This week Reepham & District Rotary Club is sending £600 to the Rotary Clubs in Cumbria to provide immediate assistance to people affected by the recent flooding.
 

• If you would like to help by donating, contact David Baxter, treasurer, by email or telephone 01362 637214.

A Cawston-based family firm has developed a product to make the household kettle obsolete with its new four-way tap, reports the North Norfolk News.
 
Greg Rowe of the Old Winery Business Park has designed the Omni tap that can deliver boiling water, hot water, cold and filtered drinking water through one mixer.
 
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Phillip Leeder, who has run Reepham-based Anglia Fire Assessments with his wife Dawn for the past 12 years, will be working at the British Antarctic Survey’s research station in Rothera.
 

A new road safety video was shown to students at Reepham College this week. Called Fatal Four, the video formed part of a presentation by Norfolk police which is to be shown to more than 8,000 young people in the county.
 

During the last few weeks, large portions of two red chestnut trees at the far end of Norwich Road (disused) cemetery have fallen in high winds. A third tree is still standing, but is dangerous. These are the trees that line the end boundary behind the seat. They will be removed when possible, but while the stormy weather continues please take great care in this area. The other trees in this cemetery have all been examined and certified safe.