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Your letters Our fund is here to combat loneliness Earlier this month, the Prime Minister announced a third national lockdown. Although necessary, these measures mean many of our veterans will be facing the next several weeks – or months – completely alone. And while the vaccine roll-out across the country provides some hope, social isolation and loneliness poses a real threat to our elderly this winter, among whom are many former RAF personnel and their partners. To help combat this, last year, the RAF Benevolent Fund introduced a weekly check-and-chat service to support members o...

Diss residents have to travel more than 20 miles for Covid vaccine  | Updated: 16:22, 16 January 2021 Some residents in the Diss Express area will have to travel more than 20 miles to receive a coronavirus vaccine, it has been revealed. NHS workers, the elderly and vulnerable people will be tasked with travelling to a community centre in Poringland, after it was chosen as the primary care hub for south Norfolk. In response to the news, the Corn Hall, in St Nicholas Street, has offered its building to be used as a vaccination hub, sparing people from a potential 80-minute round trip. More va...

An employee at a pub has donated £100 in tips to help a charity close to her heart.

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Residents speak of 'devastation' following worst flooding in decades  | Updated: 16:35, 05 January 2021 Residents have spoken of their devastation after a number of villages in the Diss Express area were hit with the worst flooding in decades on Christmas Eve. Almost 50 fire engines were called out to Long Stratton, Pulham Market, Dickleburgh, and other neighbouring villages after heavy rainfall overnight forced people to barricade their homes and businesses with sandbags. Residents blamed a lack of drainage and maintenance by the council for the flooding, which was caused by saturated fiel...