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- Broads Authority issues autumn and winter safety reminder
- Broads Briefing - September 2020
- Statement regarding fatal incident on the River Bure
- Lowestoft railway station unveils new mural
- Mighty Kett’s Oak given a health boost thanks to tree experts and nature’s medicine
- Statement regarding incident at Great Yarmouth Yacht Station
- Regeneration of Stalham Staithe complete and new mooring open
- Broads Briefing - August 2020
- Broads Authority Rangers celebrated this World Ranger Day
- Broads Authority bids farewell to Officer Sandra Beckett after 40 years of service
- Broads Briefing - July 2020
- Every reptile counts in the Broads
- Broads Briefing - June 2020
- Broads Briefing - May 2020
- Authority welcomes safe return to the water
- Public encouraged to observe wildlife during lockdown
- Broads Briefing - April 2020
- Broads Briefing - March 2020
- Coronavirus and the Broads
- Discover dark sky magic on How Hill night walk
- Concert features young musicians’ Broads inspired compositions
- Broads Briefing - February 2020
- Sealed-bid auction of outboard engine
- Defra visit helps to inform post-Brexit farming payment design
- Successful prosecution of speeding boater
- Broads Briefing - January 2020
- Amphibious machine creates new wetland habitat for rare bitterns
- Broads Briefing - December 2019
- Six artists to showcase ‘Woven Waters’ art at Norwich Cathedral exhibition
- Gunpowder and gorges in the Brecon Beacons
- Broads Briefing - November 2019
- 2020 tolls changes approved by Broads Authority
- Quay Assistant takes to the water with Lakes Rangers
- Broads Authority and City College partnership win national heritage construction award
- Broads Briefing - October 2019
- Scheme to restore iconic mills welcomes first new apprentices
- Statement on the future management of Whitlingham Country Park
- Prescribing nature and the creative arts to improve wellbeing
- New Ranger Experience ticks all the boxes
- Scheme to nurture talent welcomes new apprentices on board
- Broads Briefing - September 2019
- Acle Bridge Feasibility Study
- Paddle through the Broads National Park’s hidden backwaters
- Last chance to enter the National Parks Volunteer Awards
- Natural killer of Himalayan Balsam offers hope for tackling troublesome invader
- Broads Briefing - August 2019
- Exhibition by local artist to showcase the lives of people living in the Broads
- Broads Briefing - July 2019
- Charcoal burner ‘Betty’ gets eco-friendly BBQs sizzling
- New Chairman and Vice-Chairman elected for the Broads Authority
- Go Totally Broads with the family and celebrate Norfolk Day
- Volunteer members required to join Broads Local Access Forum
- New heritage roles help to grow Broads Authority’s apprentice intake
- Broads Briefing - June 2019
- Bringing the Broads National Park to the Royal Norfolk Show
- National Park partnership with Clif Bar sees benefits in Broads National Park
- Broads hosts first-ever National Parks apprentice exchange
- Broads Briefing - May 2019
- First ever Restaurant Week celebrates fine food and drink in the Broads National Park
- A Taste of the Wild: Family Wild Food Forage Walk
- Broads Authority and Norwich FarmShare pioneer reed compost
- Local Plan for the Broads adopted
- First prize at the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club Awards
- Broads Authority seeks to appoint new Secretary of State Members
- Go wild at Barton Turf Adventure Centre
- Broads Briefing - April 2019
- Pedalling the National Parks
- Visit us at the Norfolk Festival of Nature
- The Broads Authority supports students to become ‘citizen scientists’
- Broads Authority selects 6 contemporary artists to inspire a love of the landscape
- Discover National Parks Fortnight kicks off this weekend
- Still Waters - 30 years of the Broads Authority
- Broads Briefing - March 2019
- Go on a Dark Sky Adventure at How Hill
- England's National Parks receive ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award
- Broads Authority dredges the River Waveney
- Celebrating Peatlands
- Broads Briefing - February 2019
- Broads Authority takes steps to secure the future of rare bat species
- Broads Authority seeks volunteers to inspire enthusiasm at events
- Broads Briefing - January 2019
- Photo competition to celebrate 70th anniversary of National Parks
- Sealed-bid auction of ten used modular Linkflote pontoons
- Broads Briefing - December 2018
- Christmas Family Fun at Whitlingham
- Winners of Broads National Park Photography Competition announced
- Tolls increase funds navigation improvements on the Broads
- Broads Briefing - November 2018
- Opportunity to rent a wildlife camera this winter
- The future of heritage mills looks positive as construction students join restoration effort
- Broads Authority Oil Spill Training
- Broads National Park art at Norwich Train Station
- Unique workshop offered to Broads National Park businesses to attract international visitors
- Hickling Broad restoration project begins
- New tree shears make light work of overhanging vegetation
- Deadline for Navigation Committee applications approaching
- Foray into the fascinating world of fungi at Whitlingham Country Park
- Broads Authority to exhibit at Norwich Science Festival
- Broads Briefing - October 2018
- Broads Authority statement on Navigation Committee
- Broads Authority backs the Big Dipper campaign
- Broads Authority welcomes new apprentices
- Norfolk & Suffolk Waterways user views sought
- Broads Briefing - August 2018
- Broads Authority is looking for volunteers for Whitlingham Country Park
- Broads Authority seeks seasonal volunteers
- Broads Authority seeks landowners to take part in new business initiative
- 2018 National Park Volunteer Awards now open
- Broads Briefing - July 2018
- Winning Design selected for Broads National Park Visitor and Education Centre
- Sealed-bid auction of Motor Cruiser 168D
- Broads National Park artwork unveiled at Great Yarmouth Train Station
- The Waveney River Swim 2018
- Discovering the Hidden Heritage of the Broads
- The Broads Village is back at the Royal Norfolk Show for 2018
- A Taste of the Wild: Family Wild Food Forage Walk
- Broads Briefing - May 2018
- A Grand for a Grand Idea
- Broads Authority issues safety reminder after CO incident
- Broads Authority celebrates record breaking year for dredging
- Broads Briefing - June 2018
- Successful prosecutions for speeding boats
- Official launch of the Water, Mills and Marshes projects
- Broads National Park shortlisted in the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards for National Park of the Year
- Broads Briefing - January 2018
- Volunteers trained in the art of willow weaving
- Stick Man Heralds the Spring
- Broads National Park artwork unveiled at Norwich Airport
- Broads Authority receives new uniform from Columbia Sportswear
- Broads Briefing - February 2018
- Winter Nightwalk Adventure
- Broads Authority to give public the chance to take part in their very own ‘Wild Watch’
- Broads Briefing - March 2018
- Broads National Park photography competition celebrates 30 Years of the Broads Authority
- The Broads Outdoors Festival programme is here!
- Broads Authority collaborates with the RNLI to save lives in the Broads National Park
- The Broads Authority is at the Norfolk Festival of Nature
- Broads Briefing - April 2018
- ENPEC applications now open
- Broads Authority volunteers showcase their willow weaving skills
- Broads Album Live Performance
- Broads Authority officially launches ‘Wild Watch Camera Scheme’ after a successful trial run
- 25th edition of Broadcaster visitor magazine
- Unique Broads art collaboration exhibition
- Go Wild at Barton Turf 2018
- Raveningham Oak to be transformed into Chet boat
- The official Broads Album goes on tour
- New volunteer opportunities in the Broads National Park
- New dredging equipment for the Broads
- New Members appointed to the Broads Authority
- Changes at the top of the Broads Authority
- Urgent work to Mutford Lock
- Ribbon cut on fifth Broads Outdoors Festival
- Your chance to get involved in plans for the Broads
- Defra Minister declares Broads National Park branding “common sense”
- Nominate a Broads volunteer
- National Parks are England’s nature hotspots
- Country park picnic on edge of city celebrates National Parks Week
- Nominate a Broads volunteer
- Litter run of the River Wensum
- Broads Parish Forum
- New Secretary of State appointed members required
- National Parks that taste as good as they look
- Broads Landscape Partnership secures £2.6m from Heritage Lottery Fund
- Broads Outdoors Festival sponsorship
- World Wetlands Day – A New Vision for Hickling
- Appointment of Independent Persons for the Broads Authority
- Authority awarded permanent injunction at Jenner's Basin
- Jenner's Basin, Thorpe Island - Permanent Injunction Final Order
- Planning Committee member appointments
- People are being urged to nominate Broads volunteers for a prestigious national award
- Join a day of fun and picnics at Whitlingham to celebrate National Parks Week
- Crown Estate riverbed rent
- Your views, your Broads
- Fairer tolls proposed for boaters
- Broads stakeholders to discuss flood risk management
- Members approve biggest shake up in tolls for more than three decades
- Your chance to influence planning policy in the Broads
- Sale of Jenner's Basin
- Come to the Broads Authority annual open morning
- New path opens up ancient route to Broads visitors
- New electric boat charging pillars and cards
- First Broads swift tower built to boost numbers
- Go Wild at Barton Turf
- Historic environment experts to learn from the Broads
- Columbia Sportswear® and the National Parks announce five year partnership
- Visit the Broads at the Royal Norfolk Show
- Digital Biathlon Launch at Carlton Marshes
- The National Parks Week countdown begins
- New moorings launched at Boundary Farm
- Historical meeting of the mayors at Hardley Cross
- Rare Beetle discovered at How Hill
- Update on water plant management at Hickling Broad
- New Broads Plan launched
- Broads Briefing - August 2017
- Life jacket reminder following dramatic rescue of 4 year old child
- Nominations open for 2017 National Parks UK Volunteer Awards
- Broads Briefing - September 2017
- Broads Authority welcomes new apprentices
- New initiatives to tackle bad behaviour on the Broads
- National Parks receive boost from Discover England Fund
- University of Cambridge students learn from the Broads National Park
- New 5.5 million euro CANAPE project launches in the Broads
- Broads Briefing - October 2017
- Broads Authority works in positive partnerships with local landowners
- £4M ‘Water, Mills and Marshes’ projects get the green light from the National Lottery
- Rangers undertake mass litter pick at Breydon Water
- Welsh Ponies moved to winter grazing
- Record breaking year for Swallowtail Butterfly
- Broads Briefing - November 2017
- The Broads Authority reaches the final consultation stage for their Local Plan
- Broads Authority set navigation tolls for 2018
- Marker posts removed on River Chet
- Rare bats discovered at Whitlingham Country Park
- Reminder: Broads Authority reaches the final consultation stage for their Local Plan
- Broads Briefing - December 2017
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