Sixty four years ago this month Conservative British politician and minister Ernest Marples was overseeing the laying of a chimney stack at North Park Avenue Estate, Norwich.

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Jay Lawrence
BBC Radio Norfolk

Norwich City will hope to get back into the play-off places later when they face Huddersfield Town at Carrow Road.

The Canaries could leapfrog their opponents and go up to fourth in The Championship if they are able to gain the three points.

City have won their last two home games, against Brentford and Aston Villa respectively, and will aim to make it three clean sheets in a row tonight. 

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BBC Radio Norfolk will have full live commentary from the game, but only on FM or DAB radios, not via the website.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

We told you about a two-car crash near Chapelfields in Norwich which left drivers facing gridlock in parts of the city. 

Now we can show you pictures of the queues and one of the damaged vehicles being recovered.

Jams have formed along St Stephens Road and Grapes Hill and the A147 is closed.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Drivers are facing gridlock in parts of Norwich after a two-car crash on the inner ring road.

Long queues are forming on St Stephens Road and Grapes Hill and the A147 is closed.

It's happened near to entrance to Chapelfield Shopping Centre car park, which has now reopened. 

We'll update this story as soon as we hear more.

A cyclist has suffered serious injuries including a broken jaw and fractured eye socket after colliding with another cyclist in Wymondham.

It happened on Tuesday just before 05:00 on Back Lane between the library and car park. 

Norfolk Police say the other cyclist stopped at the scene, but didn't leave his contact details.

Officers want to speak to him and say he's a white man in his 50s and about 5ft 9in tall.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

I'm reporting from the East of England Ambulance Service control room at Norwich and despite a huge number of calls, staff are managing to pick up 99.5% of calls within five seconds.

As well as emergency calls, they have also had to deal with over 100 less urgent calls which includes routine calls from GPs seeking help for patients needing to be transported.

The ambulance service said that before ringing 999 people should consider whether their case is a real emergency.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

I've spent the early morning with ambulance staff at the control room at Norwich in Norfolk as they face one of the busiest days of the year.

The day is traditionally known to emergency services as Black Friday because of incidents related to Christmas parties and nights out. 

East of England Ambulance Service, external paramedic Rob Chalk, who is based at the Gorleston depot, told me higher demand means resources can't always be stretched as far as needed. 

"We are professionals and sometimes it is our perception that a patient has not called us maliciously but it's not a problem for the ambulance service. And some call out of frustration because they are unable to access care elsewhere," he said.

"But it can sometimes be frustrating if you can hear on your radio that somebody does need an immediate medical response and we are unable to go because we're dealing with something we really should not have gone to in the first place."

The service is hosting a 'Twitterthon' across the day with the aim of giving us an insight into their work:

Nic Rigby
BBC News

We've been sent this picture of a baby deer that has been taken in by Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Frettenham, near Norwich.

Image source, Hillside Animal Sanctuary

The fawn, which has been named Tinsel, has been checked over by the animal charity's vet and is doing well.

The charity is trying to track down the mother.

We hope hope to bring you more details later in the day.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Newspaper publisher Johnston Press, external is to offload 13 titles in East Anglia and the East Midlands to Iliffe Media for £17m.

Titles include the Suffolk Free Press, Lynn News, Fenland Citizen, Haverhill Echo, Newmarket Journal, Bury Free Press, Diss Express, Stamford Mercury, Grantham Journal, Spalding Guardian, Lincolnshire Free Press, Rutland Times and the Local (Bourne).

The group, which publishes the i, the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, said the deal is part of its strategy to focus on growth areas.

Johnston boss Ashley Highfield said: "This disposal marks a major milestone in our divestment strategy and puts us firmly on the path of refocusing our activities on areas with the greatest growth potential.

"The disposal will also reduce our net debt whilst putting us on a stronger footing."

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a rather cloudy day, but remaining largely dry.

The occasional cloud break will allow some sunny intervals to form. Mainly light southerly winds.

Highs of 9C (48F).

Watch my full forecast below.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Thanks for joining us for Friday's Norfolk Live. 

We'll have our regular news, sport, travel and weather updates throughout the day, including the news that Kinsale Juniors School in Norwich has been closed due to a leak and news of the results of a consultation on improvements to the market in Norwich.

In a moment we'll kick off with a weather forecast.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

That's all folks, we'll call it a day and see you tomorrow at 08:00.

Before we go, a reminder of some of our stories today:

• A Broads pub owner has been sentenced for breaches of health and safety
• A man has been jailed for creating a false dating website profile for his former partner
• The Duchess of Cambridge joins Cubs for their 100th birthday celebrations
• Open verdicts have been recorded into the deaths of a Norfolk expat couple in Cyprus
• Norwich City striker Jerome is fit for tomorrow's match

Lastly, it's time for day 15 of the BBC Norfolk Live advent calendar... what festive fun is hidden behind the door today?

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

The quay walls at Great Yarmouth are made of steel sheeting, and in places are badly corroded by the salty waters of the tidal River Yare.

To replace them would be costly, so the Environment Agency has devised a method known as the "Limpet Dam" is being trialled as a more affordable option. This temporary structure allows engineers to inspect and repair the river wall in a dry environment that would otherwise be underwater.

Today, the chief executive of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, has been to inspect the repairs. 

He told me they're committed to doing everything they can to reduce the risk of flooding, and are always on the lookout for ways on how to do that better and for less money.  

"If we can make this new innovative way of refurbishing rather than rebuilding flood defences work, it means more money to go round to spend on flood defences elsewhere," he said.

"We have £2.5bn to invest in flood defences in England for the next five years, but you can never have too much money, so accessing funds from other parties and finding cheaper ways is important."

Image source, Chief executive of the Environment Agency

He added that when thinking about flood-risk management, they think in terms of 50-100 year cycles, and factor in sea rise and climate change.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

A rather cloudy end to the day but relatively mild. One or two breaks in the cloud overnight, allowing some mist and fog patches to form. Low temperatures of 4C (39F).

Tomorrow will be a rather cloudy day with some bright or sunny spells, and a high of 9C (48F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

An inquest has heard how an expat couple from Norfolk died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a mystery fault with their gas heater in their Cyprus apartment.

Retired builder Kenneth Lincoln, 59, and his 56-year-old wife Linda, were found sitting unconscious on the sofa of their home in Paralimni on 2 February.

A colleague of Mrs Lincoln raised the alarm after she failed to turn up for work at the private Xenion School.

The couple had emigrated to the Mediterranean island in 2005.

At an inquest at Norfolk coroner Yvonne Blake read from a translated report written by police in Cyprus.

She said the colleague had checked an outdoor gas cylinder, turning the switch to the "off" position and alerted emergency services. Police forced entry and there was a strong smell of gas.

A post-mortem examination found no external injuries, and blood tests showed the couple had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 

Ms Blake said no-one has been able to find out why the gas was leaking into the house, the heater wasn't damaged. She added there was no evidence or violence, nothing was missing and she was "completely satisfied" that suicide was even an issue.

The couple had emigrated to the Mediterranean island in 2005.  

An open verdict was recorded.

The death of a woman in Thetford is no longer being treated as suspicious by Norfolk Police.

A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive, but revealed no primary evidence of traumatic injuries. Further investigations will take place to establish the cause of death.

Officers were called to a property in Frobisher Close shortly after 17:30 on Monday after being alerted by paramedics. A woman, in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The inquiry is now being treated as a sudden death, and five people who had been arrested on suspicion of murder have been released without charge. 

A further four people were arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the incident. The two men and two women, aged between 30 and 41, were arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs and robbery after they were found in possession of suspected stolen property. 

They remain in custody at Wymondham police station for questioning.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The funding challenges facing our local councils have been laid bare today with new figures showing that they'll once again have less money to spend next year. 

Once all the various funding streams are taken into account, councils in Norfolk will be spending on average 5.5% less in 2017/18 than they are in this financial year. And in four years' time they'll be spending an average of 12% less than they are now. 

The figures from the government show that Norwich will have 9% less to spend than it does this year, South Norfolk and Kings Lynn will have 8% less, Great Yarmouth and North Norfolk 6% less, Breckland 5% less and Broadland 1% less. 

Councils will have to make up the shortfall by either raising council tax or finding savings either by cutting or sharing services. 

Spending by Norfolk County Council is expected to increase by 5% over the next four years because of the extra money going into social care, but once inflation is taken into account this will barely be any increase. 

Ministers point out that local government accounts for 22% of all government spending and it must make savings like every other public body. 

But critics say funding for local government has been cut by 40% over the last five years and every year it gets harder to make savings.    

A shipping wrangle which has left 12 seamen stranded in a Norfolk port could be set to come to an end.

A lorry has struck the railway bridge on the B1078 Coddenham Road in Needham Market, near Lion Lane: