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Plug pulled on controversial plans for 200 refugees to be housed in Norfolk
19+ hour, 8+ min ago (346+ words) Controversial plans to house 200 refugees in buildings which were once part of RAF Coltishall have been scrapped. Home Office contractors informed Broadland District Council on Monday morning that it was withdrawing plans to temporarily house Afghan refugees in the former…...
Legal challenge over plan to use military camp as asylum accommodation dismissed
1+ week, 3+ day ago (544+ words) A residents" group has lost a bid to bring a High Court challenge against the Home Office after it announced proposals to use a military training camp as accommodation for asylum seekers. Crowborough Shield, a community interest company, took legal…...
Decision over future of Norwich walk-in centre sparks fresh concerns
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (714+ words) Fresh concerns have been raised about the future of Norwich's walk-in health centre and a service for vulnerable people, after health bosses picked new providers to run them. Health chiefs are close to awarding a contract to run the Rouen…...
'I was a lost soul' - the Norfolk man who chose a tent over temporary accommodation
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (682+ words) At 51, Keith Brown found himself without a home." Forced to leave his mother's house amid a long struggle with alcoholism, he refused to consider temporary accommodation as he feared he "would end up in prison" or fall deeper into addiction....
Council digs its heels in over bus shelter and orders protesters to move on
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (437+ words) A council has dug its heels in and refused to back down over controversial plans to bulldoze a bus shelter despite protestors' impassioned pleas. Demonstrators in Sheringham have been braving the wintery weather through the day and night to protect…...
Norfolk MP wants asylum seekers on military bases... but not in his constituency
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) A Norfolk MP has said he supports the use of military camps in the county to house asylum seekers, but not the one being proposed in his own constituency. Terry Jermy'is resisting plans to accommodate refugees at West Tofts, a…...
Ex-soldier with 'strident' views 'murdered friend in row over current affairs"
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (586+ words) A former soldier stabbed his friend and neighbour to death following a drunken argument over "current affairs", a court has heard. Elvis Vickers is accused of'murdering Abdulkadar Chadli at his'home on Mousehold Street, Norwich,'where the pair had been drinking....
Boyfriend of corrupt Norfolk prison officer ordered to pay back £45k
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (453+ words) The boyfriend of a corrupt prison officer who got into a relationship with her before asking her to smuggle drugs into a Norfolk jail must pay back more than "45,000. Jediah'Clarke was an inmate at Wayland Prison when he persuaded girlfriend…...
Prisoner had 'raised concerns' with officers hours before his body was found
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (586+ words) An inmate took his own life just hours after speaking to prison officers to raise concerns with them, an inquest has heard. Andrew Neal was found unconscious by a fellow prisoner in his cell at HMP Wayland. He died just…...
MP urged by police not to attend asylum counter-protests
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (377+ words) A Norfolk MP has been advised by police not to attend counter-protests at an asylum hotel in his constituency because his presence would escalate already simmering tensions. Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, was told by officers that he…...