Norwich Castle Museum – attempted theft of rhino horn
A 19-year old man of no fixed abode has pleaded guilty at Norwich Magistrates’ Court to attempting to steal a rhino horn from Norwich Castle Museum.
Norfolk country cottages property magnate wins lottery millions!
Gordon Playford of Swanton Novers, the Norfolk country cottages millionaire, has scooped the main prize of £17 million pounds in the EuroMillions lottery.
Gallery Plus – Wells-Next-The-Sea
Gallery Plus is a contemporary business in Wells-Next-The-Sea owned and run by the young husband and wife team Trevor and Joanna Woods. The gallery shows a wide range of work but concentrates on more contemporary styles. There are also cards, prints and jewellery for sale.
Norfolk man in charity bid
Norwich man, Mr Alvin Finn, 55 yrs, is to launch a campaign to raise money for several Norfolk charities. He has set himself a target figure of £10,000s that he hopes to raise through sponsorship
Field Dalling man in court on cultivation of cannabis charge
Roderick (Black Rod) Blythe, 54 years, of Sprocket Farm, Back End, Field Dalling, appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court today on a charge of cultivating and conspiracy to supply cannabis.
Art Café at Glandford
Glandford Art Café is quite a special little place serving excellent vegetarian food. Artworks, cards and various other attractive items are for sale in the front part of the building.
Scolt Head Island lies off Burnham Overy Staithe. It makes a great picnic venue
Scolt Head Island is a National Nature Reserve forming a part of the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
North Norfolk’s Stiffkey Freshes – a ‘wild’ place for a picnic
There are just a few places left in Norfolk that can be ascribed the adjective ‘wild’; Stiffkey Freshes is such a place. If you are an early bird and can get to the dunes as dawn breaks, or you are prepared to stay as dusk approaches, you will witness nature at its most impressive. These are the times of day that you will see a great deal of bird activity, with skeins of geese and flights of duck going to or returning from their feeding grounds. You may also see a fox hunting along the foreshore or a muntjak ambling along amongst the dunes.
Cromer crabs make you brainy – official!
Professor Marcus Greef of Oxford University has published a paper relating to the possible connection that the regular consumption of Cromer crabs by local children may have on their intellectual ability.