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Roads in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk start to melt in hot weather

The hot weather has started to cause road surfaces to melt.

Police warned drivers to take care as several cases were reported in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.

The council sent out gritters to spread granite dust on road surfaces and stop it sticking to tyres.

20 June 2017

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A wooden bookshelf full of old books. The majority on the left have been attached to the shelf with large metal chains, which are dangling off the edge.

The library where books are kept under lock and key

Lydia Hepworth bites an orange

Ambulance crew reunite with mum and baby they saved

Former prisoner Lee Jack, wearing a black coat, smiles while looking at the camera - he's standing behind a cafe counter with cakes and biscuits in glass jars

The cafe helping prisoners escape a life of crime

Tayside & Central Scotland

Manmohan Singh

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Stacey, Jason, Nessa, Smithy and Gavin laughing on a sofa.

What do fans think of the Gavin & Stacey finale?

Runners dressed in Santa hats line up on the beach ready to run into the sea.

Watch: Hundreds run into sea at Boxing Day dips

Group of around 30 people in front of a snow house with someone dressed as Santa on the roof.

The Glaswegian who spends Christmas in Antarctica

Big Zuu stands in a Christmas-decorated kitchen

Big Zuu takes on Christmas leftovers

Charles Cavey in his black, tubular bin with his arms, and guitar neck protruding from the side holes. The black bin has LITTER in gold writing on its side

Meet the man who busks from inside a litter bin

Character Jesse Chadwick dressed in a wedding suit hugs smiling wife Gail in the back of a car.

Watch: Helen Worth's final scene as Gail after 50 years

King Charles standing in the chapel decorated with Christmas trees and white lights.

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Space crew on ISS

Watch: ISS crew sends Christmas greetings from space

Science & Environment

A pork pie

Pork pie shop's unique creations for Christmas

Christmas Day hike

'Christmas Day hikes have been life-changing'

A black and white image of a popular 1950s television puppet called Hank the Cowboy

What London's children got for Christmas in 1952

Queen smiling into the camera in 1957.

Archive: Queen's first televised Christmas message

Soldier is looking at a screen.

Where is Santa right now? These people know

Pope Francis marked the start of the Jubilee year by opening the normally bricked-up Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica

Pope opens Holy Door to kick off special jubilee year

Kate Kinsella with Christmas decorations

What does London's weather have in store for Santa's visit?

Weather forecaster standing in front of map of UK showing temperatures for 15:00 on Christmas Day

Weather forecast for a cloudy and mild Christmas Day

Lit-up flowers on a lake at Cambridge Botanic Garden

Garden lights aim to show trees in a 'different way'

Prof Beverley Glover says a university's famous garden aims to educate and provide a festive show.

A man in a black hooded top and a tracksuit. He is standing on a pavement with bushes either side of him, in a residential area. He is holding a large knife in his right hand. His face is blurred to obscure his identity.

Police officer chased by man with knife

Aaron Muxlow is jailed after the dramatic incident in Cambridge.

Police bodycam footage of a man sitting in a car in Cambridge.

Police catch drug dealer after chase into bushes

The man tries to run away from police after they pull his car over.

Double-decker bus crashing into ditch

Watch: Double-decker bus crashes into ditch

Six children are rescued unhurt and a driver is taken to hospital as a precaution after the crash.

A man is trying to open a door on CCTV footage. He is dressed in dark clothes. His face is blurred.

Video doorbell captures would-be-burglar

Police arrive at the scene of the attempted burglary and the suspect tells them he is looking for building work.

Sam Carling MP.

Youngest MP's new-found fame 'a bit of a shock'

Sam Carling, 22, answers some quick-fire questions about life as a Labour MP.

A rhea in a field.

Watch: Runaway rhea caught on camera by reporter

Aerial footage captures the five-foot (1.5m) tall bird walking in a field near a village.

Person throwing an object at a shop window.

Watch: Police chase men after shop smash and grab

Two men throw an object at the shop window and start to fill a bag with stolen goods.

Man standing on a cherry picker removes cone from the top of a statue of Oliver Cromwell.

Traffic cone removed from Oliver Cromwell's head

A cherry picker is deployed to the Lord Protector's statue after the local MP posts on social media.

Drink-driver on A14 in Cambridgeshire

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CCTV cameras show the car travelling on the wrong side of two roads in Cambridgeshire.

Smiley face drawn in sky by plane vapour trail.

Pilot draws smiley face in sky after England win

A giant number five also appears minutes after the side beat Switzerland 5-3 on penalties.

Man wading in a river.

Watch: Drug dealer jumps into river to flee police

Police use a paddleboard to retrieve a bag containing money and drugs from the branches of a tree.

Peterborough United fan.

Posh fans 'disappointed' with play-off semi result

Oxford United beat Peterborough United 2-1 on aggregate in their League One play-off semi-final.

CCTV footage of a theft from Ely Museum

Bronze Age jewellery theft caught on CCTV

The gold items were 3,000 years old and taken during the middle of the night.

Vehicle rolling over after crashing into car.

Watch: Driver runs away after crashing into car

The driver crashes into another vehicle at speed after ignoring a red light.

Man arrested in Starbucks

Armed police arrest knife suspect in Starbucks

Police bodycam captures the moment an armed officer enters a coffee shop full of customers.

Keith Govera sitting in the back of an ambulance after being breathalysed.

Drink-driver breathalysed after hitting railings

Police footage shows the driver, now disqualified, trying to explain what happened.

White van on the wrong side of the road after a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre on the A10 in Cambridgeshire.

Watch: Overtaking van narrowly avoids head-on crash

Dashcam footage shows other drivers swerving out of the way to avoid a collision.

The car falls into a bus lane car trap in St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Watch: Driver punctures tyres at bus lane car trap

The council installed extra no-entry signs in October to stop drivers from using the lane.

Drone footage shows a digger completing the demolition of 83 new-build homes at Darwin Green in Cambridge.

Watch: Demolition of 83 new-build homes completed

Drone video shows flattened land where houses were knocked down over concerns about the foundations.