One of East Anglia's most successful rock bands are not getting back together, the group's manager has said. Reports had suggested that The Darkness, who were from Lowestoft and split acrimoniously in 2006, were being offered a major deal to tour and record a new album this year.

Householders are being warned about suspicious door-to-door calls following reports in Norwich of two men visiting homes today and asking for information about televisions.

Suffolk's record office has been awarded four stars by The National Archives and has improved from good to excellent. The service, which is run by Suffolk County Council and has centres in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft, is home to archives covering the history of Suffolk and its people.

Police are appealing for help in tracing the next-of-kin of a 66-year-old woman who died at her home in Blackheath Road, Lowestoft, on Sunday December 28.

Sound equipment was stolen from premises at the Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, at about 4am on Wednesday December 24. The equipment, including two CD players, a mixer, headphones and a smoke machine, were taken after someone broke in.

A 66-year-old woman went on trial today charged with a five-year stalking campaign against actor Martin Shaw. Sandra Price of Hingham, denies harassing the Judge John Deed actor and his partner Karen da Silva at their homes in the village.

Motorists suffered more disruption on the A140 today after engineers were called to fix a burst water main. More traffic controls were placed on the Norwich-Ipswich main road yesterday following the incident at Stratton St Michael, near Long Stratton.

Police have named a man who died after a collision with a car on Sunday.

Worse weather is set to come over the coming days and nights and it is not set to improve until the weekend, forecasters warned today. The Met Office has also issued a severe weather warning for London and east and south-east England this morning with widespread icy roads and pavements.

A mother and child were injured when two cars crashed in Mundesley this morning. The accident, which involved a Toyota and a silver Volkswagen, took place at about 8.45am on Cromer Road.

A 21-year-old man is due in court today in connection with a series of break-ins at churches in the Dereham area. Gary Franks, of Dereham, has been charged with burglaries at All Saints in Necton, St Nicholas Church in Dereham, Dereham Baptist Church, Dereham Christian Spiritual Church, St Mary's Church in Elsing, All Saints Church in Swanton Morley and All Saints Church in Shipdham.

Unique and important wall paintings at a Suffolk church are to be conserved for future generations thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund award of £32,500.

A grandmother has told of the terrifying moment her grandson's bedroom was engulfed in a fireball which left him in hospital with severe burns. Rosa White, 93, was asleep in the next door room when she was woken by a massive explosion, flashes of blinding light and the screams of 22-year-old Jans Schafar.

Fresh fears were raised over the future character of a number of Norfolk towns and villages yesterday as councillors questioned plans to build thousands of extra homes.

Blood collection officials last night thanked Norfolk donors for stepping forward to boost lifesaving supplies - but warned winter viruses were still affecting the region's depleted blood stores.

Most parents dread having to drag their bored children around supermarkets. But as Oliver Colvin went down the shopping aisles of Morrisons in Lowestoft with his mother there was a distinct spring in his step.

A university student has refuted suggestions that a function at a village hall was a party from hell. Held the Saturday before Christmas at Kenninghall, near Diss, the function was attended by a number of police officers following complaints from residents about the noise levels.

Norfolk's network of park-and-rides has haemorrhaged almost 400,000 passengers in two years, new figures reveal today. The six edge-of-Norwich sites have fallen victim to a car-parking price war in the city centre, the economic slump and the opening of Chapelfield shopping centre and the rebuilt St Andrews car park.

A Norfolk man has had his knee operation postponed for the second time after the region's busiest hospital was forced to cancel 13 non-emergency orthopaedic surgeries as the weekend.

A housing development which would have provided 13 new affordable homes for a village near Thetford has been thrown out. Peddars Way Housing Association may now lose a grant from the Housing Corporation which would have helped pay for the new homes on land off Jubilee Avenue in East Harling.

Villagers look set to win a battle against a proposed new mobile phone mast after taking on the role of land agents. Instead of writing petitions or lobbying their MP, residents and the parish council in Colkirk, near Fakenham, took a constructive view when faced with having a 30m mast built in full view of their homes.

A father-of-three strangled his magistrates' court worker girlfriend and then watched films while her body lay at their Norwich home, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday.

The University of East Anglia is looking for a new boss after the surprise announcement that vice-chancellor Prof Bill Macmillan will retire at the end of the academic year.

Mystery surrounds the sudden closure of a Norwich pub just a day after city licensees warned customers the industry was facing a crisis. The Woolpack Inn in the city's Golden Ball Street closed at lunchtime.

Norfolk County Council trading standards officers are warning people to be “sceptical” of so-called detox products after forcing several retailers to take the items off the market.

A popular Norfolk holiday camp has shut its doors for good, blaming fewer visitors and escalating costs. Shocked staff at Pontin's Holiday Park in Hemsby, near Yarmouth, were told they had 48 hours to leave.

A town council has been given 60 days to decide whether or not it wants to buy a former public toilet block which has been at the centre of a long running row.

A village post office has been targeted by a gang who ram-raided the building and took a cash-filled safe. The burglary at the Lyng post office, near Dereham, happened shortly after 3am on Saturday and is believed to have involved between four and six men.

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.

Three men have been arrested following a high-speed car chase which started in Downham Market this morning. Police car, helicopters and a dog unit followed a car down the A10 towards Cambridge after it was seen acting suspiciously at around 11.

A village post office has been targeted by a gang who ram-raided the building and took a cash-filled safe. The burglary at the Lyng post office, near Dereham, happened shortly after 3am on Saturday and is believed to have involved between four and six men.

Ticket sales, as well as Peter Pan, took off at Sheringham Little Theatre over the festive season, as the panto had a 14pc increase in its audience despite the economic gloom.

Three Norfolk branches of childrens' wear shop Adams closed today when the chain went into administration. Stores in King's Lynn, Thetford and Yarmouth, as well as Ipswich and Peterborough, were among 111 that closed nationally as about 850 staff were made redundant.

The Pontins holiday camp in Hemsby was shutdown for good today due to falling visitors numbers and rising costs. Ocean Parcs, which owns the site, said that 55 staff may be affected by the decision to close the camp, which has been a popular holiday destinations for many years.

A male casualty needed oxygen following a house fire in High Street, Wangford, this morning. A fire crew from Southwold was called out just after 11.30am, but found the blaze had been extinguished by the time they arrived.

A decision on whether 19 wind turbines can be built near Wisbech has been postponed. Agents for Marshland Wind Farm today said the delay was necessary to give them more time to provide supporting documentation.

Part of Dereham was sealed off this morning after a man's body was discovered in a town centre street. Police were called to Theatre Street just after 7am.

A Norfolk garage owner is in hospital with head injuries today after an empty oil drum exploded as he tried to cut the lid off. John Claxton, from Terrington St Clement, lost two front teeth and has a serious cut to his forehead, his family said.

A major road into Norwich has been closed after a crash between a bus and two other vehicles on the A47 at North Burlingham.

Thieves made a clean getaway after breaking into a hot tub showroom and stealing a bath. They cut through a fence along the A10, near Littleport, to take the £5,000 tub from Fenland Artic Spas.