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Police logged 622 crime and anti-social behaviour reports within a mile of central Wymondham in the year to August, down 20%. Shoplifting fell from 116 to 40.
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Local Info
Wymondham Roadworks This Week: A11 Nights, Station Road Shut
The A11 southbound closes overnight at Browick Road from 5 to 9 October, and Station Road stays shut at High Banks until 27 October. Rail buses run 10-11 Oct.
Health
Hethersett Surgery: £6.1m Build Waits on NHS Approval
South Norfolk Council has hired a developer for a £6.1m surgery in Hethersett. Its leader says building cannot start until the NHS board approves it.
Wymondham
Wymondham Remembrance Sunday: parade 2.30pm, 8 November
Wymondham's parade forms at the Market Cross at 2pm on 8 November, leaves 2.30pm, with an Abbey service at 3pm. Armistice silence: 11am, 11 November.
Diss
Diss panto 2026: Aladdin at the Corn Hall, from £17.95
Aladdin runs at the Corn Hall in Diss from 18 December to 3 January, 28 shows. Adults £20.50, under-16s £18.50, family £74, with The Bill's Graham Cole.
Diss
Christmas at Bressingham 2026: Santa dates, £15 adults
Bressingham's Santa Express runs on nine December days from 6 to 24 December. Adults £15, children £20 with a present, and 25% off if booked by 6 October.
Wymondham
Santa's grotto Wymondham 2026: five dates, from 28 Nov
Santa is at Wymondham Heritage Museum on 28 and 29 November, Diss Museum on 5 December, Wynterfest on 6 December and Bressingham from 6 to 24 December.
Community
Wymondham Baptist Church Opens £532,000 Canopy Extension
Roots café is back on Queen Street, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am to 2pm, in a new extension part-paid for with £250,000 of pooled developer levy.
Food hygiene
South Norfolk Food Hygiene Ratings: 65 Fives, None Below 3
73 South Norfolk food businesses rated since 1 August: 65 got five and none scored below three. The latest low is a Hingham takeaway rated 1 in July.
Business
New Wymondham Businesses: Two Pizza Firms and a Golf Loft
21 new companies registered in Wymondham in five weeks, including two pizza firms, a golf business at Ketteringham Hall and a trading card shop.
Planning
South Norfolk to Object to 7 Village Housing Site Cuts
South Norfolk Council plans to oppose its inspector's cuts to village housing sites, including Barford and Barnham Broom. Councillors discuss it on Tuesday.
Planning
Wymondham Allotments: Council Officer Objects Over Old Pit
South Norfolk's own environmental officer has objected to the replacement allotments, over a backfilled pit on the site. Comments close on 29 September.
Recycling
Morningthorpe Recycling Centre Shuts for Good 31 October
Norfolk's recycling centre survey closes at midnight on 18 October. Thirteen days later Morningthorpe shuts for good, and its own page does not say so.
South Norfolk is the district below Norwich, and its own council left it in 2023 to share a headquarters near the city. That is a fair sign of how loosely the place holds together. Wymondham is the largest town, with its abbey and its station on the Cambridge line, and after that come Diss in the south, Harleston and Loddon in the east, Long Stratton in the middle and Costessey and Hethersett on the Norwich fringe.
Wymondham News covers all of it from the record. Planning applications, licensing notices, committee papers, crime figures, sold prices. In a district of villages, that paperwork is where most of what changes gets decided, and we link to the document behind every fact we print.
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