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A disused skateboard park in Hethersett has been adopted by an environmental group keen to turn it into a community garden.

Hethersett folk are up in arms at what they claim is the “decimation” of Rectory Meadow.

A Norfolk parish council is looking to write to the Secretary of State for Education to help them increase the amount of recreation land in its village.

Published: 12:13 PM May 7, 2021    Trees and hedgerow on Little Melton Road in Hethersett have been cut down ahead of development on the land by Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey. - Credit: Archant Two housing giants have been criticised for cutting down trees and hedgerows – including some outside the permitted zone. Concerns were raised last month over trees and hedgerows along Little Melton Road which have recently been cut down. Trees and hedgerow on Little Melton Road in Hethersett have bee...

Peter Steward Hethersett is looking to obtain Wildlife Status. - Credit: Bill Smith A Norfolk village is hoping residents will be wild about a new idea. Hethersett is looking to obtain Wildlife Status and the parish council is asking people to get behind the idea. Council member Bridget Williamson is behind the scheme, which is designed to help protect wildlife. She said: "The felling of hedgerows and trees means that local wildlife is being chased from pillar to post with nowhere to go. We hav...

Villagers in Hethersett are fighting to keep the Post Office on Great Melton Road. - Credit: Google Parish councillors in a village on the outskirts of Norwich have described the Post Offices response to their questions over the future of their local branch as "disingenuous". Last month members of Hethersett Parish Council outlined their intention to fight to secure the future of the villages branch after the current postmaster Kevin Salmon stated his intention to retire at some point in 2021....