The Duchess of Cambridge was greeted by children as she toured a Norfolk hospice.

The Duchess of Cambridge was greeted by children as she toured a hospice charity that is hoping to build a new £10m home in Norfolk.

Kate visited the site in Quidenham run by the East Anglia Children's Hospices, which she supports as a royal patron.

She was shown round the centre which EACH plans to replace with a new purpose-built facility.

So far, half of the money needed has been raised.

Norwich City winger Josh Murphy signs a contract extension to stay with the Championship club until June 2021.

That's it from the Norfolk Live team today - our regular scheduled updates will resume at 08:00 tomorrow

Here's a quick look at the stories making the headlines in Norfolk today:

• A bed-blocking patient who refused to leave a hospital for more than two years says he "did not want to stay"
• An investigation is under way into how a schoolboy fell down a stairwell, receiving critical injuries
• The Duchess of Cambridge visits children's hospice
• Plans to axe lollipop patrols are shelved
• Heartbreak for Rebecca Fields in Mixed Pairs finals at World Indoor Bowls Championships  

The gritters will be out this evening, with an icy night forecast, coupled with freezing fog. Not many of us saw the sun today, so we'll leave you with this photo of the morning's sunrise, captured by BBC Weather Watcher Orpheus.

Motorists are advised to avoid the A47 to the west of Norwich, and find alternative routes if possible.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

A dry but cold evening and night, with dense freezing fog patches forming.

The fog will become widespread overnight, with ice on untreated surfaces becoming an additional hazard. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning, with the potential for travel disruption.

Temperatures reaching a low of -3C (26F).

A cold and frosty start to Wednesday.

Fog will lift into low level cloud, and it'll remain cloudy with some brighter spells.

Maximum temperature: 4C (39F).

BBC Weather has more details for where you live.

Phil Daley
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

It's being described as one of the best matches ever seen at Potters in Hopton-on-Sea. 

Norwich's Rebecca Field and Paul Foster lost 7-6, 7-9, 2-1 to Nicky Brett and Claire Johnston after a tie-break in the final of the mixed pairs competition at the World Indoor Bowls. 

Nearly £50,000 is coming to water rescue charities in Norfolk.

The government grant is the third round of funding provided under a five-year, £5m scheme, announced in the 2014 budget.

The money can be used to buy safety equipment needed to help those in danger on and around inland and inshore waterways, including during flooding.

The funding breaks down as follows:

• Hemsby Lifeboat - £5,696
• Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service - £8,620
• Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters - £15,041
• Palling Volunteer Rescue Service - £18,692

The Duchess of Cambridge met youngsters with life-threatening conditions and their families during her visit to the East Anglia's Children's Hospices centre in Quidenham today.

Among the children she observed taking part in an art therapy session was Isabella Benton. The six-year-old, who lives in Dereham with her parents and three sisters, has a number of neurological conditions and underwent major surgery in 2015.

Image source, PA

Bradley Jackson was also taking part in the activity. When 11-year-old Bradley was born he was healthy, but at just a few months old he had a major seizure and spent three weeks on life support. 

Bradley, who lives with his mum Michelle at home in Norwich, is registered blind, and cannot sit, stand or speak. She said he enjoyed the "stimulating activities" at Quidenham and would enjoy the new hydrotherapy pool at The Nook, external.

Image source, EACH

The duchess spent the second half of her visit talking to staff and volunteers. She was given an update on The Nook appeal, and its need to raise funds for the news £10m new purpose-built facility near Norwich.

East Anglia's Children's Hospices, external provides care and support for more than 750 youngsters and family members, with 346 currently using its hospice in Quidenham.

The Duchess of Cambridge was given a posy of flowers by a four-year-old girl when she arrived at the East Anglia's Children's Hospice, external (EACH) in Quidenham earlier.

Nell Cork's brother Finnbar had received care at the hospice before he died in August last year. Kate chatted to Nell before shaking the hand of older brother, Alfie, 13, and speaking to their parents. 

Image source, EACH

Kate, who became the charity's royal patron in 2012, was greeted by flag-waving children from local primary schools before being taken on a tour of the hospice.

She was there to see for herself why the Nook appeal, which she launched in 2014, is so important.

Image source, EACH

An increased demand for service has seen EACH outgrow its Quidenham hospice, which opened in 1991. The charity has planning permission for a five-acre woodland site at Framingham Earl, to the south of Norwich.

The appeal aims to raise £10m for the new purpose-built facility. So far, the charity has secured close to £5m.

Image source, Getty Images

A patient evicted after spending two years in a hospital bed "didn't want to stay".

Can you help lighten the laundry load and help keep an animal centre spick and span?

Hundreds of animals are cared for at the East Winch RSPCA centre, external, and each day it gets through dozens of washing loads.

Image source, RSPCA

But now it's appealing for volunteers to help with the mountains of dry suits and towels used to clean out the animals, to get them washed, dried and ready for re-use.

Manager Alison Charles says some extra pairs of hands would really help, even it just for a couple of hours a week.

Norwich Evening News

The back page of the Norwich Evening News, external today:

Image source, Archant

The man, who was eventually evicted from his bed, says the hospital made it impossible to leave.

Norwich Evening News

The front page of today's Norwich Evening News, external:

Image source, Archant

Rebecca Field has suffered an agonising defeat in the final of the mixed pairs competition at the World Indoor Bowls at Potters, Hopton-on-Sea.

Field, from Norwich, and her partner Paul Foster lost in a tie-break to Claire Johnston and Nick Brett. 

A hospital patient who refused to leave for more than two and a half years despite being assessed as fit for discharge says he was initially admitted on mental health grounds.

Mr Guedes, 63, who is paralysed from the chest down, told us he had asked to be moved out of the James Paget University Hospital into a "wheelchair-friendly place" and to see a "spinal specialist in London for his injuries". He claimed he'd always wanted to leave.

The Gorleston hospital had to resort to applying for a court order to evict Adriano Guedes, who'd been admitted in August 2014. He left earlier this month.   

Anna Hills, the hospital's director of governance, said the patient had refused "all offers of appropriate accommodation". Detailed planning took place which led to Mr Guedes' successful discharge. 

He is now living in a council flat in Suffolk.

Rob Butler
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

King's Lynn Stars, external will begin their new Premiership campaign on home shale. 

The Stars host Leicester Lions on 5 April. Two days later they travel to Coventry before a double-header against top-flight newcomers Rye House on 14 and 15 April starting with a home meeting. 

Champions Wolverhampton will come to the Norfolk Arena on May Day.

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City's FA Youth Cup tie against Tottenham which was due to take place this evening has been called off. 

The match was due to take place at The Lamex Stadium, home of League Two Stevenage, but the pitch is frozen.

The winners of the match will be through to the quarter-finals of the tournament. 

The story of Adriano Guedes, who spent more than two years at the James Paget Hospital before being evicted earlier this month, has featured in several national newspapers.

• The Times wrote, external: "Court evicts healthy patient who spent two years in a £300,000 hospital bed"
• The Sun carried the headline, external: "PAIN IN THE BED Hospital is forced to apply for a court order to evict ‘fit’ patient who had occupied a bed for TWO YEARS"
• The EDP reported, external: "‘We are a compassionate organisation’ - James Paget Hospital on why it took two years and a court order to discharge medically fit patient who refused to leave"