Thousands of Great Yarmouth families are gearing up for the final phase of a schools' restructuring to send pupils to high school at the age of 11. The £80m re-organisation means amalgamations and closures as education chiefs seek to create as many all-through primaries as possible.

17 July 2008 18:03

STRIKING workers forced thousands of parents to make last minute childcare arrangements and left children with learning disabilities without vital support during industrial action this week..

17 July 2008 17:55

A cat that was shot by an air rifle sniper could have been killed, its horrified owner said this week. The attack has already cost Janet Chilvers, of Lucerne Road, Bradwell, almost £400 in vets' bills as she nurses the pet back to health..

17 July 2008 14:33

A GREAT Yarmouth landlady who died after falling down a flight of stairs was five times over the legal drink drive limit, an inquest heard. Rosie Templeton suffered fatal injuries when she tumbled down the stairs of O'Grady's pub, on Howard Street South, in the early hours on February 9 this year..

17 July 2008 14:32

REVISED plans to turn a former Gorleston church into four flats and five terrace houses are poised to be approved, despite heavy opposition from neighbours..

17 July 2008 14:31

ALL girl teenage band EFX kicked off the nine-day Town Centre Music Festival (TCMF3) to a cheering packed Market Place in Great Yarmouth on Saturday. Organiser Chris Anson said: “Like last year the artists received a warm welcome from the audience who seemed to stay around all afternoon and Sunday went down well too..