Plans have been submitted for more than 60 new homes on four sites around Dereham.
An outline scheme for 18 properties from one bedroom apartments to four bedroom houses has been submitted on land at South Green, Toftwood.
The plans involve removing the existing house called Toftmead and outbuildings on a one-acre site next to the Shipdham Road flyover and opposite the Scout HQ.
About 500 young footballers from across Norfolk competed in a five-a-side mini World Cup competition at Dereham's Aldiss Park ground over the weekend.
Eighty teams from under 7s to under 14s played on pitches which were all named after German World Cup stadia.
With team managers and supporters, the total number attending the two-day event was about 2000.
New Dereham mayor Ursula Cheetham has pledged to have an "open door" policy with local people, be more informal and have a common sense approach.
Mrs Cheetham, 40, has championed policies to improve facilities for parents, promote healthy living and support young people since becoming a town councillor three years ago.
And the new civic leader - who was unanimously elected by fellow councillors on Tuesday - has vowed to step her efforts during her year in office.
Celebrating their 10th anniversary and the return of the Dereham Festival after a break of more than 20 years, the Harper Brass Quintet descended on the people of Dereham.
The ensemble have an enviable skill - they play with an exacting precision and wonderfully controlled articulation that perfectly suits the music of Gabrieli and Monteverdi.
The interwoven lines of the music were well placed, the group blends well and are sensitive to each passing theme. An arrangement of Tudor music introduced the tuba as a surprisingly lyric solo instrument. A quality often missed, this was a rare treat.
He has sculpted the Iron Lady at 10 Downing Street and Norwich South MP Charles Clarke is next on his list.
But yesterday, renowned artist Neal French was back home in Dereham, producing a spitting image of one of the town's residents.
Dereham library-goers watched in amazement as Mr French carefully crafted a block of clay with his hands to resemble broadcaster Ian Davidson, 70.
People living in the Dereham area may soon be enjoying better water thanks to a £1.8m investment.
Anglian Water hopes to build a new tank on its Cemetery Road site that will blend supplies from different sources to bring all its water into line with government guidelines about nickel content.
Detailed proposals have been sent to planners to build 92 homes on the former Jentique factory site in Dereham.
National developer George Wimpey has bought the five acre site at South Green - which has become run down and a target for vandals since furniture production at the factory stopped in September 2004.
Police have been concerned about the state of the area and town mayor Phillip Duigan branded it “a festering sore.”
Outline permission was given last year to previous owner Yorkshire businessman Christopher Burnett to build 80 homes.
Norfolk marksman Mick Gault made history Down Under as he claimed his 14th Commonwealth Games medal to become the most decorated English competitor of all time.
The 51-year-old civil servant bagged silver in the 50m pistol event to leapfrog swimmer Karen Pickering's 13-medal haul and put his name at the top of the medal pile.
MARKSMAN Mick Gault became England’s all-time Commonwealth Games medal leader.
The 51-year-old from Dereham, Norfolk bagged a silver in the 50m pistol event.
The future is looking bright for the 8000-year-old story of farming in Norfolk.
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse tells a tale that stretches from nomadic tribes who settled as Norfolk's first farmers to the introduction of one of the UK's first combine harvesters at Burnham Market in 1920.
The newly renamed museum, near Dereham, had 60,000 people visiting last year, up from 40,000 in 2001. As it prepares to reopen on Sunday March 26, bosses have revealed plans to use £1.1m of European funding to open a host of attractions over the next year.