Suzie Vaughan says she thought her "heart was going to burst" when she saw her daughters again.

Purple lights symbolise solidarity with anti-racism protests and the Black Lives Matter campaign.

• The Eastern Daily Press reports, external that Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is starting to reduce its number of coronavirus wards, as cases decrease
• Meanwhile, the Great Yarmouth Mercury, external writes that Old Buckenham Airfield has postponed this year’s airshow until next year
• And North Norfolk News reports, external that the Eat Norfolk awards will now take place in 2021

People hold up placards calling for justice after the death of a black man in police custody in the US.

Access to mobile phone call data helped police target those controlling the drug trafficking.

Norwich City's players have been continuing their return to training after approval was given for the Premier League to proceed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

When the top flight season resumes later this month, bottom-of-the-table Norwich will attempt to make up a six-point gap to safety, with nine games to play.

Exact details of the new fixture schedule and kick-off times are not known, but all games will be played behind closed doors.

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Historic England have selected 200 images that best reflect the nation's lockdown.

More than 3,000 pictures were submitted by the public during a week-long appeal, with the final selection being added to the Historic England archive, external.

Ten contemporary artists have also entered pictures into the archive as well as choosing favourites from the public submissions.

Historic England said the call-out was the first time the public had been asked to capture photographs for the archive since World War Two.

It includes this picture taken by Peter Offord of the Little Free Library on the Hill in Norwich, which washes and distributes vinyl gloves.

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Anglian Water said its water parks in the east of England would reopen to the public from today.

The water company runs Pitsford Water, Ravensthorpe Reservoir and Hollowell in Northamptonshire, Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire, Alton Water in Suffolk, Taverham Mill in Norfolk and Rutland Water.

Anglian Water, external said there would be "a number of changes on site with some facilities still closed".

It also said visitors should park in its car parks and "not in local villages".

The water parks were closed ahead of the government lockdown in March.

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Garry Bowhill-Mann, from Norwich, and Mike Nolan from California, both in their 70s, met in the US.

Cromer Pier is reopening for residents and visitors to walk along.

The council is advising people to bring their own hand sanitisers if they touch surfaces, and not to proceed onto the pier if it looks busy.

The theatre, restuarant and gift shop remain closed.

Retailers are full of "optimism" in a seaside resort despite a difficult time on the high street.

A head teacher explains how she is piecing school life back together before children return.

• The Eastern Daily Press, external has paid tribute to a 67-year-old Great Yarmouth woman who has a love of crafts and is using her time at home to create face masks with plastic windows to help children in schools and those who have trouble hearing
• The Lynn News, external reports on residents at a Downham Market care home who saw members of their families for the first time in months on Thursday night as they drove by during the 10th Clap for Carers
• The Diss Express, external reports that businesses have begun to introduce a number of social distancing measures as they prepare to reopen over the coming weeks, but shoppers must adhere to two-customer limits and use sanitation stations

A golfer says he was sworn at and asked to get off a train for not being a key worker.

• The Eastern Daily Press, external reports that a wartime-themed scarecrow festival and carnival, due to be held on 27 June in Loddon, has now been postponed until June 2021
• The Lynn News, external reports that with income reduced because of the Covid-19 lockdown, West Norfolk Riding for the Disabled Association has launched a sponsored horseshoe project to raise money
• The Diss Express, external reports Jackie Mitchell, 63, from Kenninghall has been putting her sewing skills to good use by selling face masks to raise money for four charities

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The train company which runs services from King's Lynn in Norfolk to London is spraying carriages with a virus killer that makers claim gives surfaces protection against coronavirus for up to 30 days.

Govia Thameslink, external staff are spraying rolling stock and stations with a viruscide that sticks to surfaces.

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Engineering director Steve Lammin said: "Since the outbreak of this pandemic we have been doing all we can to protect our passengers and staff by ensuring our trains, and stations have enhanced cleaning regimes, and a switch in focus to high-touch areas and the increased use of anti-viral agents.

"We are now using a product that will kill coronavirus for up to 30 days and we are applying this to surfaces across our network on a 21-day cycle.

"We want to do everything possible to work with passengers and staff to keep them safe and this will further protect everyone who is working so hard for this country."

A starling that had become trapped in a drain in Norfolk and a young fox cub that had fallen down a well in Hertfordshire have been among the RSPCA, external's wildlife rescues.

The charity said the starling needed a hand to free itself from a drain after it got its head stuck in a hole in Downham Market.

An officer managed to safely free the animal by lifting up the drain cover and the bird was taken to the East Winch Wildlife Centre in Norfolk, external for a check-up, and was uninjured.

Elsewhere, the charity was called to rescue a fox cub after it had fallen 12ft (3.7m) down an unused well in a Hertfordshire village.

An officer safely retrieved the lost fox, which showed no sign of injury and could be instantly released back to the wild.

• More than £50m has been paid by North Norfolk District Council to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, the EDP, external reports
• The Norwich Evening News, external reports that a DJ, who has been getting people to dance on their doorsteps to lift spirits, has been told he can keep doing it despite complaints
• While in Fakenham, people are having their mail delivered by posties dressed up as Scooby Doo, a chicken, banana or a jester to help cheer customers up and to raise money for charity, the Lynn News, external reports

A Norwich head teacher says the prime minister’s defence of his aide Dominic Cummings will make school reopenings even more difficult as lockdown rules are relaxed.

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Boris Johnson's chief adviser admitted travelling from London to Durham during the height of lockdown.

Binks Neate-Evans, executive head of Angel Road Infant and Junior School and Bignold Primary School, said the PM’s handling of the crisis had heightened her fears over the "shoddy and badly timed guidance" of schools re-opening to more pupils.

In a letter to local MPs, Mrs Neate-Evans said: "My worries and that of my staff are escalated because we know the impact the debacle will have on sticking to lockdown."

Mr Lewis, Norwich South Labour MP, said scientists "have come out and said if you put schools re-opening back by two weeks, you halve deaths."

The Conservative MP for Norwich North, Chloe Smith, said: "As an MP, I will always represent my constituents’ views to Westminster," but added that she respected the prime minister’s decision to back Mr Cummings.

Oscar Parodi was born with a condition involving a lack of oxygen or blood flow.