Alex Dunlop
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Rare 16th Century Paraphrases of Erasmus book stolen from church (opens the original)
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The curate of a church where a 16th Century book was prised out of a glass display case has said he hoped to see the "sacred" object returned. The Reverend Dr Edmund Smith, curate of St Mary's in Chediston, near Halesworth, Suffolk, said he discovered the Paraphrases of Erasmus had been stolen when a visitor, hoping to see it, got in touch to say it was missing. Smith said the book dated back to 1548 after Henry VIII's wife Catherine Parr petitioned to have Dutch intellectual Erasmus' Latin para
Retired Hilgay butcher swaps day job for restoring garden gnomes (opens the original)
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A retired butcher has swapped his meat cleaver for a paintbrush as he turns his hand to a spot of gnome improvement. Alistair Dent opened the gnome hospital 18 months ago in his former butcher's shop in Hilgay near Downham Market, Norfolk. He now displays the ceramic figures in the refrigerated meat counters. Once donated to Dent, the gnomes are given figurine first-aid: cleaned up, restored, repainted, sealed to protect them from the weather and then resold - with proceeds going to charity. "I
Crews to remain at Holme Fen fire until September (opens the original)
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Firefighters who have been tackling a major blaze at a Cambridgeshire nature reserve since early August are due to remain on site until the middle of September. Crews have entered their 14th day of operations at Holme Fen, near Peterborough, which has burned about half of the site. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters from all over the country had been working in difficult conditions to bring the blaze under control. Assistant chief officer Stuart Smith said the fire had been
'I know how people caught up in the Suffolk wildfires feel' (opens the original)
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As wildfires burn across Suffolk, the devastation is all too familiar for villagers in Ashill, Norfolk. In July 2022, dozens of people were left homeless when a fire in a field spread to homes. Four years on, how has the community recovered and do they feel safe? When watching TV at home with her husband, Eleanor noticed the air outside was a bit cloudy. She assumed it was dust from a combine harvester working nearby. "I went upstairs to look out the bathroom window and I could see flames in the
Motorcyclists describe feeling vulnerable on Norfolk roads (opens the original)
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Figures show 34 motorcyclists have been killed on Norfolk's roads in the last five years. As a new road safety campaign is launched, what do bikers say – and what might help cut casualties? Chrissie Alexander has been a motorcyclist for seven years but has yet to ride her bike so far this year. She says she has "lost a lot of confidence" after being knocked off by a van while waiting to turn right at a junction at Acle, Norfolk. The van, she says, came from behind and hit the front wheel of her
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