29-590: North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk , England. Its council is based in Cromer , and the largest town is North Walsham . The district also includes the towns of Fakenham , Holt , Sheringham , Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The district lies on the north coast of Norfolk, facing the North Sea , with much of its coastline lying within
58-569: A breakdown and Look East instead began on September 29. Look East is broadcast from BBC East's headquarters at The Forum , Norwich . Prior to 29 September 2003, the programme aired from studios in St Catherine's Close, Norwich. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on Sky Digital channel 961 "east" and channel 962 for the "west" sub-regional service from Cambridge , or Freesat channels 953 (East) and 954 (West), on
87-481: A population of 98,382 in 43,502 households. The 2021 census results found that the local authority area had the highest proportions of population over 65 in the England and Wales, at 33.5%. The district is entirely covered by 121 civil parishes . The parish councils for Cromer, Fakenham, Holt, North Walsham, Sheringham, Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take
116-410: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2004 have been: Following the 2023 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since
145-576: A two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have
174-461: A two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with a borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them
203-598: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). BBC Look East BBC Look East is a BBC regional television news service for the East of England , produced by BBC East . The first BBC television news bulletins for the East of England began at 6.05pm on 5 October 1959. These new bulletins, launched three weeks ahead of
232-554: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. In the parts of the district within The Broads, town planning is the responsibility of the Broads Authority . The district council appoints one of its councillors to sit on that authority. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since 2019. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as
261-518: The BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. The services were added to the Sky Digital platform on 29 July 2003 and were available on Freesat from launch. Some areas that are well covered by Look East receive better television signals from other transmitters in other regions on Freeview . Most of Southend and parts of Chelmsford , Luton and Stevenage receive better television signals from
290-573: The Crystal Palace transmitter which broadcast London News and viewers in King’s Lynn , Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea get better signals from the Belmont TV transmitter that broadcast Look North . However, those areas are given Look East on Channel 101 through satellite television such as Freesat as default via the towns' postcodes. In 1997, BBC Look East launched
319-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
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#1732765239282348-602: The Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . Some south-eastern parts of the district lie within The Broads . The neighbouring districts are Great Yarmouth , Breckland , Broadland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk . The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering seven former districts which were all abolished at the same time: A committee of
377-598: The Paston family in medieval times. The name was not a popular choice locally, and at the very first meeting of the shadow Pastonacres District Council elected in 1973 it was resolved to change the name to North Norfolk, which was agreed by the government in September 1973, before the new district formally came into being in 1974. North Norfolk District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Norfolk County Council . The whole district
406-508: The 18:30 programme on 30 September 2021, Stewart White announced his retirement from the BBC after 37 years as a main presenter of Look East . The West edition was broadcast from Cambridge, originally at the existing Hills Road studios for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire near the city centre and railway station, then from 2009 at the new BBC Cambridgeshire building at Cambridge Business Park near Cambridge North railway station . On 26 May 2022 it
435-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
464-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
493-556: The last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 40 councillors representing 32 wards , with each ward electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years. The council is based at the Council Offices on Holt Road in Cromer. The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1990. At the time of the 2001 census , the district had an area of 994 square kilometres (384 sq mi), with
522-403: The launch of regional ITV station Anglia Television were initially ten minutes long. The bulletin was extended to twenty minutes in September 1962 and renamed East Anglia at Six , and then a year later renamed East at Six Ten due to a change in timeslot. Another change in timeslot saw it renamed as Look East from 28 September 1964, although that evening's programme failed to go out due to
551-563: The main 27-minute edition at 18:30. A seven-minute late update is shown at 22:30, following the BBC News at Ten . BBC Look East also airs three bulletins during the weekend: two early evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday and a late night bulletin on Sundays, following the BBC News at Ten . The times of these bulletins usually vary. From 2008 until 2018, the BBC One 8pm News Summary
580-499: The outgoing councils drew up a list of possible names for the new district to be considered by the Local Government Boundary Commission . Suggested names included North Norfolk, Seafields, Pastonacres, Norfolk Coastal and Cromer. The commission chose the name Pastonacres , which had been coined by a member of Smallburgh Rural District Council in recognition of the extensive landholdings in the area of
609-426: The payment to Baker as "extraordinary". The Press also reported the total cost of so-called "golden goodbyes" for senior council staff had risen to £1.8 million. North Norfolk is served by BBC Look East and ITV News Anglia , BBC Look North and ITV News Calendar can also be received. Radio stations are served by: Local newspapers that cover the area are: The 2013 movie Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
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#1732765239282638-565: The right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues a style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
667-535: The style "town council". Almost £389,000 was given to the council's "joint head of paid services", Nick Baker, in the form of an "exit package", reported Private Eye in October 2020. This was £89,000 more than the council had spent purchasing dwellings to support homeless people in 2019/20, the Eastern Daily Press reported. The council's opposition leader, Christopher Cushing, was quoted describing
696-466: The sub-regional service, Close Up , for viewers covered by the Sandy Heath transmitting station and its relays. The opt-out allowed the two sub-regions to provide, during the main evening programme, around 10 minutes of news relevant to their area. From 2018 to 2022, there were two separate editions of BBC Look East , for the main programme and the late news bulletin on weeknights: At the end of
725-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
754-581: Was a bulletin derived from the BBC Three 60 Seconds format, delivered across all BBC regions including BBC Look East with a separate set of paired presenters. It was significant for younger audiences according to the BBC: "For 1.7 million viewers the 8pm summary was the only BBC TV News they saw in that week with nearly 600,000 in the 16-34 year old bracket." The regular 8pm presenters included Janine Machin, Claudia Liza-Armah, and Mike Cartwright, with
783-620: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
812-665: Was announced that following BBC cost-cutting measures the separate West edition of the programme would end, which it did in December 2022. The Cambridge TV studio closed, with all broadcasts from that point returning to their pre-1997 region-wide format, broadcast from the existing studios in Norwich. The Oxford edition of South Today was also scrapped. On weekdays, BBC Look East broadcasts six three-minute opt-outs during BBC Breakfast at 27 and 57 minutes past each hour. A fifteen-minute lunchtime programme follows at 13:30 before
841-467: Was filmed in the area. The World of Darkness parody web series, Hunter: The Parenting, is set in the area. 52°56′N 1°18′E / 52.933°N 1.300°E / 52.933; 1.300 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in
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