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- 3 Mar 2021
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3rd March 2021
Road closure warning for £940,000 traffic shake-up in Norwich
Roads around Thorpe Road, Clarence Road & Carrow Road will be closed when work on a £940,000 shake-up for that part of Norwich begins this month
It’s the first work to be carried out as part of?the £32m grant recently awarded to Norwich through the government’s?Transforming Cities scheme
Once finished, there’ll be a more direct route into the city centre from Thorpe Road for public transport and cyclists, together with new pedestrian crossings & the removal of traffic lights
It all begins on Monday 15th March, will continue into the summer & should be finished by the end of July
Popular city tree protected with new order following hotel plans
The future of a much-loved city centre tree has been secured following objections to it being chopped down, when a plan to build a new hotel said that the tree was in the way
A Tree Preservation Order has now been put on the silver maple on the corner of Pottergate & Dove Street – which the Norwich Lanes Association has called ‘excellent news’
The tree has been a big talking point in the past,?with initial?plans for the 91 bedroom, seven-storey hotel being turned down last year after the public objected to the tree's removal – developers have now revised their plans
Revealed: Mammoth and T-Rex feature in next GoGo trails
OK – quiz time! What have dragons, gorillas, hares, Tyrannosaurus-Rex & Mammoths got in common? Well they’ve all featured or are going to feature in the city and county’s GoGo Trail
Break,?the charity which supports children and young people across East Anglia,?has revealed that this year’s?GoGo sculpture trail will be GoGo Discover in partnership with Wild in Art
During the summer 20 Tyrannosaurus-Rex sculptures will appear on?the streets of Norwich but they won’t fade into extinction – they’ll return again next summer?for 10 weeks, joined then by a?herd of Mammoth statues across Norfolk
'Size doesn't matter': Three pals get go-ahead for city micropub
3 friends who share a love of beer and brewing are celebrating getting the green light for a tiny new pub in Norwich
Elliot Dransfield, Johnny Durant and Emily Bridges who all live in Norwich have just got planning permission to turn a former shop on Magdalen Street into the Malt and Mardle
With just 334 square feet inside, the venue aims to be one of the city's smallest pubs offering just 1 room to house up to 40 people – they hope to open in the next couple of months when lockdown lifts
Paralysed man walks 234,000 steps in robotic suit to help hospital
A paralysed man has walked 234,000 steps in a robotic suit to raise money for the?Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity
Simon Kindleysides from Blofield, completed 125 miles in his battery-powered exoskeleton by walking at least four miles a day
He initially wanted to raise £2,000 and walk 112 miles but after an outpouring of support, Mr Kindleysides raised just over £13,400
He said: "The most exciting part of the task was walking in snow” & said it was amazing to be leaving footprints & not wheelchair tyre tracks behind him
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