Lancs shade rain-shortened third daypublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Lancashire post 290 all out against Essex before reducing the Division One leaders to 115-4 in reply at Old Trafford.
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Lancs shade rain-shortened third daypublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Terror suspect released under investigationpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
A man who was arrested at London Southend Airport by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command has been released under investigation.
The 49-year-old man, who was due to board an outbound flight, was stopped by the officers on Tuesday, 1 August.
He was taken to a south London police station and and subsequently arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. He was initially released on police bail until late August.
'Blooming incredible' sunflowerpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Take a look at these photos, sent to us by June Morrell from Colchester..
June says she's no gardener, but this sunflower produced 70 heads and she wonders if it's a record.
Can you top that? If so, don't be shy - we'd love you to email your photos to us.
Image source, June Morrell
Image source, June MorrellCycling: Crowd cheers for Alex Dowsettpublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
There was a huge roar of support for Alex Dowsett as his set off on his time trial in the Tour of Britain in Clacton earlier.
Alex, of team Movistar, completed his lap in a time of 19'23", hitting the half way mark at 9'18".
He finished in ninth place - 21 seconds behind the winner Lars Boom.
Check the Tour of Britain website for full results, external.
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End of twitter postEarlier, his dad Phil said they'd checked the time trial course last week, and Alex was "feeling confident".
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End of twitter post 2Cycling: Lars Boom takes the green jerseypublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
It's time for the podium ceremony.... Lars Boom of team Lotto NL Jumbo takes the green jersey for his time trial in the Tour of Britain's fifth stage in Clacton.
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End of twitter postBoom wins Tour of Britain Clacton time trialpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
All the racing is over in Clacton for the 15km time trial.
The winner of the Stage 5 event is Lars Boom of The Netherlands, riding for Lotto NL Jumbo.
Cycling: Keeping the public safepublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
With thousands of people in Clacton today, as Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain comes to town, the police are using a variety of measures to keep the public safe:
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End of twitter postOur police are always looking for a good lead to follow up, and it looks like this little dog could be just what they're looking for:
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End of twitter post 2Man run over at crossing 'went in the air'published at 14:29 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
The 22-year-old with autism was knocked over as he used a zebra crossing.
Read MoreNew leader at Clacton stage of Tour of Britainpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Lars Boom has become the new leader of today's time trial - the fifth stage of the Tour of Britain.
The Dutchman has posted a time of 19m02s in the 15km race.
Visit the Tour of Britain website, external for the latest.
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End of twitter postTour of Britain: Dowsett crosses finish line in Clactonpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Chelmsford's Alex Dowsett has completed his time trial in Clacton in 19m27s.
The leader is Belgium's Victor Campanaerts with 19m08s.
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Cycling: Alex Dowsett warms up for time trialpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Chelmsford's Alex Dowsett warms up ahead of his time trial in Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain.
Alex, who's due off the blocks in Clacton shortly before 13:30 is one of the favourites:
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End of twitter postCycling: Mark Cavendish completes time trial in Clactonpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
We're about halfway through the Tour of Britain time trial in Clacton...
Mark Cavendish hit the halfway point, and was joint second fastest in a time of 10'04" at the split.
He finished his full lap in a time of 20'44" - the fourth fastest so far.
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End of twitter postCycling: See the first rider in the Tour of Britain time trialspublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
The Tour of Britain time trials got under way a short while ago, and Graham Briggs was first off the block.
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End of twitter postChelmsford's Alex Dowsett is one of the favourites - he's due to race at 13:28.
Stay with us, we''ll let you know how he gets on.
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End of twitter post 2Cycling: Tour of Britain about to get under way in Clactonpublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
The Stage Five time trial of the Tour of Britain is due to begin at 12:01 in Clacton.
The riders will set off individually in the 15km route along Clacton seafront and out to Great Holland.
Racing is scheduled to last about two hours, with the final rider setting off at 14:04.
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End of twitter post 2Luke Deal's an Abba record breakerpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
It's official... BBC Radio Suffolk's very own Luke Deal is a record-breaker.
You may remember, back in November, that Luke was challenged on-air to identify the most Abba songs from the lyrics, in one minute.
Luke was in it to win it, and win it he did.
The record-breaking attempt was overseen by Guinness World Records, external.
Luke, who grew up and still lives in Colchester, managed 15 correct answers in the time frame and he's made it into the latest edition, which is published today.
Luke says he's followed the group "all of his life" and is "over the moon".
Not everyone who gets a title makes it into the book - but Luke is listed on page 14.
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End of twitter postIn case you were wondering, these were the songs that Luke was able to name:
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
- People Need Love
- Dancing Queen
- When I Kissed The Teacher
- Rock Me
- Hole in Your Soul
- Tiger
- Head Over Heels
- Nina Pretty Ballerina
- He Is Your Brother
- That's Me
- The Winner Takes It All
- When All Is Said And Done
- I Have A Dream
- Money, Money, Money
Man charged with offences against girlspublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
A man has been charged with abduction after police received reports of someone trying to encourage girls into a car in the Monkwick area of Colchester.
The 38-year-old, from the town, is also accused of four offences of attempted abduction, kidnap and possessing a firearm.
He's been remanded in custody and is due back in court next month.
Man hit by car saw shops 'upside down'published at 11:25 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
A young man with autism says he is worried about crossing the road after being hit by a car which failed to stop.
Read MoreRam-raiders hit Co-oppublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
The front page of the Suffolk Free Press, external reports on the recovery of a stolen truck used in a ram-raid at a shop in Earls Colne.
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End of twitter postClacton hosts Stage Five of Tour of Britainpublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
Thousands of people are expected in Clacton today as the town hosts Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain, external cycling event.
The 16km (10 mile) time trial begins at midday, and will start and finish on Marine Parade.
It's the first time that the men's road cycling event has come to the town. In 2014 and 2015 stages of the women's tour started in Harwich, and finished in Clacton.
Essex's Alex Dowsett will be hoping to do well in his home county - and we wish him well.
Roads along the route are closed from 10:30, for around four hours.
Image source, Tour of Britain/GoogleTeam Sky's Elia Vivani leads the standings (pictured) after coming second in a tight finish in yesterday's fourth stage in the Midlands.
The stage was won by Colombia's Fernanda Gaviria, riding for the Quick Step Floors team.
Friday's stage starts in Newmarket and finishes on the Suffolk coast in Aldeburgh.
Image source, PAFire at industrial unit in Laindonpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 7 September 2017
People in Laindon are being told to keep their windows and doors closed after a fire at an industrial unit.
Crews were called to Durham Road at around 01:00.
They say the building was completely alight, and had collapsed by the time they arrived.
At the height of the blaze, nine crews were dealing with the flames.
The fire is now out, but there's a lot of smoke and firefighters remain at the scene.
Officers are investigating what caused it.
