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Diss Leisure Centre Approved: Gym, Soft Play and Mere Café
Diss's new leisure centre by the Mere has full planning permission: a gym, soft play, café and 58 parking spaces on Park Road. Two checks remain.
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Diss Bus Station Rebuild: £1.25m Plan, Done by End of 2027
Diss bus terminal on Park Road would be rebuilt by the end of 2027 under a £1.25m plan, ending buses reversing onto the road. Councillors decide on 19 October.
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Wymondham Remembrance Sunday: parade 2.30pm, 8 November
Wymondham's parade forms at the Market Cross at 2pm on 8 November and leaves 2.30pm, Abbey service 3pm. Diss Market Place shuts to traffic 2pm to 3.30pm.
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Diss panto 2026: Aladdin at the Corn Hall, from £17.95
Aladdin runs at the Corn Hall in Diss from 18 December to 3 January, 28 shows. Adults £20.50, under-16s £18.50, family £74, with The Bill's Graham Cole.
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Christmas at Bressingham 2026: 9 Santa days, adults £15
Bressingham's Christmas runs on nine days, 6 to 24 December. Children 3 to 12 are £20 with a grotto present, anyone 13 or over £15, under-1s £7.
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Santa's grotto Wymondham 2026: five dates, from 28 Nov
Santa is at Wymondham Heritage Museum on 28 and 29 November, then Wynterfest's grotto opens 12pm to 4pm on 6 December. Every date to Christmas Eve.
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Diss Christmas lights 2026: Sat 5 Dec, roads shut from noon
Diss switches on its lights at the Market Place on Saturday 5 December, 4.30pm to 7pm. Roads close from noon to 8.30pm, and there are no funfair rides.
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Riddlesworth Hall creditors: 1 September claims deadline
Creditors of the collapsed Riddlesworth Hall school near Diss must claim by 1 September. Liquidators expect to pay 28.7p in the pound on £4.4m of claims.