The county's police and crime commissioner has said it "makes his blood boil" every time he hears lead thieves have targeted a church.

As reported, a new £250,000 campaign has begun to combat the continued number of lead thefts from Norfolk's churches.

Alarms will be installed at selected locations across the county as part of the Roof Alarm Scheme.

Lorne Green, Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, said: "My blood boils whenever I hear a church has been targeted.

"That is why I said enough is enough and started the ball rolling on this working partnership, committing a substantial amount of 'seed money' to get it under way.

"We are taking action to stop the scourge of lead thefts and this cowardly and mindless desecration of our local heritage."

Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City's new "manager" has been giving his first pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's Championship curtain-raiser at Fulham.

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Find out your team's fixtures in the Championship during the 2017-18 season.

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BBC Radio Norfolk sport

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A former EastEnders actor turned youth worker has admitted sexual offences against three teenage girls while in a position of trust.

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Joseph Shade, 24, who played Peter Beale in the BBC One soap from 1998 to 2004, admitted five counts of causing or inciting a child under 18 to engage in sexual activity while in a position of trust and one count of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.

Prosecutor Chris Paxton told Norwich Crown Court that Shade was a youth worker at a project in Norfolk when he sent sexual text messages to girls and touched one inappropriately.

The offences were against three girls aged between 14 and 17, and happened between 2012 and 2015.

A trial had been due to start on Monday and Shade denied 11 sexual offences against four girls, but on the fourth day of trial he admitted six sexual offences against three girls and the prosecution ordered the remaining five counts lie on file.

Judge Maureen Bacon bailed Shade, of Cliff Road, Sheringham, until his sentencing at a later date.

She warned him he could be sent to prison.

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A scheme, costing £250,000, has begun to combat the continued number of lead thefts from Norfolk's churches.

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On average, three to five churches in the county get targeted every month.

Norfolk Police, external has teamed up with the Diocese of Norwich, external, plus other local church bodies, to set up the Roof Alarm Scheme.

The money will be used to install alarms on a number of churches. It is hoped members of the public will also donate to the scheme, to enable more churches to be better protected.

The Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham James, said: "Our medieval churches are under threat from lead thieves who damage the fabric, leave havoc in their wake and cause those who care so well for our churches to feel dejected and dispirited.

"This roof alarm scheme is an imaginative and effective way of combating these thieves and giving heart to those who care for our churches so well."

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Skilled workers at offshore energy firms based in Great Yarmouth have been chosen to work on new major windfarm projects around the world.

More than £6m worth of work has been awarded by Scottish Power Renewables to Seajacks, externals and Gardline, external.

Both firms are working on the East Anglia One windfarm.

Seajacks will now also help the construction of a turbine field in the Baltic Sea.

Survey specialist Gardline is sending workers to the USA.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

A historic part of navigation on the River Waveney is to be restored by a team of volunteers.

The Geldeston Lock is one of only two that exists on the Broads - the other is Mutford Lock at Oulton Broad near Lowestoft.

In its heyday, the lock controlled water levels and flow when wherries regularly traded between Beccles and Bungay, but it was taken out of commission by 1934.

Now the River Waveney Trust, external is preparing to rebuild part of the lock chamber walls. The project will cost £15,000.

Bernard Watson is their project manager, and he says it would be a shame to lose this "wonderful piece of heritage".

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

Great Yarmouth councillors say they've no choice but to find an appropriate use for a landmark building which has fallen into disrepair.

The glass-fronted Winter Gardens closed to the public in 2008, following safety concerns, and it will cost around £10m to get it fit for purpose.

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The building is Grade 2* listed, so the council cannot pull it down. It's the last cast iron glasshouse in a coastal area in Britain.

"It's a rare survival," said the council's conservation manager Darren Barker.

"Everything should be done to preserve the building."

Mr Barker also sits on the Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust, external, and says an end-use for the Winter Gardens should be found that will provide a return for the town.

Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk

Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens is to receive more council money while a long-term use for the building is worked on.

Borough councillors have approved £20,000 for the glass-fronted building, which was closed to the public in 2008 because of safety concerns.

Originally built in Torquay, the cast-iron greenhouse was bought by the council in 1904, and was delivered to the town by barge.

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The cost of a full restoration to make it usable is estimated at around £10m.

Council leader Graham Plant says they've no choice but to find the Great Yarmouth landmark a new use, adding that it's a listed building and can't be demolished.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Today's weather will be a lot nicer than yesterday's.

Instead of all that heavy rain, we may see just one or two passing light showers, especially in the west of the region.

It is, however, going to be quite windy with a blustery south-westerly wind, which will become very gusty as we head through the afternoon.

Highs of 21C (70F).

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BBC News

Hello and welcome back to another day of live updates.

We'll be here until 18:00, bringing you all the news, weather, travel and sport for the county.

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First up, let's take a look at the weather.

Tyler Tomkinson will serve a 13-year extended jail term for his part in the Norwich park attack.

That's it folks for today. Do take a look back at the stream to catch up on the day's news across the county.

The team is back from 08:00. Have a good evening.

Dan Holley
BBC Look East weather

It will be cloudy this evening with occasional outbreaks of rain, but this gradually easing overnight to leave a few clear spells later.

Southwesterly winds will ease somewhat during the early hours, and feeling quite warm and muggy with temperatures only dropping to 13C (55F) at the end of the night.

Thursday will be windy with sunny spells and occasional cloud, and just a few isolated fast-moving showers. Temperatures will peak at 22C (72F).

Find the latest weather where you live on the BBC Weather site.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The number of people in Norfolk who're not happy with their local council has risen again.

There was an increase of 18 compared to last year, with 260 complaints to the local government ombudsman about local authorities in Norfolk,

The largest number of complaints (125) was about Norfolk county council while the smallest number (2) was against the Broads Authority. Breckland and Norwich City Councils each attracted 32 complaints, 22 people complained about North Norfolk District Council, 14 about South Norfolk Council, 13 about Broadland , 12 people complained about Great Yarmouth, and 8 about Kings Lynn and West Norfolk.

The majority of complaints were about schools and childrens' services, adult social care and planning issues.

But nearly all the complaints were rejected which means that our councils were doing the right thing.

What no one can explain is why more and more people are putting in official complaints every year. There are suggestions that it may be a sign of people's frustration with austerity, or it could be because in the age of the internet, it's now much easier to complain.