Summary

  • The main headlines for 12 November 2015:

  • The PCS union calls the closure of Norwich's tax office 'devastating'

  • North Norfolk Council rejects plans for 200 new homes at Sculthorpe, near Fakenham

  • Norwich's tax office is to close

  • A recruitment drive has started to attract graduates from southern Europe to train as teachers in Norfolk

  • We'll have more news, sport, travel, weather and Children in Need updates from 08:00 on Friday

  1. Project aims to attract trainee teachers from southern Europepublished at 08:20

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Norfolk Live

    Future teachers for Norfolk are being targeted in southern Europe.

    Classroom with teacher and pupils

    A recruitment drive has started to attract high-flying graduates in maths and sciences from Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece to come here to train as teachers.

    The project is being run by the Suffolk and Norfolk Initial Teacher Training, external and West Suffolk College, external.  

  2. Weather: Dry and mild, but becoming cloudypublished at 08:10

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC Look East weather

    A dry and bright morning, but becoming cloudy throughout the afternoon. Gusty south-westerly winds. Top temperatures of 15C (59F).

    Tonight will start dry but a band of rain will spread from the west later. Minimum temperatures: 8C (46F).

    BBC Weather has more information for you.

  3. The early headlines: Future teachers for Norfolk are being sought in Europe... James Paget gets 'good' ratingpublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2015

    Paul Moseley
    BBC Radio Norfolk

    The stories we are looking at today:

  4. Welcome to Thursday's Norfolk Livepublished at 08:00

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Norfolk Live

    Hello and welcome to today's live page for Norfolk. We'll be bringing you the news, sport, travel, and weather updates from now until 18:00.

    If there's anything happening in your part of the county that you'd like to share with us, you can get in touch on email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external