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The Norfolk nurse hero who was also a spy
New evidence shows celebrated nurse Edith Cavell actually was a spy during World War One.
Is it time to reassess the legacy of one of the great Norfolk heroes of history?
For more than a century, Edith Cavell's role in helping wounded soldiers escape from behind enemy lines in the First World War has been told from the perspective of her being a nurse and then executed by German forces under false accusations of espionage.
But is it now time the famous Norfolk nurse was re-labelled as Swardeston's Celebrated Spy?
Chris Goreham hears from Dr Helen Fry about her remarkable discovery.
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