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Located right in the heart of our community, Heather and Lilly’s Florist offer flowers, bouquets and arrangements for all occasions. They have recently moved into one of the units at the Wheel Of Fortune pub, so it’s worth popping by and meeting the friendly faces behind the petals!
Website FacebookWe’ve listed them on our local businesses page so if you’re in need of some flowers then look them up there.
Temporary traffic restrictions on parts of the A146 to carry out road stud replacement works in July 2025. These closures will not occur simultaneously and will allow pedestrian access while restricting vehicle movement except for permitted access.
– Scope of road closures: The affected sections include 783 meters southeast from Bramerton Lane junction, 1000 meters southeast from Slade Lane junction, and the stretch from Yarmouth Roundabout to Mundham Road Roundabout on the A146 Loddon Road. Closures are expected from 20:00 on 22nd July to 06:00 on 23rd July 2025, but may extend up to 3rd September 2025 if necessary.
– Alternative routes and access: An alternative route is provided via several connecting roads including the A146 Beccles Road, Loddon Bypass, and others through surrounding villages. Vehicular access to final destinations on the closed roads will be allowed where appropriately signed.
From the official notice:
…affecting the A146 Loddon Road from 50m southeast of its junction with U78040 Bramerton Lane for 783m south eastwards (“Road A”) and A146 Loddon Road from its junction with C374 Slade Lane for 1000m south eastwards (“Road B”) and A146 Loddon Road from its junction with B1136 Yarmouth Roundabout to its junction with C203 Mundham Road Roundabout (“Road C”) in the Parish of Loddon to facilitate road stud replacement works, the Roads A-C will be temporarily closed/restricted (except for pedestrian access) for the duration of the works/period the closure is necessary which is anticipated to be between 20:00 on 22nd July and 06:00 on 23rd July 2025, but may continue to be closed/restricted until the 3rd September 2025 where the closure/restriction is still required beyond the anticipated dates.
A 300m section of Yelverton Road in Framingham Earl will be closed from July 23 to 28, 2025, to facilitate CityFibre Metro Networks’ fiber installation works.
From the official notice: …affecting the U76369 Yelverton Road from its junction with St Andrews Close for 300m eastwards (the “Road”) in the Parish of Framingham Earl to facilitate CityFibre Metro Networks new fibre network installation works for BDUK…
Have you ever been to the Caistor Roman Town near Stoke Holy Cross? The Norfolk Archaeological Trust are currently undertaking some research to better understand the visitors to the site, and to find out what improvements visitors would most like to see.
Please fill in the survey if you have time! It took 5 minutes to complete when I just had a go.
Their message is below:
We need your help!
Do you visit us?
If so, we’d love to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our survey – your feedback will help shape the future of the site and make it even better for everyone.
https://tinyurl.com/5d4we2vb
The survey will remain open until 1st September 2025.
And please share with friends and family too – the more responses we get, the more we can improve!
Thank you so much for your support!
Many thanks,
Natalie Butler BA (Hons), MA
Director, Norfolk Archaeological Trust
http://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/
Registered Charity No: 274604
Norfolk county council has sent their regular report to our Parish Council, and they’ve passed it over to be published here on the website. It’s worth a scan to see all the stuff that’s been going on.
Kay Mason-Billig our councillor is happy to answer any questions if residents have any, and also available to assist with their county issues, and her contact details are kay.masonbillig.cllr@norfolk.gov.uk
July is often one of the hottest months of the year and usually a great time to sit out and enjoy your garden! Here’s some gardening ideas for this month while the sun’s shining.
Fragrance is essential in a summer garden so if you can, try to dedicate a space to growing richly scented plants, either in the ground or in pots or containers.
• Buddleia – has a gorgeous honey fragrance. It’s also called the butterfly bush as all pollinators love it – especially butterflies, bees and hummingbird moths.
• Star jasmine – a very reliable and richly-scented, profuse flowering, evergreen climber. Best grown in full sun with some shelter from the wind.
• Tobacco plants – All tobacco plants (nicotianas) have a powerful evening scent,
• Abelia – pretty shrubs producing scented, trumpet-shaped flowers from midsummer and into autumn. Plant in full sun and shelter from cold winds.
Other plants flowering in July include Delphiniums, Agapanthus, Lavender, various Clematis, Dahlias, Sweetpeas, Day Lilies, Honeysuckle and Roses.
• Support tall perennials such as lupins, delphiniums and gladioli.
• Liquid feed containerised plants and keep well-watered in dry spells.
• Feed late-flowering border perennials with a liquid quick-acting fertiliser.
• Start collecting seed from plants you want to grow next year, especially annuals such as Calendula, poppies and love-in-a-mist.
• Inspect lilies for the scarlet lily beetle whose larvae can strip plants in days. Pick off any you spot by hand.
• Watch out for aphids (greenfly and blackfly) on stems and leaves of young shoots.
• Sudden collapse of apparently healthy clematis, especially the large-flowered cultivars, could indicate clematis wilt. Cut out the wilted growth – new shoots should grow from ground level.
• Look out for and treat black spot on roses. Remove and destroy affected leaves to try to reduce disease next season.
• Autumn-flowering bulbs, such as autumn crocuses, Amaryllis and Nerines, can be planted now.
• When Delpinium, Foxglove and Verbascum flowerspikes have faded, cut back to just below the seadheads as the small buds lower down the spike often produce a second flush of flowers.
• Cutting back plants in baskets followed by feeding can encourage new growth and help revive tired displays.
• Keep deadheading Roses, annuals and perennials flower borders regularly to prolong flowering.
• Divide clumps of bearded iris.
• In dry weather a silvery white coating may appear on the leaves of plants such as clematis, roses and Lonicera, caused by the fungus powdery mildew. Although it’s unsightly, it’s not usually harmful to the plant.
• Some flowering perennials, like Nepeta, Alchemilla Mollis, Hardy Geraniums can be cut back and fed now, so they produce fresh green growth to liven up the border and will often produce a second flush of flowers.
• Pick peas and beans whilst they are young. This will encourage the plant to keep flowering and setting more seed.
• Broad beans are very prone to black fly and to prevent this, keep pinching out the tips to stop the black fly setting on the new growth, this also stops the plant growth and encourages more flowers and bean production.
• In July you can raise new strawberry plants from the runners. Peg the runner into the ground, water well and leave for a few weeks until well rooted. Cut off excess runners.
• Depending on the weather, once they have flowered, salad potatoes and earlies should be ready to harvest in July.
• Water tomatoes regularly and try not to let them dry out. Nip out all side shoots, and cut off excess leaves to allow light into the centre of the plant. Once the plant has set 3/4 flower trusses, pinch out the growing point to stop the plant growing taller. Support plants well and secure with soft ties.
Here’s a map of the plans for the East Pye Solar Farm project, for which there’s a consultation open at the moment. It covers a wide area, and the nearest part to us is just southwest of Brooke. There is information here on in-person events and how to give feedback.
Some information is given below from their communications, and you can download a map and information leaflet at the bottom:
The information events will be an opportunity for the community and keys stakeholders to view our updated proposals and provide their feedback. Our in-person events will be ‘drop-in’ style events, where you can visit at any time in the advertised window.
We are keen to hear views on our proposals and are inviting feedback. You can provide feedback via our online feedback form, by completing a hard copy feedback form, or by writing to us via email or our freepost address. All comments we receive will be considered by the team as we work to refine our proposals ahead of submitting a Development Consent Order application later this year.
Wednesday 2 July 2025, 14:30 – 19:30 – Aslacton and Great Moulton Coronation Hall, Carr Lane, Great Moulton, Norwich, NR15 2LA
Thursday 3 July 2025, 14:30 – 19:30 – Saxlingham Nethergate Village Hall, Steward Close, Saxlingham Nethergate, Norwich, NR15 AJ
Thursday 10 July 2025, 14:00 – 19:00 – Long Stratton Village Hall, Ipswich Road, Long Stratton, Norwich, NR15 2TA
Friday 11 July 2025, 14:30 – 19:30 – Brooke Village Hall, Norwich Road, Brooke, Norwich, NR15 1AB
Saturday 12 July 2025, 11:00 – 15:00 – Hempnall Village Hall, Bungay Road, Hempnall, Norwich, NR15 2NG
Tuesday 15 July 2025, 14:30 – 19:30 – Seething and Mundham Village Hall, Wheelers Lane, Seething, Norwich, NR15 1EJ
Monday 21 July 2025, 18:30 – 20:00 – Community Webinar, via Zoom (details of how to register to attend the webinar can be found on our website: http://www.eastpyesolar.co.uk)
Have you heard Alpington is going to have a community shop at the Wheel of Fortune public house?
Barry, the landlord has transformed a garage into a shop space and will lease this to the community.
The shop will be run by volunteers and will be a Community Benefit Society (CBS} and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCS). We are currently receiving sponsorship mentoring from the Plunkett Foundation.
A CBS is a not- for- profit society managed by the community for the benefit of the community. Any money made over and above that is needed for trading, will be distributed to community projects, voted on by the membership.
Are you or would you like to become involved?
Several people have already expressed an interest. Currently we have a steering group who have started gathering information on polices, opening bank accounts, all of which need to be put in place before we can open. This all takes time but we are keen to start looking at the shop itself and what stock it will hold and when it will be open.
We will need approximately £1000 to be able open the shop so fundraising will be an important part of the next steps.
On Wednesday 30 July 2-6 pm at the pub we are holding an information afternoon. Please come to learn more and make suggestions of what is needed in the shop. Spread the word and invite friends and neighbours who may want to be involved and perhaps have relevant skills that can be used.
A public engagement survey is now live regarding the local government reorganisation proposal that you might have seen in the news. You can find a link here to be able to give your views.
It was sent out to our Parish Council from the “Strategic Advisor & Deputy Monitoring Officer” of the South Norfolk and Broadland Council.
Here’s some text from the survey website, and a link to the survey at the bottom:
The Government has set out its ambition to
reorganise all two-tier local government areas in
England.
At the moment, councils in Norfolk operate under a
two-tier system. This means responsibilities are
split between district, borough, city, and county
councils.
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) would
replace the current councils in Norfolk with new
unitary councils – single organisations responsible
for all local services in an area. The aim is to
simplify the system and improve how services are
run.
The survey is your chance to share your views on the proposed changes. Your feedback will help us make
decisions that work for our communities.
You can find a link to the survey here: Your Voice, Your Future
Norfolk county council has sent their regular report to our Parish Council, and they’ve passed it over to be published here on the website. It’s worth a scan to see all the stuff that’s been going on.
Alpington and Yelverton 