Hunstanton Town Hall, where some £55,000 is needed to fund repairs
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Councillors have agreed to spend £20,000 installing a bar and extra toilet at a seaside town hall.
Hunstanton Town Council rubber stamped a recommendation from its finance and property committee to carry out the work when it met tonight.,
A report to the town s annual meeting, held before full council, said: It is a listed building needing constant attention and has been professionally surveyed this year. The exterior has been re-painted and work in progress includes re-roofing the turret and adjacent hip roof, repairing the collapsed lath and plaster ceiling over the stairs, treatment to the main hall wooden floor, altering the bar, kitchen, toilet area layout to incorporate an extra, larger toilet, re-carpeting the hall and re-covering the stage, all costing £55,000.
Four Ellis Family Law, PLLC Attorneys Recognized by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers
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Lawyers from Durham-based Ellis Family Law, PLLC recently received multiple honors in the 2021 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyer Magazine, an annual publication by Thomson Reuters.
(l to r) Amanda Knight, Autumn Osbourne, Rebecca Poole, Gray Ellis
Every employee of our firm recognizes that it’s a privilege to represent clients in their most important legal matters. DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB) April 22, 2021 Four attorneys from Ellis Family Law, PLLC were recently recognized in the latest edition of North Carolina Super Lawyer’s magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication. Firm Founder, Gray Ellis, was honored as a Super Lawyer, an award reserved for only 5% of the State’s practicing Bar. Autumn Osbourne, Rebecca Poole, and Amanda Knight were named to the list of Rising Stars, an honor given to attorneys under 40 y
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The use of cameras emerged at an online public meeting with police chiefs in Norfolk.
Amanda Knight, who runs a website for dog owners in the area, said she was receiving emails “two or three times a week” from worried owners. Some described being approached by strangers asking if their dog was for sale, while others reported suspected thieves blowing whistles to attract dogs, she said.
Ms Knight added: “This has resulted in a tremendous amount of anxiety for these people.
“They are so worried about going out for a walk that some have even started wearing body cams.”
Norfolk Chief Constable Simon Bailey told the meeting he was a victim of dog theft in 2019. Luckily his pet was recovered.
King s Lynn residents take to social media over dog theft fears
| Updated: 10:10, 11 March 2021
Worried West Norfolk residents have taken to social media to warn dog walkers after a series of attempted dog thefts across the area.
Reffley resident John Mccowan, 66, was walking his two dogs on the cycle track between Reffley and Springwood when he believes he was targeted by dog thieves.
He said: As I was walking along by the bridge, a woman walked past me and said into her phone one white, one black . Immediately alarm bells started ringing and I put my dog back on the lead.