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29/06/2023: New Changing Places Toilet opens at Banham Zoo
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21311/29-06-2023-New-Changing-Places-Toilet-opens-at-Banham-ZooA new, fully accessible Changing Places Toilet has been officially opened at Banham Zoo. This comes after Breckland Council successfully sourced £60,000 in nati...
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19/06/2023: Families needing mental health support offered innovative programme
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21195/19-06-2023-Families-needing-mental-health-support-offered-innovative-programmeAn innovative mental health support programme has been commissioned to help young people and their families in Breckland, after a successful pilot project. The ...
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20/06/2023: Council fines landlord £40k for putting tenants at risk
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21197/20-06-2023-Council-fines-landlord-40k-for-putting-tenants-at-riskA Breckland property landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £40,000 in fines after putting housing tenants at risk. Breckland Council has taken enforcement...
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13/05/23: District council's business waste service hits new milestone
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21142/13-05-23-District-council-s-business-waste-service-hits-new-milestoneBreckland Council is celebrating recruiting 250 customers to its new business waste collection service, which is helping to save local businesses hundreds and s...
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08/06/23: "Alexa, when is my next bin day?"
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21128/08-06-23-Alexa-when-is-my-next-bin-dayBreckland Council has launched a new service via the Amazon Alexa smart speaker which will enable Breckland residents to find out more about local council servi...
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01/06/2023: New opportunities heralded in a modern manufacturing town
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21118/01-06-2023-New-opportunities-heralded-in-a-modern-manufacturing-townBreckland Council, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and manufacturing businesses from across Thetford are working together to help raise awareness aro...
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20/07/2023: Council to invest more than £500k to improve leisure centres' energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21417/20-07-2023-Council-to-invest-more-than-500k-to-improve-leisure-centres-energy-efficiency-and-cut-carbon-emissionsBreckland Council members have voted unanimously to invest more than £500,000 on initiatives which will make its leisure centres in Thetford and Dereham more en...
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02/06/2023: Wildlife boost thanks to latest district council grant
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21121/02-06-2023-Wildlife-boost-thanks-to-latest-district-council-grantJust in time for World Environment Day on 5 June, new bat, bird and owl boxes have been installed in Breckland to help the species to thrive, thanks to a grant ...
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24/07/2023: Countdown begins for Thetford's Stage and Screen festival
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21424/24-07-2023-Countdown-begins-for-Thetford-s-Stage-and-Screen-festivalThe popular Thetford festival, Stage and Screen, which attracted thousands of fans from across Norfolk in 2022, is returning in August with two days of free out...
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25/07/2023: Breckland Council shortlisted for national innovation award
https://www.breckland.gov.uk/article/21425/25-07-2023-Breckland-Council-shortlisted-for-national-innovation-awardInnovative recruiting techniques and exceptional staff onboarding by Breckland Council has been recognised by the Local Government Chronicle awards panel who ha...