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East Anglia

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Population2. 492
Points of interest The Broads
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Colleges and universities University of East Anglia
Clubs and Teams Norwich City F. C.
Milton Keynes Dons F. C.
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About East Anglia


East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area included has varied but the legally defined NUTS 2 statistical unit comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, including the City of Peterborough unitary authority area.

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'
Nov 26,2023 10:41 am

... " In East Anglia we use 8% of the power that is produced in the region - most of it goes to London and the South-East - so it s really unfair to see our area trashed when there is a better way of doing things...

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'
Nov 23,2023 9:11 pm

... It was a controversy involving research from the University of East Anglia...

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests
Nov 9,2023 11:41 am

... " Our research highlights that extratropical forests are vulnerable to the combined effects of a warmer, drier climate and a heightened likelihood of ignitions by lightning strikes, " said Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia...

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'
Nov 2,2023 3:21 am

... She was joined by former England rugby international Prof Mark Bailey, who is an academic in late medieval history at the University of East Anglia in Norwich...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Roads flooded in amber rain warning

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Roads flooded in amber rain warning
Oct 25,2023 3:11 am

... It also moved it south in the South East, removing most of East Anglia from the warning area...

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre
Oct 4,2023 9:31 pm

... Michael Dobson, director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, says: " The uncovering of the actual boards really trodden by Shakespeare s troupe during their tours of East Anglia should be far more significant to archaeologists of the Elizabethan theatre than is the conjectural replica of the Globe theatre erected near the real, long-demolished Globe s foundations in central London in the 1990s...

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew
Sep 14,2023 11:31 am

... But Andrew Mayes, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of East Anglia, told the BBC the best advice for those concerned by that issue would be to opt for loose leaf tea...

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case
Sep 2,2023 2:41 am

... He had been studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire and had previously attended the University of East Anglia...

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case

Aug 24,2023 10:01 am

By Rachael McMenemyBBC News, Northamptonshire

Multiple lines of inquiry are being looked at by police in the case of a poet who went missing at a festival before a body was later discovered.

Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, from Bromley, South London , was last Saturday. A on Thursday.

Police said the case was " fast-paced and complex" with many lines of inquiry still being considered.

However, the death was not being treated as suspicious.

Mr Odubanjo was last spotted at 04:00 BST The Day before he was due to perform at Shambala in Kelmarsh, west of Kettering. He did not arrive for his set on the Sunday.

Northamptonshire Police carried out a " methodical" search of Open Land and nearby water following his disappearance.

A body was discovered in the Kelmarsh area The Following Thursday and Mr Odubanjo's family was informed. Formal identification was due to take place.

Meanwhile, tributes have been paid throughout the week to the award-winning performer, with him called a

Prior to The Discovery of a body, his godmother, Antonia Onigbode, said he was an " exceptionally gifted person" with " a bright future ahead of him" adding his disappearance was.

Det Ch Insp Johnny Campbell said: " Making a discovery of this nature is never easy for the families and friends of the Missing Person , or those involved in The Search .

" However, this remains a live investigation as we work to understand what has happened, and speculation is not helpful for either The Family or this process. "

Mr Odubanjo's pamphlet, Aunty Uncle Poems, was a winner of the Poetry Business New Poets prize in 2020. He had also been the recipient of an and a Michael Marks pamphlet award.

He had been studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire and had previously attended the University of East Anglia .

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