Cocker spaniels and cockapoos, some less than six weeks old, can be worth thousands of pounds.

However, one retailer says he is "scrabbling around" to get hold of spare parts.

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An airport boss has written to the Prime Minister to warn that the potential move to quarantine passengers returning to the UK could deal a "devastating blow" to their business.

Andrew Bell, chief executive of Regional & City Airports, called on the government to ensure it takes "appropriate safeguards around time-limiting the measures and supporting businesses affected during quarantine".

The operator runs three airports in Norwich (pictured), Bournemouth and Exeter. In a letter seen by the BBC, Mr Bell said "blanket, open-ended" restrictions could damage the airports, on which 3,000 people's jobs rely.

Before Covid 19, up to 2.4m passengers travelled through its airports every year, the chief executive said.

Mr Bell appealed for a "clear exit strategy" to be published in due time as a "protracted period of zero, or near zero passengers, is simply unsustainable".

A windmill's 200th anniversary celebrations have been postponed due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Thurne Windmill, external on The Broads in Norfolk was built in 1820 to help drain the marshes and provide farmland.

Owner Debra Nicholson and the Friends of Thurne Windmill had been organising a range of events in August to celebrate its double centenary.

Mrs Nicholson said it was sad the events had been postponed but "important that everyone stays safe".

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An airport boss has written to the Prime Minister to warn that the potential move to quarantine passengers returning to the UK could deal a "devastating blow" to their business.

Andrew Bell, chief executive of Regional & City Airports, called on the government to ensure it takes "appropriate safeguards around time-limiting the measures and supporting businesses affected during quarantine".

The operator runs three airports in Exeter, Norwich and Bournemouth. In a letter seen by the BBC, Mr Bell said "blanket, open-ended" restrictions could damage the airports, on which 3,000 people's jobs rely.

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Before Covid 19, up to 2.4m passengers travelled through its airports every year, the chief executive said.

Mr Bell appealed for a "clear exit strategy" to be published in due time as a "protracted period of zero, or near zero passengers, is simply unsustainable".

The historic mill, dating from 1820, is one of the landmarks on the skyline of the Broads.

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A group of high school pupils have created a virtual choir of 30 voices to sing the World War Two hit 'When the Lights Go On Again'.

BBC Radio Norfolk joined forces with Springwood High School in King's Lynn to record the song, which looks forward to the end of wartime blackout conditions and the end of the war.

It was put together by the school's head of music, Peter Strudwick, for the anniversary of VE Day.

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Key-workers' children, teachers and staff from a primary school have come together to make their own tribute to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday.

Photographer Chris Taylor captured this image of the playground art at Sheringham Community Primary School, Norfolk.

"The children have been involved in the art and activities during the week and most will be celebrating using our online resources in their own special way on Friday 8 May 2020", the school said.

Scientists have found a link between lower-than-average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries.

The research, led by Dr Lee Smith of Cambridgeshire and Essex-based Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Petre Cristian Ilie, lead urologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, is published in the journal Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.

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The highest average levels of vitamin D are found in northern Europe, due to the consumption of cod liver oil and vitamin D supplements, and possibly less sun avoidance than in southern Europe.

Dr Lee Smith, reader in physical activity and public health at ARU, said: "Vitamin D has been shown to protect against acute respiratory infections, and older adults, the group most deficient in vitamin D, are also the ones most seriously affected by Covid-19."

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Hospital staff and carers are staying at the University of East Anglia during the Covid-19 outbreak.

A motorist and a pedestrian died when a car veered off the road and struck a tree, a coroner hears.

• The Eastern Daily Press, external write that an alcohol click and collect service has launched at The Waterfront in Norwich to keep the venue afloat and make sure no stock goes to waste
• The Great Yarmouth Mercury, external reports that Norfolk Freemasons have teamed up with a Loddon-based production firm to supply face shields to community carers and health visitors
• And North Norfolk News, external reports that seven out of 10 beaches across the country will not be patrolled by RNLI lifeguards this summer, should the lockdown be lifted

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When taking our daily permitted exercise we all need to observe the guidelines on social distancing - even if you're taking a stroll with your Lego mini-figure friends.

This was the scene in New Catton, Norwich, earlier when Hugo, 6, reminded mum the tiny plastic people should all be socially distancing while out on their walk.

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"While playing with Lego, Hugo reminded me people to be socially distancing themselves," mum Lyndsey Fisher said.

"I laughed and then immediately moved the characters under my child’s watchful eye. I'm very proud how Hugo is dealing with all these changes."

Ex-Norwich City player Darren Eadie says professional football should not restart until it is safe to do so - even if games are played behind closed doors.

Eadie, who also played for Leicester City, said the sport seemed to be trying to get back to normal too quickly which showed "arrogance and vulgarity" and he felt players were "being used as pawns in a game of riches".

Speaking to the Pink Un podcast,, external Eadie, who is now joint manager at Suffolk non-league club Leiston, external, added that the players' union - the PFA - should be doing more to stand against matches being played during the pandemic.

It comes as the PFA's chief executive Gordon Taylor suggested halves of less than 45 minutes could be considered when football resumes.