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  • Updates on Monday, 1 February 2016

  • More news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Tuesday

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Caroline Kingdon

  1. Remember the bus in the hole?

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    Engineers are waiting for the results of soil tests before they can assess how repairs can be made to Plumstead Road, after a sinkhole opened up last week.

    It's not the first time that a hole has appeared in that area of Norwich. Twenty eight years ago, residents of a house in Ketts Hill had a lucky escape when a 60ft (18.2m) hole (pictured below) appeared under their home.   

    The hole on Ketts Hill in 1988

    Days later, a double-decker bus was famously swallowed by a sinkhole on Earlham Road. In medieval times, vast quantities of chalk and flint were mined locally, and Norwich is pockmarked with underground caverns and tunnels.

    The bus on Earlham Road

  2. Norfolk aid for Calais camps

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    A group of women from Norfolk are heading to Calais to help at a refugee camp.

    Tents and refugees at Calais

    Along with volunteers from Suffolk, they have raised £2,000 and plan to build a heated pre-fabricated shelter, giving the people there a community space and somewhere to dry their clothes.

    Amber Corbett said: "It's a humanitarian crisis, with families struggling to survive... there's something that everybody can do to help in this situation."

  3. Canaries manager expecting quiet deadline day

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Norwich City are not expecting a frantic transfer deadline day at Carrow Road.

    Premier League clubs have until 23:00 to make new signings. The Canaries have already brought in six players during this month. 

    I've been speaking to Norwich City manager Alex Neil at the club's Colney Training Centre this morning. 

  6. Alex Neil: No players leaving Carrow Road

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  7. Norwich City expect to sign Dartford midfielder

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  8. Alex Neil: 'Never say never' on transfers

    Norwich City manager Alex Neil has the following message for fans on transfer deadline day:

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  9. Wroxham won't rush search for new manager

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Wroxham's director of football Chris Wigger has been telling me the club will take its time to find the right man to replace former manager Stewart Larter, saying: "I think there are some important discussions that need to take place." 

    The Yachstmen are one place and two points above the relegation zone in Ryman League North and haven't won a league game since 10 October.  

    Wroxham dugoutChris Goreham

    They were leading 3-2 against bottom club Redbridge in the 90th minute on Saturday but lost 4-3 in the first game since Larter stood down.   

  10. Transfer deadline looms for Canaries

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Norwich City have until 23:00 to add to their squad before the transfer window closes. 

    The Canaries have already signed six players this month, including striker Patrick Bamford who joined on loan from Chelsea at the weekend.

    Patrick BamfordGetty Images

    Bamford played against Norwich in the Championship Play-Off final last year during a loan spell with Middlesbrough.

  11. Road remains shut after sinkhole opened up

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    A road in Norwich remains closed after a sinkhole opened up last week, and engineers say repairs are unlikely to be carried out until the middle of the week.

    The hole on Plumstead Road, with engineer looking at it

    The hole was discovered by workmen digging a trench on Plumstead Road last week. 

    Andy Watt, from Norwich City Council, says the results of tests on the strength of the soil should be available early this week, and once it has those it will be able to determine precisely what needs to be done.

  12. Parkinson's sufferer's long wait for speech therapy

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

    A Parkinson's sufferer in west Norfolk has had to wait more than six months to be given essential speech therapy.

    Albert Goodman has had the disease for 10 years, and how speaks so softly that he can't be heard on the phone. It's taken his wife Sheila six months to get him an appointment, and he won't be seen until later this month.

    He needs therapy... his voice is much softer now, and on one occasion he needed the care line, but the girl on the other end of the line couldn't hear him."

    Sheila Goodman

  13. Weather: Cloudy and mild, with light rain

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Look East weather

    A cloudy and windy day, with light rain and drizzle. Becoming brighter later. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

    A colder and clearer night with strong winds, and a few showers. Minimum temperature: 5C (41F).

    There's more information on BBC Weather.

  14. The headlines: Parkinson's sufferer's long wait for speech therapy... Norwich road remains closed after sinkhole opened up

    BBC Radio Norfolk

    The headlines this morning:

    • A Parkinson's sufferer in west Norfolk has had to wait more than six months to be given essential speech therapy
    • A Norwich road remains closed after a sinkhole opened up last week
    • A group of women are setting out from Norfolk to help at a refugee camp in Calais

  15. Welcome to Norfolk Live

    Caroline Kingdon
    BBC Local Live

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