Police were called to a spate of car crashes around Norwich on Saturday afternoon following a heavy downpour.

Officers were called to the A47 near the Thickthorn roundabout at 3.20pm after a car spun off the road.

One lane in the west-bound direction was blocked following the accident, causing long tailbacks.

Magdalen Road in Norwich, was partially blocked both ways at Marlborough Road at 1.45pm after an accident between a car and a motorbike.

On Hellesdon Road in Norwich, a Renault Clio overturned shortly before 2.30pm, blocking the road between Marl Pit Lane and Low Road.

At 3pm fire crews from Earlham and Carrow put out a car blaze on the A47 slip road by Costessey.