Mr Wallace said: Between us there s about 100 years. It has felt like Christmas every week for the last year. Everyone staying at home is buying stuff off Ebay or buying clothes and then they are no good and they need to send it back - that s where the post office comes in with the mail orders. It s been really busy, the busiest I have ever known it. We re still serving people who I have know for 48 years. You see all the family grow up, the children, the grandchildren. I got quite emotional, I didn t think I would.
Paul Wallace on his last day at West Earlham Post Office, as he retires after 48 years. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
Ruby Blyth-Smith was sent 185 miles to Harrogate for treatment.
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The region s mental health trust has once again come under fire for still sending large amounts of patients out of Norfolk.
Patients with experience of being sent hundreds of miles for treatment said it was terrifying and disheartening that out of area placements continue years after their own experiences.
In November, 52 patients spent 466 days out of area, despite repeated promised by the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to keep people closer to home and a national target across England to eliminate placements by this year.
Ruby Blyth-Smith, 25, was sent 185 miles away from Norwich to Harrogate, when she was 21.
The researchers also point out that resistant starch can be found in other foods and that work is already looking at how to breed staple crops such as rice and wheat with higher levels of the resistant starch to provide further options to help reduce type 2 diabetes.
Shining a spotlight on women and girls in science
Thursday, February 11 is this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It’s a day when science shines a spotlight on its female researchers and scientists to demonstrate this interesting and valuable career.
Luckily at Norwich Research Park, there are many women who are leading the way in conducting world-leading research that is addressing some of the key challenges facing humankind in the areas of feeding the world, keeping healthy as we age and protecting the planet from climate change.
Matthew Agarwala is raising money for It s On The Ball.
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A former cancer patient is looking to raise £2,000 to support those that feel they face an impossible choice between following their treatment plan and supporting their families.
Matthew Agarwala, from Norwich, decided to raise the money after hearing testicular cancer charity It s On The Ball, based in Upper King Street, had seen an increase in demand for its services.
Mr Agarwala, an economist, said he knew the expenses patients would be going through having undergone treatment for testicular cancer twice, in 2016 and 2017.
Mr Agarwala said patients diagnosed in the pandemic may feel the odds were stacked against them .