Jay Lawrence
BBC Radio Norfolk

Norwich Olympian Colin Oates has won the British Senior Championship, external for the fifth time.

However, it is his first Championship win in a new category.

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He beat Owen Livesey in the -81kg weight class, having previously fought in the -66 kg classification.

Oates represented Team GB in Rio this summer, but recently announced he will no longer receive funding from the British Judo Association.

Eastern Daily Press

Time to shed the air of superiority is Neil's warning - the back page of today's Eastern Daily Press, external:

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A 17-year-old, who admitted seven hacking offences linked to the TalkTalk data breach in October 2015, has been given a 12 month youth rehabilitation order and had his iPhone and computer hard drive confiscated at Norwich Youth Court. 

More to follow...

Millions of pounds in damages are to be paid to a young girl who's brain was injured during her birth at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston seven years ago.

The settlement was approved by Mr Justice Edis at the High Court in London yesterday.

Alexander Hutton QC, who represents the hospital's NHS Foundation Trust made an apology on behalf of the trust, for the failures of care that led to the girl's "very grave injuries and severe disabilities".

He told the court there had been a "great deal of soul searching" in the hospital's midwifery and obstetrics department following the girl's birth, and that the trust had done its utmost to ensure there was no repeat of failings. 

The lump sum payment of £2.1m, could be delayed due to a possible change in legal guidelines, said Mr Justice Edis, but the girl will receive some money immediately to fund her care, which would "substantially improve" the quality of her life and of those caring for her.

Eastern Daily Press

"My heart is broken and has shattered into a million pieces" - the front page of the Eastern Daily Press, external today:

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A woman in her 80s who was injured in a collision on the A149 at Snettisham has died.

Three vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened shortly before 17:15 at the junction with Station Road, on Thursday, 1 December.

The woman, who was driving a green Suzuki Alto, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn where she has since died as a result of her injuries.

The driver of a black Jaguar was also taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The driver of the third vehicle, a Toyota GT86, was treated at the scene.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Norfolk police.

Martin Barber
BBC News

Resigned commuters from Norfolk and Suffolk take their seats on the replacement buses at Ipswich, heading to London Liverpool Street:

An inquest in Norwich heard a couple found dead at Breydon Water had drowned.

The bodies of Graham Slack, 62, and his 63-year-old wife Jennifer, who lived at Bradwell, were discovered by a bird watcher on the edge of Breydon Water on 29 September.

A major rescue operation was set up to recover their bodies from the mudflats near Great Yarmouth, involving police, the coastguard and the fire service.

Today, Norfolk's Coroner's Court heard how a cousin of either Mr or Mrs Slack formally identified them at the James Paget University Hospital on the following day.

A post-mortem examination confirmed Mr Slack, a retired pipe fitter, and his wife, a retired nurse, had both drowned. The full inquest into their deaths will be heard on 22 May.

Martin Barber
BBC News

So the slog to London continues - and there's a wry smile as the platform announcement encouraged us to "use the full length of the train for a more comfortable journey".

I'm not entirely sure this is "comfortable" and I'm hearing grumblings this isn't a direct train into Liverpool Street. 

"It's amazing how one broken down freight train can cause all this chaos," one person is overheard to say. 

Another said: "There'll be some claim forms going in today." 

Hmm, I'm wondering just how much today's delays are going to cost in compensation? It must run into the tens of thousands. And will it be the freight train company that has to compensate Greater Anglia?

Sadly no Christmas decorations to distract from the commuter misery on this stretch as we slowly head to the capital. 

These pictures of Norwich station have just been sent to us by our reporter Wally Webb.

He told us it was "rather quiet", with one train just leaving for London and another arriving.

The 11:00 and 12:00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street trains have been cancelled, as have the 11:30 and 13:30 from London to Norwich.

All lines between Ipswich and Manningtree are now open, following an earlier broken down freight train.

Rail passengers on services that are running will continue to be subject to delays, with disruption expected until 14:00.

Greater Anglia will compensate any passenger whose journey has been delayed by more than 30 minutes, external.

Claim forms are available online, or from staffed stations, and must be completed within 28 days of the delay.

Compensation is only offered against the planned and advertised timetable, and not usually during periods of pre-planned engineering works and when replacement bus services are used. 

Ticket restrictions on travel today have been lifted, following the cancellations of services due to a broken down freight train between Ipswich and Manningtree. 

Martin Barber
BBC News

There was a quiet resignation at Ipswich station this morning as we arrived from Norwich at 08:25 - it was going to be another one of 'those days' on the commute to London. 

I got the impression people don't have the energy to get angry and stressed about it any more. To be delayed is sadly the norm. 

• You've been delayed - again
• You're waiting in the cold for a limited number of replacement buses - again
• You must remember to fill in your delay repay form - again

People were actually quite good humoured in the bus queue - resigned to the fact there's nothing you can do so you might as well make the best of it. 

As I write I'm now stuck in traffic somewhere on the outskirts of Colchester. There's chatter on the bus about Christmas parties and buying a secret Santa. I feel slightly sorry for the chap who's going to get a hideous festive sweater at the princely sum of £5.98! 

There isn't a view - it's all a bit too misty... but despite being horribly late - there is a sparkle on the horizon! 

Our replacement bus was last used it seems to take festive holiday makers to Cornwall... the tinsel is still hanging from the ceiling.

Greater Anglia, external say disruption to main line services from Norwich to London Liverpool Street is expected to continue until 14:00.

The 10:00 Norwich train to the capital has been cancelled. 

The rail company says tickets for today will be accepted tomorrow, and any ticket restrictions for today have been lifted.

Have you been affected by the disruption? You can send your stories to us by email, Facebook, external or twitter, external.

We've been speaking to rail passengers waiting in a queue at Ipswich station for a rail replacement bus.

Among the comments:

• "It's disgusting - I pay £600 a month for a season ticket and I'm going to be late for work - it's unacceptable"
• "The service we're receiving is not up to standard. We're paying an absolute fortune to jump on a train, to then find we've got to stand outside in the cold with no-one from the train operating company actually offering us any apology"
• "I have to do this every day and this isn't the first time I've been delayed frankly they should be putting more buses on and more help"

Are you affected by this disruption on the rails? Send us an email, or post a message on our Facebook page, external.

A teenager is due to be sentenced today for hacking and data theft related to the TalkTalk breach in October last year.

The 17-year-old was arrested in Norwich.

He admitted seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act. Metropolitan police officers seized computer equipment from his home last November. 

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A young girl who suffered a serious brain injury when she was born at the James Paget University Hospital, external will receive damages running into millions of pounds from the NHS.

The seven-year-old has severe disabilities and will need round-the-clock for the rest of her life following her traumatic birth at the hospital in Gorleston in 2009.

Through her mother, she sued the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, alleging negligence.

The Trust agreed to settle, avoiding the need for a trial, by paying a £2.1m lump sum.

The girl will also receive index-linked and tax-free payments of £95,000 a year to cover the cost of her care, which will rise to £110,000 a year as she gets older and her care needs increase.

The settlement was approved at the High Court in London.

The 09:00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street train has been cancelled, due to a broken down freight train between Ipswich and Manningtree. 

Greater Anglia says disruption to services, external is expected to continue until 12:00, and advises passengers heading to London to travel via Cambridge.

Tickets will be accepted on Great Northern services to Kings Cross from Cambridge. 

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Martin Barber
BBC News

I'm here at Ipswich station where an announcement has just been made on behalf of Greater Anglia, external: "We have very limited resources for the buses, if your journey is not crucial you are advised not to travel."

The train company's website says "Please do not travel between Norwich and Manningtree".

BBC Look East

A man who completed a domestic violence prevention course after punching his partner so hard she had to have plastic surgery said he will never forgive himself.

He said the course he took "changed me immensely".

He added: "One of the hardest questions I was ever asked was 'how does your partner feel about you?' I had nightmares that night, I cried, it made me realise what I had done. I'm a big guy and I intimidated her."

The news comes in the wake of a national study, published last week by domestic abuse charity Women's Aid, which said that between 2009 and 2015, 936 women were killed by men.