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A decision on whether to go-ahead with plans to restore Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens will be made by councillors this evening.

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The iron and glass building on the seafront has been derelict since it was closed in 2008 over fears it could collapse.

It's been used as a dance hall, entertainment venue and children's fun play area since 1904.

The council is seeking funding of £200,000 towards first stage repairs and a business proposal to allow it to bid for more funding.

Another £500,000 is being supplied by the Heritage Lottery Fund for this initial work.

The overall cost of the renovation is projected, external at £12,400,582.

Horse-drawn carriages and vintage vehicles form a funeral cortege to honour seaside trader.

Relive Cardiff City's 3-1 win over Norwich and Aston Villa's 1-1 draw against Leeds at Elland Road.

The Northern Distributor Road (NDR) may be on schedule but it's not on budget and today the county council's policy and resources committee "noted" a £20m budget increase for the project.

It means the authority will be paying the overspend and although it has £7.25m set aside, it now has to find £12.25m.

Councillor Martin Wilby says the contract signed was a "shared risk" one, which means it must honour the overspend, brought about by additional work to divert utilities and issues with a railway bridge at Rackheath.

Mr Wilby added that a fixed-price contract would have seen the cost set higher to include a 20%-30% overspend.

He believes the road, which is on target for completion by March, is value-for-money, will cut congestion and open up easier access to the north of the county.

Norwich fan David Thornhill, known as Spud, tells BBC Radio Norfolk's Rob Butler about being called from the crowd by Preston boss Alex Neil to become the fourth official after one of other officials had to retire due to injury at Carrow Road on Saturday.

Plan to stop weapons and drugs getting into a jail in Norfolk don't go far enough, according to the Prison Officers Association (POA).

Bosses at HMP Wayland near Watton want to put a gate across a footpath which runs alongside the site to stop contraband being thrown over the perimeter to inmates.

The path is used by local people who would be given an access code to enter the gate and the area.

Glyn Travis from the POA says new technology makes it harder to put a stop to so called "throw-overs" with some people using drones to drop goods into the jail.

"The gate being proposed is a good thing but the reality is will it prevent what we consider what many governors call 'throw-over Mondays or throw-over Thursdays'?" he says.

Griston Parish Council, external will be discussing the gate with a prison representative this evening.

Norwich City boss Daniel Farke says his players must be "more brutal" if they are to halt their poor run of form.

Multimillion-pound building works are under way at RAF Marham as Britain's armed forces prepare for the arrival of the first batch of new stealth fighter jets.

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The Norfolk airbase will become the main operational centre for the F-35B Lightning II - with nine of them due to arrive in the summer.

More than £500m is being invested in the infrastructure which includes a new building to house the jets, a training facility and resurfacing and extending the runways.

The UK has thirteen F-35Bs in the United States being tested ahead of flight trials off a ship next year - with one more plane being delivered by the end of 2017.

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It has been a battle that has raged on for several months, but now a community group has successfully purchased, external a Suffolk village pub.

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BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Wheelchair tennis star Alfie Hewett has continued his successful year by winning the UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters title in Bemmel in The Netherlands.

The 19-year-old from Cantley, and his regular partner Gordon Reid, to come from behind in the final.

French pair Nicloas Peifer and Stephan Houdet won the first set 6-1, but the British duo fought back to take the next two sets 6-4 7-5 and add another title to the Wimbledon and US Open crowns they won earlier in the year.

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City supporter David Thornhill had a day to remember at Carrow Road when he stood in as an emergency fourth official during the 1-1 draw with Preston.

David, who is known as "Spud", is a qualified referee and was pressed into action after an injury to one of the assistant referees caused a 10-minute delay to the match.

The Norwich head coach Daniel Farke was frustrated by the delay which came as his side were awarded a free kick.

"In earlier times you could play football with a referee and two linesman. Perhaps I am a bit old fashioned but I thought we could play it without a problem," he said.

The RAF Lakenheath airman killed when her car hit a tree at Elveden in the early hours of Friday morning has been named as Hayley Reynolds, 21, from Indiana.

Airman First Class Hayley Reynolds had been stationed at Lakenheath with the US Air Force since April 2016.

Col Evan Pettus, 48th Fighter Wing commander, said: "We are deeply saddened by the loss of Airman Reynolds, and send our sincerest condolences to her family and friends at this difficult time."

Thanking the emergency services for their response to the incident, he added: "As the days get shorter and colder, we continue to stress driving safety measures to our airmen and families."

The railway stations that offer relaxing gardens, modern art, and even free vegetables.

The fourth official search that became a "farce" and an angry winning manager are among five things you may have missed in the EFL.

Norwich's winless Championship run stretches to six games as Tom Barkhuizen cancels out James Maddison's free-kick.

In the past five years, there have been 19 near misses involving UK aircraft and US fighter planes.

New names have been given to police following a re-appeal over the killing of a 16-year-old.

The common seal pups were admitted to the RSPCA at East Winch, in Norfolk.