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Figures show that the number of businesses being formed is on the rise.

Vets practice hosts children's drawing competition to ease lockdown woes.

Diss shop Our Country Slice of Life and its supplier pick up awards An independent arts and crafts business has been named South Norfolk Retailer of the Year. Our Slice of Country Life in Diss won the award for being “a truly successful hybrid of high street and online, mixed with a strong community focus and partnerships with other local businesses”. It marks a heady rise for the venture, which only moved to its Park Road location six months ago, having outgrown its original site. He...

Hopton author puts together book on villages journey through 2020 Published: 05:00, 19 January 2021 A local history and writing enthusiast has compiled a book covering all the developments and happenings in his village over the past year. Richard Gadsby, 84, has self published the book - called Hopton’s Happenings, which is now on sale in Hopton’s village shop. It is the fourth book he has written, having penned a similar book about Hopton when he lived there in 1977, before writing...

Diss computer store chips in by donating PCs to locked down students A Diss computer store is chipping in by donating PCs to school students during lockdown. 1 2 1 Computers is asking residents to bring in their unwanted laptops and desktops, which will be given to students who do not have the necessary equipment for online learning – a necessity with the third lockdown now in effect. Hardware continues to pile up at the Victoria Road business after almost 100 kind-hearted people stopped b...

Framlingham familys mission to clean up countryside around town  | Updated: 15:47, 20 January 2021 A family are on a mission to clean up a town’s litter in a bid to inspire others to do the same. Emma Lawley, 44, first decided to take action after seeing litter strewn across hedgerows and bags of dog mess hanging in trees while out walking in Framlingham with her children, Tallulah, 11, Rafferty, nine, and Griffin, eight. The quartet decided to begin using their daily walks to make a dif...

Early years staff should be prioritised for vaccinations, says Diss nursery manager  | Updated: 18:49, 17 January 2021 A manager at a Diss nursery has echoed calls for early years workers to be prioritised for a coronavirus vaccine. Despite schools being closed earlier this month as part of the latest lockdown measures, ministers decided that risk of infection at nurseries was low enough to warrant them staying open. However Rebecca Lord, who runs Safe Hands Day Nursery, in Hopper Way, claime...

Diss estate agent offers free printing for schoolchildren working from home  | Updated: 15:52, 17 January 2021 Parson Estate Agent, in Victoria Road, has lent its hand to pupils by offering to print school work for anyone that does not have access to a printer. Kevin Parson, who has run the business for 18 years, said that the idea came to him after speaking to local schools to find out how he could help out. “I spoke to a teacher, and he said that even though a lot of things are online,...

The apology was issued and changes were amended and backdated.

The Girl Guides have been keeping children challenged, engaged and connected with each other during lockdown.