Derek Mapes, a resident of Laurel Lodge reading his Christmas card.
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Youngsters across Norfolk and Waveney have helped to put beaming smiles on more than 1,600 care home residents faces in the run up to Christmas with their beautifully designed Christmas cards.
Downham Grange home manager Anna Wojtkowiak (left) and deputy manager Mariya Petkova with a delivery of card.
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A member of staff receiving Christmas cards at The Beeches in East Harling.
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Sarah Mattison, nurse at Thorp House in Griston, receiving the Christmas cards from Thompson Primary.
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A SECONDARY school has been forced to close after a “significant number of staff” tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, it has been revealed. In a letter seen by The Argus, parents were told to stop their kids from attending Shoreham Academy and to work from home on Monday. People unable to care for their children were given the option to send them into school in order to work in year group “bubbles”. A decision to allow pupils to return to school for Tuesday and Wednesday is set to be made this afternoon, it is understood. Writing to parents, Principal Jim Coupe said: ‘We have not taken this decision lightly and have made it with the safety of all of our school community in mind.
North Wootton Academy pupil wins James Wild Christmas card competition Published: 14:00, 11 December 2020
A seven-year-old pupil from North Wootton Academy has won a competition to design the official Christmas card for a Norfolk MP.
Isla Manningâs winning design will be sent to the Prime Minister, local residents, community groups and businesses by North West Norfolk MP James Wild.
Her Christmas card design was chosen out of more than 150 entries from primary school pupils in the borough.
The presentation to Christmas card competition winner at North Wootton Academy. James Wild MP presents a framed print of the winning entry to the artist Isla Manning (7), also in picture is Jenny Richards (Prontaprint King s Lynn owner)
AN MP has warned that a Sussex town is teetering towards Tier 3 restrictions as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise at an alarming rate. Hastings and Rye Conservative MP Sally-Ann Hart urged her constituents to stick to the current Tier 2 rules in order to curb the rising tide of positive tests and avoid a third wave of the virus. If we ignore the rules cases will go up, our hospital will be overwhelmed and, ultimately, we will see the desperate scenes of families losing loved ones in the run up to Christmas, she said.
The coronavirus rate in Hastings has increased significantly
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