Wymondham, England News

Star Throwers, a Wymondham-based charity which cares for those affected by cancer throughout Norfolk, will receive fundraising and promotional support from the shopping centre until the end of March 2014.

A south Norfolk market town hit the right note this morning when it launched its 18th annual music festival.

A couple from Wymondham whose son died last year have raised 26,000 in eight months for the hospital which helped to lengthen his life.

Museums, libraries and the Norfolk Record Office will offer a host of opportunities to boost your knowledge later this month.

Roads, pavements and hedgerows across the south Norfolk district have a much tidier look to them now thanks to the efforts of volunteers and council staff involved with clean up events.

A new tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists could be created next to a Norfolk town's railway bridge to try and reduce congestion and improve safety.

Amelia Anema, nine, from Attleborough, and eight-year-old Rebekah Butler from Crownthorpe, near Wymondham, have had their impressive prose selected for the final of the BBC Radio 2 500-word short story competition.

Ambulance chiefs have today been criticised for leaving hundreds of front-line posts empty - while failing to meet response targets and being repeatedly criticised for letting patients down.

The status quo was largely maintained in the county council elections for south Norfolk seats, although the ballot saw major gains by UKIP, reflecting the national trend.

Chix Clothing, based in the Market Place, will close on Saturday after the proprietors June Spillings and Rod Dennis decided not to renew the lease.

Officers were called to the area shortly before 1.30am and arrested an 18-year-old man found near to the scene in Alma Terrace.

The first assault took place shortly after 11.50pm when officers were called to Prince of Wales Road in Norwich and arrived to find a man in his 20s unconscious on the pavement.

Isabel Carter, 74, died following a catalogue of failings by East of England Ambulance Service Trust , an inquest heard yesterday.

Crews from Wymondham, Earlham, Carrow, Attleborough, Sprowston and the water carrier from Hethersett were called to Browick Road just before 5pm.

A van was hit by a three-carriage train with a group of college students on board at a level crossing in Norfolk... but it was all an exercise to test the work of the emergency services.

Fire crews from Hethersett and Earlham were sent to a car fire at just after 4pm today which resulted in one lane being closed and queuing traffic on the A11 northbound between the B1135 junction in Wymondham and the Thickthorn roundabout.

A grandmother died after waiting for almost four hours for an ambulance in a delay caused by a series of failings within the trust.

Voters will be able to have their say on the future of south Norfolk when they go to the polls in Norfolk County Council elections on Thursday, May 2. Long Stratton: Linden Parker , Deborah Sacks , Daniel Scott , Alison Thomas* , David Thornton .

Land near Lizard Road has been earmarked as a preferred site for development in the town's area action plan, and local residents fear this will affect wildlife, access to existing homes and recreation.

An auction of attention-grabbing lots is gearing up for it's final weeks online before the hammer comes down.