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Record office to be replaced with unmanned access point as town’s collection is moved to Ipswich

Changes are being made to a Lowestoft service which offers people the chance to delve into local history.
The record office, based in Lowestoft Library, houses records stretching back to the 12th century, including parish registers with information on Suffolk’s baptisms, marriages and burials from 1550 onwards and copies of The Journal dating back to 1873.
However, following a decline in visitors over the past few years, a decision has been taken to replace the existing service with an unmanned access point by the end of 2019.
The service is being condensed in line with Suffolk County Council’s objectives to fill the budget gap of £56m by 2021.
The new access point will include exhibitions on the history of Lowestoft, online catalogues and digitised images of original materials and local studies items. The collections currently housed in Lowestoft will be moved to Ipswich where they will remain under the care of the Suffolk Record Office and will be available for the public to access.
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Post by Trigger » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:42 pm

Tributes paid to council’s first female chairman

Daphne Mellor died surrounded by family at Hethersett Hall, in Norwich, on December 29.
Mrs Mellor, who was 86 when she passed away, represented the Lowestoft ward of Carlton between 1976 and 1985.
Her historic appointment to the role of chairman took place in 1981 – a role she served with distinction for two years.
A council spokesman said: “We were saddened to learn of the passing of Daphne Mellor, a former Waveney councillor and the district’s first ever female chairman.
“Her family told the council Mrs Mellor spoke very fondly of her time with Waveney and that being a district councillor was one of the happiest periods of her life.”
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Museum showcasing town’s rich history issues appeal for volunteers

It is a centre of history that provides visitors with a taste of the town’s journey from fishing village to thriving port.
But now Lowestoft Maritime Museum is urgently appealing for more volunteers in order to keep opening eyes to the wonders of yesteryear.
Based on Whapload Road, the museum is currently closed for the winter until it reopens for nine days around Easter week, and then for the summer season from April to October.
However, with a total of just 25 volunteers tasked with overseeing proceedings during their seven day working week, chairman Jim Aguss and president Colin Dixon are urging more people to step forward.
“We want to get our profile back in the public eye and let people know we’re here,” said Mr Aguss. “To sustain the museum we need to increase our volunteers and attendance.”
Mr Dixon added: “Volunteers can be of any age, so long as they’re prepared to give up a day or two every now and then. A maritime background is preferred but by no means essential.”
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Post by Trigger » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:15 am

Driver in Norfolk moves eight tonnes of ‘still burning bonfire’ in open trailer

Police noticed smoke and flames coming from the trailer in Mundford Road in Thetford at around midday yesterday.
The large trailer was carrying around eight tonnes of unsecured burning wood, plant material and soil.
Police pulled over the vehicle and the driver explained that the burning waste was the remains of a bonfire.
The fire service partly put out the bonfire and made sure it was safe enough to move under escort to a location where the fire could be completely extinguished.
The driver, a man from Cambridgeshire, has been reported and a decision will be made about any future prosecution of the driver.
Mark Carter, police constable, said: “Even for experienced officers this was a shock to see somebody actually transporting a bonfire. The risks of this sort of action should be obvious to any road user.”
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“Children regularly go missing from the home,” - Damning report on Lowestoft children’s home

A damning report from Ofsted has found Ballard House children’s home inadequate in all areas following an inspection last month.
The home, which is operated by provider PCT Care Services Ltd, can provide accommodation for up to six children, with inspectors identifying widespread failures during its December visit.
The scathing report states the safety of the children living there is not assured, with staff often taking physical measures to discipline them.
It said: “A lack of adequate training and guidance has meant some of the staff use physical intervention to make children comply.
“An example is moving a child physically from areas in the home when the child has refused to move or has prevent staff from leaving an area.”
The report also outlined a particular incident, in which a child’s disclosure about sexual exploitation was not appropriately responded to.
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I was in a hurry to change my baby’s nappy - what speeding motorist told police after stopped on A47 doing 90mph with one year child old in the car

The driver was spotted by a motorcyclist with Norfolk Constabulary’s Road Casualty Reduction Team (RCRT) at Harford Bridge travelling at excessive speed at Harford Bridge.
PC Mark Carter from the team said as a result the car was followed with police recording the vehicle travelling at speeds reaching 90mph.
The car, which was registered in Bulgaria and also displaying Bulgarian number plates although driven by a UK resident.
The driver, a man in his 30s, had his wife and their one year old child as passengers.
PC Carter said the driver claimed he was in a hurry to get home as he needed to change the baby’s nappy.
He has been reported for a number of offences, including excess speed, incorrectly registered vehicle, and no MOT.
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Suffolk borrows £21million in bid to cut number of potholes on county’s roads

A new £21million loan is set to be taken out by Suffolk County council in a bid to reduce the number of potholes that develop over the next four years.
The money will be added to the council’s road improvement budget – enabling up to a quarter of the county’s roads to be resurfaced by March 2021.
The extra money will be borrowed from the Public Works Loans Board for 15 years at an interest rate of “less than 2%” said finance chief Richard Smith. The loan bid is expected to be approved by the county’s cabinet next week during its budget discussions.
The money will not be spent directly on repairing potholes – Suffolk Highways’ contractors Kier are continuing to work to repair holes that open up.
But resurfacing roads during the summer months should reduce the number of potholes that open up during winters.
Deputy council leader Jane Storey said: “You cannot stop potholes opening up, especially in the kind of weather we have forecast this week. But this will make our roads more resilient and should reduce the number of potholes in the future.”
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Post by Trigger » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:31 am

Popular organ festival set to return - with Bon Jovi tunes

An unusual music festival which brought a slice of European culture to Norfolk and proved to be a huge success, is set to return for a second time this spring.
Last May, the normally quiet streets of Diss were transformed as 40 organs from around the UK and Europe arrived at the market town for the inaugural Diss Organ Festival - the UK’s largest musical event of its type.
And now, due to popular demand, the festival will be returning - with organisers promising a festival that will be even bigger and better than last year.
Alan Smith, one of the event organisers, explained how those involved had been blown away by the success of last year’s event, which attracted more than 6,000 visitors to the town in just one day.
Mr Smith said: “I can confirm that there will be an organ festival this year and it will cover the whole town and park.”
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Redevelopment at Lowestoft marine science centre set for £1.4m boost

A major marine science centre on the East Anglian coast is set to receive a £1.4m funding boost to help renovate its site for the 21st century.
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is in the final stages of preparation for a major renovation at its Lowestoft headquarters, which would see its current, inefficient building demolished and replaced.
To assist the project – which was granted full planning permission in October – Cefas has applied for a £1.4m grant from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) through its capital growth programme.
The LEP board was expected to approve the funding application at its board meeting today.
Cefas says the new research centre could save it up to £2m a year in running costs compared with its current building, the former Grand Hotel, and will safeguard 440 jobs at the Pakefield Road site as well as enabling it to employ 12 to 15 apprentices a year.
The organisation, which is managed by Defra, says the construction work will provide up to 50 subcontractor jobs.
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Could Tim Peake’s spacecraft be about to land in Norwich?

It was the machine that helped propel astronaut Tim Peake into space for a groundbreaking and world-famous expedition.
And now the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft could be about to land in Norwich as the centrepiece of the city’s Science Festival.
The event, planned for this year’s October half-term, needs to defeat stuff national competition first, as the capsule will only go on display at a certain number venues across the UK.
Today it has been announced that The Forum, where the science festival is held, is one of five shortlisted venues in the competition to host the spaceship and virtual reality adventure.
If successful, the Soyuz capsule will be the centrepiece of Norwich Science Festival 2018, which takes place during October half-term.
Natalie Bailey, producer of Norwich Science Festival, said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted to host this inspiring part of space history.
“The tour fits perfectly with the aims of the festival and The Forum to engage and inspire young people in order to develop further interests in science. Fingers crossed!”
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Rare first edition Harry Potter worth £40,000 stolen

A hardback first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone worth about £40,000 was one of a number of rare books stolen during a burglary.
The book, J.K Rowling's maiden novel of the globally successful series, was stolen from SN Books in Thetford, Norfolk, between 8 and 9 January.
A 1937 first edition of The Hobbit and a set of four first editions of Winnie the Pooh were among 12 books taken.
Norfolk Police said the books are "not the sort of thing you see every day".
The Harry Potter book was made even more "unique" by being in a custom red box, the force added.
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Post by Trigger » Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:27 am

Town vows to fight record office changes as community gathers to launch SORO campaign

The first meeting of Save Our Record Office (SORO) was held today following an announcement last week which said the record office, currently housed in Lowestoft Library, will be replaced with an unmanned access point by the end of 2019. The decision would also see all of the documents currently stored there moved over to Ipswich.
Around 70 concerned residents, councillors and historians gathered at the Stella Maris Hall in Lowestoft to share their frustration and anger at the news, with many having gifted or loaned research, photos and other historical documents to the record office over the years.
The meeting was organised by SORO founders Trudie Jackson, a local historian who has been using the record office since it went into the library in 1985, and Janis Kirby, a volunteer at Lowestoft Museum and member of the Suffolk Family History Society.
Mrs Jackson said: “We didn’t think this was going to happen last Thursday when Janis and I said let’s have a meeting in the library cafe and see what we can do to try and stop this happening. It’s all snowballed from there and we’ve got a Facebook page set up and word of mouth has got round and it’s wonderful to see so many people here and concerned about heritage in Lowestoft.
“We’ve lost so much in Lowestoft and we need to get back in touch with our roots but we can’t do that if our roots are being taken down to Ipswich.
“It’s not easy for people to get down to Ipswich and it’s not something we want to happen. We want to keep a centre here and we want to try to revive this town.
“Heritage should be for the local community and this is for the whole of Waveney - for Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Southwold - and this part of Suffolk seems to get forgotten.”
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Post by boatbuilder » Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:56 am

Although I have never used the RO I fully support what they say. How ridiculous to want to move local history to another area, even though it’s the same county. What next? Close the library altogether?
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Patient 'froze to death' in East of England Ambulance delays

A patient might have 'frozen to death' 16 hours after an ambulance was first called for him, it has emerged.
The case - which happened in Lowestoft on 27 December - is one of 41 in the east of England highlighted to the BBC by an ambulance service whistleblower.
The leaked document lists patients who died or suffered harm during ambulance delays over Christmas and New Year.
The East of England Ambulance Trust said it was formally investigating the patient's death.
The whistleblower's information comes in the wake of separate revelations from the Norwich South MP Clive Lewis earlier this week that 20 people had died in a 12-day period.
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Post by Trigger » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:10 am

Norfolk special school left with no transport after crooks steal wheels from their minibuses

Children at a special school have been left with no transport for swimming or riding lessons, after criminals stole the wheels from their minibuses - and then smashed the windows of the vehicles.
The criminals broke through the fence of the Hall School in Old Catton and then removed 10 wheels from three minibuses - which the school had spent years raising tens of thousands of pounds for.
Not only did the criminals steal the wheels, using blocks of wood from a tree which had fallen in the playground during last week’s storm to jack them up, they also smashed the windows.
The school caters for 80 students aged between three and 19, with severe learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.
And head teacher Kevin Mckenzie said the damage which had been done - including to a Variety minibus and one which was match-funded by The Lord Taverners just two years ago - was “devastating”.
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:06 pm

Motorcyclists clocked speeding at 155mph near Norwich

Five motorcyclists were clocked speeding at 155mph (249km/h).
The three men and two women were stopped by police on the A47 near Norwich in August last year.
They are due to face a disqualification hearing in court in June.

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