Librarians and job centre staff could be called upon to dish out health advice to overweight people and smokers in a shake-up of Norfolk County Council's health strategy.

A merger bringing the region's five clinical commissioning groups (CCG) together as one is set to go ahead.

Investigations are today continuing after 21 stowaway migrants claiming to be from Albania were taken from a cargo ship in Great Yarmouth.

A string of rail services between Norwich and the coast have been cancelled by Greater Anglia this morning as a result of train faults.

Their waterscapes provide some of the most stunning and recognisable scenes the region has to offer, with their boating and fishing bringing in millions of pounds each year.

A bitter row over pay conditions could result in scores of gritter drivers going on strike - just as the cold winter looms.

Thousands of jobs are to be lost and the holidays of even more thrown into disarray as tour company Thomas Cook has confirmed it has fallen into liquidation.

The worst fears about the future of Thomas Cook have been confirmed as the firm collapsed into compulsory liquidation.

Scores of children are expected to take to the streets tomorrow to make their voices heard over climate change fears.

Money saving tips offered by Norfolk County Council to families who have seen their financial support slashed have been slammed as "demeaning and insulting".

A move to curtail the amount of time councillors debate - which resulted in a lengthy debate and no definitive conclusion - has been described as "a complete and utter farce".

Organisers of a controversial series of music events will discover today if their latest instalment in October can go ahead.

"Please, please, please be careful on our roads and drive to arrive."

In October 2014, Mark Hawkins and his wife Victoria took their two children on the holiday many families dream of to Florida, having spent more than a year saving.

Schools have only been back a few days, the cricket season is still running on and there are still more than 100 days left to Christmas.

The leader of the Labour party has told supporters he is "utterly determined" to win Norwich North after making it a key election target.

A lifeboat crew was forced into action Friday evening, after a Broads cruiser hit troubled waters near Great Yarmouth and ended up being grounded.

Towering mobile phone masts could be on the horizon as government ministers look set to relax planning restrictions over them.

The future of several more of the county's axed children's centres is to be agreed this week, as their October closing dates edge nearer.

Norfolk is set to feel the heat this Bank Holiday Monday, with temperatures potentially soaring as high as 33C.

One of the busiest routes out of the county is set to see three months of overnight closures beginning next month.

A care worker failed to notice a man she was looking after had died - and told his wife he was sleeping.

All but three of Norfolk's libraries could be accessible without a librarian by the end of the year, as the roll-out of 'open libraries' continues.

Council bosses are facing two months of work to identify how £40m of cuts can be made - which will see its savings over the past decade soar past the £400m mark.

Broads bosses say they are powerless to remove a boat which has been left dormant in the water for the best part of a year.

An exodus of nursing staff, care home closures and beds being lost are heaping pressure on the county's care services, a report has warned.

The long and dry summer brought about a 20pc spike in the number of blazes Norfolk's firefighters were called to tackle in the past year.

A long-running saga over a footpath linking a village into the Broads has edged a step closer to ending.

A new chairman has been elected by members of the Broads Authority; though the body has been criticised for the way the vote was held.

The only museum devoted entirely to arguably Norfolk's greatest hero is set to close down at the end of the year.