Updates for Friday, 25 November 2016
Rapist gets 12-year jail term
Voyeur who filmed women is spared jail
White-collar boxing 'needs reform'
Appeal for restoration of historic windpump
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather
A wet and windy morning across the region with scattered showers and high winds easing through the day.
There's even a chance of a little sunshine by the end of the day.
Maximum temperature: 10C (50F).
Watch my full regional forecast:
BBC Weather has more details for you.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
Hello and thanks for joining us today.
Here in Norfolk we seem to have escaped the worst of the heavy rain and strong winds that battered Britain overnight. The showers will continue, and Kate Kinsella's forecast will appear here shortly.
There are half-hour delays on mainline rail services on the Norwich to London line, due to a points failure at Manningtree. Disruption is expected until 08:30.
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The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert, external for the River Bure and Spixworth Beck, which runs between Aylsham and Coltishall.
And if you're driving, take care on the roads and allow extra time for your journey. If you're travelling further afield, the A14 Orwell Bridge in Suffolk is closed both ways between J55 and J58 due to strong winds.
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Regular updates from the BBC Norfolk Live team have finished for the day, unless a major story breaks.
Here's a quick recap of what we've brought you today:
And while Norwich City didn't have a good weekend, losing 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, it was slightly better for their chairman Ed Balls.
His Great Balls Of Fire jive sees him through to the next round of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing competition:
Ed Balls & Katya Jones Jive to Great Balls of Fire
Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather
It'll be a largely cloudy night with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times. It'll be blustery too, with winds near gale force at times around parts of the coast. Lows of 6C (43F).
Tomorrow there may be a little brightness or sunshine, but overall it will be cloudy with further rain or showers.
However, there are some places that could see a largely dry day. Temperatures, for some of us, climbing into double figures with highs about 10C (50F).
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live
Four men from London who pretended to be police officers as they conned over £100,000 out of elderly and vulnerable victims in a nationwide fraud have been jailed.
The men operated in 13 different areas including Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, and the Thames Valley area.
The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, which investigated, said the group would phone unsuspecting victims, convincing them they needed their money to investigate fraudulent transactions in their account.
Victims were then informed they needed to go to the bank and withdraw a large amount of money, usually between £5,000 and £20,000. The bogus officer would then send someone around, who would also pretend to be with the police, to collect the money.
Image source, Bedfordshire PoliceLeft to right - Shah Ahmed, Rahim Ali, Malik Amer, Ruhel Miah
Quote MessageThese four individuals are callous - they preyed upon often vulnerable or elderly people and in many cases tricked them out of their life savings. To compound their behaviour they pretended to be police officers - the very people in society who look to protect people from such wrongdoing."
Det Con John Davies, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit
The four men, from London, all admitted conspiracy to commit fraud at Leeds Crown Court.
Shah Ahmed, 22, of Toynbee Street, was jailed for four years, seven months; Rahim Ali, 22, of Vernon Road, was jailed for three years, six months; Malik Amer, 24, of Monthorpe Road, received a three years and seven months' sentence and Ruhel Miah, 19, of Chilton Street, was jailed for four years and 11 months.
A boy who suffered severe brain damage during his birth at the James Paget Hospital has won £5m in compensation from the NHS.
Lawyers agree that the boy, in his teens, is so gravely disabled that this amount will not be enough to cover the costs of his care for life.
The High Court in London heard the teenager, who has cerebral palsy, is almost immobile, cannot feed himself and communicates only by moving his eyes or flicking switches.
His legal team sued the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, alleging his delivery was negligently delayed.
The trust denied blame, but agreed to compensate the teenager on a 50/50 liability basis in 2014.
Today, Judge Barry Cotter QC approved a final settlement of his case. It will take the form of a £2.5m lump sum, plus annual index-linked and tax free payments starting at £95,000 a year to cover some of his care costs.
Judge Cotter said the boy's family would still be "under very considerable strain" and would have to make up the "very considerable" shortfall from other sources.
Paying tribute to the family, the judge said he could "only stand back and admire what they have done".
The new floodlit state of the art 3G pitch in Long Stratton is nearing completion, external — and is expected to open at the start of next year.
Image source, Clayton Hudson/Diss ExpressCaroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
Police are appealing for witnesses after an officer was injured during a disturbance in Norwich yesterday.
It happened outside the Prince of Denmark pub on Sprowston Road, between 15:30 and 15:50, where police were following reports of a disturbance.
A PC was injured while he was making an arrest. He was taken to the Norfolk and Norfolk University Hospital, where an x-ray revealed a suspected fracture to his left wrist.
He's now been placed on restricted duties while he recovers from his injury.
Image source, GoogleA 35-year-old man arrested in connection with the incident has been released on bail until 21 December. A second man was arrested at the scene in connection with a separate incident of assault which is alleged to have taken place inside the pub prior to police arriving. The man, 49, was further arrested for drink driving, and also released on bail until 21 December.
PC Dave Thomas says they know, from statements already taken, that there were a number of people in the car park at the time of the assault on the officer.
He said: "Some were reportedly filming the incident on their phones,. and we're keen to obtain any footage which could be used to assist our investigation."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 or call Crimestoppers, external anonymously.
On Sunday, 11 December, the Romanian Orthodox Church in Norwich and East Anglia will celebrate its patron saint, external, the Martyr Philothea of Arges with a special service, lunch and play performed by children.
This year's service is in Gillingham near Beccles.
Image source, Network NorfolkResurfacing work to the A47 at the Thickthorn junction with the A11, external begins tonight and is expected to finish by Friday, 9 December. The work will be carried out between 20:00 and 06:00 on weekdays.
Diversions will be in place.
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During work near the Thickthorn Interchange, drivers heading eastbound will leave the A47 at Longwater, take the A1074 and then the A140 Norwich Ring Road, to re-join the A47 at Thickthorn.
Drivers who miss the Longwater diversion will turn around at the B1108 Watton Road Interchange to head back to Longwater.
When work takes place on the eastern side of the Thickthorn Interchange, drivers need to exit at the roundabout, take the A11, then the A140 Norwich Ring Road to re-join the A47 at the A140 Ipswich Road Interchange.
King Street is one of Great Yarmouth's most historic areas.
But without much investment over the years, many of the shops have become rundown. Now councillors are looking to improve the retail area, smartening it up in a bid to attract higher footfall.
Image source, GoogleUp to £3,000 could be given to 20 shopkeepers if they each put in £1,000 of their own money to help boost trade. Councillors will vote on the plans tonight.
Bullish City boss aims to stop the rot after fourth straight league loss - the back page of today's Norwich Evening News, external:
Image source, ArchantShock and sadness as brothers killed in A140 crash - the front page of today's Norwich Evening News, external:
Image source, ArchantCaroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
An auction of clothes worn by international singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has raised nearly £8,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices, external (EACH).
Ed has been an ambassador for EACH since 2014, and has paid a visit to The Treehouse hospice in Ipswich, close to his family home in Framlingham.
The clothes included an orange hoodie with the words "Justice for Gingers" on it, which was recently dropped off at EACH's Ipswich fundraising office by his mum Imogen.
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Other lots on offer included this Burberry suit jacket Ed wore at the 2013 Grammy Awards when he performed alongside Sir Elton John. It still has a $20 bill and taxi company card in one pocket.
Image source, EACHThe musician is performing live in the Natural History Museum in London on Wednesday, 30 November to raise funds for the EACH Nook Appeal - a £10m campaign to build a new hospice on the outskirts of Norwich.
A man has been disqualified from keeping horses for five years after his animal was found in an emaciated and suffering state.
Guzzy Lee, 31, of Bridle Road, Watton, appeared before Norwich Crown Court.
Concerns had been raised to the RSPCA about a black cob, grazing in a paddock in Hopper's Way, Diss in February.
Following veterinary advice, the mare was placed into the care of the charity Redwings which has since nursed her back to health.
When Crystal was found, RSPCA Insp Jason Finch says she was "dull, depressed and extremely weak on hind limbs... and a lot thinner than she should have been".
She had also recently aborted a foal, as a result of her poor state of health.
In addition to the five year ban on owning or dealing with horses, Lee was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £200.
Norfolk Police, external are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash near Norwich at the weekend.
Two men in their early 20s died when their black Honda Civic car was involved in a collision with a red LDV Maxus van on the A140 in Horsham St Faith at 08:00 on Saturday.
The driver of the van was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for treatment.
A man wins more than £57,000 after placing a £1.70 bet on outsiders in horse races.
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Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter
Suffolk's councils will still meet as planned, even though it's expected the government will pull the plug on the deal for a devolved Suffolk and Norfolk body.
The deal would have seen a combined authority and a directly-elected mayor for the two counties. They would have had control over nearly a £1bn pounds of central government money over the next 30 years to spend on transport, infrastructure and housing.
Suffolk's county and district councils were due to vote and pass the deal over the next three days.
The meetings will go ahead, with councils expected to table an amendment that will allow council leaders to continue conversations with the government about a devolution deal for Suffolk and any other willing partners in councils in Norfolk or even Essex which still favour some form of devolution.
Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury and Suffolk Coastal meet tonight; Babergh and Forest Heath tomorrow; with Suffolk County Council, Waveney and Ipswich Borough voting on Wednesday.
Wally Webb
BBC Radio Norfolk
If you had gone down to the woods at the weekend, you'd have been in for a big surprise.
Teams of specially-bred dogs pulling carts, trikes and even mountain bikes were competing in a dog racing competition in Thetford Forest.
They'd come from as far away as northern Finland to take part in the European Dry Land Championships, external of the International Federation of Dog Sled Sports.
Running a course of up to 7km (4.3miles), the fastest team competed their trail in 11 minutes with an average speed of 22mph (35km/h).
Dog sled racing in Thetford Forest
We've had a mixed bag of weather this weekend, as shown in this selection of photos from our BBC Weather Watchers.
This afternoon, any rain is expected to clear northwards, but it will become windy with isolated showers.
Temperatures reaching a high of 12C (54F).
