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11+ hour, 7+ min ago (632+ words) The winners of the EDP Business Awards 2025 have been announced, honouring the very best of Norfolk Business. This year, the prestigious title of Norfolk Business of the Year, sponsored by Barclays Corporate Banking, went to Blakely Clothing from north Norfolk. Blakely Clothing is a men's and women's fashion brand established in Melton Constable in 2012. It creates clothing that lasts, designed for comfort and everyday wear in mind, with the ethos that everyone deserves to look and feel their best. Lead by CEO and founder Gareth Newman, Blakely has grown from designing T-shirts in a bedroom and shipping them from a shed, to having multiple international warehouses, a global customer base, and being listed in The Times 100 fastest growing companies in the UK. The Blakely team has also grown substantially over the past 13 years and now has over 100 employees, three global…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago (207+ words) NORFOLK, Va. " A full closure of Interstate 64 in the Ocean View area of Norfolk is set to take place early Thursday. The interstate will be closed for about four hours to allow work crews to install an overhead sign as part of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. The closure will be between 4th View Street (exit 273) and 15th View Street, according to a press release from VDOT. It will take place between midnight and 4 a.m. A signed detour will be in place. Westbound traffic will be diverted at the 4th View off-ramp, take West Ocean View Avenue through Willoughby, and return to the interstate at the 15th View on-ramp. Eastbound traffic will get off at the Bayville Street/Ocean View exit (exit 272), turn left onto 13th View Street, turn right onto West Ocean View Avenue and then turn right…...

1+ day, 7+ min ago (632+ words) The winners of the EDP Business Awards 2025 have been announced, honouring the very best of Norfolk Business. This year, the prestigious title of Norfolk Business of the Year, sponsored by Barclays Corporate Banking, went to Blakely Clothing from north Norfolk. Blakely Clothing is a men's and women's fashion brand established in Melton Constable in 2012. It creates clothing that lasts, designed for comfort and everyday wear in mind, with the ethos that everyone deserves to look and feel their best. Lead by CEO and founder Gareth Newman, Blakely has grown from designing T-shirts in a bedroom and shipping them from a shed, to having multiple international warehouses, a global customer base, and being listed in The Times 100 fastest growing companies in the UK. The Blakely team has also grown substantially over the past 13 years and now has over 100 employees, three global…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (677+ words) Protestors are battling to save a beloved 1950s bus shelter outside a train station in Sheringham as a council steps up plans to demolish the structure. People in the north Norfolk town have stood outside the shelter by North Norfolk Railway since 5.30pm on Monday after it emerged builders had come to the site. Norfolk County Council has ordered the structure to be removed to make way for what it describes as a new travel hub. About twenty protestors lined Station Approach on the way to the station outside the shelter on Tuesday morning. Mandy Sellick, 78, who grew up in Sheringham, said: "We have been protesting all night and all day. The builders have now shown up. "They have taken the benches from the bus stop and are now drilling at the back. Mandy Sellick, protesting outside the bus shelter. (Image: Nelson…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (78+ words) Police from two counties swarmed an address in Norwich. A large police presence was spotted in Kirklees, off Ipswich Road, on Sunday (November 30). It has now been confirmed that Norfolk officers were called to assist their colleagues from Lincolnshire. Two men were arrested in connection with a burglary in the east of Lincolnshire. They both remain in police custody for questioning. A third man was arrested at the same address days later on Tuesday morning (December 2)....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (377+ words) Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings Norfolk fire department warns of hazardous batteries after Walsh, Ont. fire City staff to propose 10-year revitalization plans for Hamilton Wednesday Hamilton police search for man last seen over a week ago in west end F1 title fight down to final round as Verstappen capitalizes on McLaren mistake in Qatar The Norfolk County Fire Department is warning about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a structure fire in Walsh, Ont. on Monday night. Firefighters say that just before 9:30 p.m. they responded to a fire at a former auto repair shop that is now used as a hobby shop for electric bikes, carts and equipment. They say that the occupants of the building lived in the apartment above the shop and reported hearing a loud boom coming from below. The people in the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (96+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. State Sen. Mark Peake said he'll step down Dec. 31 as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia after eight months in the role, following big election losses. RICHMOND " The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia said Monday that he'll step down from the position at the end of the year as GOP leaders regroup following heavy losses in the Nov. 4 statewide elections....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (479+ words) Loud boom" heard from Walsh business led to smoke filling upstairs apartment. Norfolk County firefighters knocked down a fire inside a hobby shop in Walsh on Monday. The first warning a group of Norfolk County residents had that something was amiss was a loud boom" coming from inside the shop below their apartment in the village of Walsh. Then the apartment started to fill with smoke. The residents grabbed their pets and spilled outside around 9:20 p.m. on Monday to find what fire officials described as heavy smoke" billowing from the ground-floor business, a former autobody shop turned hobby shop for electronic bikes and carts. More than two dozen firefighters converged on the hobby shop, using a tanker shuttle to bring water to the rural location. Fire crews were able to bring the blaze under control quickly, preventing the fire from causing…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (666+ words) STANTON " A Stanton man faces up to a 50-year prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine to a confidential informant last year in Stanton County. Dillon Radic, 31, pleaded guilty on Monday to one county of delivery of meth in exchange for Stanton County Attorney Bert Lammli dismissing a second meth delivery charge. The prosecutor, as part of the plea agreement, will not make a sentencing recommendation. District Judge Michael Long scheduled Radic's sentencing for Monday, Feb. 2. On Aug. 22, 2024, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator, with the assistance of other law enforcement officers and a cooperating individual, purchased a plastic, bindle-style bag containing slightly less than a half-gram of suspected meth from Radic. The substance was later confirmed to be meth through lab testing. The delivery occurred when the cooperating individual went to Radic's Stanton County residence. Later that same day, law enforcement worked…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (480+ words) History has been made as footage reveals the first beaver living wild in Norfolk for centuries. Pensthorpe Natural Park has confirmed the presence of a wild beaver on its reserve, following several weeks of monitoring. In footage taken at the reserve, the beaver can be seen carrying a large log through the trees in the dark. Beavers have been reintroduced around Norfolk but this is the first time one has been spotted in the wild (Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire) Beavers became extinct in Britain in the 16th century due to over-hunting, but have been reintroduced to Norfolk via captive release schemes in recent years. Until now, no free-living beaver had been recorded in Norfolk in modern times. Although the origin of the Beaver spotted at Pensthorpe is unknown, the discovery marks a significant arrival to local river networks, demonstrating the…...