5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (325+ words) Drought conditions are set to stay despite a wet end to the summer months, experts have warned. The Environment Agency has said it will take more than a few weeks of wet weather to end the drought, which was officially…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (422+ words) The surge in applications for solar farms across acres of Norfolk's countryside has prompted a 'solar summit' to discuss the cumulative impact of so many schemes. Parish and town councils representing areas where massive developments have been proposed are to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (818+ words) After the recent fire on Mousehold Heath, I thought it would be a good opportunity to remind readers about fire ecology. To have a wildfire, three conditions are necessary. They are: suitable fuel; dry weather; and an ignition source. Two…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (440+ words) Inspectors who hold the fate of one of the huge solar farms planned for Norfolk in their hands will resume public hearings into the scheme next month - and will be visiting the proposed site. Public hearings over proposals for the…...

3+ week, 19+ min ago   (319+ words) People in Norfolk are being invited to have their say on plans for a huge solar farm which could power 21,000 homes. EDF Power Solutions has launched a consultation over its proposals for panels at the western edge of Stoke Holy…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (48+ words) EDP24 Updates after 'sonic boom' sends loud bang over Norfolk - A loud bang has been heard across Norfolk this morning. - It left people's houses shaking in Attleborough and Old Buckenham. - Many people believe it was a sonic boom....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (321+ words) More Norfolk countryside could be covered by solar panels as plans for another array look set to be approved. Officials have recommended that councillors should approve the 72-acre scheme on land at the north eastern edge of Yelverton, six miles…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Drought conditions are expected to persist in Norfolk despite recent rainfall. The National Drought Group, including the Met Office, government, regulators, water companies, farmers, and conservation experts, is now meeting weekly to address the intensifying drought. The heightened response follows…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (613+ words) Keats called it the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in his much-loved ode To Autumn. But a far less poetic kind of seasonal change is on the way, as drought and heatwaves scorch our landscape. For the leaves are…...