Thetford, England News

Hundreds of whisky enthusiasts braved the sleet, snow, and subzero temperatures yesterday to get their hands on the first harvest of English-made whisky in 120 years.

A 21-year-old woman was punched during an attempted robbery in Thetford. She was walking home along the alleyway between Guildford Way and Gloucester Way between 8am and 8.25am today when she was approached by two men who refused to let her pass.

The owner of a Thetford curry house has been warned he faces a substantial fine after being caught employing two illegal workers as part of a county-wide clampdown by the UK Border Agency.

A Scottish visitor views barrels of whisky at the St George's Distiller in Roundham near Thetford, Norfolk Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP It is hardly whisky galore, but English whisky will go on sale next week, the first time in more than 120 years that a distillery south of the border has produced the drink.

A man who sexually abused two young girls was last night starting a five year sentence after a judge said he posed a a oesignificant riska to the public.

Growing numbers of East Anglian children are failing to master the basics of English and maths by the time they leave primary school, new figures show.

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Journalists visited the English Whisky Company in Roudham at St George's Distillery for a tour and to taste the first whisky ahead of its release in December.

A taxi driver and his vehicle are believed to have been attacked by a group of six men and women.

The taxi that was damaged on Saturday in Thetford A cabbie was left shaken after a gang attacked his taxi in Thetford in the early hours of yesterday morning .

A community centre that closed because nobody could be found to run it will be reopened by a charity as a community cafe for young people.

Two British men, Stan Atkinson and Bob Hargreaves, spend Sunday afternoons searching fields near where they live in Thetford, England with metal detectors.

Twenty-one foreign nationals found during raids on properties in Norfolk were illegal immigrants and will be deported, the UK Border Agency said.

Kevin Clarke, lead worker for Green Bikes, at Thetford. By REBECCA GOUGH Recycling is the watchword of the millennium but people in Thetford will be encouraged to take it literally when a two-wheeled scheme is introduced.

Four possible changes to a planned revamp of the A11 in Norfolk and Suffolk have been published by the Highways Agency.

The Health and Safety Executive has warned companies to ensure they look after young workers, after two Norfolk teenagers suffered electric shocks while working on a farm near Thetford.

THE golden age of the steam train is regarded with much affection by those who can remember the majestic image of locomotives careering through the British countryside.

A 19-year-old woman was punched in the face during an attempted handbag snatch in Thetford.

NORWICH Market is in mourning after the death of a a oebubbly, funny and larger than lifea tea lady who was killed in a car crash on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.

An aggressive man, who intimidated residents on the Redcastle Furze estate, in Thetford, has been jailed for five months.