Summary

  • Updates on Monday, 25 January 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

Live Reporting

Caroline Kingdon

  1. Liverpool boss brings in reserve specs after Carrow Road celebrations

    Katy Lewis
    BBC Local Live

    Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed at a press conference this lunchtime that he is now wearing his second pair of glasses and has insisted Christian Benteke won't have to pay to replace the old pair.

    Norwich City v LiverpoolGetty Images

    Klopp lost his specs as he celebrated Adam Lallana's dramatic stoppage-time winner in Liverpool FC's 5-4 victory over Norwich City on Saturday.

    The press conference was ahead of Liverpool's game against Stoke on Tuesday - it wasn't just to make an announcement about his glasses.

  2. Victoria Pendleton swaps saddles with North Norfolk Harriers

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton has been continuing her apprenticeship as a jockey with North Norfolk Harriers. 

    Having retired from cycling, Pendleton (seen here in yellow and black) has taken on the challenge of riding in the Cheltenham Festival in March and took part in a Point-to-Point meeting at Higham, near Bury St Edmunds, yesterday. 

    Victoria Pendleton (in yellow and black)Richard Weller-Poley Photography

    The 35-year old hadn't ridden a horse until 11 months ago but is building towards a planned ride in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. 

  3. Police in headless body inquiry find more than 260 missing women safe and well

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    A police inquiry to identify the headless body of a woman found more than 40 years ago near Swaffham has located more than 260 missing women safe and well around the country.  

    The woman was wearing a pink nightdressNorfolk Police

    The body was found in Cockley Cley in August 1974.  Det Insp Andy Guy of Norfolk police's cold case unit took over the investigation in 2007, bringing modern forensic techniques onto the case.

    It was revealed the woman had consumed water in a particular area of Scotland, and ate a diet heavy in fish and crabs.  They were able to rule out 555 of 590 active missing women cases.

  4. Whale: Humans 'partly to blame' for deaths

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    A conservationist says humans are partly to blame for the deaths of four whales that  have washed ashore in the Wash.

    The whale at Hunstanton, with sightseers

    A sperm whale died at Hunstanton on Friday night, and three others were found dead on the opposite side of The Wash at Skegness yesterday. They are believed to be part of a pod which stranded and died in the Netherlands.

    Man's not innocent... there's a number of contaminants in these animals... a number of the ones in Holland were seen to be full of plastic bags... it's very, very sad."

    Carl Chapman, Sea Watch Foundation

  8. Gorleston manager resigns... then changes his mind

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    The manager of Gorleston FC Ricci Butler has decided to stay in charge, despite resigning on Saturday. 

    Butler announced his resignation after a 2-1 defeat to Newmarket Town at Emerald Park but by Sunday evening he had changed his mind, 

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    Gorleston are 11th in the Thurlow Nunn Premier. Butler is a lifelong fan of the club. 

  9. Man falls from tower block

    BBC Radio Norfolk

    A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling from a block of flats in Norwich.

    Ashbourne Tower, in NorwichGoogle

    Police were called to Ashbourne Tower on Watling Road shortly before 18:30 last night, following reports that a man had fallen to the ground.

    An investigation is under way.

  10. James Bay to play Thetford Forest

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    Brit Award winner James Bay is to play at Thetford Forest this summer.

    James BayThetford Forest/James Bay

    The success of the singer songwriter has been acknowledged by the music industry on both sides of the Atlantic, with three Grammy Award nominations and four Brit Award nominations.

    His concert  on 1 July at Thetford Forest is one of a series of summer concerts promoted by the Forestry Commission.

  11. Whale: Carcass to be cut up on beach

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    Council officials are  arranging the disposal of the carcass of a sperm whale that washed ashore at Hunstanton on Friday night.

    Carcass of sperm whale on Hunstanton beach

    The animal, believed to weigh about 30 tonnes, will have to be cut up in situ and removed in sections.

    Brian Long, of West Norfolk Borough Council, says the authority is looking to start work once the tide has receded this morning, as "time is of the essence... the longer it goes on, the more unpleasant a task it will be".

  12. Watch: Hunstanton whale attracts sightseers

    Crowds of people went to Hunstanton beach at the weekend to see the body of a whale washed ashore on Friday night. 

    The sperm whale became lodged under rocks and could not be shifted back out to sea. Council officials are now considering how to dispose of the carcass.                      

  13. Whale: Security guards prevent 'scavenging'

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    Security guards have been employed to prevent people scavenging from the corpse of a sperm whale stranded on Hunstanton beach.

    Sightseers and the dead whale

    The body of the whale has become a tourist attraction, attracting hundreds of sightseers at the weekend.

    Brian Long, of West Norfolk Borough Council, said the guards would prevent people from touching it or removing parts of the body. The council is to employ a specialist contractor to remove the carcass.

  14. Norwich City manager angry after stoppage-time defeat

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Alex Neil couldn't hide his anger at the nature of Norwich City's capitulation when I spoke to him after the incredible 5-4 loss to Liverpool. 

    The Canaries were 3-1 up with 63 minutes gone before falling 4-3 behind after a series of defensive errors.. Sebastien Bassong hauled them level again in stoppage time only for Liverpool to snatch a winner. 

    Alex NeilGetty Images

    The City manager told me: "To concede with one minute to go to make it 5-4 just turned the afternoon into a bit of a rabble, to be honest." 

  15. Experts investigating death of sperm whale

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    Hundreds of people went to Hunstanton beach at the weekend to see the body of a sperm whale that became trapped on rocks under the cliffs on Friday night.

    Crowds on Hunstanton beach with the dead sperm whale

    Three more whales were washed up at Skegness beach over the weekend, and researchers are investigating what killed the animals.

    Zoologist Rob Deaville, who's heading the investigation, believes the deaths may be linked to other strandings on the continent.

  16. Weather: Mild and breezy

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Look East weather

    A mild day, becoming cloudy later. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

    Staying cloudy and mild tonight. Minimum temperature: 5C (41F).

    There's more information on BBC Weather.

  17. The headlines: Fears that more whales could come ashore... Investigations continue into headless corpse

    BBC Radio Norfolk

    The stories making the news this morning:

    • There are fears that more whales could become stranded on the region's coast after a sperm whale beached and three more washed up at Skegness over the weekend
    • A police inquiry attempting to identify a headless body found more than 40 years ago has located 263 missing women safe and well around the country
    • A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling from a Norwich tower block

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    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

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