Patrick Byrne
BBC News

The sun is out and the sky is blue but for students and landlords in parts of Norwich plans to restrict shared housing is casting a cloud over the future. We'll bring you more on this shortly.

Also we'll bring you news of the latest winners from the Rio Paralympics starting with a bronze for Jessica-Jane Applegate.

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We'll be bringing you these stories and all other breaking news, sport, weather and travel throughout the day as it happens so stay with us. 

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A 14-year-old artist dubbed "Mini Monet" has spoken of the "constant inspiration" he finds in painting.

BBC Radio Norfolk

That's it from the Norfolk Live team on Thursday. We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as they happen. 

Tonight's headlines: 

• A van driver who died in a crash with a lorry on the A47 had argued with his girlfriend, an inquest hears
• Two men, aged 20 and 22, are arrested in connection with recent armed raids on stores in the Norwich area
• Plans for rugby ground on wildflower meadows at university attract opposition from academics

If you have any photographs from around the county that you'd like to share, or if there's anything happening that you'd like us to know about, you can contact us via email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

The county's heritage will be unlocked over the next few days as hundreds of historic buildings open their doors for free.

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This year's Heritage Open Days, external runs from today until Sunday.

There are more than 230 events taking place, giving families the chance to discover castles, city halls, tunnels, tower tops, police cells and private homes. 

Cathy Eden, Heritage Open Days coordinator for Norfolk, said: "Heritage Open Days is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy our county’s hidden heritage treasures. 

"The four-day festival is a chance to visit local hidden gems, try out new experiences and enjoy activities that bring our local history and culture to life – and it’s all free."

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

A sunny evening will lead to a dry night but temperatures expected to fall. 

A light to moderate south-westerly breeze should prevent any mist and fog forming. 

Minimum temperature: 14C (57F).

Tomorrow will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers but it will be breezy. 

Maximum temperature: 23C (73F).

More details from BBC Weather.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

A 21-year-old man who died when his van crashed into the back of a lorry on the A47 had argued with his girlfriend in the hours before his death, an inquest has heard.

The white Ford Escort van being driven by Adam Ellis, of Poringland Road, Stoke Holy Cross, struck the vehicle when it was parked in a lay-by on the Norwich southern bypass on 22 February.

Mr Ellis died from multiple injuries as a result of the collision.

An inquest into his death in Norwich heard how the brakes had not been applied when his van crashed into the stationary lorry and that his relationship with his girlfriend had become "volatile" and "tempestuous" after Christmas.

Norfolk coroner Jacqueline Lake recorded a narrative conclusion. "Adam Ellis died as a result of the vehicle he was driving collided with the rear of a stationary vehicle in a lay-by," she said. 

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Police have arrested two men, aged 20 and 22, in connection with attempted armed robberies at shops near Norwich.

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Staff at a Spar shop in Blofield and Woodside News, Food and Wine in Thorpe St Andrew were threatened by a man with a gun last night. 

No-one was hurt and no cash was taken. Both men are from Norwich, police said. 

Helen Burchell
BBC News

Losing four vital squares from a giant 33,600-piece wildlife jigsaw puzzle failed to deter a Norfolk enthusiast from completing his task.

Image source, Graham Andrew

The pieces for the 5.7m (18.7ft) by 1.57m (5ft) picture of jungle creatures were assembled at a hall in Reepham starting on 14 August. "Losing four out of 33,000 isn't that bad," Graham Andrew told the BBC. 

"I had bought a second puzzle just in case this happened. We sifted through for ages to find the pieces, and I was thrilled when we did."

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However, Mr Andrew realised the jigsaws were not identical and the back-up pieces did not fit so he sent off to Barcelona for the missing ones.

It is not yet known how the pieces went missing, but he said they probably fell into a handbag or "got stuck on a granny's cardigan" as she helped piece it together.

Helen Burchell
BBC News

An attempt to solve what is said to be the largest jigsaw puzzle on the market was nearly scuppered when four pieces went missing "somewhere in Norfolk".

Image source, Mustard TV

Graham Andrew bought the 33,600-piece Wildlife puzzle and recruited 200 jigsaw fans to complete it, to raise money for local charities. 

But he was left with four holes in the giant puzzle and had to ask the Barcelona manufacturer to re-cut them. The pieces have arrived and the puzzle should be completed on Friday.

Image source, Mustard TV

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

After two renowned authors and academics spoke out against the University of East Anglia's plans to build a car park and rugby pitch in the Yare Valley, a senior philosopher has joined the protest.

As reported in The Guardian, external, Ian McEwan and Andrew Motion have called the plans "thuggish".

Dr Rupert Read, a UEA lecturer in philosophy and a Green Party member, said the scheme should be stopped.

The university would not comment on plans for the wildflower meadows, which are home to more than 5,000 different species.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Two former leading lights at the University of East Anglia, external have announced their opposition to proposed new rugby pitches and parking spaces on wildflower meadows on the campus in Norwich.

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Ian McEwan, an inaugural graduate of UEA's pioneering creative writing course, and Andrew Motion, novelist and former poet laureate and UEA professor, told The Guardian, external newspaper the plans were "thuggish", "scandalous" and "deeply destructive".

The university said in a statement, external: "it takes its responsibility for protecting the environment extremely seriously, alongside its commitment to providing outstanding sporting facilities for its students and the wider community. 

"As part of the ongoing development of the campus, it has always been intended to enhance the current sporting facility on this site, which is currently set out as sports pitches." 

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norfolk's Jessica-Jane Applegate will race in the final of the S14 100m backstroke at the Paralympics in Rio tonight. 

The 20-year old from Belton qualified second in her beat, behind team mate Bethany Firth who broke the world record. 

The final is due at 23:11 tonight. It's the first of four events for the Norfolk girl in the pool in Rio. 

Zoe Applegate
BBC News

New York art experts are "super-thrilled" that the third missing quarter of La Pose Enchantee has been discovered in Norwich.

The first part was found at New York's Museum of Modern Art after one of their Magrittes was analysed. 

A second portion was then uncovered in Stockholm. Conservator Alice Tavares da Silva said: "They had had nothing in three years and they thought the story had come to an end." 

The inscription on the back of the third canvas found at Norwich Castle Museum indicated its authenticity and "Magritte's thumbprint can be seen on the right of his painting," curator Dr Giorgia Bottinelli said.

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Eastern Daily Press

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BBC Weather Watchers

The rest of today will be mostly bright with some sunny spells and it will feel a little fresher than recently. 

Any cloud will melt away to leave a pleasant evening. 

Maximum temperature: 25C (77F). More details from BBC Weather. 

Our Weather Watchers' pictures here show a gradual development from early-morning fog and mist at Gasthorpe and Knettishall, dewy cobwebs at Upton to to clear blue skies at East Winch and Cromer.

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Zoe Applegate
BBC News

A curator at Norwich Castle Museum said finding the missing piece of the lost Rene Magritte painting had been "absolutely fantastic". 

Dr Giorgia Bottinelli said the surrealist artist had tried to show La Pose Enchantee again without luck after it was first exhibited in 1927.

He later split it into four canvasses and painted over them.

She said: "By the time this painting [La Condition Humaine] was done, his style had changed from 1927. Maybe he just didn't want to keep it."

An "art world jigsaw puzzle" involving one of the 20th Century's best-known painters is almost solved after a discovery in Norwich.

Zoe Applegate
BBC News

Conservator Alice Tavares da Silva (below, right) who discovered the missing part of the Magritte in the Norwich Castle collection, told me the amount of exposed paint on the edge and back of the canvas gives experts a realistic idea of the colours used in the missing painting for the first time. 

"We can see so much of the colour," she said. "This is why this discovery is super-good as the one in New York doesn't have this - and the one in Stockholm not to this extent. 

"This is what's so special about this - you can see so much more."

Zoe Applegate
BBC News

After finding paint apparently from another picture behind one Magritte work, art conservator Alice Tavares da Silva "noted it as unusual".

She then discovered two parts of the artist's missing La Pose Enchantee had already been found in New York and Stockholm.

"There were really strong signs as the paintings were from the same date and a similar size. I came back to the museum and looked at the edge and it was very easy to identify," she said.

Technical analysis - including this X-ray - at a Cambridge art conservation institute then confirmed Ms Tavares da Silva's suspicions.

Image source, La Pose Enchantée by Rene Magritte/NMS