New £7m Great Yarmouth school formerly opened | Eastern Daily Press edp24.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edp24.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published:
2:12 PM February 20, 2021
Updated:
2:44 PM February 20, 2021
Pinnacle Tower with its unusual conical roof is being saved for the town by Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust after it bought it from Poundstretcher for £1.
- Credit: GYPT
One of Great Yarmouth s hidden heritage assets has been bought for £1 from a discount retailer, it has emerged.
Pinnacle Tower is one of 11 structures that once ringed the town as part of its impressive defensive wall.
Dating from the 13th century, it is in poor state having suffered a fire, but is one of a number of heritage projects that has carried on - albeit at a slower pace - during the pandemic as conservationists continue to care for buildings that might otherwise be lost.
Several primary schools in Norfolk have revealed they will not be reopening on January 4.
- Credit: PA
A growing number of primary schools have confirmed they will not be reopening their doors to pupils on Monday in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came after the National Education Union (NEU), which represents the majority of teachers, has called for all English primary schools to move online and advised its members it is not safe to return to classrooms on Monday.
Norfolk County Council said it is up to the individual school to decide whether pupils will be returning on Monday and insisted parents should check school communications to see if their school will be open.
Colman Junior School. Photo: Google
- Credit: Archant
A rapidly growing number of Norfolk primary schools will not be reopening after the Christmas break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A government announcement on December 30 amid rising Covid-19 rates meant that secondary school pupils and college students in Norfolk - and across the county - would undergo a phased return to school.
All primary schools had been expected to reopen on Monday (January 4) but scores of schools in Norfolk will not be opening their doors to pupils tomorrow amid concern about rising coronavirus figures.
The move came after the National Education Union (NEU), which represents the majority of teachers, has called for all English primary schools to move online and advised its members it is not safe to return to classrooms on Monday.
Several primary schools in Norfolk have revealed they will not be reopening on January 4.
- Credit: PA
A growing number of primary schools have confirmed they will not be reopening their doors to pupils on Monday in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came after the National Education Union (NEU), which represents the majority of teachers, has called for all English primary schools to move online and advised its members it is not safe to return to classrooms on Monday.
Norfolk County Council said it is up to the individual school to decide whether pupils will be returning on Monday and insisted parents should check school communications to see if their school will be open.