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A purpose-built replica Norfolk wherry named The Newun has become the first in almost a century to set sail on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

A time-honoured commitment to integrate livestock within an arable environment has seen the Proctor family crowned as Norfolk's farm business champions.

Leading ecologists, farmers and water organisations met at Broad Fen to discuss how to resolve the competing demands for water in the Norfolk Broads.

Norfolk farmer Luke Paterson hopes to recreate the "forgotten broad" at Dilham Lake - which he says could benefit a heritage waterway, tourism and agriculture.

"Back in the day you had Jack Powles, Herbert Woods, Martham's - they were the kings of the hire fleets, and they developed some amazing build techniques because they had to build boats fast and cheap to get them out and bringing in the money. "Their techniques are unique to Norfolk. I used to take historic boats apart on the river Thames, and I could tell they were built in Norfolk." The Noisy Goose, a renovated 1962 wooden Broads cruiser being relaunched at Wayford - Credit: Denise Bradley After Noisy Goose was hoisted back into the water at Wayford Bridge near Stalham, Mr Paterson n...