Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Her baking may have taken a battering from Paul and Mary, but Norfolk's Great British Bake Off contestant Kate Barmby was welcomed by us cake-lovers when she popped into the BBC in Norwich.

Kate, who brought along a jam-filled Victoria sponge, says it was a "privilege" to be one of the last BBC bake-off bakers, and to get nearly halfway through the series was "brilliant".

"Batter isn't really my thing... I'm really quite a creative and artistic baker and batter is an unpredictable beast... I like bread work, pastry and sugar craft," she said. 

The mother-of-two who lives near Brooke, is the fourth contestant to be dumped by Hollywood and Berry in this series, but says she hasn't "completely humiliated" herself, adding: "There's been some fantastic bakes among some of the shocking ones.

"I'm going to pick myself up and carry on... I'm not going to cry." 

Kate, who loves cake art and design now wants to pursue that creative aspect of her baking. We wish you all the best Kate - and by the way, BBC Radio Norfolk producer Edd Smith says the cake was "scrummy!".  

A timber-framed building that was once used by the Young Citizen's Guild in Hemsby has been destroyed in a fire.

Holiday chalets near the site, which were all occupied, had to be evacuated as a precaution.

Narrow roads made access to the site difficult for firefighters.

The building is now a pile of ashes. An investigation will look into the cause of the fire.

Jill Bennett
BBC Radio Norfolk

Fears have been raised that further cuts to the adult social care transport budget will affect day care centres in Norfolk.

Transport is vital for them, with many people coming in from towns and villages many miles away. 

I've been to the Aspires Day Service centre in Fincham, external, where 47 adults with various disabilities come to work and socialise - many of them have been coming for years.

A lot of the people here have to travel some distance. Joint manager Janice Lunan told me that a cut to transport costs would have an enormous impact on them as the adults have a fairly limited amount of money.   

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Norfolk County Council, external is looking at taking £1.7m from the adult social care transport budget, leading to one group saying it could mean disabled people becoming prisoners in their own homes.

The savings would be delivered by asking people to use public or community transport where they're assessed to be able to do so, and making sure people use their Motability vehicle or mobility allowance for their transport.

Image source, Norfolk County Council

The Conservative leader of the council, Cliff Jordan, says all their social care services are under pressure, with less money from the government and an increasing demand for services.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

The children's hospice at Quidenham has been rated "outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission.

The health regulator, which carried out the inspection in March, praised the caring and compassionate staff, external, and the leadership of the East Anglian Children's Hospices, external facility for Norfolk.

Image source, EACH

Tracy Rennie, director of care at EACH, says they're "delighted" with the rating, adding the entire team deserve "huge congratulations for this significant achievement."

The Duchess of Cambridge is the Royal Patron of the charity, which supports families and cares for children and young people who have life-limiting conditions. 

The charity is trying to raise £10m to build a new hospice called The Nook, external near Norwich. 

Image source, EACH

Jack Reeve
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Alfie Hewett is through to the men's Paralympic wheelchair tennis singles final after a super win against Belgium's Joachim Gerard, which some are calling the upset of the games. 

The 18-year-old beat the world number two 7-5 6-3 in the semi-final to seal his place in the gold-medal match.

Image source, Getty Images

Not only does that mean a guaranteed medal for Hewett in the singles, Team GB is guaranteed a gold as he will be up against his doubles partner Gordon Reid in the final.  

Image source, Getty Images

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Nearby holiday chalets were evacuated as a precaution last night, when a fire broke out in a timber-framed building in Hemsby.

Ten appliances and 40 firefighters tackled the blaze, which started shortly before 19:45 in a hall formerly used by the Young Citizen's Guild.

Because of the risk of the fire spreading, Norfolk Fire & Rescue's incident commander Alan Nichols says they had to evacuate the nearby chalets, which were fully occupied.

He says the blaze developed very quickly, but conditions worked in their favour.   

A 34-year-old man has been arrested following a disturbance in Half Mile Close in Norwich earlier this morning.

Specialist police officers were called to a property at 03:20, following concerns for the welfare of a man who subsequently barricaded himself into an address.

Police negotiators were sent to the scene, and the man was arrested on suspicion of affray at around 07:00. He remains in police custody and will be questioned by officers later. 

Police are currently at an address on Half Mile Close in Norwich.

They responded to reports of a disturbance at around 02:30. Specialist resources are currently dealing with a male at an address in the Close in relation to this disturbance.

The road is in the Mile Cross area of Norwich, just off the A1024 Mile Cross Road.

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

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Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Early mist and cloud clearing, to bring a sunny day with a risk of thunderstorms later. 

Temperatures reaching 29C (84F).

It'll be the last day of the hot spell, so make the most of the weather - the Met Office has issued a warning of heavy rain for tomorrow. 

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Hello and thanks for joining us for Thursday's Norfolk Live. We'll have the latest news, sport and travel updates for you from around the county. The weather forecast will be here shortly - and it's looking like another hot and sunny day.

Among the stories we're looking at today: a campaign group warns that further council cuts to the adult social care transport budget will make people prisoners in their own home... and firefighters tackled a large blaze in Hemsby overnight.

We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00, unless of course a big story breaks, in which case we'll keep you across it. 

Our main stories today: 

• The county's police and crime commissioner is making plans for more "visible policing"
• A new noise reduction test facility has been opened at Norwich International
• And good luck to Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate, who is aiming for her third medal in Brazil tonight

Have a good evening. 

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

Tonight will be a dry, warm and muggy night. 

Low cloud, mist and fog may be more extensive tonight, especially in the west of the region. Temperatures falling to around 15-17C (59-63F).

Tomorrow any mist, fog and low cloud should slowly clear to leave another largely fine and dry day, with sunny spells. However, we can’t rule out some thundery downpours. 

Temperatures could again climb to around 30C (86F).

The former landlady of one of Norfolk's most historic pubs says she's been advised by lawyers not to explain why it closed suddenly.

The Lord Nelson at Burnham Thorpe, near Wells-next-the-Sea, was repossessed yesterday after bailiffs moved in.   

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Originally built in 1637 in the birthplace of Norfolk's greatest naval hero, the Lord Nelson is now back in the hands of brewer Greene King. 

Landlady Debbie de Groeve stripped many fixtures, fittings and items of Nelson memorabilia from the pub.

Greene King said it had tried to buy the items from the tenants, but they refused to sell.

Asked why the pub had been stripped of the items, Ms Debbie de Groeve said her lawyer had advised her not to comment.

Vanessa Baffoe
BBC Look East

An engine-testing centre at Norwich Airport is being unveiled today. 

Nearly £1.4m has been spent on the facility, which aims to reduce aircraft noise during engine runs. 

A spokeman said the testing centre was a bespoke high-tech facility, only usually found at larger airports like Stansted or Heathrow. The new centre will also support aircraft repair and maintenance.

Jack Reeve
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

It's been quite the start for Norfolk's Paralympic athletes. 

Jessica-Jane Applegate is aiming for her third medal in Brazil today. The 20-year old from Belton, near Great Yarmouth, goes in the S14 100m breaststroke heat at 14:00. If she gets through she'll be in the final tonight. Applegate has already won a bronze and a silver in the pool in Rio. 

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Elsewhere, Cantley's Alfie Hewett will try to reach his second final of the games today. The teenager faces Belgium's world number two Joachim Gerard in the last four of the Wheelchair Men's Tennis singles.

Whatever happens, the Wimbledon champion has secured at least a silver in the Doubles alongside partner Gordon Reid. That final is tomorrow night.

Image source, Getty Images

Finally, Norwich's Amy Conroy, who is part of the GB Wheelchair basketball team, plays in the semi-final tomorrow at 19:15 against Argentina.

BBC Weather Watchers

It's going to continue to be balmy this afternoon.

Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Hopping Frog for this sultry-looking picture of the Sheringham coastline taken a couple of hours ago.

Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Hopping Frog

Jo Thewlis
BBC Radio Norfolk

Two young pedestrians have been injured in separate incidents in Norwich.

In the latest, a girl has been taken to hospital following a collision with a lorry, with serious head, arm and leg injuries.

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Police say it happened at Salhouse Road near the junction with Heartsease Lane at about 08:45 this morning.

The road is closed in both directions while investigations take place. 

Meanwhile officers, external have appealed for witnesses to another collision which has left a young man with serious head injuries.

It happened at about 00:30, at the junction of Bank Plain and Queen Street. 

The teenager was taken to hospital after being involved in a collision with a white Toyota Auris, close to a pedestrian crossing.  

Eastern Daily Press

Here's the back page of today's EDP:, external

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Deborah McGurran
BBC Political editor, East of England

A Conservative MEP for the East of England, who supported Britain remaining in the EU, has told the European Commission to "calm down".

Vicky Ford warned Jean-Claude Juncker to "take time to get Brexit right", as he made his annual State of the Union Speech today. 

Mrs Ford said: "If we are forced to rip the UK out of the single market with no long-term plan then economies across all of Europe will suffer.

"Negotiators on both sides of the English Channel need to take time to get this right."