A £100,000 new play area is opening on Howdale Park in Downham Market Local well-being coach, Frances Rayner, had been working with the local community and the Friends of Howdale Play Area to get ideas and funding for the site. After hearing more about what she was...
Police are hunting thieves who stole equipment worth more than £50,000 from a West Norfolk building site. It was taken from Bexwell Road in Downham Market sometime between 6pm on Monday May 9 and 6.45am the following morning. The front fence of the building was...
A brand new centre to provide medical care for new and soon-to-be mums in Downham Market is now open. The Juniper Hub will offer antenatal and postnatal care in the town meaning women and their families will not have to travel so far. The building, which is operated...
Police are asking people in the Downham Market area to check their sheds and outbuildings for missing man John Boyd. The 77-year-old was reported missing on Tuesday January 4, and was last seen on Maple Road in the town at 7.30pm that evening. Officers, drones, police...
A West Norfolk veteran is taking on an 11-day physical challenge to support veterans with mental health issues. David Rose, from Downham Market, will take on a different discipline each day despite a paralysed right arm. He served 31 years in the Royal Air Force as an...
