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Published: 4:21 PM May 11, 2021    Shaun Brooker from Downham Market is the new owner of Hempton Road business park in Fakenham. - Credit: Shaun Brooker The new owner of a market town business park said he would have lost his trade if he didn’t buy it. Shaun Brooker from Downham Market is the new owner of Hempton Road business park in Fakenham. He owns RS Car Sales and Vehicle Hire Ltd and after the passing of the former owner of the site, Tim Wood, was planning to buy his part of the land. Mr Woods’ relatives inherited the site and put it up for sale. Mr Brooker said during discussions...

The path between Three Brick Arches to Heath Lane has been left underwater. - Credit: Fakenham Ramblers A walking group has called for a water-logged footpath to be cleared and a plan put in place to stop future flooding. The Fakenham Ramblers has asked Norfolk County Council to improve the walk alongside the river from Hempton Road to the downstream exit at Heath Lane, which has been unusable for six months. The county council has said it is keen to work with the group on ways forward. Richard Potts, secretary for the Fakenham Ramblers, said: “We are a walking group and we want our right ...

He went to work for FMC in Fakenham, before moving to Ross Foods. He also signed up to become a member of the retained fire service, where he served for 25 years. It meant parties might be missed and days out cancelled when the bell rang, but his family said he was a devoted and loving husband, dad, father-in-law and grandad. In 1975 when there were redundancies at Ross Foods, he made the decision to include himself in those and with his redundancy money he started G Pope Engineering in his shed. George Pope was well known in Fakenham, working as a firefighter and establishing Wensum Enginee...

The 52-year-old, who has run the business since 2006, specialises in vehicle hire as well as selling vehicles. He said a new cover was worth £2,000, meaning he will lose out on valuable funds as a result. “It has devalued the cost of the car, and the claim on the insurance isn't worth it,” he said. The mountain top cover on a Nissan Navade - Credit: RS Car Sales & Hire “I will now have to lower the price of the van by £1,000 and only then will a sale mean that I break even. “I have a vehicle that won't make a profit at all, and things are tough enough as it is, without people pinch...