The family of a 22-year-old who was killed when his car left the road in Lowestoft have paid tribute to a cheerful and generous young man. Craig Hewitt, from Carlton Colville, died in a collision on Corton Road on Friday afternoon and today his family described him as popular and kind.

Plummeting temperatures are causing a prickly problem for a Norfolk animal hospital. For the second November running, the RSPCA's East Winch Wildlife centre, near King's Lynn, has seen an increase in the number of underweight hedgehogs admitted.

Halesworth residents are being asked to give their views on a possible site for much-needed sports facilities. This week Waveney District Council published its vision of possible development sites in Halesworth, Southwold and Lowestoft.

One of the region's hospitals has taken an important step towards gaining more independence after the health secretary backed its bid for foundation trust status.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested following a robbery at a shop in Lowestoft. The man was arrested at an address in the town this morning following a robbery in which a shop assistant was pushed to the ground in Kerry's mini market in Stanley Street on Sunday October 26.

A Norfolk pensioner awarded the MBE for his charity work with youngsters appeared in court again this morning charged with a further sexual offence against a young boy.

Defending more than 60 acres of nature reserve on the Suffolk coast from the ravages of the North Sea is not financially viable, new coastal management plans have revealed.

Hospitals in this region have spent hundreds of thousands treating overseas patients. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is still owed £44,000 from the last financial year from foreign patients who should have paid their bills.

People living in Thetford are being asked to help step up the fight against crime and anti-social behaviour in the town next week.

Wind farm firm Ecotricity has submitted more information about its plans for two turbines on land near Shipdham, near Dereham.

The body of a man found in a secluded area of Beccles common yesterday has been confirmed as being that of missing man Stuart Feek. Mr Feek, 27, went missing from his home in Beccles on Monday November 10.

Two overnight closures of the Mutford Lock Bridge at Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, will take place next week to allow for essential maintenance work to take place.

Police are today continuing their search for a 73-year-old clergyman who has gone missing in the East Harling area. The Rev Raymond Powell, who has Alzheimer's, was reported missing from The Beeches care home in East Harling just after midnight yesterday and a major air and land search has been launched to find him.

Six one bedroom flats are being bought by Fenland District Council and a housing association to house young people. Fenland is set to approve a £170,000 grant to Axiom Housing Association to buy the flats off Kindersley Road, in Wisbech.

Budding young entrepreneurs braved the Dragons' Den yesterday to pitch their business plans to a major property investor for a college enterprise competition.

Alcohol has long been seen as one of the root causes of violence, vandalism and domestic abuse. But now an innovative project could see problem drinkers in Yarmouth tackle their alcohol misuse by demanding that they are no longer served drinks.

It is one of the last bastions of fine dining on the railways and has been a unique and evocative attraction for the companies that have operated it.

Experts have revealed a preferred location for a much-needed new bridge for Lowestoft - and revealed it would cost at least £37.8m to build. A third crossing over Lake Lothing should stretch from Peto Way in the north of the town to Waveney Drive in the south, according to consultants employed to identify the best site.

It's just weeks away - Christmas is coming and with it the time to buy and send your cards. The EDP We Care Appeal has two charity designs available this festive season with proceeds going towards the fund.

Natural England has defended its right to allow the sea to erode cliffs for scientific reasons, even though people's homes are at risk. The statutory body responsible for looking after wild plants, animals and the natural features of England was under attack at the High Court in London because it wants fossil-bearing cliffs on the north Suffolk coast to be allowed to wear away, exposing stratas of soil and rock for study.

A company was yesterday fined £20,000 and forced to pay £3,000 costs after stab vests it was selling were found to be unsafe and falsely described. Kombat UK, who operate from a warehouse in Brome near Eye, were selling converted ex-German army shrapnel vests and advertising them as stab vests.

The floodlights were switched on at St Andrew's Church in Hingham yesterday to mark the 100th birthday of one of the town's most popular and well-known residents.

A Norfolk road crash victim had his hopes of winning massive compen-sation blocked - because a crucial legal document was served just one day too late, judges heard yesterday.

A bid to carry out a £2m refurbish-ment of a 200-year-old Norfolk hall has taken its first major step with a £500,000 grant bid. Dereham Town Council is asking for the cash from Breckland Council to support its proposed revamp of the popular Memorial Hall in Norwich Street.

Council chiefs were yesterday accused of trying to suppress a hard-hitting report on anti-social behaviour in Norfolk's libraries. George Nobbs, chairman of the cross-party working group that wrote the report, made the accusation after an ill-tempered meeting at County Hall.

The floodlights were switched on at St Andrew's Church in Hingham yesterday to mark the 100th birthday of one of the town's most popular and well-known residents.

A conscientious and well-loved farm worker was impaled and crushed to death when “inadequate” repairs to a trailer caused its tow bar to shoot through the tractor's rear window, an inquest heard yesterday.

The company behind a number of planned wind farms off the east coast insists it is still committed to renewable energy despite a decision to review costs.

Do you know your Tybalt from your Titania, your Mercutio from your Malvolio or your Brutus from your Bottom? For children and adults alike, the thought of the Bard is likely to evoke one particular Shakespearean phrase - it's all Greek to me! But the Royal Shakespeare Company is making it their mission to change that for a generation of schoolchildren by running a series of workshops across Norfolk.

Thieves targeting car park ticket machines are “stealing from north Norfolk council tax payers” according to a councillor trying to stop them. Peter Moore, North Norfolk District Council's cabinet member for resources, chairs a team which is discussing ways to stop a spate of thefts that have so far cost £20,000.

Officials were last night hoping that a lengthy public inquiry can be avoided into plans to dual the final stretch of the A11 between Norwich and London.

Fears were raised last night of a “third class” East Anglian rail service as it was revealed that more than 300 jobs could be lost at the region's leading train company.

The impact of the credit crunch on the organic food market was last night said to have been a catalyst behind the demise of Eostre Organics, which has gone into liquidation.

EXCLUSIVE: Norfolk's police chief last night called for a return to an age where adults felt able to stand up to bad behaviour on our streets - and take responsibility for the nation's youth.

One day we are told more than half of the British public believe children are turning into feral animals – the next Norfolk’s police chief says we must see the good in the nation’s youth. Crime correspondent BEN KENDALL asks: are today’s young people really more dangerous than previous generations?

A battle over the future of a north Norfolk seaside town's bus station has moved to the High Court in London. Developer Ortona is challenging a planning inspector's refusal of their scheme to put 12 flats and a shop on the site at Cromer.

Nearly 1,400 homes and businesses in the Lowestoft and Oulton Broad areas have suffered power cuts this afternoon as a result of a fault on an underground cable.

Norfolk pensioners came together to call on the government to double winter fuel payments and ensure no O.A.P is left unable to heat their home this winter.

A motorcyclist was killed this morning after he was involved in a collision with a box van on the Acle Straight. The crash happened at 11.30am when the Honda CBF travelling towards Yarmouth collided with the van heading in the other direction 50m short of the Halvergate turning.

The body of a man was found in a ditch in Beccles this afternoon, which police believe could be Stuart Feek, 27, who went missing from his home in the town on Monday November 10.