The Mid-Norfolk Times is the new name for The Wayland News which has become the established source of choice for many people seeking community news. The paper came into being in 1996 because it was extremely difficult for small clubs, individuals and organisations who were putting on an event for the community to get good, timely and accurate publicity for their cause. If you were an individual who wanted to start a club for other like-minded people there was almost no chance of getting the word out.It was felt by some that this was contributing to the fragmentation of the community and what was needed was a means of drawing the community together.

With the help of The Watton Chamber of Trade and Commerce who provided the venture capital for the first few issues, Jan Godfrey and Julian Horn launched The Wayland News. Our first issue was just 4 pages and was immediately hailed a success by contributors and readers alike. The Wayland News went from strength to strength and became THE source of Wayland community news and an effective and economic means for advertisers to reach their local customer base. In July 2009 issue The Wayland News went to colour and rapidly grew in size. In November 2009, after a great deal of thought, the name was changed to the Mid-Norfolk Times to reflect the change area covered by the paper.

You can read the latest issue on line courtesy of Scribd  or download it to your computer (see below). To read on line goto the "Latest Issue" page on the menu (left).

You can download the current and back copies in PDF format (if you are not sure what this is then don't worry, most computers will automatically open the copy for you). Do be aware however, that these are large files and will probably take some time to download if you are not on broadband, and may take a minute or more even if you are.

At the time of writing 5,000 paper copies of the Mid-Norfolk Times are produced every month and is normally be available on the Tuesday before the first Saturday of the new month. If not delivered to your home, a copy can, as a rule, be obtained from your local shop or newsagent, and if they dont keep it ask them to get in touch!

If you would like to write something for The Wayland News or have been appointed correspondent for your organisation, then please take a short while to read the page for contributors either from the menu or by clicking here.

If you would like to find out more about advertising in the Mid-Norfolk Times then please see the page especially for advertisers accessible from the menu or by clicking here. You'll be surprised how little it costs!

PDF back copies are available below - select the file you want and click on "Go"

Previous Copies of Looking Back are also available here - but be warned these are large files of around 20MB
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