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Thu 28th Aug 2008:

Four bailed over Norwich shooting.

Four people arrested over the shooting of a cyclist near a Norwich supermarket have been released on police bail. Three men, aged 16, 21 and 18 and a 16-yearold woman were arrested after the incident at about 3pm yesterday in Eaton near to the Waitrose store.

Simple invention nets a fortune.

When Norfolk housewife Sarah Thorp used a baby wipes box to make a crude device that would help find the end of the sticky tape, little did she realise she was constructing a small fortune for herself.

Wymondham mum's party for speech charity.

It is a little-known charity but it has helped hundreds of thousands of children and their families over the past four decades. And to celebrate its 40th anniversary Afasic, the UK charity that helps and supports children with speech, language and communication, a Norfolk mum is holding a children's party on Saturday.

Waveney demands new East Suffolk council.

Official proposals to place Lowestoft at the centre of an East Suffolk unitary authority have been tabled in a bid to stop the town being governed by a new Norfolk council.

RNLI crew wins top award.

A lifeboat crew has received national recognition for its dramatic rescue of a stricken yacht in strong winds off Lowestoft.

Lowestoft fights to stay in Suffolk.

Official proposals to place Lowestoft at the centre of an East Suffolk unitary authority have been tabled in a bid to stop the town being governed by a new Norfolk council.

Missing epaulettes reunited with family.

Military epaulettes dating from the first world war were reunited with their owner's granddaughter yesterday - four years after an appeal was launched in the EDP.

Award for top Swaffham hotel.

By AURA SABADUS It's an incurable condition which hundreds of thousands of Britons suffer from - and is misunderstood by many food providers. But the owner and head chef of a Norfolk hotel has beaten off the challenge of 200 competitors from around the country to win a contest to highlight the need for gluten-free menus for people with coeliac disease.

Norwich jail continues to make progress.

A Norfolk jail is continuing to improve despite the national prisons crisis which is hampering attempts to rehabilitate offenders, an inspectors report says today.

Visa row chef due home.

It has been a 13-month battle with visa red tape that has separated a Norwich chef from the job and county he loves, and the woman he adores. But today Malaysian-born Howard Lee should be back with his wife, Fiona Williamson, in their Norfolk home, and the couple will be looking forward to a fresh start together with the visa nightmare now behind them.

Slimmer sheds 10 stones.

Slimmer Sharon Samways is convinced that losing 10 stone in seventeen months has saved her life. The 33-year-old from North Lopham used to weigh 24 stone and vividly recalls the time she got stuck in a restaurant chair and had to be prised free by the waiter.

Wife's moving tribute to biker husband.

A mother of three has paid a poignant tribute to her husband who was killed in a motorbike crash just six months after their wedding. Debbie Adams from Saham Hills near Watton said described her husband David Adams as a “happy man with a wicked sense of humour,” and said he will be missed by family and friends.

Engineer lives the steam dream.

They hark back to a bygone age when steam power was the norm but the pressure is on to find young engineers to help keep the romance of steam travel alive.

Boatyard jobs set to go.

The proud tradition of boat building on the Broads has been dealt a major blow with the news that dozens of jobs could be lost at one of the waterway's most prestigious boat builders.

Rail carriage fills with smoke.

A rail passenger yesterday spoke of his shock at seeing the train carriage he was travelling in fill with smoke. Law student James Laughlin, 20, was travelling on the 4pm service from Norwich to Ipswich on Tuesday when the incident happened.

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