A woman has died after the car she was in left the road and crashed into a metal barrier.

The crash, involving a white Vauxhall Corsa, happened just after 17:00 on Tuesday on Browston Road, Lound, between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

Norfolk Police, external said the female passenger in the vehicle, in her 50s, sustained serious head injuries and was taken to the James Paget Hospital at Gorleston before being transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

She later died from her injuries.

The male driver of the car, in his 20s, was taken to the James Paget with minor injuries.

Both boys have been expelled from school and police say they have been released under investigation.

Norwich chairman Ed Balls says the club face "big financial challenges" if they do not go up from the Championship this season.

A two-week surrender of guns and ammunition is hailed a "great success".

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Plans described as “difficult and “unambitious” could reverse swathing cuts to the rural rail network, external by restoring services which were scrapped in the 1960s.

Snow fells in parts of Norfolk on Thursday, leading to hazardous conditions.

A school in Norwich is running life skiils courses for parents who are struggling with home life.

Catton Grove Primary started them up after realising some pupils were having problems at school because of what was happening at home.

Zara, who who lost all her confidence after being in a controlling relationship, joined the classes a year ago said: "I'm happier, and if I'm happier my children are happier."

The 20-week week course covers a range of topics from personal finance and cookery to registering with a dentist.

Fiona Sadler of the school said: "Not everyone has had good role models in their life. If you can work with the parents then that is going to have a huge impact on the children."

Amber Hannant has been crowned World Powerlifting Champion six years after a car crash left her in a coma.

The 26-year-old, from Thurlton, Norfolk, was a passenger in the vehicle and suffered a fractured pelvis and ruptured spleen.

She started lifting weights during her rehabilitation.

Amber, who works in Beccles, Suffolk, was crowned world champion in her weigh category at a tournament in Boston, USA, in early November.

Norfolk's police and crime commissioner is asking if the public would be willing to pay up to 12% more in council tax to cover policing costs.

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Lorne Green has opened a public consultation, external which runs until Christmas.

Under current rules the police precept - or the portion of the tax spent on policing - is capped at 2%.

But the government is considering changing that rule which could open the door to much higher increases.

As well as giving Norfolk’s communities the chance to vote for a freeze or a 2% rise for 2018/19, for the first time Mr Greene will be asking if they would be willing to pay even more if the central government cap is lifted – a possibility in mid-December.

“I, along with other PCCs, have been lobbying central government to look again at police funding and lift the council tax limit above the 2% maximum.

"This would allow PCCs more flexibility to set council tax levels in response to funding challenges and local policing needs," he said.

A £200,000 funding proposal to rebuild the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth got the go ahead last night.

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Councillors approved the money to pay for pre-application work to redevelop the structure as a temperate plant house.

The estimated £12.4m project would see the Winter Gardens repaired and restored as a major regional tourist attraction, including exhibition space, a café and space for learning, exploration, participation and events.

The £200,000 investment from the council would be also be used to bid for £530,000 of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the preparatory work.

The council would then make a further bid to the HLF for a £8.7m grant for the on-site works.

Alongside this bid to the HLF, the council said it would continue to explore other funding opportunities.

Joe Storey had argued his 24-year minimum jail term for murdering his girlfriend was too tough.

Lloyds Banking Group is closing 49 branches of Lloyds and Halifax Banks nationwide, including four in Norfolk.

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Lloyds in Acle, Bungay and the Surrey Street branch in Norwich will shut.

The Halifax will also close on St Stephens Street in Norwich.

The closures at Britain's biggest mortgage lender follows 100 announced in April involving 325 job cuts.

They will involve 99 job losses, the Unite workers union said.

Cuts in funding by the county council will see the service end in 2018 unless residents pay for it.

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has joined forces with fire services in Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Humberside to answer 999 calls.

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The four fire services have linked their control rooms together to offer an "even better, more resilient service resulting in quicker response times" that is "better able to meet the demands of busy periods and major emergencies," a spokesperson said.

Each fire and rescue service will continue to maintain a 999 control centre, but staff in any one of them would be able to handle calls from across all four areas and mobilise local fire crews, if necessary.

Hertfordshire chief fire officer, Darryl Keen, said: "The vast majority of 999 calls will continue to be answered by our control centre in Hertfordshire, but this partnership gives us a robust back-up so we can continue to answer calls and mobilise fire crews however busy we get and whatever nature throws at us."

Hertfordshire chose Norfolk, Humberside and Lincolnshire to team up with as the geographical distance between the areas means that it’s highly unlikely all four would be affected by a serious incident, such as severe weather, at the same time.

Hertfordshire moved across to the system on 28 November and Humberside will transfer in January, with Lincolnshire and Norfolk following later in the year.

A well-attended meeting at Griston Parish Council welcomed Wayland Prison's plans for a gate on a public footpath, to try and prevent contraband from getting into the jail.

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The gate is being mooted at the Manor Road end of the footpath near the prison (marked above). Details were outlined to the meeting by Phillip Sanders, the prison's head of residence and safety.

Parish clerk, David Barnett, said turnout was larger than normal but most people were "favourable to the idea", understanding the problem that exists with "throw-overs" of mobile phones and illegal drugs into the prison.

They were told the gate would be large enough to allow prams or pushchairs through and a number keypad would allow use by villagers.

Mr Sanders said governors would be taking into account the comments made at the meeting.

The prison service has described the issue of contraband as "a significant problem", with public walkways surrounding jails allowing people the chance to throw items over the walls.

The jury in the case of a man accused of murdering a Teesside toddler almost 50 years ago has been sent home for the night.

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It spent the afternoon considering its verdicts in the case of David Dearlove, 71, who is accused of killing his 19-month-old step son Paul Booth in 1968.

Teesside Crown Court has heard claims the boy sustained a fractured skull after Dearlove swung him by his ankles, hitting his head on a fireplace.

Mr Dearlove, who now lives in Great Yarmouth, claims the child had been hurt falling out of bed and denies all charges against him.

Deliberations will continue tomorrow morning.

A city councillor is putting forward a motion tonight over the proliferation of gambling shops in Norwich.

Caroline Ackroyd is also concerned about the amount people are being encouraged to gamble, and is calling for the maximum stake of £100 on fixed odds terminals for one spin to be cut to £2.

It follows the story of 70-year-old David Armstrong, from Norwich, who lost £300,000 on roulette terminals and ended up living in his friend's shed up until a few weeks ago.

Mr Armstrong sold his home and family business to pay for his habit. "As the addiction escalated so did the stakes," he said, adding his addiction to the terminals was "pathological".

But Peter Craske, from the Association of British Bookmakers, thinks reducing the maximum stake would mean betting shops closing and the loss of jobs, adding that people can now ban themselves from anywhere that tempts them if they have a problem.

The government is currently consulting , externalon reducing the sums that can be gambled on machines.

Paston Sixth Form College and City College Norwich are to merge.

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The two institutions will become one from 1 December following a public consultation on the plans in the summer.

City College principal, Corrienne Peasgood, will head both and Paston will be renamed Paston College.

The merger was one of the key recommendations of the Norfolk and Suffolk Area Review of Post-16 Education and Training, external.

Over the next year Paston College will start to introduce new post-16 vocational courses and adult learning opportunities.

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Amber Hannant tells BBC Look East how she became world powerlifting champion six years after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car crash.

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