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  1. Thu 29 Oct Lol Tolhurst 8pm · Norwich Arts Centre · From £21.50
  2. On now to 31 Oct Norwich Ghost Walks: Halloween at Cow Tower Cow Tower park · From £18
  3. On now to 30 Oct Norwich Book Festival The Forum
  4. On now to 8 Nov Field of Remembrance, Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral
  5. On now to 31 Oct Where the River Meets Us Venues along the River Wensum · Free

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Sport Sloughbottom Park wins up to £850,000 for all-weather pitch The Football Foundation will put up to £850,000 into a 3G pitch at Sloughbottom Park in Mile Cross. A contractor is due on site next year, later than first planned. · 3 min read Local Info Norwich Roadworks This Week: A11 Nights and King Street The A11 shuts at night between Thickthorn and Wymondham to 31 October, southbound again on 2 November; King Street closes at Abbey Lane 2 to 13 November. · 31 min read Local Info Norwich Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today Cheapest petrol in Norwich today: unleaded from 172.7p and diesel from 143.8p a litre, across 6 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the... Weather Norwich Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Norwich weather today: overcast, 15°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 5 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning. Christmas Norwich ice rink: real ice at the Showground from 20 Nov Norwich's Christmas ice rink opens on 20 November at the Norfolk Showground: 1,000m² of covered real ice, skate hire included, free entry and free parking. · 5 min read Norwich Norwich house prices down £4,671 in a year; rents up just £9 The average Norwich home sold for £227,535 in August, £4,671 less than a year ago. Rents rose £9 a month, one of the slowest rises in England. · 6 min read Libraries Norwich Millennium Library fully open again after door shattered The Millennium Library's ground floor reopened on Saturday 24 October, three days after its glass entrance door shattered. All events are going ahead as planned. · 3 min read North Norfolk North Norfolk MP Seeks 10p Fuel Duty Cut for Rural Buses Steff Aquarone has asked the Transport Secretary for a temporary 10p a litre fuel duty cut and a funding review for subsidised rural buses in North Norfolk. · 3 min read Long Stratton Long Stratton High Asks Shops for Tissues: 60 Boxes So Far Long Stratton High School has 60 boxes of tissues for pupils and wants shops and residents to give more or host a collection point by World Kindness Day. · 2 min read Young people Norwich Teen Luke Prior, 17, Named DofE Youth Ambassador Luke Prior, 17, from Norwich is one of 28 new DofE Youth Ambassadors. He has autism and wants to speak for young people he feels are underrepresented. · 6 min read Planning Norwich Data Centre at Keswick: 19.55m High, 72 Chillers The Keswick data centre plan: 19.55m high, 257m long, 72 rooftop chillers, 36 pairs of generators. 397 objections by 29 October; decision target 1 January 2027. · 7 min read Norwich Norwich Church Towers Bombed in 1942 Get £350,000 Repairs Repairs have begun at St Bartholomew's Tower in Heigham, with Grade I St Benedict's next. The £350,000 job ends in 2027 with new history boards at both. · 3 min read
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Norwich has a tight boundary. The city council’s area stops well short of where the city actually stops, so streets that are Norwich in every practical sense sit in the districts next door and get their bins collected by somebody else. That is one of the reasons this site exists. It was due to change in April 2028, when a new Greater Norwich authority would have taken in the city along with parishes from Broadland and South Norfolk, but the government withdrew that decision on 7 September 2026 and put the whole reorganisation under review.

Until then, and after it, our job is the same. Read what the council publishes, the planning register, the licensing notices, the committee papers and the budgets, and write down what is in them plainly, with a link to the source on every fact.

Start here

  • Norwich house prices: £230,000 is the middle of the past year’s sales, and the ward tables show why that number moves so much across the city.
  • Trains to London: 1 hour 39 minutes on the fastest train, £10,716 a year on a season ticket, and every weekday departure.
  • Roadworks and travel: what is closed now, the A47 Thickthorn work, and all six park and ride sites.
  • Things to do in Norwich: the castle keep is open again, and ten more days out in the city cost nothing.
  • Planning: housing need is up 34%, land supply is 4.85 years, and Anglia Square is coming down.

The main sections

  • News: the record, from the planning register to the courts.
  • Local Info: the practical pages above, kept current.
  • What’s On: what is happening in Norwich this week.

Nothing is published here that we cannot link to a source.