Both incidents were clearly connected and when the victim eventually got through to the police, he was told to dial 999 if his home was in danger after the match with Portugal. Fortunately nothing happened on this occasion. Ironically the person concerned not only supports the English football team, but has actually met one of its present members, and he also supports a respectable patriotic organisation.  But even if he had no personal interest in soccer, or happened to be Croatian or Portuguese, should he have been menaced in that manner?

We often hear that our apparently resourceless young people have nothing to do, whereas it seems they have been fully occupied with fast food and its litter, casual sex, drugs, loud music and “yob telly”, while their hobbies now happily extend to mobbing innocent people, damaging cars and windows, and robbing shopkeepers.  Was it because their Dads smacked them when they were young? Or are they provoked by policing – which is oh so “heavy handed” on a Friday night in our once pleasant seaside town?
M. R.
Despite this account, my faith in the 'young people' of this town and my loyalty to my Country have not changed.  I abhor the needless violence that appears to be so much a part of modern life as much as you, however, I do not tar all young people with the same brush when a gang of four or five act in such a way.  The majority of the young people in this town are honest, polite and hard working and should be respected for that.  I do not believe there is anything wrong with being proud of my country, I am British/English and proud of it, maybe if a few more people took pride in their country it might make a difference to how they treat it.
Melanie.  Editor

HLF have also awarded a further £22,700 development grant so that the project can progress to Stage 2. If the second application is successful, the funding will enable Sheringham Museum Trust to amalgamate the existing Sheringham Museum Trust’s collection of historic lifeboats and fishing boats in the building known as the ‘’Mo’’ on the seafront at the bottom of Beach Road, Sheringham.

The Trust’s chairman, Denise Lattaway said, ’’We are overjoyed at this wonderful news. It crowns many years of hard work by dedicated volunteers and will enable us to pay tribute to the lifeboat crews, fishermen and people of Sheringham who have contributed to the making of the town as we know it today’’. A ‘Stage One Pass’ means that money has been earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund for the project in question.

Competition at this stage is tough, and while a Stage One Pass does not guarantee funding, it is an indication of positive support, and money for the scheme is set aside. The applicant can then progress to Stage Two and submit a further, fully developed application to secure the full grant. On occasion at Stage One, funding is also awarded towards the development of the scheme, as is the case with the Sheringham Museum Trust.