The MP for Mid Norfolk, George Freeman, says David Cameron will be a "big loss for Parliament". The former prime minister has announced he's stepping down as an MP with "a heavy heart."

Mr Freeman says he's "very sad to see him go. We need his experience and insights. But after 10 years of front bench politics he and his family certainly deserve some private life."

A lone Spitfire flew over Norwich to mark the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

Hundreds of people gathered to watch as the band of the Royal Air Force College accompanied personnel from RAF Marham to parade in front of City Hall.

Nearly 3,000 RAF personnel took part in the battle, often described as the "turning point" of World War Two, preventing Germany from invading Britain.

The University of East Anglia has become the custodian of the archive of scriptwriter and novelist Charlie Higson, external.

The writer and actor studied at the UEA from 1977, meeting comedy partner Paul Whitehouse and, through other friends, Harry Enfield. In an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk's Matthew Gudgin, he says a lot of what he's done stems from Norwich.

The collection, he estimates around 40 or 50 boxes, contains TV scripts, drafts for books, floppy disks, and "everything from my most mundane scribblings".

Because of the nature of writing and rewriting on a computer nowadays, there's "no longer the endless drafts and revisions that Paul and I went through when writing The Fast Show".

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A project that helps low-risk prisoners in Norfolk get work experience has seen just 4% of offenders returning to crime on release, compared to the national rate of nearly 50%, a social enterprise has claimed.

Britannia Enterprises started with a cafe, external next to Norwich Prison staffed by inmates, and several months ago it branched out into housing development. 

With help from a local philanthropist, chief executive Davina Tanner says they were able to buy the house pictured above on the city's Plumstead Road.

The inmates were involved in every stage of the renovation, including buying, project management and negotiating supplies, working alongside electricians and plumbers.  

Image source, Chief Executive, Britannia Enterprises

In the two years that Britannia Enterprises has been operating, Ms Tanner says more than 150 offenders have been given real skills to help earn jobs on release.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

Council workers and staff from the local Sealife Centre have been scooping out dead and dying fish from Great Yarmouth's Venetian Waterways since yesterday.

A lack of oxygen is believed to be behind the deaths, and a diesel-powered pump has now been set up to re-oxygenate the water.

Paul Cashman, of Selwood Pumps, told me the pumping operation would "aerate the water by putting it back with a bit of a fan and jet".

"A certain percentage will be discharged and the waterways filled with clean, fresh water," he said. "Some of the fish that are looking a bit sick should survive."

The Old Bailey has heard 21 out of 26 boys who say they were abused by James McCann at St Francis boys' home in Shefford, Bedfordshire, were subjected to a punishment known as The Clappers. 

Opening the prosecution, John Price QC told jurors: "Mr McCann would routinely and seemingly at his whim assault children by clapping the flat of his hands simultaneously over each of their ears."

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Mr McCann (pictured outside a previous hearing) denies 52 charges of violent and sexual assaults on boys, aged between eight and 12.

In a statement read to the court, one alleged victim spoke of receiving The Clappers.

"The pain was searing, I saw stars, there was a loud ringing in my head and I was disorientated and dizzy," he said.

Mr McCann, 80, of Swaffham, Norfolk, has been pronounced unfit to stand trial at the Old Bailey and the jury is being asked to consider the facts alone.

When interviewed by police about the allegations in 2013 and 2015, Mr McCann denied they took place.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon teased the MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis, in Parliament this afternoon - saying that no-one knew who he was.

Mr Fallon, the Conservative MP for Sevenoaks, was asked by a member of the SNP during defence questions if he could name the French defence secretary.

Mr Fallon could name him, but then added: "The problem my ministers have is that none of them know who the shadow defence secretary is." 

Mr Lewis, who was attending his first defence questions as shadow defence secretary, got up and told MPs: "You'll come to know my name soon enough."

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be joined by their two children when they tour Canada later this month.

William and Kate, who live at Anmer Hall in west Norfolk, will spend eight days touring the Commonwealth country with Prince George and 16-month-old Princess Charlotte.

Image source, Chris Jelf/PA

It will be Charlotte's first official royal tour. Three-year-old George travelled with his parents to Australia and New Zealand in 2014, when he was nine months old. 

A number of fish have been found dead in Great Yarmouth's Venetian Waterways.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council says the deaths are due to low oxygen levels, thought to be linked to the weather conditions.

It says it's a "purely natural phenomenon that is not uncommon on waterways at this time of year".

Pumps are being installed to increase the oxygen levels and experts from the Sealife Centre are advising on the issue.

It's not yet known how many fish have died.

Our weather forecaster Chris Bell says tomorrow will be one of the hottest September days for the UK in a long while - he's tweeted these images giving a glimpse of what to expect: 

Lorry driver Danny Warby has been sentenced to six years in prison and banned from driving for 10 years for causing a crash in which an off-duty police officer was killed.

During the seven day trial in August, the court heard Warby had been using his mobile phone and responded to a text message moments before the crash near Wyton. He'd previously been convicted of using a mobile phone while driving among other motoring offences.

PC Pete Bimson, who investigated the crash, said the case was a "tragic incident", adding: "Use of a mobile phone will be picked up by officers investigating the causes behind any collision and it's an offence taken very seriously by police and the courts."

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

We've been reporting the sentencing of Norfolk lorry driver Danny Warby today.

Following the judge's decision to jail him for six years, Sharon Garrett's family said it had been "the most devastating event in the life of our family".

"Sharon was a truly remarkable woman, warm, friendly, kind, generous, intelligent, strong and hard-working. We have been left devastated, and our hearts left completely broken. There is a massive void in our lives which can never be filled," a statement said.

Det Con Garrett, 48, joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in 1991 and served in a number of roles across the force.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The Old Bailey has heard a "cruel and sadistic" carer molested boys at a Catholic children's home in Bedfordshire and terrorised them with a punishment known as The Clappers.

James McCann, 80, of Swaffham, Norfolk, denies violent and sexual assaults on 26 boys aged between eight and 12.

The court heard he repeatedly abused the boys at St Francis children's home in Shefford in the 1960s and '70s. It was run by the Roman Catholic diocese of Northampton and closed in 1974.

Judge Rebecca Poulet QC told jurors Mr McCann was not fit to stand trial and it was therefore their job to decide the facts alone. 

Tomorrow night, Norwich City are at home to Wigan, and the pre-match press conference has just started.

Alex Neil has the latest on the players' fitness. 

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

We've been reporting that a Norfolk lorry driver who caused a crash in which an off-duty police officer was killed in Cambridgeshire has been sentenced to six years in prison.

The Peterborough Crown Court trial heard Sharon Garrett's Renault Clio was forced into a field during the crash, which saw Danny Warby veer across the road several times. 

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

He denied he'd been using his phone before the crash, but was found to have opened a text message moments earlier.

Passing sentence today in Huntingdon, the crown court heard he had numerous previous convictions for using a phone while driving, speeding, driving without a seatbelt and no insurance. 

In 2015, he was banned for a year for drink driving.  

Addressing Warby, Judge Stuart Bridge said he had not learned anything from his previous convictions, adding: "Your driving in general was reckless and cavalier and on this day it was deplorable. 

"Mrs Garrett and her family have paid the ultimate price."

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

As we've heard, a lorry driver who crashed into an off-duty police officer's car, killing her, has been jailed for six years.

Det Con Sharon Garrett, 48, died in a five-vehicle collision on the A141 near Wyton, Cambridgeshire, in June 2014.

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

During a nine-day trial, Peterborough Crown Court heard Danny Warby, from Norfolk, had opened a text message one minute and six seconds before the accident.

He was also speeding at 53mph (85km/h) on a stretch of single carriageway restricted to 40mph (64km/h) for lorries at the time of the collision, the prosecution said.

Mother-of-two Mrs Garrett, who was married to a fellow police officer, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Image source, Terry Harris/paperpix.co.uk

Warby had denied causing her death by dangerous driving but was convicted by a jury last month.

Sentencing at Huntingdon Crown Court, he was also disqualified from driving for 10 years. He was ordered to take an extended driving test to regain his licence at the end of his sentence.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A prisoner who's been in jail 13 times says a project that helps inmates at Norwich Prison get experience in construction work has helped turn his life around.

Towards the end of his 10-year sentence for conspiracy to supply drugs, Paul Sayer, 45, spent most of his days on a construction site, returning to the jail at night.  

Mr Sayer, who used to run a building maintenance company, has since been released and says he's feeling "more positive about the future".

"It's a lot to do with the opportunities presented to me," he said.

The initiative, run by Britannia Enterprises, employs low-risk prisoners in work experience and started about three months ago.

Sue Dougan
BBC Local Live

A lorry driver who caused the death of an off-duty police officer in a crash while texting at the wheel has been jailed for six years.

Det Con Sharon Garrett, 48, died in a five-vehicle collision on the A141 near Wyton, Cambridgeshire, in June 2014.

Danny Warby, 28, of Runcton Holme, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, had denied causing death by dangerous driving but was found guilty last month.

He was also banned from driving for 10 years at Huntingdon Crown Court.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Inmates from Norwich Prison are being released into the community to renovate houses.

Britannia Enterprises is a social venture that already employs low-risk prisoners in cafes, and it's now branching into the construction industry.

Under the scheme, the prisoners work from buying a house right through until the renovation is complete.

The idea is to give work experience to stop the risk of re-offending.

We'll hear from those involved shortly.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A134 in Norfolk, shortly after 13:00 yesterday.

A blue and white Suzuki motorbike, travelling from Thetford towards Mundford, left the road just prior to the A1065 roundabout and struck a lamp post.

The rider of the motorbike, a man in his 40s from Hertfordshire, died at the scene as a result of his injuries.