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9:00 AM January 13, 2021
Support group Can-cervive preparing the special gift boxes ahead of distribution to its members. Picture: Mick Howes
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A support group that provides a helping hand for those diagnosed with cancer has celebrated its fifth anniversary.
The charity, which was established to address the needs of anyone whose family or friends are cancer sufferers, has offered a helping hand to men and women of all ages to help them cope with their diagnosis.
Can-cervive has been supporting cancer patients in Great Yarmouth and Waveney over the years - and they marked its fifth anniversary by treating its members to a special box full of goodies recently.
A teenager who was stabbed in the leg following a late night brawl is making "reasonable progress" in recovering from his injuries.
Police investigations.
But with the location of further centres yet to be revealed, David Bramhall, from Harleston, said concerns surrounding elderly members of the community remained. It is too great a distance for a lot of people, said the 78-year-old. I still drive but many here don t.
David Bramhall, from Harleston, is concerned about the lack of vaccine centres in south Norfolk and Waveney
- Credit: Archant I m more concerned about others, including my mother-in-law who is 96. My feeling about it is that a lot of the complaints aimed at the government are not very fair. None of us would have done any better and they can only do what the experts advise.
No new coronavirus deaths have been reported at Norfolk s three main hospitals. Picture: Archant
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The number of people in critical care beds in Norfolk hospitals is up 88pc compared to last winter, revealing how much more pressure the NHS is under this year.
Every winter, weekly reports are released by each hospital showing the amount of beds taken up by patients as they battle the annual winter crisis.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), plans to add up to 80 intensive care beds were put into action this week to help staff cope with the pressure.