Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Problems with water supplies in central Norfolk have caused several schools to close.

These are the schools in the Aylsham area affected so far on Friday according to Norfolk County Council, external:

• Aylsham High School (NR11 6AN) - Closed all day
• John Of Gaunt Infant & Nursery School (NR11 6JZ) - Closed all day
• Bure Valley School (NR11 6JZ) - Closed all day

Anglian Water, external has apologised to people in the Aylsham area who are suffering low water pressure or no supply at all.

Engineers are working to find the cause of the problem but supplies are not likely to be restored until after 14:00 today, a spokesman said.

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Cantley's Alfie Hewett lost a thrilling wheelchair doubles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne this morning. 

The 19-year-old and his partner - Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez - fought back from a set down against second seeds Gordon Reid and Joachim Gerard to level the match 1-1.

Image source, Getty Images

A Championship tie-break (to 10 points rather than 7) is played instead of a final set.

The first four points were evenly shared, but Reid and Gerard took control and won the tie-break 10-3.

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Fakenham's Mervyn King has missed out on a place in the quarter finals of the World Indoor Bowls, external at Potters Resort. 

He went down 7-5 6-6 to Scotland's Darren Burnett in the last 16. 

The tournament ends this weekend with the showpiece final on Sunday and the latter stages of the competition shown live on BBC Two and online.

Today's quarter finals feature six former winners. 

There's been anger from commuters this morning over a lack of replacement rail buses - the line is completely closed between Witham and Shenfield due to overhead cabling problems.

The only buses which might be laid on would run between Witham and Stansted so people "could try to use the West Anglia line instead", said Jonathan Denby from Greater Anglia.

"But for this morning we would encourage people not to travel unless their journey is absolutely essential."

Greater Anglia say the damage to the track between Witham and Shenfield is "unusual".

Spokesman Jonathan Denby said: "We know that a train that was going through that section late last night suddenly suffered a complete loss of power which suggested it was an overhead line problem.

"They went to investigate and found a problem with the train itself.

"They then went and inspected a much longer section of track and found damage in a number of places.

"It is unusual, but at this stage we don't know what the underlying cause is."

The Conservative MP for Colchester, Will Quince, has spoken of his anger after all trains between Witham and Shenfield have been cancelled because of overhead line damage.

Passengers are stranded along the line north of Colchester up to Norwich.

"We've got thousands of commuters standing at stations not knowing what's going on, and it's not acceptable," Mr Quince said.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Damage to overhead cables in Essex mean there are no through trains between Norwich and London this morning bringing travel problems for people in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

Image source, Network Rail

The problems with the overhead wires is between Witham and Shenfield.

Cancellations and delays are expected to last until 14:00. 

Trains on the Southend line are running as normal.

The company is advising passengers for London from Norfolk and Suffolk to travel via Cambridge. 

Its tickets are being accepted between Cambridge and London and on the Underground.  

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

We are starting off this morning with another widespread frost and we've got a few early outbreaks of rain too so some of this rain will refreeze onto the roads and pavements - there's a Met Office warning of ice for the rest of the morning.

Through the afternoon it's going to stay rather grey and cloudy, and with a slight shift of wind direction, temperatures will get up to between 3C and 5C (37F to 41F).

Watch my full regional forecast here:

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Hello and welcome to Friday's Norfolk Live. 

Between now and 18:00, the team here will bring you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as we get them.

These are some of the stories we are planning to cover:

• No through trains on rail line between Norwich and London due to overhead wire damage
• The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit Sainsbury Centre to see Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific exhibition
• Scheme to raise money for flood defences from local people in West Norfolk rejected

If there's anything you wish to share with us you can contact us on email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Our scheduled live coverage has come to a close for the day,  unless a major story breaks.

Two stories have dominated the news today - the discovery of an unexploded World War Two bomb in King's Forest and the resignation of a Breckland councillor, who was caught on camera making lewd remarks to a hunt activist.

It's been a bitterly cold day, and our weather forecaster Chris Bell is tweeting on just how cold:

Have a good evening - we'll be back at 08:00 tomorrow.

More now on the news that Norfolk is to receive nearly £1.5m to encourage walking and cycling activities.

Norfolk County Council says the £1.48m Department of Transport grant will focus on Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

Cllr Hilary Cox says the grant will  "open up cycling to residents" who haven't considered it as a viable transport option, with information on "new trails and pedalways" opening up in the two areas.

The funding will also help people looking to get back into work because access to transport and the cost of travel often restricts where job seekers can look for work or get to interviews.

It will also be used to support personalised journey planning for those needing to attend hospital appointments or to access education, as well as "try before you buy" on folding and electric bikes.

The existing cycle loan scheme has proved very popular, says the council's assistant director of highways and transport Tracey Jessop, and this will expand to include more than 200 bikes.

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It's been a freezing cold day... but maybe these BBC Weather Watchers photos tell us that Spring is not so far away?

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Cloud will clear from the north, bringing clear spells and a widespread hard frost. But after more cloud develops later in the night, temperatures should rise. Minimum temperature: -3C (26F).

Tomorrow will start cold with some bright spells, but cloud will increase from the north. This could bring sleet or light snow.

Maximum temperature 4-7C.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Not everyone in Saham Toney believes that Charles Carter should have quit as councillor, after video emerged of him making lewd remarks to a hunt activisit.

Philippa Parkin knew of Mr Carter and said "vaguely... he seems very nice, very passionate about our village even though he doesn't live here. He seems to be in our corner fighting against lots of development".

She used to hunt, but not any more although she still owns a horse - that's how she and Mr Carter got chatting.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

More now on the Breckland Conservative councillor who has resigned after he was caught on camera making lewd remarks to an anti-hunt protestor.

Charles Carter represented the Saham Toney ward. Local parish councillor Maurice Cornelius knew Mr Carter well. 

"He came to our parish council meetings regularly until fairly recently, but has been conspicuous by his absence the last few meetings," he said.

"To his credit he did work very hard on our behalf with planning issues. That was his forte."

But Mr Cornelius was unimpressed at Charles Carter's remarks, made on from the saddle to anti-hunt activist Linda Hoggard: "I was appalled, really shocked... we sometimes used to call him a bit of a Hooray Henry in the village because of his manner of dress... I don't think what he said will go down very well in the parish, I am sure the parish council will be as appalled as I am."

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

"Focused" and "fearless" are two words in the BBC's commentary as Suffolk's Katherine Rednall won her second singles title at the World Indoor Bowls Championships, external this afternoon.

Image source, BBC Sport

The 21-year-old from Baylham has been in dominant form all week and beat three-times champion Ellen Falkner 10-5 10-6 at Potters Resort in Hopton-on-Sea.

"I was really pleased with how I played," Rednall said. "I got a lead in the first set and was able to defend it but Ellen came back at me in the second. 

"Playing Ellen in the final was what most people would have hoped for I think and I hope we lived up to it."

The owner of a light aircraft says the thieves who stole its engine were "pretty thorough".

Nick Harper, who keeps the Pegasus CT on a farm air strip in south Norfolk, got a phone call from the landowner on Monday to say somebody had broken into the hangar.

"They got in through the side of the hangar, took a panel out and made like a door... they cut all the padlocks off and were probably in and out within an hour," he said.

As well as the theft of the engine, the thieves stripped out the avionics and stole items from a caravan on site.

Mr Harper estimates the total cost at £40,000.

It happened between 15:00 on Sunday and 16:00 on Monday. Norfolk police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

Nearly £1.5m is coming to Norfolk to encourage more people to cycle and walk to work.

Norfolk County Council is one of 25 local authorities to share £60m from the government's Sustainable Travel Access Fund for 2017-2020.

The funding aims to deliver more road safety measures, an increased focus on car-sharing clubs and real-time bus information through apps or at bus stops.

Transport minister Andrew Jones says the money will help people access jobs, education and training and reduce congestion on roads at peak times.

Image source, Getty Images

Volunteers are needed to help a community bakery-cum-brewery, external become a reality.

The brainchild behind the Equal Brewkery is Bill Russell. After retirement, the former special needs teacher, who has brewed in the past, decided to combine his love of beer with helping others.

The not-for-profit social enterprise in Norwich is looking for volunteers who'll be given full training and will then work with people with learning difficulties, to teach them about brewing and baking.

"The products have to be really good - the bread's got to be delicious, the beer's got to be delicious - and the money we make from the sale of those goods will be used to pay those with learning difficulties," he said.