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Wider pavements and zebra crossings are being added in front of East Norfolk Sixth Form in Gorleston.

Safety improvements for pedestrians in Bradwell has the green light given to a new pedestrian crossing along a busy section of the A143.

ANGER has erupted after a funding bid for desperately-needed improvements to a section of canal towpath was rejected.

The River Darent at Eynsford, Kent. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The Nest Collective, which stages folk music events in green spaces, is running six nature walks along chalk streams in southern England in June. Each walk is led by the collective’s founder, Sam Lee, who is a Mercury prize-nominated folk singer, and an “eco pioneer” special guest. For example, the walk along the Rivers Cray, Darent and Thames is with biologist Dr Amy-Jane Beer. The other locations are along the Chess, Stour, Colne, Kennet, Mimram and Beane; all start and end at a railway station a short distance f...

Yet, it was a record of a journey, with endless possibilities of discovery within an ephemeral line. Pinning this photo to the wall, I began to plan a journey of my own that would trail a path through Britain’s landscapes. Many long-distance routes traverse the land, running from coast to coast and ending at the sea. Digging an old map of Britain out of the attic, I drew a different line, one without a destination, linking different footpaths until they formed a loop of almost 5,000 miles around the edges of the island. Six weeks later I rounded a corner and collapsed on to a muddy verg...