Environment

A new draft tree and woodland strategy is set to be examined by West Norfolk Council chiefs next week.

A renewable energy entrepreneur from Magdalen has landed a role on a popular ITV garden makeover show, Love your Garden, with Alan Titchmarsh.

A number of dead fish were spotted in a drain in a West Norfolk village at the weekend, raising questions regarding pollution.

An unusual visitor has been making an appearance in Hunstanton recently, in a bid to highlight an important environmental message.

Residents who are fighting proposals for a major silica sand extraction plan have urged neighbouring communities to join the fight.

Residents in Downham have been left feeling helpless after a rat problem has returned following a dispute with the Environment Agency.

An action group has been set up in two West Norfolk villages in a response to Norfolk County Council’s proposals for a new silica sand site.

Children and their parents became one with nature on Wednesday when the Friends of Plantation Woods held a National Playday.

Efforts to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in West Norfolk have been hampered by increased transport emissions over five years.

Initiative will help to encourage team-building while carrying out important conservation tasks

A vehicle and hedgerow was involved in a fire in North Wootton earlier this afternoon.

Crowds bask in show day heat

Recycling centre set to move as part of power station project

Move comes as county faces new calls for policy to be scrapped

County council to debate new use for land four years after controversial scheme was finally dropped

Engineers hope to complete repair work by this evening

A Lynn-based paper manufacturing facility has submitted plans to build a second plant to use as a backup site.

System developed by Lynn engineers designed to cope with seasonal variation in population

Officials hope to create new eco-friendly space for residents and visitors

People in West Norfolk are being encouraged to save water during the heatwave, though company bosses insist there is no prospect of a hosepipe ban.