Maurice Hammond continues to undergo medical treatment for injuries he suffered in the air crash.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

As BBC Introducing celebrates its 10th birthday, we look back over the 10 years of BBC Introducing in Norfolk.

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BBC reporter Zoe Applegate was involved in the early years of the show with producer Gary Standley and helped give acts such as Jess Morgan, external, Norwich-based rapper DPF and Sean Seraphim, external a push.

Zoe said: "When we started the show in 2007, I think one of the biggest worries for Gary and I was that there wouldn't be enough good music coming out of the patch to fill an hour-long show each week.

"How wrong we were – in fact, we were inundated, which is why it was eventually handed another hour."

Norwich-based musician Jess Morgan, from early appearances on the show, has gone from strength-to-strength as one of the best singer/songwriters in the country.

She said: "I got to know the team at BBC Introducing in Norfolk when I'd just moved back to the city from London.

Image source, Zoe Applegate

Image source, Zoe Applegate

"Obviously the landscape in general and the landscape for making music were very different.

"I didn't really know what to do with myself at that time and BBC Intro really caught me then.

"I'm very grateful to Gary Stanley [producer of BBC Introducing in Norfolk] and his wonderful enthusiastic team for giving so many opportunities to play music and be heard."

Phil Shepka
BBC News

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Five men were arrested after a fight involving a "chainsaw or hedge-cutter" in Fleeters Hill in Hingham on Friday afternoon.

Police were called shortly after 15:30 after three groups of people using spades and the chainsaw or hedge-cutter were involved in a dispute.

There were no serious injuries, but five men - two in their 40s, one in his 30s, one in his 20s and one in his late teens - were arrested on suspicion of affray and subsequently released pending further investigation.

South Yorkshire Police want to trace these men as part of their investigation into violence following the Sheffield United v Norwich City game on Saturday 16 September:

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A disturbance broke out as fans were leaving the Bramall Lane ground, with two men from Norwich, aged 55 and 25, seriously hurt. Both have since been discharged from hospital.

Officers investigating the disorder have now released CCTV stills of seven men - including two stills of one man - who they believe could hold information about the disturbance.

A mural measuring 60 ft (18m) in width has been unveiled at the Wellington Pub, external in Feltwell, to commemorate the 75 New Zealand Squadron which flew from the village's RAF base during World War Two.

The pub was renamed in honour of the bomber by its owners, Christine and Stuart Samuels and they commissioned Oxburgh-based artist Colin Mason for the project.

The unveiling was performed by a veteran WW2 Wellington radio operator called Ivan Potter, from Ipswich.

Mr Potter, 93, is one of the last surviving radio operators, although he didn't serve at Feltwell.

Mr Samuels says they're delighted with the mural: "We thought we'd have something very broad brush so we thought you'd stand back and be able to see it.

"However the detail in it's phenomenal.

"The roundels, external on the actual aircraft, the roundels you see on people's bicycles it's just, to a detail, beyond our possible belief."

Nic Rigby
BBC News

BBC Music Introducing, the corporation's home for unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar new music, is celebrating its 10th birthday this week....

Before his leap to international stardom singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran appeared on the BBC Introducing in Norfolk show on BBC Radio Norfolk.

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BBC reporter Zoe Applegate, who was involved in Introducing at that time, recalls filming with the 18-year-old Sheeran and Introducing presenter Sophie Little in 2010 (pictured outside the Norwich Arts Centre, where he played in the late noughties).

"He [Sheeran] talked about how he ended up on Jamie Foxx’s radio show and stayed over at his mansion after playing an open mic session in an LA bar," said Zoe.

"I am pretty sure we found out he’d been away because we had been trying to book him about a month before for an Introducing showcase at the Royal Norfolk Show and couldn’t get hold of him.

"Turns out he didn’t need the gig."

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Nic Rigby
BBC News

This week marks the 10th birthday of BBC Introducing and BBC Introducing in Norfolk has arranged a host of events to celebrate the milestone.

The celebrations kick off with a very special full band set by Mullally, external (pictured above) on Tuesday, 3 October at Open in Norwich.

Gary Standley, of BBC Introducing in Norfolk, describes Mullally as the "king of pop hooks and his voice oozes with soul.

"He's set for the stratosphere too - Ed Sheeran recently persuaded him to sign to his record label Atlantic".

On Wednesday there will be live broadcast sessions into every hour of BBC Radio Norfolk's daytime schedule from 06:00 until 19:00 - and each one from a different location - quite a feat of engineering.

It will includes performers such as Milly Hirst (pictured above), Playing House, Ginny Dix, Lucy Grubb and The Watanabes.

BBC Introducing in Norfolk presenters Sophie Little and Jay Lawrence will travel between the locations, a bit like Treasure Quest, introducing them each on air.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A wetland habitat in The Fens has become the preferred home of one of the UK's rarest birds - the crane - as a conservation project is helping to re-establish the birds, which became extinct in Britain 400 years ago.

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Some 33 birds can currently be seen at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, external centre at Welney, on the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border - all of which have flown there, rather than being part of any hand-reared project.

Warden Louise Clewly has been telling us what to look for.

"There are actually only around 75 birds in whole of the east of England and we've got a staggering number here at the moment," she said.

"[The collective noun for a group] is called a dance and that's what they do - they jump around in the air and they frolic around each other when they're courting and they make this beautiful bugling sound."

Crane numbers:

• cranes started returning to the UK in The Broads in the late 1970s
• they did not breed until the early 1980s
• 2010 population in the East of England estimated to be 20-30
• Current UK population estimated to be 150-200
• Also found in the Somerset Levels, which has a separate reintroduction programme, including about hand-reared birds
• The species does not migrate, but the birds will fly between different habitats in The Fens

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A vicar says she's seen lives destroyed by the introduction of Universal Credit, and believes many people in Great Yarmouth have become homeless as a result of not being able to deal with their finances.

Reverend Jemma Sander-Heys, who preaches in the town, said: "I know people who have, through the stress, have actually taken their own lives.

"I also know several people, several families, who've found themselves having to find new accommodation because there's been a delay in the payments even if they're eligible.

"I also know people who, while trying to attend one appointment with one organisation, have failed to turn up at another meeting and have been sanctioned."

A group of Conservative MPs has reportedly written to the work and pensions secretary, demanding a pause in the implementation of the government's Universal Credit welfare plan.

Campaigners near Norwich say something must be done to stop drivers speeding along a narrow country road near a school.

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Morley Parish Council recently recorded the speeds of 10,000 cars along Golf Links Road near Wymondham College, and almost 40% were breaking the 30mph speed limit.

Mother of two Corinna Pharoah is worried someone will be killed: "I don't even let them walk or cycle to school.

"It's not just me. Lots of parents in the village and the surrounding areas feel it's just a question of time before a fatality."

A statement from Norfolk County Council said: "A suggestion has been made to the parish council to extend an existing footway, which could be considered under the parish partnership [shared funding] but we are of course happy to discuss other appropriate options."

Rob Butler
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City striker Cameron Jerome says the team are sailing on the crest of wave after another win.

The Canaries made it seven unbeaten in all competitions on Saturday when they won 2-1 at Reading, the goals coming from Jerome and man-of-the-match James Maddison.

The only blemish for Norwich was the late sending off of Marley Watkins.

It's quite a turnaround following a 4-0 drubbing at Millwall in late August.

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A man died on Saturday night after a collision involving three cars on the A47 at Scarning near Dereham.

Police say the incident took place just after 19:45, when a blue Vauxhall Vectra travelling towards Swaffham was involved in a collision with a silver Vauxhall Zafira travelling towards Norwich.

The Vectra then collided with a white Mercedes C220, travelling towards Norwich.

The driver and only occupant of the Vectra, a man in his 60s, died at the scene.

The road was closed until just before 02:30 on Sunday while emergency services dealt with the incident.

Jaap Stam's Reading suffer a third defeat in four home games in all competitions as Norwich's upturn in form continues.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

The "World's Biggest Coffee Morning" by Macmillan has become an annual tradition... a get-together with a cuppa and a cake to raise money for charity.

Here in Gorleston, staff and pupils at Lynn Grove Academy baked a range of creative cakes to go under the hammer.

The cakes went... well, like hot cakes... with pupils bidding against teachers to raise as much money as possible.

In total, the auction raised £660, and £40 of that came from me.

Unfortunately, I inadvertently scratched my chin during the bidding... and am now the proud owner of this red velvet cake (below).

Better not let it go to waste...

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

Almost 24,000 people have voted in a referendum in Great Yarmouth to change the way councillors are elected.

About 70% of them voted to reform the system. Instead of councillors standing three years in four, the public think all councillors should face the vote once every four years.

The decision made by the public is not binding and councillors will decide the style of voting at a future date.

If the change is implemented, it could save the authority £120,000 every four years.

A majority stake in the Norfolk-based sports car maker Lotus has been officially bought by the Chinese engineering company Zhejiang Geely.

Geely now owns 51% of the company, with a minority 49% being held by Etika Automotive - a Malaysian automotive group.

Geely has appointed its executive vice president and chief financial officer Daniel Donghui Li as chairman of the Lotus Board.

Mr Jean-Marc Gales will continue in his role at Lotus as the chief executive officer since joining the company in 2014.

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Lotus said sales rose by 10% year-on-year in the first half of 2017 and it is poised for further expansion into the US and Chinese markets.

Mr Donghui Li said: "We are extremely confident that Lotus will go above and beyond the expectations of the automotive industry and consumer base in the near future."

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn is going into the winter with a shortage of 142 nurses and some junior doctor and consultant vacancies.

The hospital has been holding recruitment days in an effort to attract more applicants.

Chief executive Jon Green says he's hoping it will help bring staffing up to strength and enable it to meet winter pressures.

Mr Green said: "We're a relatively small hospital and therefore our degree of flexibility to take an increase in people coming in is limited.

"We will have difficult days and not give the experience over winter on certain days that I aspire for every day, but the important thing is we maintain safe care at all times."

Work is set to begin on 23 October to repair a pair of damaged bridges over the A47 near King's Lynn.

Both bridges, which carry the A148 over the A47 at the Saddlebow interchange, will be closed to vehicles throughout the project.

One lane of the A47 westbound will be permanently shut throughout the works and overnight closures of the road will take place for eight weekends.

The bridges were damaged when they were struck by an over-height vehicle.

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Image source, Highways England

Image source, Highways England

A public information event is being held at the Adrian Flux Arena on Monday, where local people can find out more about the plans.

Did you see a white Audi A3 S-Line driving around Hunstanton in the early hours of Wednesday?

Police are trying to trace it after a raid at a building society.

Officers were called to Nationwide on Greevegate shortly before 02:30.

They found an ATM had been extensively damaged and it's believed a large quantity of cash was stolen.

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Anyone who was in the area at the time or who has information about the Audi has been asked to contact Norfolk police - or Crimestoppers, external anonymously.

Jay Lawrence
BBC Radio Norfolk

Norwich City could go the whole of September unbeaten if they get a result at Reading tomorrow.

The Canaries haven't lost since being defeated by Millwall at the end of August, with only one goal conceded in the process.

Meanwhile, the Royals are searching for their first league win in a month. Fans were booing in their draw with Hull earlier this week.

Reading manager Jaap Stamm says results will come for the Royals as long as they keep on fighting.

"It's another big game against a good team, everyone knows that. Of course at home, we've spoken about it many times, you want to get a result," he said.

"We keep on fighting, we keep on believing in ourselves and working together very hard and eventually I'm sure it'll come."

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