Closing headlines for Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Delia Smith's nephew to replace Stephen Fry on Norwich City board
Norwich Aviation Academy to 'address nationwide skills shortage'
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Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
The Housing Minister, and Great Yarmouth MP has said more than £140m will be needed to sort out problem housing estates.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrandon Lewis said this initial funding will be used across the county to help councils, community groups and housing associations work out future plans for their housing.
More money will then be needed to make the changes.
Phil Daley
BBC Radio Norfolk sport
Norwich City have signed Everton midfielder Steven Naismith for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
The Scottish international becomes the fifth player to sign for the Canaries on a permanent basis so far this month,
Image source, Getty ImagesNorwich City chief executive David McNally told BBC Radio Norfolk: "We were in pole position for his services, so were thrilled to have won the race."
It will be mainly dry overnight, with a few isolated wintry showers possible.
BBC Weather has your local forecast.
Image source, BBC Weather
Tom Williams
BBC Look East sport
Tom Smith has joined the board of Norwich City Football Club, in the seat vacated by Stephen Fry.
He's the nephew of Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones, the joint majority shareholders.
Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk
Staff at a school that's been put into special measures are meeting tonight to work out how to improve standards.
The executive headteacher of Acle Academy, Gerard Batty, says the latest Ofsted report "doesn't make good reading". The school was criticised for teaching standards and management.
Quote MessageThe governors should put their hands up. Anyone who knew what was happening should have whistleblown."
Gerard Batty, Executive head teacher, Acle Academy
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
It's a busy time at Norwich City Football Club, with Stephen Fry stepping down from the board.
Today, chairman Ed Balls has been speaking about what he wants to achieve in his new role.
Ed Balls sets out vision for Norwich
Mariam Issimdar
BBC Norfolk Live
The main news stories this evening:
Today's Norwich Evening News, external front page:
Image source, ArchantCaroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
The executive head teacher of a school that's been put into special measures says he's confident improvements are being made.
Image source, Executive headteacher, Acle AcademyAcle Academy had previously been rated as good, but a recent inspection by Ofsted highlighted a number of failings, external.
Quote MessageThere are green shoots of recovery in the report. The school has hit its low, it's beginning to move out and there's a lot of work to do."
Gerard Batty, Executive head teacher, Acle Academy
Wardens are busy counting thousands of migratory swans visiting the Welney Wetland Centre in a bid to get a clearer view of their numbers, amid fears of a decline.
They've come from Siberia, Russia and Iceland in search of food and warmer temperatures.
Welney Wetland Centre winter swan count
Wardens are busy counting thousands of migratory swans visiting the Welney Wetland Centre in a bid to get a clearer view of their numbers amid fears of a decline.
Read MoreCaroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
An Ofsted inspection of Acle Academy, external in December reported that leaders, including governors, hadn't done enough about the decline in the quality of teaching and they didn't have the capacity to bring about necessary changes.
Image source, Geograph/Evelyn SimakThe inspectors also found achievement in key subjects to be low and not improving quickly enough.
But the report says there are "pockets of effective teaching" and a "highly determined" acting headteacher, who understands the strengths and weaknesses of the academy. The school has been placed in special measures.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
The East of England Ambulance Service, external is asking people to treat the 999 service with respect, following a number of abusive and inappropriate calls.
In the past month, it's received a number of inappropriate calls, including one from a woman in Norwich who panicked after drinking two energy drinks.
One call handler was sworn at 15 times in four minutes by a man who'd called about a genuine medical emergency. Elsewhere, a man in north Cambridgeshire needed assistance with his passport, while a woman from Essex asked for help cleaning her toilet.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
RAF Marham's fighter jets have carried out a further strike in Syria, using the hi-tech Brimstone missiles to attack so-called Islamic State targets.
Image source, MODTornado GR4s used the missiles to destroy a vehicle in Tabbaqah in Syria, and a terrorist supply truck in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said.
Last week an IS barracks near Raqqa, the extremists' stronghold in Syria, was struck by Tornado jets.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
An octopus found stranded on Heacham beach has been given a luxurious new home at Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary, external.
Image source, Hunstanton Sea Life SanctuaryIf human scrutiny becomes too much, the eight-legged cephalopod will be able to disappear into the hidey-holes and nooks and crannies of its display tank.
More commonly found around Scotland and the west coast of the UK, the lesser octopus was one of two left high and dry on neighbouring beaches in mid-December.
It will be staying cold and dry today, with light winds.
Image source, BBC WeatherA cloudy night will follow, with a risk of freezing fog patches early tomorrow.
BBC Weather has more details for you.
Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk
People going right up to seal pups and mothers on a Norfolk beach to take selfies are putting themselves and the animals at risk, an expert has told me.
Image source, Mike HarmerPeter Ansell, chairman of the Friends of Horsey Seals group, said it is dangerous as the mothers can bite and become very aggressive if they believe the pups are threatened.
He added that the mothers will also abandon their young pups if they feel threatened themselves, meaning the young animals will die of starvation because they need their mother's milk for nearly a month after birth.
The stories in the news this lunchtime:
BBC Travel
The A1042 Yarmouth Road in Thorpe St Andrew is blocked, with traffic queuing in both directions between the A47 and A1242 junctions.
It follows an accident between three vehicles.
As Dan Holley shows, for many yesterday it was the coldest it had been since last January.
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