earlham-road
Earlham Dell bid for £50,000
A community group who want to transform an area of woodland on Earlham Road have submitted a bid for £50,000 of lottery funding. Read More…
New police station for Earlham
Norfolk Police have unveiled what the new police station on Earlham Road will look like once completed. Contractors are due to start work on the 9 month project next month. Read More…
New police station goes before planners
Details of how Earlham Police Station will be demolished to make way for a £2 M police deployment base, will be discussed by the city council this week. Read More…
Man left unconscious on Earlham Road
Police are hunting two men who assaulted a couple as they walked along Earlham Road. Read More…
Questions over quality of car park
Resurfacing work has finally begun on large potholes outside Earlham House shops, following a three year campaign. Over seven hundred people signed a petition to improve the car park. But questions have been raised over the quality of the work.
Film company scouts locations in south Norwich
A local film company is looking for locations for their latest production. Their last film, shot in Norwich last summer, could be shown in cinemas later this year.
“Graveyard Shift… A Zomedy of Terrors” is a no-budget film made by Goblin Films Ltd. It’s shot using local actors and extras in locations around Norwich, including a late night corner shop in Earlham. Read More…
Academy attracts more pupils than The Hewett
Thousands of 11 year olds learn where they’ll go to secondary school today. In south Norwich, City of Norwich School (CNS) is oversubscribed, while applications for the city’s newest academy have almost doubled. Over 160 pupils put City Academy Norwich as their first choice, making it more popular than The Hewett School. Read More…
Earlham police station to be flattened
Earlham Police station could be bulldozed this summer, to make way for a brand new building. The new two storey deployment base on the corner of Earlham and Colman Road, would house both the police and an ambulance sub-station. The officers who are currently based at Earlham will temporarily be stationed elsewhere, while the building work goes ahead. Read More…
Earlham Road’s hidden amphitheatre
Local people have won thousands of pounds to transform an area of wooded land next to the Black Horse Pub on Earlham Road. Among the ideas – turning the dell into a performance arena.
Dragon’s Hall used to use the woodland for medieval re-enactments. With it’s naturally steep sides, the project organisers are considering turning it into an amphitheatre with seating along the banks. Read More…
More snow forecast for weekend
A severe weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for the East of England, forecasting heavy snow before midnight tonight. Drivers are being warned of icy conditions on untreated roads. Holiday-makers have been hit. Dr Nick Steel, who lives off Earlham Road, has been left stranded in Switzerland, after high winds shut Luton airport earlier today. His re-scheduled flight has also been cancelled. Speaking from Geneva, he said: “It’s chaos.. there are huge queues at the desks, no-one’s sure what’s happening, but at least Easyjet put us up in a hotel.”
