The inquest into the death of a man who had been suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma has been opened and adjourned.

Colin Roe, 65, of Sawyer's Lane, Suton, near Wymondham, died on March 22 at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Yesterday's inquest, held in Norwich, heard how he had been suffering from the form of cancer and had been admitted to hospital on March 18.

Precise cause of death is yet to be established.

The inquest was adjourned to a date yet to be fixed.