Updates for Thursday, 24 December 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on 29 December
Updates for the Norfolk Live page have finished for today.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday 29 December with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
Wishing you a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas from the team here, we'll leave you with a festive Santa Baby tribute from puppeteer Mark Mander as Clementine The Living Fashion Doll.
Clementine The Living Fashion Doll: Christmas Santa Baby
A puppet pantomime by a Norwich-trained performer has been winning rave reviews during its five-week run at London's Rosemary Branch Theatre.
Image source, Mark ManderPuppeteer Mark Mander, who grew up in the county and trained at the city's Puppet Theatre, will perform Clementine's Seasonal Spectacular, external until 10 January.
"We've had the most astonishing four and five-star reviews," said Mr Mander, who recruited Spitting Image actor Steve Nallon to recreate his Margaret Thatcher voice, external for the show.
Zoe Applegate
BBC News
The final parcels filled with Christmas presents and food for deprived families are being sent out by theSalvation Army, externalin Norfolk.
The annual Toys and Tins appeal, run in partnership with BBC Radio Norfolk, distributes thousands of donated toys and food items each year.
Nearly 300 families have been helped in the Great Yarmouth area alone.
Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport
Bradwell's Mervyn King will have to play Jelle Klaasen in the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship,
The Dutchman produced one of the best performances of the first round when he beat Joe Cullen 3-0.
Image source, Getty ImagesKing is one of four local players who will be back for the second round at Alexandra Palace along with Steve Beaton, Peter Wright and Darren Webster.
Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather
Strong winds mean it will be a drier, brighter end to the day, with highs of 9C (48F).
Tonight it will be a bit more chilly, with clear skies and lows of around 4C (39F).
BBC Weatherhas more local updates.
BBC Sport
Norwich City have agreed a deal to sign on-loan West Ham Unitedwinger Matt Jarvisfor a reported fee of £2.5m.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 29-year-old will join the Canaries on a three-and-a-half-year deal when the transfer window opens on 2 January.
"I've really enjoyed my time here so far so I'm delighted to sign," said Jarvis,, external who scored on his Norwich debut.
Norwich City agree a deal to sign on-loan West Ham United winger Matt Jarvis for a reported fee of £2.5m.
Read MoreChris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport
One of the first World Champions of 2016 will be crowned in Norfolk.
Potters Leisure Resort at Hopton-on-Sea will host theWorld Indoor Bowls Championship, externalfrom 8 January with about 20,000 spectators booked to attend over the two weeks.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageWhen the players drive into Potters the butterflies start to flutter."
Greg Harlow, Former World Indoor Bowls Champion
BBC Travel
Flooding has affected part of a carriageway at Thickthorn roundabout at Cringleford, near Norwich.
The A11 roundabout is waterlogged at the A47 junction to Great Yarmouth.
Keep updated atBBC Travel's Norfolkpage.
Zoe Applegate
BBC News
Our live coverage to the reaction over the Thailand murder verdicts is ending now.
But we will be here until 16:00 with updates on other news, sport, travel and weather from across the county.
Zoe Applegate
BBC News
More than £16,000 has been donated to an online fundraising campaign set up by Hannah Witheridge's sister Laura, which helped pay for the family to attend the murder trial in Thailand.
Image source, PAThree months ago, Laura wrote on the page: "On my darkest days, I think about the people who have thrown themselves out of planes, run significant distances and those who have sacrificed precious pounds from tight budgets to support us.
"It is in these selfless acts of kindness that I see reason to keep putting one foot in front of the other."
BBC News UK
An activist representing the two Burmese men found guilty of murdering Hannah Witheridge and David Miller said they believed they would be acquitted following their planned appeal.
Image source, EPAAndy Hall, an international affairs adviser with theMigrant Worker Rights Network, external, said: "The defendants have said today, whatever the decision, they accept the decision but they believe very strongly that one day the truth in this case will come out."
An appeal would be lodged in the next 30 days and it could take between six months to a year before a decision was reached, Mr Hall added.
BBC News UK
British police officers visited Thailand to help with the investigation into the deaths after a direct appeal from the prime minister to the country's military ruler.
David Cameron made his plea at a summit in Milan in October 2014 to General Prayuth Chan-ochaat for him to drop objections to the UK helping to investigate the murders.
The intervention of British police seemed to ease the victims' families' concerns as they issued statements to say they were "confident" in the work being carried out to solve the "atrocious crimes".
Andrew Woodger
BBC News
Thefamilies of two British backpackersmurdered in Thailand have talked of the "senseless and brutal killings".
David Miller's family said he would be remembered as a "hard-working, bright and conscientious man".
Hannah Witheridge's family spoke of how their "world changed forever" and said "words cannot begin to explain the journey we have endured, a journey that has no end".
The families of two British backpackers murdered in Thailand talk of the "senseless and brutal killings".
Read MoreZoe Applegate
BBC News
Amnesty International says torture claims in the double murder case must be investigated and that it hopes the Thai authorities will hold a re-trial that "respects" international human rights law.
Image source, PA/David MercerIn a statement, the organisation, external says it is "deeply concerned" death sentences were handed down to Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo - which would be the first executions in the country since 2009.
The two Burmese migrants claim police tortured them through stripping, beating, kicking and threats of electric shocks, so they would confess to the murders.
Zoe Applegate
BBC News
Both British backpacker murder victims graduated from university with first-class degrees.
Image source, Geograph/David MartinHannah Witheridge gained her degree at theUniversity of East Anglia, external, before continuing her studies at theUniversity of Essex, external, while Mr Miller was awarded a posthumous degree from theUniversity of Leeds, external.
Miss Witheridge's family said: "Had her life not been tragically and unnecessarily cut short, she would now have completed her master’s degree in speech and language therapy and would be about to embark on a fulfilling and worthwhile career."
Hannah Witheridge, from Hemsby, went to Langley School in Loddon and was a keen horse rider.
Image source, FacebookHer music teacher Rob White paid tribute to her at the time of her murder and described her death as a "great loss".
He said: "People are going to miss out on meeting her. She had so much to give."
Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online
The brother of murdered tourist David Miller has said the two Burmese migrant workers convicted today "obtained the best possible representation in court by a team of seven top lawyers", as a result of campaigning by activists.
Image source, Associated PressMichael Miller said while activists had organised a petition and funding appeal for the defendants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, he hoped they would now "respect the process of law and the decision of the court".
TheMigrant Worker Rights Network, external, the organisation representing Lin and Phyo, said they would appeal immediately against their sentences.
Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online
Activists representing the two Burmese men convicted today of the murders of UK backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller have repeatedly raised concerns about the trial and investigation.
The Migrant Worker Rights Network (MWRN), which has represented and raised money for the defence of Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, said the organisation became involved in September 2014, external, when it became aware of allegations the men had been tortured during their time in detention.
Andy Hall, international affairs adviser for MWRN, said torture was alleged to have involved "placing bags over their heads" and "hitting around the head", and Thailand's National Human Rights Commission said it had found evidence of physical abuse by the police.
BBC News UK
On the first day of their Thai trial the two defendants, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, shuffled into court number six at Koh Samui Provincial Court.
Image source, ReutersTheir legs were chained together, both had their hair cut short and they wore beige prison uniforms.
Nearly all journalists left the small cramped courtroom as the first witness spoke, to make space for the arrival of Hannah Witheridge's and David Miller's families.
BBC News UK
The Thai murder trial of Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo started back in July.
Image source, APBoth men denied killing British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, whose bodies were found on 15 September 2014 on the popular Sairee beach.
One of the first court witnesses was a police officer who described how the bodies, mostly unclothed, were discovered just a few metres apart.
