A town centre market day drama in Dereham ended today after Army bomb disposal experts discovered that rusty objects found near a bowls green were wartime RAF fire extinguishers.
Dozens of staff were evacuated from their town centre offices in Dereham and told to go home after five canisters - initially possibly thought to be unexploded bombs - were found at St Nicholas Bowls Club at about 12pm.
Two bowls club members made the discovery while they were laying paving slabs.
Police were unable to say what the cylinders were and set up a 200 metre cordon around the site as a precaution.
He's proved himself the nation's best yet again.
But despite being crowned British air pistol open champion for the 13th time in 16 years, Dereham's Mick Gault looks almost certain to miss out on representing Britain at the 2008 Olympics.
And England's most decorated Commonwealth medallist in any sport will only be in line to compete in London 2012 if new shooters don't come through the ranks.
Mr Gault, 52, was on Tuesday celebrating a clean sweep of wins at the British Championships at Bisley over the weekend and described his latest feat as “pretty cool.”
Supermarket giant Tesco on Wednesday unveiled multi-million pound expansion plans for its Dereham store which would create 100 new jobs and see a wind turbine built on the site.
If the scheme is approved by planners, it would make Dereham one of the biggest Tesco shops in the region and see its sales floor space expand from about 50,000 sq ft to around 70,000 sq ft.
It's the EDP but not as you know it - brimming with adverts for quack medicines and silk gloves and stories of drivers caught speeding at 12mph. The pages crackle to the touch and are coated with a fine layer of grit.
But the EDP from 11 April 1894 is in remarkable condition - particularly as it has spent more than 100 years under a floorboard in a Dereham shop.
Philip Morter, director of family-run electrical store Bennetts (Dereham) Ltd, uncovered the yellowed sheets of the EDP and the Lowestoft Weekly News tucked away in storage buildings at the back of the store in Norwich Street.
The Norfolk man who last month took on British Airways over their uniform policy has this month set himself the modest task of saving Christmas.
Marcus Stafford , 41, of Dillington near Dereham is a web designer and no stranger to harnessing his computer skills for political ends.
Marcus received a rapturous reception to his boycott British Airways website - which he set up in support of the check-in worker who was asked to remove a small cross pendant by the company.
His most recent venture is bringbackchristmas.co.uk - a site dedicated to the different ways traditional Christmas is being sidelined in favour of more commercially viable, politically correct alternatives.
Dereham's record breaking shooter Mick Gault has already put the town on the world map after his amazing exploits.
And the man who has won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other competitor will be formally starting the Christmas celebrations as he switches on the festive illuminations.
The Dereham Christmas Lights Partnership is organising the traditional switch-on event on Sunday, November 26 and is keen to involve a range of local people.
A baker from Dereham has walked off with the top award at the Bakers Oven National Instore Baker of the Year competition for the second year running.
Richard Haydon, who has worked for Bakers Oven's Midlands division for six years and is a relief baker covering the company's stores in Norfolk and Suffolk, won the Savoury Innovation award and three of the individual categories (large bloomer, small split tin and jam doughnut), as well as being the overall first prize winner in the competition.
Dereham Post Office has been voted as one of the best in the South East and is in the running to be named the number one in the UK.
Customers at the post office voted it the best directly managed post office in the South East in the 2006 Best Post Office Awards.
The branch, which is managed by Fred Leggett, with a nine-strong team of counter staff, was applauded for its positive customer comments and short waiting times.
Dereham pupil David Reynolds is launching his new online comic with a bash at a Norwich pub on Wednesday 19th July at 8pm.
Dereham Market is to return to its traditional home in the town centre for a trial period.
The Friday market will be held in the Market Place for three weeks from Monday July 24 while Cowper Road car park is closed for resurfacing.