Wildflower meadow on tennis courts bulldozed by Norwich council

Despite protests from locals and Green councillors, wildlife haven will become hard courts at cost of 266,000

A wildflower meadow containing 130 different flowering plants, dragonflies and rare bats that sprung up on Norwich's last public grass tennis courts has been bulldozed.

Despite protests from local people and Green councillors, all-weather hard courts with floodlights and fencing are being installed in Heigham Park, where species including whiskered and brown long-eared bats, pygmy shrews, hedgehogs and 18 species of dragonfly have been recorded.