relationships with three of her students. Bronwen James, 30, was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a 16-year-old schoolboy at Bitterne Park School in…...

4+ day, 21+ min ago   (436+ words) Police seem to be doing final checks, and things seem to be wrapping up. The police car in the Travelodge car park had just left the scene but two ambulance crews remain outside the hotel. Two police officers have just…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (574+ words) Plans to give England’s mayors the power to introduce a tourist tax will be set out on Thursday. The levy will be decided by local leaders and charged as a percentage of the cost of accommodation to overnight visitors, rather…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (866+ words) David Powles, the newly appointed CEO of St Martins, the Norwich homeless charity, looks at what the Prime Minister’s recent pledges could mean closer to home. When Andy Burnham made ending rough sleeping his first pledge as Prime Minister the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (681+ words) A transgender activist from Norwich elected to a prominent women’s role in the Greens has been suspended by the party amid the threat of legal action. Eleanora Folan - a self-described “mentally ill”, “proud anti-Zionist trans woman” - had been voted in…...