George Thompson
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The results for the Sewell ward were:
Alex Catt (G) 1580
Matt Packer (L) 1182
Helen Arundell (LD) 71
Antony Little (C) 238
That gave Mr Catt a 398 majority. The turnout was 40.7pc and 10 votes were rejected
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The controversial Norwich Western Link Road has just been dealt another blow.
@NorwichCC
's cabinet are recommended not to support the project as none of their requirements have been met.
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Norfolk has now had the longest and the shortest serving PMs in UK history. Walpole lasted almost 21 years. Liz Truss 45 days.
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Dramatic scenes at
@NorwichCC
this evening with four members quitting the Labour Party. Three were city councillors and one was a Norfolk County Councillor.
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Apparently asking a councillor for comment when they've been accused of hitting a horse is considered harassment now🤷♂️
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This could have national implications for road building
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@RobynVinter
Public transport is mental in the UK. If I wanted to get a train from south Wales to north Wales, I would first have to get a train to England. Thanks, Beeching, great work!
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And the first result of the day is in! The Liberal Democrat's Ian Spratt has come out victorious in the Mulbarton and Stoke Holy Cross by-election.
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The Green's Ben Price has retained Thorpe Hamlet:
Ben Price (G) 1450
Cavan Stewart (L) 852
Simon Jones (C) 413
Jeremy Hooke (LD)114
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Some PERSONAL NEWS:
In a couple of weeks, I'll be leaving the
@EDP24
and heading off to Wales. It's been three years since I moved back to Norfolk and It's been a blast. Very excited but also sad to leave the brilliant team here.
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Fellas, we all need to look at ourselves, challenging our behaviour and be better. This isn't acceptable.
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Bet we're the only newspaper office in the country with a banjo playing journo.
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With four members gone from Norwich City Council, Labour no longer holds a majority. Before this evening Labour held 23 seats on the city council, the Greens 13 and the Lib Dems three.
The make-up is now Labour 19, Greens 13, Independents four, and Lib Dems three.
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Martin Schmierer, the Green Party candidate, said: "We have seen some very positive results in the county council, with Green Party councillors getting elected on to the council after a four-year absence. That highlights the hard work we have done across the community."
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I spent a lot of yesterday writing about Dorothy Jewson, the first woman to be elected to Parliament from Norfolk. She sounds like an amazing woman, yet sadly forgotten.
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A
@NorwichGreens
motion aims to protect the city's trees. This follows two trees being cut down in Tomblands late last year despite almost 4,000 people signing a petition against it.
Campaigner 'delighted' that future trees could be saved from the chop
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Crome also returns a Labour councillor. Crome was the Ward the Conservatives came closest to taking a seat last year but the Labour has dramatically increased it's lead this time.
Results: Claire Kidman (L) 1360
Steve Barber (C) 828
James Killbery (G) 294
Nigel Lubbock (LD) 115
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Massive upset for Labour in Sewell, which has voted to reject incumbent Matt Packer. He will be replaced by the Green's Alex Cat. Mr Packer was a member of the cabinet so this will be a massive blow for the Labour administration.
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Actor
@stephenfry
is among the 23 prominent local figures, climate experts and politicians to have called for a rethink on the Norwich Western Link Road
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I'm at Norwich City Council's planning meeting where the only issue on the agenda is the controversial redevelopment of Anglia Square.
I’ll be providing live coverage of the discussion.
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The results were:
Ian Spratt, Liberal Democrats - 1202
Silvia Schmidtova, Conservative - 969
John Martin, Labour - 402
Tom Williamson, Green Party - 183
Andrew Pond, Reform UK - 107
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The Norwich Western Link is going to have to change. By how much? The county council won't say yet.
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Mr Spratt thanked his wife and team for their support, and offered his condolences to his opposition, saying he thought they had all run a fair campaign.
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People always talk about cut through in politics. Yesterday I watched my brother - who really isn't that interested in politics - watch the video of David Davies calling for the PM to go three times.
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Hevingham and Spixworth. LIBERAL DEMOCRAT HOLD
Dan Roper (LD) 1545
Chris Corson (C) 872
Tony Hemmingway (L) 199
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The meeting has also seen interruptions from protesters calling for the city council to support a ceasefire in Gaza. At one point business was suspended while the public chanted "ceasefire now" from the public gallery.
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Great front page
Thursday’s GUARDIAN: Parliament finally has its say: No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
#tomorrowspaperstoday
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The western telegraph has had its very first Wanksy. Obviously
@davidintherain
was the man to talk to the concerned motorist. Never has a Cardiff student sunk so low.
#cardifftrained
#wanksy
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Nelson ward has been retained by the Green's Julie Young.
Julie Young (G) 2,138
Lynda Groves (L) 1,476
David Fairbairn (LD) 132
John Fisher (C) 226
Simon Redding (I) 41
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Glenn Tingle, who was accused of making racist, sexist and homophobic social media posts has been suspended from the
#Conservative
Party
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Wow. I think Peter Aldous is the first East Anglian MP to explicitly call for Boris Johnson to go.
After a great deal of soul-searching, I have reached the conclusion that the Prime Minister should resign. (1/3)
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Just been chatting to Clive Lewis, who just found out that the Norwich Walk in centre has been saved.
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This is a crazy story. Norse, a council-owned building firm attempted to sue their planning consultant for £3.7m after development went so badly they had to knock them down and start from scratch.
#LDReporter
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Great little fact from colleague Noah here:
Mulbarton and Stoke Holy Cross is incidentally the same ward whose Conservative councillor Nigel Legg privately warned last year against the building of affordable homes, because they attracted "feral youths" who are "unlikely to vote for us"
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Can go from Portugal to Singapore on a single train but can't go from King's Lynn to Norwich without going into another county first
Travellers can now go all the way from Portugal to Singapore on the longest continuous railway journey in the world
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It's been a tumultuous day both locally and nationally for the Conservatives.
One of the biggest names to fall in Norfolk is the leader of Broadland District Council, Shaun Vincent.
Mr Vincent lost his seat to the Green's James Harvey by 76 votes.
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I'm at St Andrew's Hall where counting is well underway for the 2023 Norwich City Council local elections.
We should start seeing results from around 1pm.
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Huge news for Norfolk which has basically had zero house building for over a year because of the nutrient neutrality rules.
NEW: ministers plan to ditch water pollution rules to try and speed up house building. By
@horton_official
@kiranstacey
(and about a paragraph from me)
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In the last year, the Norwich Western Link Road project has been dealt a series of blows, from consultation delays to rising costs. I've broken some of them down here:
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In January last year, they withdrew in-principle support for the road, saying it will have significant implications for Norfolk’s carbon emissions, its environment, traffic conditions across the city and economic activity.
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When you tune into a council meeting you don't expect to hear that a councillor has been shot but that was the extraordinary news coming from Attleborough last night.
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And if anyone fancies becoming an LDR and being a thorn in the side of various councils and politicians consider applying. One of the best jobs in local journalism, in my opinion.
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I've been to a lot of planning meetings over the last few years and I've never seen one as well attended as this. By my count, there are more than 60 people here, including officers, councillors, developers and members of the public.
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A Norfolk councillor has sparked anger by claiming that declaring a climate emergency would stop people from having babies.
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@ArcadeGirl64
@CartridgeGames
Clearly you are saying the first VC game is the NES Nightmare on Elmstreet.
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The most tiring thing I see as a journalist is people commenting “is this news?” Yes. Obviously. That’s why I wrote it.
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John Fisher, the vice chairman of Broadland District Council made the comments at a meeting of the council last night. Opposition councillor
@TashHarpley
branded it "Trumpian fake news".
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Almost three hours down and everyone's off for another break. This lot has got no stamina.
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Tut tut, must be some naughty councillors out there. Warning over the tannoy for everyone to socially distance or the count will have to stop.
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Costessey LIBERAL DEMOCRAT HOLD
Sharon Blundell (LD) 1,387
John Irving (C) 1,261
Jamal Sealey (L) 730
Owen Watkins (G) 283
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Cup of tea in the sun before we get back down the news mine.
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Sadly not everyone has responded, including potential PM in waiting, Liz Truss.
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Cley is a lovely spot to hand in a resignation from. Beautiful bit of Norfolk, that.
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While a conservative hold this is a big swing from 2017 for the Lid Dems. Tory Tony Adams got 1,442 votes in 2017, LD 486 and Lab 352.
More results coming in now.
Drayton and Horford. CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Tony Adams (C) 1311
Dave Thomas (LD) 1100
Trevor Turk (L) 306
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Earlier this week I sat down with
@EdwardJDavey
leader of the Liberal Democrats, to discuss the upcoming local elections, rebuilding the party and alleged comments by the PM
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In the last election, the Tories came within 152 votes of taking Crome. This time Labour had a 532 majority.
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@NorwichCC
My apologies, I've missed Rachel Everett from the list, city councillor for Lakenham.
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Here's the full story on the mass resignation from the Labour group at Norwich City Council this evening
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Bats have forced the Norwich Western Link route to change. How much it will all end up costing? How much extra road? No answers from the county council yet (via
@DanGrimmer24
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The final result is the Eaton ward, and the only one with a Lib Dem win. Caroline Ackroyd has retained the seat.
The results were:
Caroline Ackroyd (LD) 2,069
Peter Prinsley (L) 1,310
Jane Saunders (G) 336
John Ward (C) 560
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Wondering what’s going on in Norfolk’s Labour Party? Here’s the details
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He said: “That is fantastic news. I’m chuffed. It shows that speaking up and speaking out can change things, it can affect change. I think the people of Norwich will be extremely pleased with the news. I don’t think anyone believed the changes would cater for them.
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A foolproof plan
Tuesday’s Daily STAR: “Bring Back Grange Hill To Save Britain”
#BBCPapers
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Two Brundall seats were up for grabs and it’s an upset for the Tories. Both seats have returned Green Party councillors - Jan Davis and Eleanor Laming
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@mrscasykes
@maxkittyw1
Thank you to both of you for talking to me! Good to see the government is trialling LAMP tests but no indication of when it could be rolled out is disappointing.
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I’ve listened to this again and I don’t see the issue? Like, she’s just laid out all the questions that remain. If Andrew Neil had done it I don’t think this would have been held up.
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This is literally the plot of an episode of the Simpsons.
South Yorkshire Police sent cards to suspects saying they had been selected to receive a free hamper but arrested them when they came to collect it
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Wonder what the quickest election to rebellion is
Conservatives’ newest MP (elected in the Bexley by-election only a fortnight ago) broke the Tory whip and voted against the government tonight.
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The judge described the companies' claims that Canham was to blame for the buildings needing to be demolished as "weak and speculative".
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Town Close has been retained by Labour
Cate Oliver (L) 1,968
Willem Buttinger (G) 661
Mary Chacksfield (C) 534
Carol Chilton (LD) 246
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I’m now heading over to the Norwich count for the second and final count. Apparently they’re a bit ahead of last year and results could come in from around 1pm
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This is a good point. Anyone interested in responding can do so here:
@George_Thompo
Please respond to the government consultation on remote council meetings if you haven't. The press are an essential part of open democracy, so if remote meetings help you, that's important to know.
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Ms Davis previously stood as the party's candidate for Norwich North.
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And here are the numbers.
Giles Orpen-Smellie 119994
Micheal Rosen 69552
Once again, the Conservatives will no doubt be pleased with how today has gone for them with a whopping 50,442 majority.
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Gotten to the point in the evening drinks were
@davidintherain
is googling what would happen if you tattooed a baby.
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