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West Norfolk has seen the highest rate of Covid-19 infections in the East of England with 420 cases per 100,000 of the population.

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The figures are for the King's Lynn (pictured) and West Norfolk Council area which has had 638 people infected, according to statistics released by the government.

The whole of Norfolk has had 1,913 cases of people being infected. The rate of infection is 211 across the county is 100,000 of population.

It compares to Norwich where there were 143 infections per 100,000 of the population.

In the East of England the second highest is Hertsmere where there were 359 infection per 100,000 of population.

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Railway company Greater Anglia, external is to change its reduced emergency timetable and increase train services after the government announced a slight easing of the lockdown.

From Monday, it will run an amended timetable on weekdays with a "Saturday service" number of trains.

It will see increased frequency of services on the Great Eastern Main Line from Colchester, Clacton and Southend to London and the West Anglia Main Line from Cambridge to Liverpool Street.

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Regional lines will remain as they are, but the hourly Norwich to Cambridge service will now run as a direct through service to Stansted Airport again.

The Norwich-London intercity service, will continue to run once an hour, but during peak periods will not call at Colchester or Chelmsford as it runs non-stop between Manningtree and Stratford.

Passengers at Colchester will be served by three trains per hour and at Chelmsford by four trains per hour on the Great Eastern Main Line.

Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia managing director, said: "Government advice is still to avoid public transport, so please only travel with us if your journey is absolutely essential.

"We have marked up our trains and stations to help customers to socially distance."

An expert in infectious diseases has backed government guidelines that facemasks should be worn on public transport and in shops, when social distancing is not always possible, to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Prof Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, said the evidence was still "quite murky", but safety should come first.

Prof Hunter was concerned people wearing facemasks might stop thinking about social distancing and that could make matters worse.

"But if people stick to the rules on those occasions when they can't avoid being out in public and wear them [facemasks] then that is certainly appropriate," he said.

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Norwich City Football Club is to begin refunding season ticket holders and people who've bought tickets for individual matches.

The club said about 36,000 supporters would be affected, external.

The season has been postponed, and if it does resume, matches will be behind closed doors, so no fans would be able to watch.

Cocker spaniels and cockapoos, some less than six weeks old, can be worth thousands of pounds.

However, one retailer says he is "scrabbling around" to get hold of spare parts.

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An airport boss has written to the Prime Minister to warn that the potential move to quarantine passengers returning to the UK could deal a "devastating blow" to their business.

Andrew Bell, chief executive of Regional & City Airports, called on the government to ensure it takes "appropriate safeguards around time-limiting the measures and supporting businesses affected during quarantine".

The operator runs three airports in Norwich (pictured), Bournemouth and Exeter. In a letter seen by the BBC, Mr Bell said "blanket, open-ended" restrictions could damage the airports, on which 3,000 people's jobs rely.

Before Covid 19, up to 2.4m passengers travelled through its airports every year, the chief executive said.

Mr Bell appealed for a "clear exit strategy" to be published in due time as a "protracted period of zero, or near zero passengers, is simply unsustainable".

A windmill's 200th anniversary celebrations have been postponed due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Thurne Windmill, external on The Broads in Norfolk was built in 1820 to help drain the marshes and provide farmland.

Owner Debra Nicholson and the Friends of Thurne Windmill had been organising a range of events in August to celebrate its double centenary.

Mrs Nicholson said it was sad the events had been postponed but "important that everyone stays safe".

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An airport boss has written to the Prime Minister to warn that the potential move to quarantine passengers returning to the UK could deal a "devastating blow" to their business.

Andrew Bell, chief executive of Regional & City Airports, called on the government to ensure it takes "appropriate safeguards around time-limiting the measures and supporting businesses affected during quarantine".

The operator runs three airports in Exeter, Norwich and Bournemouth. In a letter seen by the BBC, Mr Bell said "blanket, open-ended" restrictions could damage the airports, on which 3,000 people's jobs rely.

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Before Covid 19, up to 2.4m passengers travelled through its airports every year, the chief executive said.

Mr Bell appealed for a "clear exit strategy" to be published in due time as a "protracted period of zero, or near zero passengers, is simply unsustainable".

The historic mill, dating from 1820, is one of the landmarks on the skyline of the Broads.

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A group of high school pupils have created a virtual choir of 30 voices to sing the World War Two hit 'When the Lights Go On Again'.

BBC Radio Norfolk joined forces with Springwood High School in King's Lynn to record the song, which looks forward to the end of wartime blackout conditions and the end of the war.

It was put together by the school's head of music, Peter Strudwick, for the anniversary of VE Day.

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Key-workers' children, teachers and staff from a primary school have come together to make their own tribute to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday.

Photographer Chris Taylor captured this image of the playground art at Sheringham Community Primary School, Norfolk.

"The children have been involved in the art and activities during the week and most will be celebrating using our online resources in their own special way on Friday 8 May 2020", the school said.

Scientists have found a link between lower-than-average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries.

The research, led by Dr Lee Smith of Cambridgeshire and Essex-based Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Petre Cristian Ilie, lead urologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, is published in the journal Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.

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The highest average levels of vitamin D are found in northern Europe, due to the consumption of cod liver oil and vitamin D supplements, and possibly less sun avoidance than in southern Europe.

Dr Lee Smith, reader in physical activity and public health at ARU, said: "Vitamin D has been shown to protect against acute respiratory infections, and older adults, the group most deficient in vitamin D, are also the ones most seriously affected by Covid-19."

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