Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

The Labour MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis, stayed true to his word last night and voted against the triggering of Article 50 - the bill that paves the way for us to leave the European Union.

The Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk, Norman Lamb, abstained in the same vote, which was comfortably won by the government.

The seven other MPs who represent Norfolk, all Conservative, voted for the bill:

• Richard Bacon - South Norfolk
• Sir Henry Bellingham - North West Norfolk
• George Freeman - Mid Norfolk
• Brandon Lewis - Great Yarmouth
• Keith Simpson - Broadland
• Chloe Smith - Norwich North
• Elizabeth Truss - South West Norfolk 

Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze at a cottage in south Norfolk.

The fire broke out in the property on London Road, Harleston, at around 07:30.

The road is now closed.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

Clive Lewis has quit the shadow cabinet, to defy a Labour three-line whip and vote against the bill to trigger Brexit.

It's something the Norwich South MP has been agonising over for some weeks.

When I spoke to him earlier yesterday, he told me it was his intention to do what was right by his constituents and his conscience. He added he also had to think about the wider Labour party, describing it as a "tough call".

Mr Lewis has been an MP for less than two years, and has already become a leading member of the shadow cabinet, and often talked about as a future party leader. 

But he was also a key member of the Labour "in" campaign, and with 56% of Norwich voting to stay in the EU he felt he had to represent the city's views. 

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

Clive Lewis will probably be reflecting this morning what a rollercoaster politics can be. 

An MP for less than two years, he's been in the inner circle of the party: he was instrumental in getting Jeremy Corbyn to stand for leader, he's been a shadow junior minister, shadow defence secretary, shadow business secretary and now he finds himself on the back benches again.

But Mr Lewis won't mind being out of the lime light for a while. He has often complained to friends about the steep learning curve which he's found himself on. He wants to spend more time learning how to be an MP and getting to know, and be known in, his constituency. 

As someone who went against Jeremy Corbyn, there will inevitably be talk about whether or not he'll run against him for leader. Don't hold your breath. Just before last night's vote Mr Corbyn told me: "Clive is a lovely man, I don't want to destroy him."

Both he and Mr Corbyn are still close friends and both sides are already talking about him returning to the shadow cabinet at some stage in the future.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis, has resigned from the Labour front bench. 

He stepped down as shadow business secretary just minutes before voting against Article 50 in the House of Commons.

Mr Lewis has spent the last fortnight agonising over whether or not to vote for the bill - which paves the way for us to leave the European Union. Labour party policy was to support it, but the MP said he couldn't because 56% of people in Norwich had voted to remain in the EU.

In a statement, he said: "I can't vote for something which I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home."

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, thanked Mr Lewis for his work and described him as an asset to the party.

But for someone who's been an MP for less than two years, this is a set back to a promising career. 

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a cold and rather cloudy day across the BBC East region with well-scattered light sleet or snow showers. 

The odd brighter spell is possible though but it will feel bitterly cold with a keen easterly breeze with a high of 3C (37F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Phil Daley
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City boss Alex Neil has been nominated for the Championship's January Manager of the Month award.

Image source, Getty Images

The Canaries won home matches against Derby, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City, suffering one defeat on the road at the hands of Rotherham United.   

Three other managers from the division have also been nominated; Wolves' Paul Lambert, Reading's Jaap Stam and Cardiff City's Neil Warnock. 

The winner of the award will be announced tomorrow.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Good morning from the Norfolk Live team, and welcome to Thursday.

The MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis, has resigned from the Labour front bench and voted against the bill to allow the Brexit process to begin. 

We'll have more on this shortly, along with our regular news, sport, travel and weather updates for the county.

It's a bitterly cold morning... but what can we expect for the rest of the day? Elizabeth Rizzini will have the answer shortly.

The Brexit bill clears the Commons by 494 votes to 122 as Labour frontbencher Clive Lewis quits.

A woman whose parents were allegedly murdered says a mystery man accosted her father before his death.

That's it folks! Our news stream returns from 08:00 tomorrow unless, of course, we have a breaking news story and then it will appear in this feed. 

Some of the news we covered today included: 

• A man has pleaded guilty to firearms offences in connection with 120 guns found at a bungalow in Brundall  
• Students launch a petition to get street lights to stay on for longer in Norwich
• And 200 hedgehogs are given shelter from the cold

Have a great evening. 

BBC Weather

This evening will be rather cloudy with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. Some turning to sleet or snow to give a light dusting in places. 

There will be a widespread frost with the risk of icy patches. Lows of -1C (30F).

Tomorrow will be rather cloudy and feeling very cold as an easterly wind establishes itself. 

A few light coastal showers pushing further inland as the easterly wind freshens. Any showers will turn increasingly wintry, with snow flurries developing into the evening and overnight. Highs of just 2C (36F).

An online appeal has been launched after thousands of pounds of food and equipment were stolen from a foodbank in Norwich.

Thieves broke into the Alive House distribution centre in Nelson Street in the city over the weekend. 

An appeal has been started on the JustGiving website to raise £3,000 to buy CCTV cameras and a burglar alarm for the centre. 

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

A man has pleaded guilty to firearms offences after 120 guns were seized from a bungalow earlier this year.

Micheal Cook, 62, of Holmsdale Road, Brundall, pleaded guilty at Norwich Crown Court to six counts including possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition offences, as well as shotgun certificate offences. 

The weapons were found at his home last May. 

Cook will be sentenced in May. 

A woman whose parents are thought to have been murdered has told a jury an unknown man accosted her father in his garden in the weeks before his death.

The body of Peter Stuart, 75, was found in shallow water in woodland near his home in Weybread, Suffolk, on June 3 last year. His wife Sylvia, 69, is missing, presumed dead. 

Their daughter, Christy Paxman, told Ipswich Crown Court that her father was approached by the man on two occasions about buying his house. 

She said her father was surprised "as he hadn't had anyone round to value the house".

The prosecution claims Ali Qazimaj, 43, was a carer to Mrs Paxman's elderly father-in-law, Sidney Paxman, and murdered the Stuarts. 

The defendant claims he is called Vital Dapi, and is innocent.

The court heard the defendant had accrued gambling debts and that Sidney Paxman had mentioned the Stuarts to him, describing them as millionaires.

The defendant, who was assisted by an Albanian interpreter, was extradited from Luxembourg to the UK to face murder charges.

The Stuarts were last seen alive together on CCTV footage from a shop in Pulham Market, Norfolk.

The trial continues.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

A man has been charged in connection with a murder in Toftwood.

Police found a dead man in his 60s in a house in Boyd Avenue on Sunday. 

A post-mortem examination yesterday proved inconclusive, but Norfolk Police says "there is evidence that the man was subjected to a significant sustained assault which included the use of a knife".

Richard Beane, 49, of Brunswick Close, Dereham, has been charged with murder.

He has been remanded into custody and will appear before magistrates tomorrow. 

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

A care home in north Norfolk has been placed in special measures following an inspection by the government's health watchdog.

Pine Heath care home in High Kelling, near Holt, was inspected in November by the Care Quality Commission, external (CQC).

The CQC was told that a 90-year-old woman who was staying there had died after being taken to hospital with a low temperature, and that Norfolk Police was investigating her death.

Pine Heath is a home for around 40 people who don't need nursing, but some of whom have dementia. Inspectors found that staff were relying on portable heaters to warm parts of the building.

The CQC report said: "The information shared with the CQC about this person’s death indicated potential concerns about the management of the failure of the heating and hot water systems in the home. This inspection considered those risks."

The home has now been rated as inadequate and will be inspected again in six months.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Yesterday we revealed figures which showed that Norfolk had seen the second highest cut in the number of roads policing officers across England and Wales.

Image source, PA

Today, Norfolk Police explains that while numbers have gone down from 89 dedicated units in 2015 to 31 in 2016, officers from others sections are being used to ensure roads are policed.

Ch Insp Kris Barnard said: "In addition to highly-trained specialist roads policing officers, our 104 armed response vehicle (ARV) operators also perform roads policing tasks across Norfolk and Suffolk. 

"ARVs, when not responding to firearms incidents, are utilised to reduce harm and deny criminals access to our road network." 

Dedicated roads police units have shrunk in all but seven forces in England and Wales, figures showed.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Students in Norwich say parts of the city centre and around UEA feel unsafe because street lights have been switched off to save money. 

Image source, Geograph/Roger Kidd

Jo Swo, from the UEA students' union, said: "As a student I experience walking home late from the library or from a night out in the complete pitch black. I also experience a lot of street harassment of being followed home."

The union says it carried out a survey and found 56% of those who responded had a similar experience. It has set up an online petition, external.

The council started rolling out part-street lighting in 2010. Lights are turned off between midnight and 05:00.   

Norfolk County Council said: "The latest report from Norfolk Police in January 2015 confirms that there has been no significant impact on crime and safety in areas where part night lighting has been introduced."

It added it was monitoring the situation.

Alex Dunlop
BBC Look East

At the second day of the Weybread murders trial, the prosecution has revealed blood and hair found in the defendant's car matched the DNA profile of Peter and Sylvia Stuart. 

The prosecution claims Ali Qazimaj, 43, quit his job in Essex after Mr Stuart's body was found - suggesting he had "done a bad thing".

The defendant claims he is called Vital Dapi, and that he is not Ali Qazimaj.

Ipswich Crown Court heard that blood on the door of a car found in Dover matched the DNA profile of 75-year-old Mr Stuart, while hairs in the boot of the car matched the profile of his 69-year-old wife.

Mr Stuart's body was found with nine stab wounds in the river near his home in Weybread in June. Mrs Stuart is still missing, but is presumed dead.

The couple were last seen alive on CCTV footage at Pulham Market on 29 May.

The defendant denies the charges against him.