Diss, England News

Organisers hailed the sixth annual Diss carnival a success with attractions ranging from Morris dancers to a US Airforce dog display team drawing the crowds.

Dancing in Mere's Mouth and Market Place, the teams, in full regalia, entertained the crowds with lively music, dancing, drums and bells.

The Park Alive concert, renamed for this year, will kick off Diss' Carnival celebrations tonight at 5.45pm in Diss Park.

The couple, who live at Fair Green, had a vintage-inspired wedding at Palgrave Church and a reception at the Grasmere Club in Diss last Saturday.

Town councillor Oliver Pilsbury-Gaunt helped organise the annual town tidying event on the weekend, aided by other councillors and the newly-formed Cittaslow committee.

A mum-of-four will be setting off for another long distance walk for the charity CAFOD, having been inspired by people she met on a 100 mile pilgrimage last year.

Councillors in a Norfolk town are set to present highways officials with a list of questions to determine what can be done to ease traffic congestion on one of the town's main roads.

In an independent review into the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, Anthony Marsh said the current board and senior management team appeared to have developed a sense of "helplessness" and said there was a lack of "cohesive" plan for it to meet ambitious targets.

Norfolk's leading charity for people with poor sight is stepping up its services in south Norfolk after carrying out a review which will help people in Diss, Harleston and their surrounding areas.

A significant landmark was celebrated at Caistor St Edmund with the construction of a new footbridge to open up a new part of the Roman town to the public.

Alice, 18, of Upper Rose Lane, Palgrave, will be crowned at Park Alive, the free live music event in Diss Park the night before the carnival on Saturday.

Diss, Norfolk. New mum Jen White with Mika who was born in the car park of Superior Garden Sheds in Tasburgh by Jen's Sister Emma Clarke who's a Midwife pictured with her husband Adam White and eldest son Milo The arrival of a new baby for Diss mum Jen White turned into a real family affair when little Mika made a dramatic entrance into the world ... (more)

Many readers have got involved with the campaign using the internet, such as Cameron Self, who shared some of the wonderful photos on these pages, following a recent stroll along the Wherryman's Way between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

The annual Diss Big Clean Up attracted 19 volunteers who collected 30 bags of rubbish after setting off around the town to clean the streets.

Former Diss Mayor Councillor Graham Minshull presenting a cheque for i 1 21,703.65 to Major General Phil Jones, Colonel of the Regiment at a Beating the Retreat Ceremony held on 1st June at The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich.

There were severe delays and cancellations on the London to Norwich rail service - which calls at Diss - after a person was hit by a train.

The break-in happened overnight on May 23 at the East Anglia's Children's Hospices branch in Diss.

A new training programme for budding young technicians is up and running after a successful funding bid by a Diss business.

The battle to save the surgery at Dickleburgh has taken an unusual twist. It has come in a statement from the powerful NHS England body which has stressed that it has to approve any plans to close the surgery.

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