Summary

  • Missing dog rescued from 82ft-deep well

  • Plans for two separate devolution deals are handed to the government

  • Norfolk woman calls on government to do more to help people given contaminated blood

  • Great Yarmouth Racecourse given go-ahead to resume racing on 8 June

  • Steven Naismith says he has no regrets over Norwich City move

  • Updates for Friday, 27 May 2016

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

Live Reporting

Philippa Taylor

  1. Sprowston death 'not suspicious' say police

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Police have confirmed the death of a man in Sprowston, near Norwich, is not being treated as suspicious.

    Officers were called to a property in Colindeep Lane at about 10:45 yesterday, where the body of a man in his 50s was found.

    Inquiries carried out at the scene, and the result of a post-mortem examination, police have confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

    Bungalow in Sprowston

  5. Robots join surgical team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

    Clare Worden
    BBC Radio Norfolk

    State-of-the-art robots are enabling surgeons to carry out more precise keyhole surgery for prostate cancer in Norfolk.

    Surgeon with robot

    The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital invested £1m in the robot, which means patients no longer have to travel to London or Cambridgeshire for surgery. 

    Consultant Rob Mills says: "It's very dextrous and it does exactly what we need it to do. It has a very solid platform and then the arms are mobile and they will come out and perch over the patient and have extreme flexibility to move into the position that we want them to be in."

  6. Gabrielle tops the bill at this year's Festival Too

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    The organisers of this year's free Festival Too in King's Lynn have announced the line-up for the event with Gabrielle, The Wonder Stuff and Odyssey among the performers.

    We'll bring you more details as we get them.

    GabrielleGetty Images

  7. Yarmouth Racecourse ready to re-open

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse has been given the go-ahead to resume racing on 8 June.

    Inspectors from the British Horseracing Authority have been looking at the track this week.

    Great Yarmouth RacecourseGetty Images

    There's been no racing there since last September when the Eastern festival had to be abandoned because of safety concerns after extensive work to level the course. 

  8. Sensational last heat salvages a draw for King's Lynn Stars

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    King's Lynn Stars drew 45-45 with Swindon in speedway's Elite League last night.

    The Stars were four points down going into the final heat but a brilliant overtaking move from youngster Robert Lambert on Jason Doyle saw him clinch second behind team-mate Niels-Kristian Iversen to give Lynn the 5-1 they needed to salvage a draw. 

    Niels-Kristian IversenGetty Images

    Iversen was unbeaten all night, returning a 15-point maximum for the Stars. 

  9. Naismith has no regrets over Norwich City move

    Chris Goreham
    BBC Radio Norfolk sport

    Steven Naismith says he doesn't regret signing for Norwich City despite their relegation from the Premier League. 

    The Scotland international joined from Everton in January for about £8m but only scored once and that was on his debut against Liverpool. 

    The 29-year old is currently with the Scotland squad ahead of friendlies against Italy and France. 

  10. Devolution plans given to the government

    Plans for two separate devolution deals for East Anglia have been handed to the government.

    Punting in CambridgeGetty Images

    Under the scheme, powers from Whitehall for planning and transport would be transferred to two regional bodies - one covering Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and another covering Norfolk and Suffolk.

    Although the government has yet to agree to the proposals, negotiations have been described as "positive". It was revealed last week a deal had to be in place by today, but it could be a few weeks until anything is fully signed-off.

  11. 'It wasn't our fault', says woman who contracted potentially fatal disease from contaminated blood

    Clare Worden
    BBC Radio Norfolk

    "We should all be offered the same treatment", says a woman from Dereham who's calling on the government to make sure sufferers of a potentially fatal disease receive the help they need.

    Michelle Tolley

    Michelle Tolley, who has the blood-borne virus Hepatitis C, says although she's now receiving treatment, many others aren't: "It shouldn't be that when your life's possibly coming to an end then you're allowed treatment.

    "We should all of us be offered the same treatment. At the end of the day it wasn't our fault we were given contaminated bloods."

    NHS England says Hepatitis C treatment has been its biggest single investment over the past year and it's working through a backlog of cases.

  12. Dereham woman calls for more government action to help Hepatitis C sufferers

    Clare Worden
    BBC Radio Norfolk

    A woman from Norfolk is urging the government to take more action to help sufferers of a potentially fatal disease. 

    Michelle Tolley from Dereham contracted Hepatitis C due after a contaminated blood transfusion 25 years ago, but only found out she was infected last year.

    Blood transfusion equipment

    She's now being treated, but says it's taken too long to get to this point: "I've had to push for appointments along the way.

    "I'm actually one of the very lucky ones to be accepted for treatment. All I needed to have was cirrhosis of the liver to get this."

  13. Friday's weather: Warm inland, cooler near the coast

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC Look East weather

    It'll be a day of patchy cloud and warm, sunny spells for all of us. A few mainly light showers are possible this afternoon. 

    A top temperature inland of 18C (64F), but cooler on the coast.  

    Get more on the forecast where you live at BBC Weather.

  14. Thanks for joining us for Friday's Norfolk Live

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Good morning.

    We'll be starting the day today with news of a Dereham woman's fight to get the government to take more action to help sufferers of Hepatitis C. She contracted it 25 years ago, but only discovered she had the disease last year.

    We'll also bring you news of a protest over payments to people who've been given tainted blood, which is taking place outside David Cameron's constituency office today.