A car is driven for about five miles on the broken metal rims of its wheels before "shocked" police find it abandoned.

Earlier we told you two people had been detained by Norfolk police after being stopped in a car with no tyres in the early hours. Well, motoring organisation the AA has praised the police's quick actions.

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A spokesman said: “The vehicle is clearly unsafe to drive. Driving on the rims would make it incredibly difficult to steer, and as it was on the A47 it may have been driven at speed, which would have made the situation incredibly dangerous.

“Driving a vehicle in this state would have produced lots of sparks, which could have caused a fire and called upon more emergency services.

“The police should be applauded for stopping the vehicle and detaining the suspects." 

Great Yarmouth's Paralympic golden girl Jessica-Jane Applegate says she's targeting more medals in Rio.

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Applegate won gold in London four years ago and will be competing in four swimming events in Brazil over the next two weeks. 

The opening ceremony takes place tomorrow night.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC Local Live

The detective leading the hunt for two suspects who attempted to abduct a serviceman from RAF Marham says just over 20 potential witnesses have come forward following a reconstruction of events on the BBC's Crimewatch programme last night. 

The serviceman was ambushed by two men while he was out running near the base in July.

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Det Supt Paul Durham denies the case has gone cold, saying they will now go through the calls and "try to identify the quality ones amongst those." 

He said: "This is going to be a long-term investigation. There is a lot of painstaking work that we've got to get through. We reached a stage where the Crimewatch appeal was absolutely appropriate.

"Hopefully it will give us a further impetus and push the investigation further forward but by no means has it stalled."

He also said there was frustration over not having found the vehicle involved but that officers were reviewing CCTV footage.

"We haven't had that golden nugget, the breakthough we so desperately need and it's only going to be hard work and perseverance that brings us that," said Det Supt Durham. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact police confidentially using the 101 number.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC Local Live

Police tweeted this in the early hours. I don't know how the two involved managed to get anywhere fast.

Maybe they're fans of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble...?!

Now at the moment this is just speculation I'm sure but.... the word on the street is that Prince Harry may buy a country house in North Norfolk.

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The rumour in the Sunday papers is that he's been to see Water Hall at Wighton.

It's currently the home of the owners of the Hoste Arms in Burnham Market.

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Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

It's a cloudy start to the day with mist and fog patches, but these should gradually clear. 

Some bright or sunny spells will develop this afternoon and it will feel very warm and humid, particularly in the sunshine.

Top temperature: 24C (75F).

Tonight will be mostly dry and cloudy, feeling muggy again with lows around 17C (63F).

BBC Weather has the full forecast where you are.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC Local Live

Morning. The team is poised to bring you the county's latest news, sport, travel and weather.

We start with the positive response to a BBC Crimewatch reconstruction, broadcast last night, of the attempted abduction of a serviceman from RAF Marham in July. 

The detective leading the investigation says they've had a lot of calls on the e-fit images released of the suspects.   

Our regular updates are ending now until 08:00 tomorrow, unless any major stories  break in the county overnight.

Here are some of the news stories we've brought you today:

• The RAF Marham serviceman attacked by men in an attempted kidnapping has spoken of the emotional impact of the attack
• Police launch a campaign to stop people clogging up the 999 service with non-emergency calls
• Norwich City chairman Ed Balls admits his family is "worried about his dancing prowess", as Strictly Come Dancing gets under way

Have a great evening.

We know you love and archive photo or two... so here's a dip into the vaults from September 1928.

It was 88 years ago the creator of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, author PG Wodehouse, was photographed at Hunstanton Hall, the Norfolk home of his friend Charles le Strange, with writer Ian Hay.

All very dapper.

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Dan Holley
BBC Look East weather

It will be mostly dry but rather cloudy tonight with a few clear intervals, with temperatures only falling to 15C (59F).

Tuesday will start rather cloudy but gradually brightening-up, with some sunny spells developing for the afternoon. Temperatures potentially as high as 26C (79F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

A consultation into plans for devolution in Norfolk and Suffolk has found that a majority of those questioned support the idea of more local decision making.

About 11,000 people took part in the consultation which also found that a significant minority still have concerns about the plans for a directly elected mayor. 

The consultation will now be sent to the Local Government Secretary who will decide next month if the plans should go ahead.

Jack Reeve
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Wes Hoolahan and Robbie Brady are in action for the Republic of Ireland in tonight's World Cup qualifying action.

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The Canaries duo will take to the pitch in Belgrade for the launch of Ireland's Group D campaign against Serbia. 

Both Brady and Hoolahan will be looking to continue their fine form after a successful Euro 2016 campaign in which they both scored.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

A new British film featuring Norfolk actor John Hurt and filmed in and around the county has just been released.

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ChickLit, external, a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down, is produced by Norfolk-based production company Capriol Films and was shot on location mainly in Holt.

Written and directed by Tony Britten who lives in Thornage, filming also took place in Morston, Cromer, Sheringham, Norwich and Muckleburgh over the summer of 2014.

As well as John Hurt, the film also features former child star Dakota Blue Richards and comedian Miles Jupp.

Two Eye residents, who created a set of Olympic rings drawn into the earth in 2012, followed by a remembrance poppy in 2014 and a B-17 bomber in 2015, external, have turned their attention to etching an electric car in a nearby field.

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Mr Roberts, who's a teacher at Sprowston High School, said: "What's brilliant about the fields is you get a lot of straight lines on them where the wheat was planted and tramlines every 24 metres or so. I used one to plot the base line."

The handiwork was initially checked with the help of a hexacopter, from the Mid-Suffolk Radio Modellers Group, external.

A giant electric car, spanning more than 200 metres (219 yards) has been etched into a field in Eye, next to a set of wind turbines.

Image source, Maurice Hammond

It's the work of Eye residents Carlo Roberts and Stefan Fulcher, and is designed to raise the question of whether electric cars could ever be powered directly by turbines.

Mr Roberts, who's a geography teacher at Sprowston High School in Norfolk, said: "I'm interested in art that relates to the locality and views from above.

"The idea of having a turbine powering a car seemed very interesting."

Nic Rigby
BBC News

We might have just waved cheerio to Sundown... but fifty years ago this month it was music of a different kind making the headlines.

The Singing Postman Allan Smethurst, from Sheringham, was photographed entertaining some local pigs in his native Norfolk... him achieve nationwide fame in 1966 with his hit single Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?

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Smethurst, who was born in 1927 and died in the year 2000, won an Ivor Novello award in the best novelty song category for the song. It was revived in the 1990s for an Ovaltine advert.

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A small group of female grey seals first chose the naturally managed sand spit Blakeney Point, on the North Norfolk coast as spot to haul out and give birth to their pups back in 2001. That year twenty-five pups were born and since then the new colony has grown year on year. Now every year, as autumn turns to winter, a whole soap opera plays out on the beach. Throughout November and December, white furred pups are born, weaned, and abandoned within three weeks. Males fight; establishing loose territories among the females to secure the best chance to sire next year's pups. Females raise their pups while the males slug it out and as soon as their pups are big and fat enough to go it alone their mothers mate and head back into the sea. Twelve years after the first pups were born at Blakeney the colony is thriving. By the end of December 2013, over fourteen hundred pups had been born with more on the way. Although delighted with the success of the new residents this burgeoning population has led to major challenges for the landowner, the National Trust to keep both the grey seals and the curious public safe from one another. To add to the challenge early December saw the biggest tidal surge in 60 years hit the north Norfolk, inundating many of the nature reserves along the coastline, including Blakeney. Presenter, Trai Anfield goes to Norfolk to see how well the Blakeney grey seals weathered the surge and to witness the drama. Produced by Ellie Sans.

It was a record-breaking start to the new season of Strictly on BBC One at the weekend... and among the celebrities are three from the East region.

Glittery good luck to Norwich City chairman Ed Balls, Milton Keynes' Olympic long jumper Greg Rutherford and Northampton's Lesley Joseph - perhaps best know for her role as salacious snob Dorien Green in Birds of a Feather.

This was how they got in their first group dance.

It was a sparkly weekend for millions of Strictly Come Dancing fans as the show returned to BBC One to a record audience.

The new series launch got an average of 9.3 million viewers on Saturday night - a record audience for an opening episode of the show.

The celebrity line up includes Norwich City chairman Ed Balls who says his "family is a bit worried about my dancing prowess".

Mr Balls, who was paired with "fierce and fabulous" new Russian dancer Katya Jones, said he and his wife - Labour MP Yvette Cooper - found watching his performance "traumatic".