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Norfolk councils and police pay tribute to Prince Philip  | Updated: 13:58, 09 April 2021 Authorities across the Diss Express region have paid tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, after his death on Friday. Local councils and emergency services in Norfolk paid their respects to the Prince, who had died at Windsor Castle, weeks after returning from a months stay in hospital. Norfolk is also home to Sandringham House – the Queens private estate. The Prince had spent much of his...

Teachers, parents and pupils across Diss welcome schools’ reopening Published: 09:00, 14 March 2021 Teachers in the Diss Express area have praised the “calm and joyful” return of children to classrooms after months of home-schooling. Last Monday, schools across England reopened to all pupils, following almost two months of only being open to children of essential workers – due to the winter spike in coronavirus cases and emergences of new variants. While there were some no...

Your letters Paine’s words are still relevant today Ask a British MP what they think of Tom Paine and the chances are they will lift an eyebrow and ask: “Who?” How marvellous, then, that Jamie Raskin, the chief Democratic prosecutor in the historic trial of Donald Trump, should have begun and ended his case in the United States Senate by quoting the words of the 18th century radical stay-maker from Diss and Thetford. Write to the editor with your views (44595486) It was stirring...

Your letters We need a fairer way to afford a home Every night, before going to sleep, with the recent freezing temperatures outside, I have thanked God for a warm house – something that everyone on Earth should be able to enjoy. Tragically, that is not the case right now. In most new housing developments, only a small portion of the site is allocated for affordable homes – a problem that is typical of the whole housing situation across the UK. House prices increased by 152 per cent ...

Who should get tested, how do you get tested, and everything else you need to know as surge testing in Diss and Roydon begins tomorrow.

Widower pays tribute to Diss mother-of-two who died following battle with sepsis  | Updated: 14:17, 09 February 2021 A mother-of-two, who was born and raised in Diss, has been remembered as a “great family person whose life was complete”. Fifty-year-old Maria Skilleter died of sepsis – a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s response to an infection damages its own tissues – just weeks after being admitted to hospital with an injured leg. ...

South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon reveals NHS plans for vaccine centres in Diss, Harleston, and Eye  | Updated: 14:17, 05 February 2021 The MP for South Norfolk has accused the NHS of “spreading fear” by refusing to tell people about plans for additional vaccine centres in Diss, Harleston and Eye. While NHS England has remained tight-lipped about when and where new vaccine centres in the area will open, Richard Bacon revealed there are plans in place for centres at Harleston Medical Pr...

Facebook News launches in the UK and features stories from the Diss Express and other publishers such as Sky TV, The Daily Mail and The Guardian  | Updated: 17:13, 26 January 2021 Stories from news organisations including in the Diss Express are to appear in a new place on Facebook from today. Facebook News launches in the UK this afternoon and is designed to make sure its app users are first to see the biggest stories of the day as well as news matched to their interests. How to access the n...

Former Diss Express editor Kay Hunter dies after contracting coronavirus  | Updated: 10:35, 26 January 2021 Tributes have been paid to former Diss Express editor Kay Hunter, who died last week after being diagnosed with Covid-19. Mrs Hunter was admitted to Norwich University Hospital on New Year’s Eve after a fall at home. After being diagnosed with the virus, she died last Wednesday. She was 92. She leaves a lasting and tangible legacy in Diss, both with her work at the newspaper and va...

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