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The Duke of Edinburgh, who has died aged 99, spent much of his life in the East of England and has many links with the region.
He spent many years on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and visited various establishments in his capacity as a royal.
Prince Philip was a chancellor at the University of Cambridge for 35 years and a regular visitor to the annual Royal Norfolk Show.
He also officially opened many new buildings - once referring to himself as the world s most experienced plaque unveiler .
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Stephen Crocker, Norwich Theatre Royal chief executive.
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Almost £2.5m in grants will be paid to arts, film and heritage groups across Norwich, the government has confirmed.
Thousands of organisations across the UK will receive cash from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport s (DCMS) Culture Recovery Fund to help them survive and recover from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
This includes 43 groups in Norfolk and six more in Waveney, totalling £4,750,008 in grants. Half of that (£2,306,363) will go to groups in the city.
In addition, Norwich Theatre Royal is one of 23 organisations across the country to receive repayable finance from the government, in the form of a £2.5m loan.
It will get £474,900, along with another £100k specifically for Norfolk Showground Ltd, which manages the events venue to the west of Norwich.
RNAA managing director Mark Nicholas said the funding would secure its future and culminate in the return of the Royal Norfolk Show in 2022.
He said: The last 18 months have been extremely challenging for organisations such as ourselves and this grant will enable the RNAA and Norfolk Showground Ltd to power forward in the months ahead as we welcome visitors to Norfolk Showground. This funding will help us invest in the Showground site, deliver the roll-out of summer and autumn cultural programme and enhance our systems and process to improve our resilience in dealing with changes as a consequence of the pandemic.
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The small angling boat, which was stranded with electrical failure, was towed in by Lowestoft Lifeboat. Picture: Philip Holdsworth/RNLI
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A lone fisherman in difficulty at sea prompted a lifeboat call-out.
The volunteer crew of the Lowestoft RNLI Lifeboat was called out in misty conditions to aid an angling boat in difficulty off the coast.
The crew of ‘Patsy Knight’ responded at 4.06pm on Wednesday, March 31 to assist the lone fisherman on a small angling boat, which was stranded with electrical failure.
Having been alerted following reports that the boat had suffered an electrical problem, lifeboat coxswain John Fox said: “We soon reached the 20ft angling boat, which was stranded a mile-and-a-half off the coast of Kessingland.
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