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In our weekly Memory Lane feature, we take a look back at what was hitting the headlines this time 10 years ago as well as a picture of a sponsored cycle ride from 1994… West Norfolk Council is wasting nearly £4 million because of overstaffing, weak management and low productivity, it has been claimed. A report by external consultants Knox D’Arcy, costing £50,000, was given to members of the cabinet scrutiny committee and it said that between 51 per cent and 77 per cent of work time was lost on unofficial “tea breaks” and other stoppages, and that seven to eight per cent of the council’s 900-s…