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Another triumphant trip into Pantoland for Thetford Players

3 people stand in front of a cloth backdrop, decorated to look like a sea floor. A teenage girl and a bearded man are dressed in black suits with green spots, headdresses, and fins. In the middle, Octavius is painted purple with purple hair, with a band of large cloth tentacles around their waist.

2025 marks fifteen years since the first ever Thetford Players pantomime, and their latest show, The Little Mermaid, has definitely lived up to the town’s high expectations! Directing trio Lynne Jeffries, Charlotte Rowan Jeffries and Nadia Graversen have led the Players to a show that had audiences in fits of laughter. “The aim of the […]

Thetford Town Council launches VE Day 80th Anniversary celebrations

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Two significant dates will be commemorated: Thursday 8th May, Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), marking Germany’s surrender to the Allies, and Friday 15th August, Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day), when Imperial Japan’s surrender brought the war to an end. Thetford […]

Thetford Town Council to launch its first ‘Pocket Park’

Terry Jermy and Nick Thompson kneel in front of a leafless tree on a sunny day

Thetford Town Council has announced the launch of Thetford’s first ‘Pocket Park’ as part of a wider initiative to tidy up and enhance community spaces across the town. The first pocket park will be located in the town centre, next to the Carnegie, and will transform the area into a sensory garden. Councillor Terry Jermy, […]

Recreating a medieval palace at Norwich Castle

Norwich Castle’s refit is taking shape, as the project enters its final few months. New internal walls have been completed, and doors and fittings have been hand-crafted by local specialists. The recreated Norman spaces on the principal floor are now structurally complete. The arches of the Victorian spine wall, inserted by Victorian architect Edward Boardman, […]

Calling for volunteers for the Devil’s Punchbowl Toad Patrol!

Two common toads, with one toad being carried on the back of the other, surrounded by grass and natural foliage in a close-up shot. The image highlights the toads' textured skin and earthy tones.

Every year in the spring, toads wake up from their hibernation and make their way to their historical breeding pools to reproduce. In Thetford Forest, near Croxton, a population of Common Toads (and other amphibians) over-winter in the Devil’s Punchbowl area and move north towards their breeding pools near Fowlmere. However, this journey involves crossing […]

Resilience at Thetford Academy

A school principal is sat with a child at a chessboard. They are in a library on purple chairs.

Beyond the School Newsletter with Michael Fordham, Principal of Thetford Academy. One of the things I have been talking to students at school about a lot these last few weeks is resilience. This idea, that we should be open to failing and nonetheless willing to keep going with something, even when it is hard, is […]

Uncovering the Brecks: History, heritage, and hidden stories revealed

The Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers Landscape Partnership (BFER) began in 2017, and has brought together a host of schemes aiming to conserve Breckland’s natural landscape. As the scheme draws to a close, here’s an overview of the Under the Surface – Discovering Heritage programme. The Hidden Heritage project explored 500,000 years of geology and […]

Gospel choir brings new style of singing to Thetford

The Gospel Soul Collective is an independent, non-audition, adult-only choir. It is open to all and not a franchise or associated with any church. Formed to practice and perform gospel & soul orientated music, including everything from African-American Spirituals to more modern pop music, all arranged in gospel, soul, jazz, reggae, and funk genres. The […]

Chit, sew and grow! Gardening notes for January

Toilet roll middles are filled with soil, and arranged on a tray. Bright green pea shoots are starting to grow from the makeshift pots.

This month’s top tips from Thetford Garden and Allotment Club’s Maggie Baldwin. Happy New Year! We can look forward to a new gardening year and prepare for the season ahead. The end of the month sees early seed potatoes appear in garden centres. There is still evidence that first and second earlies benefit from being […]

Get fit in 2025 with Tiger Fitness Thetford

Richard Taylor from Tiger Fitness shares his top tips for setting, and sticking to, your fitness goals this year. One thing I’ve learnt getting older is that the power of having something in the diary to strive for is so underrated. Many times, that ‘something’ leads to more ‘somethings’ and inevitably this will help build […]