Four staff members at Norwich School have been making hundreds of face-shields for healthcare staff.

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In just over a week technicians at University of East Anglia, external in Norwich have made 1,200 litres of hand sanitiser, to support local councils and NHS hospitals.

This amounts to thousands of safe hand washes for people living and working in critical and sometimes clinically hazardous areas.

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Chemistry labs at the University of East Anglia were quiet after teaching and research stopped, so Norfolk County Council, external and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, external asked staff to produce gel.

As production got under way, Prof Mark Searcey said: "All of the technicians, basically, who were normally in the science teaching building, jumped at the chance to actually make a contribution."

The university has appealed for businesses to come forward to help them produce the gel and supply ingredients.

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Donations have been coming in thick and fast to staff at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital.

Pots of hand cream have been handed out to staff, as well as shower gel and shampoo.

Other donated items includes microwaves, kettles and fridges so a pop-up kitchen can be made for workers.

Prof Nancy Fontaine, chief nurse at the hospital, said: "Your support is phenomenal, keep it coming we need you."

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A musician and student from Essex has found a way of performing to hundreds of people around the world without breaching the coronavirus lockdown.

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Norwich University of the Arts student Emily Frith, whose family GP Dr Habib Zaidi died from Covid-19, performed The Isolation Room , externalgig earlier this week from her student accommodation in Norwich.

The Isolation Room was set up to hold live online concerts during the lockdown.

Ms Frith, whose family home is in Leigh-on-Sea, said news of Dr Zaidi's death had made her "realise this was not something to take lightly".

"It is so close to home. It's heartbreaking. It shows how important it is to stay home," she said.

She added the online concert was a good way to connect with people at a time of no gigs in pubs and clubs.

"It's like doing a live gig and was really cool. There were people from Mexico, Ireland and Germany watching me," she said.

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A percentage of the salaries of Norwich City's, external playing squad, head coach and executive committee is to be spent on helping people within the community.

The club announced that more than £200,000 will be used to buy and distribute food and essential toiletry packages.

Club captain Grant Hanley said: "The lads have heard at first-hand stories and challenges that some of our supporters are currently facing.

"We need to make sure we're reaching out and helping those who have been hit hard and are struggling at this time."

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The packages will be assembled at Carrow Road, with the help of volunteers.

The club's owners and directors have also contributed to the cause, the club said.

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Three British backpackers have managed to get a place on one of the few commercial flights leaving India.

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The country went into lockdown on 23 March including grounding most flights and stopping all travel, to try and curtail its coronavirus epidemic.

Graduate Joseph Hunt, 21, from Putney, west London, Will Stammers, 20, from Snetterton, Norfolk and Danny from Attleborough, Norfolk arrived in India at the beginning of March.

They along with 30 other travellers have been staying at the Moustach Hostel, in Pushkar.

Mr Stammers said he had been in a hotel at first but was forced to leave by police who said foreigners "had to go".

He added they were "extremely sad" to be leaving India, and that they had been very well taken care of by the hostel staff, with regular meals of dhal daily.

The travellers, who were not allowed to leave the hostel during their stay, kept their spirits up by playing football on the building's roof top.

They each paid £450 for a Finn air flight which they are due to board on Thursday morning.

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Weather forecasts could be affected by the global pandemic, a BBC meteorologist from Norwich has said.

Planes help to gather weather data, but the high number of those now grounded could start to hamper forecasters.

So far there has not been a massive impact on forecasting quality, but Dan Holley, from Weatherquest based at the University of East Anglia, said there was a developing problem.

"There are still a lot of flights going on in America right now... a lot of our weather depends on the jet stream configuration over the US, so as more flights get grounded over there it may have a knock-on effect," he said.

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Three British backpackers have managed to get a place on one of the few commercial flights leaving India.

Image source, Will Stammers

The country went into lockdown on 23 March including grounding most flights and stopping all travel, to try and curtail its coronavirus epidemic.

Graduate Joseph Hunt, 21, from Putney, west London, Will Stammers, 20, from Snetterton, Norfolk and Danny from Attleborough, Norfolk arrived in India at the beginning of March.

They along with 30 other travellers have been staying at the Moustach Hostel, in Pushkar.

Mr Stammers said he had been in a hotel at first but was forced to leave by police who said foreigners "had to go".

He added they were extremely sad to be leaving India, and that they had been very well taken care of by the hostel staff, with regular meals of dhal daily.

"We had a meeting last night and they were going to shut the hostel. So we all got into a bit of a panic and bought the flight," Stammers said.

Mr Hunt said they had not heard from the British Embassy unlike German and Isreali travellers whose embassies had organised flights for their nationals soon after India declared a lockdown.

The London graduate said both his parents have been diagnosed with Covid-19 and that he was concerned what he will face on his return home.

The travellers, who were not allowed to leave the hostel during their stay, kept their spirits up by playing football on the building's roof top.

They each paid £450 for a Finn air flight which they will board on Thursday morning.

Image source, Will Stammers

Police searching for a missing 59-year-old woman have recovered a body from the River Ouse.

Shirley Cranston, from Burgh-le-Marsh was last seen on March 12 when she left her car in a car park in Skegness.

Lincolnshire Police said the body of a woman had been recovered from the river at Clenchwarton, near King's Lynn.

A force spokesperson said: "Although the woman has not formally been identified, we believe this to be Shirley Cranston."

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Police officers arrested five people linked to a county lines drug line being run from Hackney to Norwich.

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Nine searches were carried out at addresses in Hackney, Ilford, Tottenham, Enfield and Islington.

All five have been arrested for conspiracy to supply class A drugs between April 2019 to the present day.

A large amount of cash was seized as part of the raids, the Met Police said.

The investigation, code-named Operation Clovet, commenced in early 2019 after officers received intelligence that established that gang members in Hackney were running a county line to Norwich and using vulnerable adults and children to do so.

Based on the information Met officers had, as well as intelligence from officers from Norfolk police, Operation Clovet was established to dismantle this drug line.

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Medical students in Norwich have been providing free childcare to NHS medics who are busy trying to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

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Trainee doctors, nurses and therapists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have had their courses put on hold due to the national lockdown.

They have offered free childcare for key workers, external so staff can continue working despite school and nursery closures.

The group Helping Hands East Anglia is part of a national movement to bring together medical students and families of healthcare workers.

Volunteers have been given exemptions from the lockdown.

Student Tanya Ta said: "We’re just trying to help those who are providing so much help for others in the most effective way we can."