Category Archives: Local Stories

MP Visits regeneration of The Walks

November 3, 2008 – 6:01 pm

  Henry Bellingham MP has been given a guided tour around the newly-refurbished Walks.    The Victorian Park was given a £4.34million makeover, through funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and an investment from the Borough Council. On Friday, the North West Norfolk MP was able to see the work that has been carried out [...]

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Henry Bellingham MP Backs Campaigners over Lethal Junction

October 17, 2008 – 2:47 pm

North West Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham vowed to write to the Transport Minister in a bid to improve an A47 Junction.   Mr Bellingham met with more than 60 campaigners by the roadside yesterday, where he was given a petition for new safety measures at the crossing point of Broadend Road, which contained nearly 2,000 [...]

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Wootton Meadows Building Bridges for the future

October 3, 2008 – 6:03 pm

    Photo by Lynn News   After recently taking control of Wootton Meadows Estate, Taylor Wimpey have made efforts to build bridges with the community of South Wootton. The Estate has been characterised with controversy in recent years, but efforts have been made to improve the relations of the past.   The new owners [...]

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Henry Bellingham MP Meets West Lynn Road Crossing Campaigners

September 30, 2008 – 5:44 pm

      Mr Henry Bellingham MP attended an open meeting of West Lynn Forum addressing the dangers caused by speeding vehicles on Clenchwarton Road in West Lynn.   He congratulated the West Lynn Forum for giving the village residents a voice and for supporting calls for improvements to be made to access between the [...]

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MP Visits Former Berol Factory and Demands Action from the Government Over Rating of Empty Industrial Properties

September 30, 2008 – 5:29 pm

  Henry Bellingham MP has been shown around a former Berol factory at Venus Court on the Hardwick Industrial Estate, which has been given a new lease of life.   The Norwich-based developers Dencora bought the premises  in 2005, and turned the factory into units for individual businesses. The grounds were sold in a deal [...]

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Dispensing at Doctor’s Surgeries at Risk

September 20, 2008 – 4:35 pm

  Changes on the rules governing which doctor’s surgeries can dispense drugs to patients have been proposed. The possible changes have been branded as another threat to rural services.   Ministers and doctors have jointly called for the Government to keep things as they are, after a review into the rules that govern dispensing GPs [...]

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