The owner and chef behind a long-standing Japanese restaurant says he is in no rush to reopen and will instead focus on takeaways as the country takes tentative steps towards normality.

It’s not been an easy few months for those working in the food industry. But the challenges have been met with resilience and innovation. Here, we’ve picked eight reasons to celebrate the work of everyone in the world of Norfolk food and drink during lockdown.

Duration Brewing had been open a little shy of three months when coronavirus hit.

Mushy peas on the side. Salt and vinegar on freshly-fried chips. Perhaps a dollop of curry sauce on top.

Our corner of the world is peppered with stand-out local produce and celebrated places to grab a bite to eat.

The colourful stalls of Norwich Market have sat at the city’s centre for more than 900 years.

But months of negotiations between business partners Terry Hughes and Linda Smith and the owners of a Belgian brewery they hoped to work with broke down. They were forced to go solo, but instead of scrapping their vision decided to narrow their focus.

‘22 of 50 guests cancelled’ - the couples and businesses hit as coronavirus cancels weddings Vicky Wackett and Tom Baxter should be enjoying their first days of newlywed life. Instead, they are among thousands of couples who have scrambled to reschedule their big day or remain in limbo over whether it will go ahead. The government lockdown and instruction that weddings should be cancelled, has thrown an industry into disarray. Miss Wackett and Mr Baxter, both 32 and from Dereham, were due to

Washing our hands has been the government’s main line of defence against coronavirus - keep clean, and you might just keep clear of the disease.

Election candidates hoping to win the votes of people in Norwich spent from as little as £90 to as much as £12,000 on their campaign, returns reveal.

Review: A well-known chef runs its kitchen, but what is the food like at this village pub? I'm pretty sure I've written this before, but it doesn't hurt to reiterate: There are few things better than a Sunday pub lunch. Whether you've built up an appetite with a long, rambling walk (I hadn't), scrubbed the house top to bottom (nope) or lazed around in bed eating buttery toast (bingo), sitting near an open fire with a glass of wine in hand and potatoes on the way is unbeatable. On a crisp, blu

It's said to have the best breakfast in Norwich - but does it live up to the hype?

Former MP Norman Lamb says his party's loss in North Norfolk was "blindingly obvious", as he reflected on a painful campaign which reinforced his decision to stand down.

Subsidence - when ground below a house collapses or sinks, taking the foundations with it - can, to put it mildly, cause a headache, costing thousands of pounds to fix and leaving owners homeless.

A doorman who was viciously assaulted in Norwich has vowed to return to work and not let his attackers deter him.

Whether it's seen a way for travellers to immerse themselves in new places, or a threat to traditional tourism, Airbnb has become a talking point. Lauren Cope reports.

The restaurants and cafés selling leftovers on the cheap to cut food waste A desire to cut back on food waste has seen eco-conscious restaurants and cafés rely on technology to sell leftover goods for a fraction of the price. One of a handful of similar schemes, the Too Good To Go app was launched in 2016, offering restaurants a way of selling food left at the end of the day instead of throwing it away. As of Tuesday, there were 18 restaurants and cafés listed across Norfolk, though 13 of tho

According to the Home Office data, there were 618 crimes reported around venues on and near Prince of Wales Road from August 2018 to July 2019.

It's a mainstay of the city, having recently celebrated 15 years in Norwich. Lauren Cope visited Japanese restaurant Shiki.

Arriving at jobs in baggy jeans and Timberland boots, Sarah Leo felt she didn't quite fit the mould of a glossy, high-heeled model.