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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 19/10/2026

We keep asking what children need to learn next: financial education, online safety, climate change and more. All worthwhile. But Mary Jo Hill thinks there's a harder question about the curriculum that we keep avoiding.

School child with waterbottle. He is holding it in front of him and looking at it thoughtfully. He has his schoolbag on his back.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 19/10/2026

Eight tufted duck. Six coot. At a reservoir where both species once numbered in their thousands, October's count raises two obvious questions: why have they left – and where have they gone? #Birds

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/10/2026

Hanningfield Reservoir once attracted thousands of tufted duck and coot. This October's count found just eight and six. Where have the waterbirds gone – and what does their disappearance tell us about the drought? #Birds eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 17/10/2026

What happens when the media becomes part of the problem? This Wednesday, Cambridge professor Priyamvada Gopal joins Mike Galsworthy, Nafez Ahmed and Impress CEO Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana to ask what better media could look like. Bylines Network webinar. Book below 👇

Graphic advertising Bylines Network’s “Towards a better media” livestream webinar on Wednesday 21 October, 7–8.15pm. Speakers are Nafez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana, Priyamvada Gopal and Mike Galsworthy. The graphic includes a QR code and booking link.

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We rely on journalism to question those in power, reveal truths, and help us to understand the world. At its best, it protects democracy, dispels disinformation and exposes authoritarianism.
But what happens when the media becomes part of the problem? Who holds it to account, keeps it ethical, and stops it from propagating hate or harm? How can we build a better version?
Join us for a vital conversation about the media Britain needs – and what it will take to get there.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/10/2026

One boat trip. Six sights. Just 2.5 hours. From the glowing Blue Cave to island churches and Cold War submarine tunnels, Kotor Bay is spectacular – but group tours leave little time to linger. Purba Zannat has some advice about how you might plan your trip smarter.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/10/2026

That “cheap European escape” might cost more than you think. Montenegro delivers breathtaking views, but rooms at €40–€50 and restaurant prices that rival the rest of Europe challenge the budget-travel hype. Read Purba Zannat now • Find out what your money really buys.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 14/10/2026

For years Britain’s argument about Europe has largely been: what’s in it for us? Perhaps we’ve been asking the wrong question, writes Anna Damski. What could Britain bring to Europe – and what could we achieve together that we can’t achieve alone?

Andy Burnham meets Ursula von der Leyen at the UN

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 13/10/2026

Areas at risk of water scarcity. Red is really not good 👇

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 12/10/2026

If Washington can relax sanctions on Russia because fuel prices are soaring, what's to stop other governments following? Richard Murphy examines a deal whose consequences could extend far beyond diesel. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/world/t...

Portrait of Putin and Trump at the Russia–US summit at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/10/2026

In February, Reform told Suffolk County Council to “tighten its belt”. Now it's running the council and exploring a referendum that could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. What's changed?

Entrance gates to RAF Honington’s Barnham Camp in Suffolk, with the camp sign beside the gates.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/10/2026

£233 million. Gone in six hours. That's how quickly the latest farming support was allocated. Farmers need long-term certainty, writes Martin Lines. Not funding schemes that operate like ticket sales for Glastonbury.

A close-up shot of golden wheat stalks ready for harvest in the foreground, with a combine harvester blurred in the background driving through a vast field under a hazy sky.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Masked men marching under the banner of protecting “our women and children” want us to fear the stranger. But sexual violence is overwhelmingly committed by people victims already know. Perhaps the uncomfortable question is: who are women really being protected from?

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Zack Polanski has transformed the Green Party’s profile, bringing eco-populism, a broader left-wing agenda and rapidly growing membership. But what does that mean for the rural coalition the Greens spent decades building? eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026

The stranger in the asylum hotel may be frightening. But the evidence points somewhere much closer to home. 84% of rapes and sexual assaults in 2025 were committed by a partner, family member or someone known to the victim. Asylum seekers have too much to lose. Stephen McNair with some statistics

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026

A family court can decide where children live and whom they see. Yet growing numbers of parents must navigate its forms, evidence and procedures without a lawyer. How did we get here? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

A person with curly red hair sits at a kitchen table, viewing the Norfolk Family Court Information website.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 06/10/2026

From Boris Johnson and Theresa May to more recent proposals from Tony Blair, the idea that Britain should receive a bespoke European arrangement has proved remarkably persistent. Niall Ó Conghaile examines UK exceptionalism after Brexit.

EU flag with a half-open door at its centre, revealing darkness beyond.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026

Pecksniff considers Andy Burnham’s pitch for a calmer EU debate * Essex deploys security guards with no enforcement powers * Norfolk awaits a discreet bit of dobbing in.

Andy Burnham at the Labour Party conference

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Councils are closing libraries and swimming pools to pay for the ballooning costs of social care -- 53% of their budgets in 2010, now 70%. Burnham wants long term savings from changing the triple lock to help fund a different model. Stephen McNair reports.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Solar panels above crops. Solar panels above car parks. Reader Sarah Mould asks why we aren’t making more use of spaces that can serve two purposes at once.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Andy Burnham has promised to grasp some big policy issues which have frightened governments for decades. His plans for pensioners are a big gamble, but it seems that people are ready for a different approach. Stephen McNair reports.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Fast food has changed enormously since the 1980s. Wimpy has somehow moved with the times while remaining remarkably recognisable. Stuart Burrell takes a nostalgic look at a high-street survivor.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Pecksniff surveys Andy Burnham kicking over the traces * the Tory undead rise again * Richard Tice discovers the perils of forgetfulness.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026

What’s on your doorstep? That’s the UK theme for this year’s International Day of Older People. From Tai Chi in the park to digital lessons at the library, Selina looks at the possibilities that can be found close to home.

Group of older women in sparkling 1920s flapper dresses

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 01/10/2026

What if developers could build homes and not have to deal with the environmental impact site by site? Norfolk’s new system would let them pay into a Nature Restoration Fund instead. The money is meant to fix the damage at catchment scale.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Want closer ties with Europe? Don’t shout about it. “Going all guns blazing” could hand Farage exactly the ammunition he needs. Peter Thurlow argues that persuasion, timing and discipline matter more than making noise.

Composite photo of Andy Burnham in front of the EU Parliament building

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 27/09/2026

The women’s toilets at Norwich Arts Centre are about to become something else entirely. Chrissy Ralph will transform the space into an inclusive confessional – shaped by the venue’s church history and grunge-era legends. **Step inside the story - Full details from Matthew O'Conner Lomas.**

Image by Marco Yuen. A human form, wrapped in white plaster of Paris, lies on its side on a sheet of plastic that evokes water, on some grass. It's not clear whether it is a live person, wrapped, or a cast from a live person.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Pecksniff: * Burnham finally takes Russian interference seriously * Barnham takes publicity lessons from Piddington * LibDems spot an opening on Europe eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

A red, white and blue banner outside Parliament reads: “Hey Labour, we need to talk about Brexit!”, with Churchill’s statue and passers-by behind it.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Cambridgeshire Police say live facial recognition can help find wanted offenders and vulnerable people. Civil liberties campaigners have raised concerns about privacy and surveillance. We look at how it’s being used. Report by John Elworthy.

Police officers gather around a mobile command van while receiving training in facial recognition technology.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Every vote should count, writes Peter Thurlow. So why should some people’s bank balances give them rather more political clout than the rest of us?

Someone about to put their 'X' on a ballot paper

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20/09/2026

“Half way through our first year we are really pleased,” Moira says of their experimental approach. Bridget Heriz writes of weekly art meet‑ups, poetry evening, music recitals – even garden events when the weather allows. The programme grows organically. Visit the website and see what’s on offer.

South Quay Gallery showing work from Pete and Moira's own collection. A large and light room, painted white, with pictures on the walls and sculptures and artefacts displayed around the room.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 19/09/2026

The biggest constraint on solar development may not be farmland at all. It’s the electricity grid. Projects need connections with enough capacity, which is why proposals cluster around substations and transmission corridors. A perfect solar site is useless if the grid cannot take its power.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026

In Broadland, Norfolk, private rents have risen by 65% since 2015. Local Housing Allowance has risen by less than 20%. For low-income renters, the gap between rent and support is becoming impossible to ignore.

Kemi Badenoch making a point in Parliament

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 16/09/2026

“Minor and inadvertent” is the administration’s line. Section 5A exists because breaking the law is never minor. So the question is: was it inadvertent? You judge. By Councillor Martin Cook.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Collaborative research in the arts and humanities, health professions, and planetary sciences share the limelight with agricultural and biological sciences in boosting UEA’s world-leading reputation.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/09/2026

The government’s planning overhaul aims for speed, consistency and growth, writes Stephen McNair. Critics argue the real blockers also include skills shortages, politics, policy churn and capacity.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Assisted dying returns to Parliament on Friday. The Bill passed the Commons by 23 votes last year, but more than 1,100 amendments in the Lords meant it ran out of time before Peers could vote.

Demonstration outside Parliament for assisted dying

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026

The environmental footprint of meat is staggering, writes Jenny Canham. Producing 100g of beef protein generates nearly 50kg of greenhouse gases, compared to just 0.44kg from peas. The numbers speak for themselves. #CarbonFootprint

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Thousands of thatched buildings in Norfolk, including more than 100 churches, need regular maintenance. The craft needed to maintain them has no straightforward training route. Skilled thatchers have order books running years ahead. What is it like when they actually arrive?

The author's cottage, with the thatching work complete

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Denmark's secret? Welfare as social investment: free university, 97% childcare uptake, 1yr parental leave, low inequality. Result: healthier population, less pressure on NHS-style system. In 2010 UK chose austerity instead. Subhash Pokhrel reports

View across gardens to the outside of a Danish hospital - a modern, low-rise grey and white building

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 08/09/2026

10% more Britons report obesity than Danes. Denmark has lowest diabetes rate in OECD. But health isn't just about hospitals, it's also lifestyle, air quality, activity levels & social policy. Subhash Pokhrel reports.

View, looking across gardens, to the outside of a Danish hospital - a modern, low-rise grey and white building

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Can good people be led into supporting politics that cause real harm? After lunch with two devoted MAGA friends, Guy Anthony Ayres found himself thinking of Blanche DuBois: “I don’t want realism. I want magic.”

A crowd with one person in the foreground wearing a red baseball cap the wrong way around with Make America Great Again embroidered on it

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 24/08/2026

Heritage Open Days returns, offering you a chance to explore iconic buildings and spaces not always open to the public, on 11-20 Sept. Booking opens for those places with limited access on 26 Aug at www.heritageopendays.org.uk . Lots to see around our region.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 14/08/2026

Picnics, parties and champagne: East Anglia celebrated the solar eclipse in style. As 90% of the Sun disappeared at 7.11pm, communities across the region gathered to share the spectacle

Crescent sun with the moon passing over the sun

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Essex & Suffolk Water to introduce hosepipe ban, the last East Anglian water company to do so. www.eswater.co.uk/help-and-sup...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23/07/2026

A flat white, a quiet café – and a policy that could change lives. Will support for children with SEND arrive in time for the next school year? Will our fictional councillor see his bacon saved? #satire eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

Pub with Union Jack and England flags. Inset: coffee and danish

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 22/07/2026

As part of our 5 year celebration, Editor-in-Chief, Anna Damski and Senior Editor, Peter Thurlow, chatted to Julian Greenbank and Chris Davies at the Bylines Network Podcast about our origin story and the highs and lows in the years since! ⤵️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...

An image showing the 8 editors at East Anglia Bylines - 5 women, 3 men, all retired, with added balloons and streamers, and a banner that reads: "East Anglia Bylines 5th Anniversary!"

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Mr Pecksniff casts his sardonic eye over Burnham's ambitious agenda. Could Labour's whipping system finally be loosened? Reform's local election fortunes continue to wobble.

Andy Burnham in the House of Commons being sworn in as an MP

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 19/07/2026

This week's mischievous Mr Pecksniff asks whether Andy Burnham really can change the country's direction. Count Binface looms over Clacton. Ryan Coogan offers a remarkable interpretation of defeat.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/07/2026

The ever-observant Mr Pecksniff sizes up Britain's new Prime Minister. Peterborough voters hand Reform another setback. Westminster's obsession with political "hard men" comes under fire.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/07/2026

Mr Pecksniff returns with another sharply satirical diary. Burnham promises hope – but can he deliver? Farage's by-election strategy comes under the microscope. Patrick Spencer is acquitted, ending Suffolk's by-election speculation.

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