City folk have come to the Evening News in their droves in a bid to get their bugbears sorted.

From trimming back unruly bushes and cutting down dangerous trees to restoring missing yellow lines and sorting eyesore potholes - we've had a hand in helping to fix many things.

The We'll Sort It campaign was launched in October 2021 to throw the weight of the paper behind problems that matter to our readers.

Norwich Evening News: Norwich City Hall clock tower. Picture: ANTONY KELLY

It all started when this paper helped get City Hall's clock ticking again after being stuck at the time of 5.50 following a malfunction the previous month.

Brenda Ward of Ruskin Road near Eaton Park alerted us to a strip of acacia trees near her home bearing long-hanging branches with thorns measuring up to three inches long.

Norwich Evening News: Brenda says the acacia trees' large thorns "could kill someone"

Fearing that the trees were "deadly" and could cause serious injury, Norfolk County Council then sent workmen in a cherry picker to tackle the protruding branches.

Over in Thorpe St Andrew, neighbours Pamela Beer and Keith and Teresa Snelling were equally concerned about trees outside their properties - this time sycamores growing out of the pavement in Margetson Avenue.

Norwich Evening News: Thanks to the Evening News a troublesome tree has been sorted!Thanks to the Evening News a troublesome tree has been sorted! (Image: Brittany Woodman/ Archant)

The trees, known to be more than 50 years old, had been neglected for a number of years and were in need of pollarding - with leaves falling from the branches posing a slip risk.

Norwich Evening News: Pamela Beer explained how branches of the sycamore outside her home are weaker due to pollarding work which has not been maintained by Norfolk County Council and Norfolk HighwaysPamela Beer explained how branches of the sycamore outside her home are weaker due to pollarding work which has not been maintained by Norfolk County Council and Norfolk Highways (Image: Maya Derrick)

And Val Humphries' five-year battle to fill a hole blocking her garage came to an end in 2022 after multiple attempts to rid her property of the problem.

The fencing made accessing her garage - and her car - a nightmare while she was working at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital before it was fixed by the city council.

Norwich Evening News: A very happy Val Humphries as work is being carried to repair the sink hole by her garage, and to sort the drainage at Sunny Hill and Suncroft A very happy Val Humphries as work is being carried to repair the sink hole by her garage, and to sort the drainage at Sunny Hill and Suncroft (Image: Archant 2022)

Got an issue that we can help with? Email our head of news at david.freezer@newsquest.co.uk.