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Lockdown to be eased: what else can I do from May 17?

Revellers will be able to enjoy food and drink inside with the reopening of indoor hospitality on May 17

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Simon Parkin

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the go-ahead to further relaxations of the lockdown rules in England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street.

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'Your efforts have paid off' - Further lockdown lifting confirmed for...

Simon Parkin

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The team of testing operatives with the new Covid-19 mobile testing bus for observed lateral flow te

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Buses converted into Covid testing units ahead of expected third wave

Ben Hardy

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Andrew Proctor has sent a scathing letter to the Planning Inspectorate over its decision to allow 17

What now for Norfolk County Council after the elections?

Dan Grimmer

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Norfolk's new Police and Crime Commissioner, Giles Orpen-Smellie

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New PCC - I will lobby home secretary to crackdown on police abusers

George Thompson, Local Democracy Reporter

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Funny little child girl smiling embrace foster care parent mum, adorable sweet small kid adopted dau

Plea for more foster carers to look after Norfolk's vulnerable children

Dan Grimmer

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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Prime minister to give green light for May 17 Covid-19 lockdown easing

Dan Grimmer

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Pat Allington, a resident at Buckingham Lodge Care Home, meeting her twin great grandchildren for th

Emotional great grandma meets nine-month-old twins for first time

Clarissa Place

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Popworld Credit: Ella Wilkinson

Lockdown Easing | Video

What can't open in Norfolk on May 17 - and why

Clarissa Place

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A rare white-tailed eagle has been seen over Norfolk Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto/Neil_Burt

Five rare birds that have been spotted in Norfolk

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Sacred Heart Convent on Mangate Street. Picture Matthew Usher.

Town planning for future of theatre and swimming pool at historic convent

Abigail Nicholson

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A Pet Theft Taskforce has been launched today to investigate the recent reported rise in pet theft

'It's about time' - Dog owners welcome taskforce tackling pet thefts

Emily Thomson

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Illustration of a burbot by AF Lydon

Could the long-lost burbot return to our rivers?

Chris Hill

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Counting at Dereham Leisure Centre on Friday

Norfolk County Council

Norfolk and Suffolk election 2021: No change in Breckland

Noah Vickers

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Vote counting

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Norfolk elections 2021: Conservatives tighten grip on county council

Dan Grimmer

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Image of passenger commercial aircraft taken from below, showing the airplane from the bottom side i

Coronavirus | Video

12 countries announced on travel green list from May 17

Clarissa Place

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Election count

Norfolk and Suffolk Elections 2021: County council election results

Dan Grimmer

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£8,000 worth of cannabis was seized by police. Picture: Herts Police.

Man caught with £10,000 bag of cannabis in his car

Christine Cunningham

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Derek Downs was given his first Covid-19 vaccination at the Corn Exchange in King's Lynn. Picture: I

Coronavirus | Video

Q&A: How is the Covid vaccine rollout going in Norfolk and Waveney?

Thomas Chapman

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Dr Christina Green at the Castle Quarter Vaccination Centre in Norwich holding one of the vaccinatio

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Under-40s to be offered alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Thomas Chapman

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All shops in England are set to begin charging 10p for plastic bags by the end of the month. Chris Radburn/PA Wire

All shops to charge 10p for plastic bags from May 21

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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An online bank of Norfolk videos and resources is to be released to support teaching in schools.

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Stephen Fry backs schools project to inspire children with Norfolk stories

Simon Parkin

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A trial of the Westacre Theatre drive-in cinema screen.

Drive-in cinema heading to West Acre theatre ground

Aaron McMillan

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Vote counting

Local Elections 2021

Norfolk and Suffolk Elections 2021: LIVE Results

Dan Grimmer

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Moat work at Oxburgh Hall in the 19th century.

Heritage

Stately home parkland to return to the 19th century

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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swaffham traffic

Logs spill across A47 after lorry and tractor crash

Abigail Nicholson

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Colin Morrison was given his first Covid-19 vaccination at the Corn Exchange in King's Lynn. Picture

Coronavirus | Video

50,000 more Covid jabs given out - but pace slows in region

Thomas Chapman

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James Hudson

Norfolk Police

Wanted man arrested in Dereham

Noah Vickers

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Norfolk's weather in May has been far wetter than last year, when there was glorious sunshine

Norfolk Weather | Video

What a difference a year makes: Norfolk braced for yet more rainfall

Thomas Chapman

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Nurse Maria Alexiou preparing a Covid-19 vaccination

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Norfolk Covid cases slightly up but below national averages

Dan Grimmer

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