Children dressed as bees will be on Gentleman’s Walk on Saturday 12thMarch at 12 noon helping the ‘Greener Spaces’ community group andNorwich Green Party give away packets of seeds for FREE! The team willbe talking to people about gardening for wildlife and how vital it is tohelp bees and other insects by planting wildflower seeds, […]
Norwich Greens are calling on the government to extend the Bus Recovery Grant to prevent a ‘meltdown’ in services. The grant has provided support for bus operators impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in England but is due to end on 31st March. However, with passenger numbers still on average 30% lower than pre-Covid levels the […]
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Improving the efficiency of the city council’s housing stock, raising wages for some of the council’s lowest-paid workers and cleaning up areas with high rates of fly-tipping are among the changes Green Party councillors want to make to services provided by Norwich City Council over the next year. The council will meet next Tuesday evening […]
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With energy bills set to rise 50% in April, Green Party councillors are calling on Norfolk County Council to lead a county-wide programme of insulating houses to bring down energy bills and relieve fuel poverty, while also benefitting the environment. […]
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Green councillors are proposing a series of measures to help people seeking alternatives to driving private petrol or diesel cars. As Norfolk County Council sets its annual budget on Monday, the Green Group will be asking for money earmarked to be spent on the Norwich Western link road to be used, instead, on projects which […]
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Thorpe Hamlet Green Party Councillor Ben Price has worked with the city and county councils to deliver measures to deal with the additional impact of traffic along Rosary Road and nearby streets caused by the closing of Thorpe Road to vehicles entering the city outside the railway station. Councillor Price said: “Improvements to public transport, […]
Local children are being asked to design some new road signs asking drivers to switch off their engines while waiting outside schools. Green Party councillor Paul Neale has obtained funding from Norfolk County Council to install signage near the three schools in Nelson ward: Avenue Junior School, Recreation Road Infant School and Parkside School. Councillor […]
Sewell Green Party councillor Gary Champion and City Council candidate, Alex Catt have questioned Norwich North MP Chloe Smith over her stance on the Partygate scandal following her earlier statement that Boris Johnson has her full support With Boris Johnson being accused of lying to Parliament over parties held in No.10 Downing Street while the […]
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For the past six months, there has been speculation over the future of Angel Road Junior School with safety issues leading to pupils being moved from the site, both to St Clements Hill Primary School and to temporary classrooms at Angel Road Infant School. It has now come to light that Angel Road Junior School […]
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A proposal to formally honour the River Wensum and increase action to protect the plants and animals that live in or near it has been welcomed by the Norfolk Rivers Trust. In advance of the motion being proposed by Green Councillor Lucy Galvin at a meeting of Norwich City Council on Tuesday, Ursula Juta, of […]
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