Here are the 10 most recent news articles. For older news articles please see the archive.
Posted
Things have changed at Denton Parish Council.
After last week's Annual Parish Meeting, the Parish Council had their Annual Meeting and the first item was to elect the Officers for the coming year. They duly elected Melissa Bunn to take over from Terry Hanner as Chair and Chrissie Kerr to replace Ken Ashton as Vice Chair.
Special thanks must be recorded to Terry who has chaired the Council with distinction since 2019.
Posted
This year's Annual Parish Meeting, held on May 12th, was well attended, with over 30 local residents at the Village Hall.
The Agenda followed the normal pattern with reports from the Chairman of the Parish Council, Terry Hanner, and from a long list of Village Clubs etc.
The Chairman's report covered some of the main issues that had come before the PC during the year. These included the proposals for a shop in Darrow Green Road, objections to the East Pye Solar Farm and damage to the Village Sign.
Reports were then delivered by representatives of: DVC, the Art Group, the Church and Chapel, the WI, the Thursday Coffee Club, the Parish Magazine, the Bowls Club, the Gardening Club and the Village Hall.
The final item on the Agenda was an opportunity for Public Participation and several topics were raised. Liz Cargill explained the new project to record the village’s Wildlife. John Chapman raised his concerns regarding the increasing problems caused by rats. Helen Sida-Page explained the ambitious plans for replacing the Fort in the Children’s Play Area, plans were on view.
At the close of the meeting a glass of wine was enjoyed by all attendees, but the members of the Council then had to attend their normal bi-monthly meeting.
Posted
Denton Village Hall is one of 16 Polling Stations covering the Waveney Valley County Council Division. On Thursday no less than 58% of the people entitled to vote there turned up to complete their ballot papers. This was higher than any other Polling Station in the Division. The average turn-out across the Division was 47%.
The winner of the election in Waveney Valley was the Reform UK candidate, George Boyd, who is believed to live in Chedgrave.
Posted
An ambitious scheme has been launched to record significant sightings of local wildlife in Denton.
Based on a Toolkit developed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, it calls on residents to report such incidents which will be logged to build up a picture of how our fauna and flora are changing. Further information is provided in the May edition of the Parish News.
You are requested to supply details of: What was seen, When you saw it, Where it was seen, and Who saw it. Details of each sighting should be sent to natureindenton@gmail.com. If possible, a photo should be included.
The co-ordinator of the scheme is Liz Cargill: 07904 808546 assisted by Sara Richards: 07971 872254.
Posted
A team made up of eight members of the Denton Variety Club worked very well together to win the Spring Quiz held at Alburgh Village Hall on Saturday. Twelve teams took part.
Contested over nine rounds with a maximum score of 200 points, the “Pantolinks” achieved a score of 191. Apart from the glory they were each presented with a nice box of chocolates.
Posted
At long last, the Government has announced details of its decision regarding Local Government Reorganisation in Norfolk.
Three options had been proposed for splitting the County into one, two, or three Unitary Authorities to replace the current County and District Councils. The Government has gone for three UAs, with parts of South Norfolk going into each of the three.
Denton has been allocated to the East Norfolk UA. As well as the bulk of South Norfolk, this will cover Great Yarmouth, most of Broadland and the whole of the North Norfolk District, which includes Cromer.
Elections to the new Councils will be held, on a caretaker basis, in May next year and they will take over from the current Councils in May 2028.
Posted
Denton has really hit the headlines with coverage of the Village Shop decision, already reported below, in today's EDP.
First a mention, with a picture of Karen and Paul, at the top of Page 1. Then a long article across two pages, 8 and 9, with four pictures. including a lovely one of Terry and Kath, and a picture of the old shop at Chapel Corner. This is the same picture that appears on the Village Website. It can be seen Here.
This follows a visit by EDP staff to last Thursday's meeting of the Coffee Club.
Posted
Planning Reversal. Guidance from the Planning Officers at South Norfolk Council has been rejected by members of the Council's Planning Committee.
At a meeting held on March 11th Councillors ignored the views of the officers and voted, unanimously, in favour of permission for their new shop in Darrow Green Road. Paul and Karen Wilby, the applicants, spoke in favour of the scheme and Committee members responded.
Posted
No, not the Ninjas from the recent DVC production, but the Annual Denton Table Tennis Tournament held at the Village Hall on Friday, and, as usual, brilliantly organised by Steve and Annie Whiteman.
There were some welcome ‘firsts’, some new faces, a new table - don’t worry Terry’s 1950’s table still stands - and the debut of a card reader behind the bar! A real break-through.
But when it came to the competitive part of the evening, old rivalries took centre stage as four previous winners battled in one of the closest ladies’ contests seen for years, with Janet Howman, Andrea Fitzgerald and Doris Lambert narrowly beaten by Mia McDonald in a series of high scoring games. Gary McDonald made sure the silverware stays in the same house when he beat Blake in the men’s final after each of them had finished top of their respective group.
A good time was had by all and a vote of thanks to Peter Grant who helped assemble the new table. With the lighter evenings, hopefully the outside table - with bats and balls provided within its structure - will be used more frequently; there is a top-up supply of balls behind the bar if needed.
Posted
This year’s DVC production was Aladdin, performed on the 19th, 20th and 21st February to packed houses in the Village Hall.
Brilliantly adapted from the original Panto story by Chris and Caroline Hutton, with the former directing as well, the show was much enjoyed by all, the cast and back-stage crew as well as the audience.
Special recognition must go to the many people who contributed behind the scenes and made such a difference; the Art Group members who painted the scenery, the team that ran the lighting and special effects. The musicians, led as usual by Sue Altarelli, did a great job.
At the last moment, one of the players with a leading part, Caroline Guthrie – Jasmine, was unfortunately taken ill, but Beth Barrett stepped in brilliantly. Of course, playing opposite her husband must have helped.
The Programme, with details of everybody involved, and a Review by “OldStager” can be seen on the Website.