ROCK star Pete Doherty was today fined £500 and given a 12-month driving ban at Lowestoft Magistrates' Court for allowing the use of a car without insurance.

11 March 2010 11:15

PEOPLE suffering from ME across Norfolk and Suffolk face a further wait for new services, after health bosses missed their own deadline to bring in a specialist consultant.

11 March 2010 11:00

DOG owners who do not clear up after their pets are being targeted in a new campaign to crack down on dog fouling offences. Waveney District Council will work with Lowestoft police to tackle the issue and pet owners who do not bag up and bin dog mess could face a £1,000 fine if taken to court.

11 March 2010 10:30

SINCE the East Anglian Air Ambulance was first launched, its crews have been on about 10,000 rescue missions, helping thousands of people when they need it most by providing specialist care at the scenes of emergencies and getting patients to hospital fast.

11 March 2010 10:30

RAIL bosses have called for driving theory tests to be changed in an attempt to reduce the number of collisions and deaths on level crossings. New figures have shown that there were 393 reported incidents of unsafe driving on East Anglia's rail lines in 2009, including motorists running red lights and dodging barriers at crossings.

11 March 2010 09:41

THREE housing developments in south Norfolk, Waveney, and Forest Heath have been boosted by a government scheme to kickstart affordable homes projects.

11 March 2010 09:38

FOR nearly 180 years, Pakefield's tiny lighthouse has been standing strong on the sandy cliff south of Lowestoft. But now after decades of exposure to salty water and bracing North Sea winds, the coastwatch volunteers who care for the unique structure face a fight against time to raise money for urgent repairs.

10 March 2010 16:04

A STRETCH of the A12 has just been reopened to traffic following a fatal collision earlier today (Wednesday). A man died at the scene of the single vehicle crash near Blythburgh after the car he was in left the road and entered a field.

10 March 2010 15:45

PEOPLE in Great Yarmouth and Waveney will receive treatment within set time periods following the addition of new legal rights for patients within the NHS Constitution.

10 March 2010 13:03

A MAN has died after a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A12. The emergency services, incluiding the air ambulance, are currently at the scene of the collision at the A12 in Thorington, near Blythburgh, which happened this lunchtime (Wednesday).

10 March 2010 09:05

BRIT award-winner Florence and The Machine is among the headliners at this year's Latitude Festival, it has been announced. The pop and indie songtress will play the Obelisk Arena on the Friday night when the event returns to the Henham Park Estate, Southwold, for a fifth year, from July 15-18.

10 March 2010 08:57

NEARLY 80 communities in Suffolk have lost their post offices in the past eight years, latest figures have revealed. Rural campaigners say the loss of local branches has come as a major blow to many villages, with a quarter of Suffolk's post offices having closed in under a decade.

10 March 2010 07:00

Two Norfolk women are proud to be an inspiration to others on No Smoking Day - both having successfully kicked the habit after more than 50 years. Joan Plummer, 67, of The Staithe, Belton, near Great Yarmouth, began smoking at nine when her mother gave her a cigarette to calm her nerves when she had her ears pierced.