District Council exposes faults in BT’s Adopt-a-Kiosk scheme
South Norfolk Council are calling on British Telecom to account for misleading customers through their Adopt-a Kiosk-scheme.

Leading Councillor seeks to inspire students
South Norfolk Council is celebrating after one of its Councillors was awarded a Post-Graduate Certificate in Community Governance.

Wymondham Leisure Centre rolls out new artificial pitch
Wymondham Leisure Centre was celebrating this week, after the re-opening of its brand new artificial pitch.

Stay safe this Christmas message to Wymondham pupils
Wymondham Councillor Joe Mooney has welcomed a new initiative by South Norfolk Council to help the town's high school pupils stay safe this Christmas.

South Norfolk Council welcomes positive assessment for district and county
South Norfolk Council has welcomed its rating and that of the wider county under a new and much tougher local government and area inspection regime.

Councils seek backing for shared services funding bid
Two Norfolk Councils proposing to share work, cut costs and deliver better services to the public take another step forward next week.

Free parking for South Norfolk market towns on two days before Christmas
South Norfolk Council has moved to support trade and local businesses by extending free car parking this year to two days before Christmas.

Councillor warns residents about bogus waste collectors
South Norfolk Councillor David Bills is warning residents to be on their guard for bogus waste collectors.

Keep Norfolk Local councils continue to oppose reorganisation
The Keep Norfolk Local group of district councils have said the Court of Appeal decision against their Suffolk neighbours is “disappointing”, and they will continue to oppose local government reorganisation.

Council invites Diss business leaders to first task group summit
South Norfolk Council’s Market Towns Task Group is bringing Diss retailers and business leaders together for a summit to discuss promoting the town.

Festive spectaculars on offer in South Norfolk’s tinsel towns
South Norfolk residents have some fantastic seasonal entertainment in store at Wymondham, Diss and Harleston.

Winning building speaks volumes about design awards
The spectacular Wymondham Library has won a Council’s top Design Award for the best New Building in South Norfolk.

Council up for YouTube ad campaign award
South Norfolk Council's YouTube campaign to find a new Chief Executive is up for a prestigious national award.

Council Tax discount checks to cut fraud could save thousands
South Norfolk Council has started a mass data checking exercise on a Council Tax discount scheme which could save thousands and cut fraud.

Fun and games for Costessey children
It’s playtime at Queen’s Hills in Costessey this half term, thanks to South Norfolk Council’s Play Rangers.

Councillor calls for brown signs boost to business and tourism
South Norfolk pubs desperately need more brown signs to boost their business and local tourism.

Lifeguard Amy plunges back into academia
Everyone who enjoys Wymondham Leisure Centre's fantastic pool can look up and be reassured by the presence of South Norfolk Council lifeguards.

Benefits team wins national award
South Norfolk Council benefits team has won a major national award for its work.

£94,000 grants boost for communities
Neighbourhood groups and partnerships who work with South Norfolk Council have received just over £94,000 in grants.

Benefit awards hope
South Norfolk Council benefits team has been shortlisted for a major national award as claims rise steeply due to the recession.

Floods roadshow
The Environment Agency and South Norfolk Council are joining forces to advise people on flooding.

South Norfolk's a winner
Residents from Scarborough, Tyne and Wear, Derby, Chatham and Leicester have entered a South Norfolk Council competition to win £50! To win, they had to pick up the council's Discover South Norfolk brochure which is stocked in tourist information c

Engineering success
Webb Engineering from Woodton will be guests of South Norfolk Council at this year's Exhibition of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering.

Council festival ends on a high note
Comedy musical trio Pluck are providing a fabulous finale to South Norfolk Council’s successful summer festival on Wednesday 23 September at Diss Auction Rooms.

Norfolk public services forge new partnership
Councils in Norfolk have created a new voluntary partnership of public sector leaders to deliver better and more efficient services.

Exhumation licence
It is not often a council gets a licence application to exhume bodies, but South Norfolk Council recently received one - from the archeologists at Caistor Roman Town.

Summer buzzing
Summer's been buzzing for the pest controllers of one council.

Council saves over £2m in staff and budgets shake-up
South Norfolk Council has saved over £2m in a root-and-branch staff and budgets shake-up, which will strengthen the organisation now and in the future.

Business units up for grabs
Loddon Business Centre has three office units up for grabs.

Sickness success
South Norfolk Council staff take less time off sick than people working in the private sector.

D-Day for Design Awards approaches
The deadline for nominations to this year's prestigious South Norfolk Design Awards is closing fast.

Benefit fraud
A Diss woman has been ordered to do 75 hours of unpaid community work by Norwich Crown Court after admitting benefit fraud.

Wymondham opens its doors to the past
Wymondham is celebrating its diverse heritage by throwing open the doors of twelve of its best-loved buildings.

Popular Pelican is Community Pub of the Year
The Pelican Inn run by former Fine Art teacher Esther Maginn has pulled the top award in what is believed to be the only council-run Community Pub of the Year awards in England.

Running top community pub is a fine art for Esther
Esther Maginn took a big gamble when she became manager and part-owner at The Pelican Inn, Tacolneston.

Gypsy and Traveller sites consultation reaches latest milestone
South Norfolk Council is reconsulting the public as it enters the latest phase of plans to find sites for Gypsies and Travellers.

Ditchingham Hall lights up for dazzling opera
The predicted fine weekend weather is set to make it an evening to remember on Saturday for the performance of Rossini's Barber of Seville in English, at Ditchingham Hall.

New excavations at Caistor Roman Town
Next week, for the first time in 75 years, new excavations will start at the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at present day Caistor St.

Three cheers for Council’s top five pubs
South Norfolk Council has taken a step closer to finding its overall winner in its Community Pub of the Year Award.

Kids go wild for Council’s art competition
South Norfolk Council are celebrating the district’s wildlife and countryside with a children’s art competition.

Council’s festival turns up the heat
South Norfolk Council’s Festival of the Arts will be hotting up on Saturday 22nd August when the Upper Waveney Sculpture Meadow in Brockdish goes up in flames.

Free kids’ events draw in record crowds
South Norfolk Council is reporting record attendance at its free outdoor children’s events.

Council set for final phase of consultation on Gypsy and Traveller sites
South Norfolk Council meets on Monday 10 August to consider recommendations that it begin the next and final phase of its consultation on finding Gypsy and Traveller sites.

Diseased tree will need to come down, say experts
A diseased tree which straddles a car park entrance and exit in Diss will need to come down because it is unsafe, according to experts.

Calling all local pensioners
South Norfolk Council are encouraging local pensioners to get out more and socialise by joining the Wymondham Pensioners Association.

South Norfolk celebrates the wartime spirit
People from across Norfolk will soon be heading to the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at Thorpe Abbotts for a nostalgic weekend of fun and spam sandwiches! Make Do And Mend on Saturday 8 August is the latest in South Norfolk Council's Festival of

Children celebrate national play day
Children and young people in Brooke, South Norfolk will be celebrating national play day next Wednesday.

Teenage troublemakers get a lesson in restorative justice
Two teenage troublemakers caught setting a fire in the Pyes Mill picnic cabin at Loddon have been forced to go litter picking in the town.

Council closes car park over tree risk
South Norfolk Council has been forced to close Mount Street car park in Diss for a short period on advice from experts after they inspected a diseased tree spanning the entrance and exit roads.

Zimbabwe's 'famous five' go gum boot crazy
Norfolk's hidden tourist gem the Forncett Steam Museum is expecting ticket-holders to get very hot under the collar this weekend (25 July) when a Zimbabwean a-cappella and dance group go leaping and stomping.

Meet the council’s new Doctor of Philosophy
It’s a rare event for a council when one of its Members presents it with a bound thesis, but that’s what will happen when Councillor Christopher Kemp is present in the chamber for its meeting on Monday.

Civil War comes to South Norfolk
This weekend, the quiet village of Hingham in Norfolk transforms into an authentic site of the American Civil War.

New-look cricket club’s a real hit with families
Brooke Cricket Club reopened its innings last Friday thanks to a £35,000 makeover.

Bid for bigger Diss medical centre and car park take step forward
Proposals for a bigger medical centre and a new car park in Diss took another step forward this week.

Brilliant Bacon comes back to life!
The torrid and extraordinary life of one of England's most brilliant artists comes to the famous Sainsbury Centre next week, thanks to South Norfolk Festival of the Arts.

Cabinet to decide way forward on Gypsy and Traveller sites
South Norfolk Council's Cabinet will next week decide the way forward on Gypsy and Traveller sites, following one of the biggest consultations the council has undertaken.

Support local business plea at town centre shop opening
South Norfolk Council's new chairman Councillor Beverley Spratt has called on local people to continue their 'fantastic support' for local businesses in the face of the recession.

Festival floats a stunning idea for uber-chilled Whitlingham spectacular
A district council in Norfolk is launching an ambitious bid to wow the crowds at its Midsummer Chillax event at Whitlingham Country Park.

Heartstart course trains its 3,000th life saver
More people who have life-threatening heart attacks could now survive, thanks to the success of an initiative to train people in resuscitation techniques and first aid.

Nominations pour in for pub awards
Nominations for a competition to celebrate community pubs and fight closures are still pouring into a Norfolk council.

Norfolk's newest radio station gets ready for broadcast
A new radio station run by young people for young people is about to be launched.

Bee Bee Seeds of hope planted at pleasure gardens festival
South Norfolk Council has joined the BBC in planting seeds of hope for our endangered bees among families and children expected to flock to a garden festival on Saturday.

Venus flytrap is a real buzz for Festival children
Children will be getting a fly's eye view when they meet Belladonna and her Venus Flytrap at a South Norfolk Festival of the Arts event this month.

Teen custard bath and leg wax boosts cancer unit appeal
Getting your legs waxed or sitting in a bath of custard and baked beans is not every teenager's idea of a night out.

Respect your neighbour plea on eve of national Noise Action Week
Summer is coming and the promise of sunny weather means more people will be out of doors.

Council sets out next steps on Gypsy and Traveller sites consultation
A Norfolk council has thanked its community for taking part in one of the biggest consultations it has recently undertaken, and has now set out the next steps.

Cynthia feasts her eyes on tasty bin prize
Grandmother Cynthia Bullingham could hardly believe her ears when she was told she had scooped top prize in a council brown bin ordering competition.

Pick your community pub of the year!
South Norfolk's pubs are in line for a new council-inspired award celebrating their community credentials.

Deadline days for County and Euro election voters
South Norfolk residents have until midnight on May 19 to apply to get on the electoral register and until 5pm for a postal vote for the coming European and Norfolk County Council elections.

Public meeting on gypsy and traveller sites
South Norfolk Council has booked Wymondham Central Hall for a public meeting so that local people can ask questions about the consultation on gypsy and traveller site proposals.

Council banishes three-hour booking queue hell
Residents of South Norfolk are overjoyed with the Council's new Swim School online booking system, which at a stroke, has ended the three-hour queuing misery that many suffered each term.

Costessey Posse go den building in East Hills Woods
The Costessey Posse youth group in South Norfolk made an immediate impact when they took to the streets armed with nothing more than litter pickers and spring bulbs for planting.

Chocoholics bin fantasy tastes wheely great
A local council in Norfolk has decided on an unusual Easter surprise prize gift to encourage more garden waste recycling - a model milk chocolate wheely bin.

Easter Kids Camps are full to bursting
Record numbers of children are coming to South Norfolk Council's Kids Camps this Easter.

Next day collection for Easter bins
South Norfolk Council has confirmed it is running 'next day' waste collections over Easter, as advertised in its bin calendar sent to over 50,000 homes.

Council celebrates the arts in spectacular style
This summer South Norfolk Council is celebrating the district’s vibrant culture with a spectacular Festival of the Arts.

Grab those trunks and cossies - it's free swimming time for over 60s
Anyone over 60 years young can now swim free in South Norfolk's excellent pools.

Harleston youth forge new friendships to get their shelter
Young people in Harleston now have a great place to meet - thanks to a partnership they forged with councils, the police and local groups.

Council buys business centre to boost business and jobs
South Norfolk Council has bought Loddon Business Centre to secure it for local businesses and to protect jobs.

Ten day benefits payout is England’s fastest
South Norfolk Council is the fastest district council out of 238 in England for processing new benefit claims, according to the Audit Commission’s latest report.

Canaries hero joins sports awards night
Norwich City FC hall of fame hero Craig Fleming is guest of honour at South Norfolk Council's Community Sport Achiever Awards tonight.

South Norfolk has best council website in the East
South Norfolk Council's website has been rated the best in the east and among the top 20 in England.

Free bus pass boost for local post offices
Hard-pressed local post offices are joining South Norfolk Council's latest initiative to boost their business and increase customers coming through the door.

Drop in and talk to us about Gypsy and Traveller sites
South Norfolk Council has organised 'drop in' sessions for key parts of its community as the start of its eight-week consultation on Gypsy and Traveller sites draws nearer.

Council cuts tax increase, in budget for local people, jobs and businesses
South Norfolk Council has sliced just under half a per cent off its originally proposed Council Tax increase this year in a bid to support local people, jobs and businesses.

Cabinet considers new Gypsy and Traveller sites consultation
South Norfolk Council's Cabinet is being asked to back recommendations to launch a new consultation on Gypsy and Traveller sites.

Turn out your wardrobe and support struggling local charities
South Norfolk Councillors are calling on residents to support local charity shops.

Six point pubs rescue plan goes to All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group
A Norfolk Council is calling on a powerful all-party committee of MPs to press the Government for a freeze or cut in beer duty until the recession is over.

Why recycling is a fun and uplifting experience!
Hundreds of unwanted bras and toys are being shared with communities in Africa and Asia - thanks to South Norfolk Council.

Here is the latest play news, with the BBC's Amelia Reynolds
BBC Look East presenter Amelia Reynolds is getting ready to join children in a Norfolk village to officially open their state-of-the-art play area at the weekend.

South Norfolk hits top spot in national active people survey
South Norfolk Council's campaign to get people off the 'subs bench of life' and into activity is starting to reveal spectacular early results, according to a national survey of 191,000 people.

Council launches healthy living achievement awards
A Norfolk council has launched a campaign to help its residents get back into shape for 2009.