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  1. That's it for Suffolk Live on Tuesday

    That wraps it up for Tuesday's Local Live.

    Women's Tour road sign, Bury St Edmunds

    Join us on Wednesday from 08:00 for more news, sport, travel, weather and other assorted updates.

    It's a big day for cycling in Suffolk as the Women's Tour pedals through for its second year - and don't forget Angel Hill will be closed for the 11:00 start in Bury St Edmunds.

  2. Cyclists presented to the public in Bury St Edmunds

    Graeme Mac

    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    British Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead (pictured left) of the Boels Dolmans team and the German Lisa Brennaeur of Veloccio SRAM have been talking to reporters ahead of the start of the Women's Tour in Bury St Edmunds.

    Lizzie Armistead and Lisa Brennaeur

    You can listen to my preview reports in BBC Radio Suffolk's breakfast show tomorrow morning.

  3. Artist ready for Aldeburgh Festival and cycle race

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    As well as hosting the Aldeburgh Festival and the finish of the Women's Tour cycle race tomorrow, the seaside town is a centre for artists as well.

    David Gillingwater

    David Gillingwater is part of an open studios trail in the town.

    "It's not about being edgy or contemporary," he said. "I just want the viewer to be drawn in to wonder about the life of the subject."

  4. Women's Tour: Laura Wright performs

    BBC Look East reporter Tom Williams has tweeted a picture of Laura Wright performing in Bury St Edmunds, as about 300 people gather to watch the introduction of riders for this year's Women's Tour.

    Laura Wright at Bury St Edmunds

    The race starts tomorrow at 11:00.

  5. Women's Tour: Cycling race expected to take three hours

    BBC Sport

    Tomorrow's first stage of the Women's Tour cycle race is expected to take about three hours and 13 minutes.

    Women's Tour 2015: Stage 1, Suffolk

    The 68 mile (110km) race starts in Bury St Edmunds at 11:00 and is estimated to finish at the Market Cross in Aldeburgh at 14:13.

    Thursday's second stage goes from Braintree to Clacton and takes in various towns and villages in the Stour Valley, including Sudbury, Hadleigh, East Bergholt, Brantham and Manningtree.

  6. Tuesday's evening headlines

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Tuesday's evening headlines from BBC Suffolk:

    • Police are still at a nature reserve in Leiston following the death of a man in the town yesterday
    • A review of the Suffolk police chief constable's pay is taking place, after he has been on extended sick leave for six months
    • A Lowestoft woman has been charged with murder after an 89-year-old man died at his home in November
  7. Sheringham hoping to end League Cup hoodoo at Ipswich

    BBC Sport

    Manchester United, Spurs and England legend Teddy Sheringham never won the League Cup as a player, but his first season as manager at Stevenage will at least give him the chance of causing an upset.

    Teddy Sheringham

    The Hertfordshire club travel to Ipswich for the first round of the Capital One Cup.

    It's one of BBC Sport's picks of the round, as Stevenage beat the Tractor Boys 2-0 in the competition two years ago.

  8. Women's Tour: Crowds build at the arc

    BBC Look East reporter Tom Williams tweets: In Bury 4 @BBCLookEast live at 1830 on BBC 1. Crowds building ahead of @thewomenstour team presentation

    The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
  9. Women's Tour: Angel Hill not transformed yet

    Graeme Mac

    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    I've arrived in Bury St Edmunds for the Women's Tour events the evening, before the first stage of the cycling race begins tomorrow morning.

    Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds

    Angel Hill has yet to be transformed for the start of the race, which takes place at 11:00.

    Angel Hill will be closed from 22:00 tonight.

  10. Singing masterclass in Aldeburgh church

    Lesley Dolphin

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    I listened in on a singing masterclass at the parish church, which was part of the Aldeburgh Festival.

    James Hall at Aldeburgh Festival

    Andreas Scholl was leading the lesson as James Hall sang Awake My Lyre: A Pastoral Elegy on the Ear of Rochester, by John Blow.

    Counter tenor James said: "Over the week we've realised how friendly he is and how different his ideas are, and you come out with a different skills set."

  11. Woman charged with Lowestoft murder

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    A 53-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of Dennis Nicholls, who died at his home in Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, on 19 November.

    Karen Kimber, of Kirkley Run, appeared via video link at Ipswich Crown Court this afternoon.

    She is due to re-appear for a plea hearing in August and has been remanded on bail.

  12. Road closures for Women's Tour cycle race

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    Cycling's Women's Tour starts in Bury St Edmunds at 11:00 tomorrow, with Angel Hill closed from 22:00 tonight as events get under way in the town.

    Marianne Vos wins the final stage

    The 68-mile race operates a system of rolling road closures as the race progresses through Stowmarket, Ipswich, Woodbridge, Saxmundham beofre the finish in Aldeburgh at about 14:00.

    Suffolk County Council is issuing advice about road closures on its website.

  13. School children on the beach bandstand

    Lesley Dolphin, BBC Radio Suffolk presenter

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    I'm broadcasting live from the beach in Aldeburgh today as we celebrate the Aldeburgh Festival and look ahead the Women's Tour which ends its first stage here tomorrow.

    St Pancras Primary School, Ipswich on Aldeburgh beach

    This photo shows children from St Pancras Primary School, Ipswich singing from the bandstand on the shingle.

  14. Five burglaries linked

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Four burglaries in Bury St Edmunds are being linked by police to a fifth in Newmarket where the suspects fled in a car after climbing out of an upstairs window.

    Bury St Edmunds

    Three of the jewellery raids in Bury took place on 12 June at properties on Abbot Road, Mayfield Road and Grange Walk

    The fourth burglary took place on Winthrop Road between Thursday and Saturday.

  15. Portuguese cafe crash: Driver 'unfit through drugs'

    Richard Haugh

    BBC News

    A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drugs after a car crashed into a Portuguese cafe in Ipswich.

    Damage to the car which hit O Portugues

    Police were called to Norwich Road at about 10:00 today after a Mitsubishi Shogun collided with the O Portugues cafe. No-one was injured.

    The man, from Stowmarket, was arrested at the scene. He is due to answer bail on 16 August.

  16. BreakingMan arrested over Portuguese cafe crash

    A 43-year-old man from Stowmarket has been arrested over this morning's crash at a Portuguese cafe in Ipswich.

  17. How are football fixtures compiled?

    Richard Haugh

    BBC News

    Now that the Capital One Cup draw is out of the way, fans will be looking forward to tomorrow's announcement of the Football League fixture lists.

    Ipswich Town fans

    But have you ever wondered how the fixtures for the 72 clubs are compiled?

    "Deciding when teams play one another doesn't happen overnight," the Football League says on its website, where you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about the process.

  18. Burglars escape capture via upstairs window

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Police are linking five burglaries in west Suffolk - one in Newmarket and four in Bury St Edmunds.

    Newmarket

    Officers were called to Edinburgh Road, Newmarket, on Friday, but the suspects climbed out of an upstairs window and were believed to have got into a black BMW 640 in Drinkwater Close.

    Jewellery appeared to have been the target of the thieves, but officers are still trying to establish what has been taken. The Bury St Edmunds burglaries were between 11-13 June.

  19. Six-month review on chief constable's absence

    Kate Williams

    Suffolk Live

    A six-month review of the chief constable of Suffolk's sick leave is due to take place, according to the police and crime commissioner's office.

    Ch Con Douglas Paxton, Suffolk Police

    Douglas Paxton has been on extended leave on full pay since 16 December. No details about his illness have been made public.

    The PCC's office says a decision on future arrangements will be made in the next few weeks.

  20. Buttermarket work begins

    Ipswich Star

    Work to convert the Buttermarket Centre into a leisure-based mall has started, the Ipswich Star reports.

    The ground floor of the former Allders and TJ Hughes department stores is being converted into a single-storey large shop which is expected to be occupied by TK Maxx, which currently trades on the first floor of the centre.

  21. Blizzard makes point about credibility of leader

    Vikki Irwin

    BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter

    If you look on social media there's a lot of talk from Labour supporters across Suffolk about the party's leadership race and how they want a broad debate about which policy direction the party should go in, and which leader would offer that opportunity.

    Labour

    What former Waveney candidate Bob Blizzard has done is set aside the debate about policy, and pointed out it's the credibility of the leader who delivers the policies that's more important than the policies themselves.

    Mr Blizzard, who says he knocked on 30,000 doors in Waveney during the latest of his five election campaigns, points out a palatable leader is the priority for Labour, and that if you don't have that it won't matter how good your policies are.

  22. 'Disappointing' night of speedway for King

    Stephen Foster

    A place at speedway's British Grand Prix was up for grabs for the winner of last night's British Final in Wolverhampton.

    Former Mildenhall Fen Tiger Lewis Blackbird came sixth, Ipswich-based Leigh Lanham had two third-placed finishes and ex-Witch Carl Wilkinson can be well-pleased with his seven points.

    It was a marathon meeting which gave us some great racing, but disappointing for current Witch Danny King, who came third and was so close to getting to the British GP next month.

  23. Today's hero image

    These cattle that were photographed grazing on Sudbury water meadows had no idea they'd end up appearing as our hero image today!

    Cattle grazing on Sudbury water meadows

    It's another photograph taken by BBC Radio Suffolk's news editor Steve Martin.

  24. Suffolk's weather forecast

    BBC Weather

    A dry afternoon with sunny spells developing as temperatures peak at 21C (70F).

    Weather

    Tonight will remain dry as it dips to 11C (52F).

    Cloud will move in from the west by the morning, but another dry day is expected.

  25. Gulls appear to be defending chicks

    Luke Deal

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Gulls have been swooping down on people living in Crossley Gardens in Ipswich.

    Crossley Gardens, Ipswich

    Adrian, a delivery man I spoke to, said: "It's very frightening and I dreaded coming back here today."

    I spotted three chicks (just visible on the house on the left) who appear to have just left their nest on the roof. The adults appear to be trying to warn humans away.

  26. Laura Wright riding Women's Tour route

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    Singer Laura Wright is preparing to set off on the first stage route of the Women's Tour in Bury St Edmunds tomorrow.

    Laura Wright

    The Framlingham soprano, who is raising money for SportsAid, said: "I'm fully motivated, because it's raising money for such a good cause."

    Wright will start the ride at Angel Hill at 08:00 and bike the 68 miles to Aldeburgh ahead of the professionals, whose race begins at 11:00. We'll have more details about the race later.

  27. Bob Blizzard: 'Quality of new leader is priority'

    "What the voters will take most notice of first is the quality of our new leader," writes Bob Blizzard in his Progress article about why Labour lost the general election.

    Progress website

    The defeated Labour candidate in Waveney said policies were not primarily to blame.

    "In the end, unsure voters thought that Cameron was better than Miliband, and better the devil you know," he said.

  28. Seagull 'attacks' BBC reporter

    Luke Deal

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    I was sent out to Crossley Gardens in the Whitehouse area of Ipswich to investigate reports people were being dive-bombed by seagulls (library photo below).

    Seagulls

    I got out of the radio car to see if there was any truth to these claims.

    Almost immediately I felt a brush on my hair and there was a gull above me circling and swooping at me. Thankfully I survived unscathed.

  29. Headlines at lunchtime

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    In the news this Tuesday lunchtime:

    • Police investigating the death of a man in Leiston are searching a nearby nature reserve
    • A Lowestoft woman is due in court in connection with the death of an 89-year-old man in November
    • Norwich Road in Ipswich has reopened after a car towing a boat crashed into a cafe
  30. Bob Blizzard: 'Voters could not see Miliband as PM'

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    Bob Blizzard, Labour's unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate in Waveney, says the electorate could not relate to Ed Miliband.

    David Miliband (left) and Bob Blizzard

    Speaking about the Conservatives' general election victory on the website of Labour-linked organisation Progress, Mr Blizzard said: "Painful as it is to say, it was simply that many voters could not see Ed Miliband as prime minister.

    "The brutal truth is that if people do not 'get' the messenger, they do not get the message."

  31. Dennis Nicholls murder: Woman in court

    Richard Haugh

    BBC News

    A quick update on the 53-year-old woman who is due to appear in court today in connection with the death of Dennis Nicholls, of Kirkley Run in Lowestoft.

    Police at Kirkley Run, Lowestoft

    Mr Nicholls, 89, was found with serious injuries at his home on 19 November and later died at the scene.

    Karen Kimber, of Kirkley Run, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. She has been summonsed to appear at Ipswich Crown Court this afternoon.

  32. Police at Leiston nature reserve

    Kelly McCormack

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Suffolk Police told me that the officers' presence at a nature reserve in Leiston is linked to the discovery of a body in the town yesterday.

    Police officers in Leiston

    A man's body was found at a house in Grimsey Road at about 09:15 yesterday.

    We're expecting to hear more about the investigation later today.

  33. BreakingLeiston body: Police at nature reserve

    Kelly McCormack

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Police investigating the discovery of a man's body in Leiston yesterday are at a nature reserve in the town as part of their inquiries.

  34. 'Track fault' to blame for disruption on trains

    BBC Travel

    Overrunning repair works on a line near Norwich are being blamed for disruption in services to Ipswich, London and Ely this morning.

    Network Rail said engineers were repairing a track fault in the Trowse area and services were unable to begin until 06:30.

    A spokeswoman said services had returned to normal and they were "very sorry" for the disruption.

  35. Damage to cafe as car mounts pavement

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    The Portuguese cafe on Norwich Road in Ipswich will have to carry out repairs to its door after a car mounted the pavement.

    Portuguese cafe, Ipswich

    Police said no pedestrians were injured, but the driver of the car, which was towing a boat, was being treated by ambulance staff.

  36. Driver treated after car hits cafe and shops in Ipswich

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    Norwich Road in Ipswich was closed for about 20 minutes after a car towing a boat hit a shop and cafe.

    Norwich Road, Ipswich

    The vehicle caused minor damage to the door of the O Portugues cafe.

    Police said it was unclear what had caused the driver to veer off the road, but he was being treated at the scene in an ambulance.

  37. Car hits Portuguese cafe: No serious injuries

    Luke Deal

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    No-one was seriously injured when a car left the road and hit a Portuguese cafe in Ipswich this morning, Suffolk Police says.

    Sgt Ali Livingstone said: "It appears the vehicle has mounted the pavement, hit the building and come to rest at the shop. We're very lucky no-one was hurt."

    He said the driver of the car was being treated by paramedics.

  38. Update: Car 'hits Portuguese cafe'

    Richard Haugh

    BBC News

    As we await further details into the reports of a car leaving the road and hitting the O Portugues cafe in Ipswich, we are hearing that traffic is built up as a result.

    Probably best to avoid the area near Norwich Road.

  39. BreakingCar 'hits Portuguese cafe'

    We're getting reports that a car has driven into the O Portugues cafe in Ipswich.

    Our reporter Andrew Woodger is on his way to find out more.

  40. Dennis Nicholls murder: Woman in court

    Dennis Nicholls, 89, died on 19 November after being found with serious injuries in a house in Kirkley Run, Lowestoft.

    Kirlkley Run, Lowestoft

    Karen Kimber, 53, who was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained under the Mental Health Act, is due to appear before magistrates in Ipswich this morning.

  41. BreakingWoman in court over Lowestoft murder

    A 53-year-old woman is due to appear in court today over the murder of Suffolk pensioner Dennis Nicholls.

    Mr Nicholls, 89, died after being found with serious injuries in a house in Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, in November.

  42. Ipswich v Stevenage

    Brenner Woolley

    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Town have been drawn at home to League Two club Stevenage in round one of the Capital One Cup.

    The tie will be played at Portman Road the week commencing 10 August.

    It'll be the second time in three seasons that the two sides have met in the competition, after Town lost 2-0 in Hertfordshire in 2013.

  43. BreakingIpswich Town to play Stevenage in Capital One Cup

    Ipswich Town have been drawn against Stevenage in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

  44. Bridge building at army barracks

    Luke Deal

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    The 23 Engineer Regiment of Rock Barrack, Woodbridge has become 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment and they're parading to celebrate the name-change today.

    23 Parachute Engineer Regiment

    One of their skills is to build steel bridges for vehicles quickly.

    Etholle George's BBC Radio Suffolk Breakfast Show came live from the barracks this morning.

  45. Spoiler alert: Anthony Ogogo upset by Game of Thrones

    Richard Haugh

    BBC News

    Lowestoft boxer Anthony Ogogo shared his shock at the dramatic close to series five of Game of Thrones last night.

    Cersei in Game of Thrones

    The Olympic bronze medallist reacted in a similar way to many viewers of the HBO show, which is broadcast on Sky Atlantic and has a history of killing off key characters.

    Ogogo tweeted: "What the hell.... I'm genuinely teary eyed. How could the #GoT writers do this to us?"

  46. Capital One Cup draw: Mick McCarthy yet to win a cup match

    Brenner Woolley

    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    League Cup runs have been few and far between for Ipswich Town in recent seasons. Beaten in the first round the past two years, their semi-final appearance of 2010/11 is the only time in the past six years that they have gone beyond round two.

    Arsenal v Ipswich in the League Cup 2011

    Last season's 1-0 defeat at Crawley was the ninth time in 12 seasons that Town have lost to lower league opposition in the competition.

    Their subsequent early exit from the FA Cup means Mick McCarthy is still waiting for his first cup victory as Ipswich manager, at the eighth attempt.

  47. Suffolk's top cop off work for six months

    Kate Williams

    Suffolk Live

    Suffolk Police Chief Constable Douglas Paxton has been off work on full pay for six months now.

    Chief Constable Douglas Paxton, Suffolk Police

    Mr Paxton has been on extended sick leave since 16 December.

    The police and crime commissioner's office confirmed his salary is based on a guideline figure of £133,845.

  48. Danny King finishes third in speedway's British Final

    Stephen Foster

    Ipswich Witches rider Danny King finished third in speedway's British Final in Wolverhampton last night.

    Tai Woffinden

    Grand Prix rider Tai Woffinden (pictured) won the event for the third year in a row.

    Scott Nicholls, who is based in Suffolk, made it through to the race-off but could not add to his seven titles.

  49. 'Twenty minute residual delays' on trains

    BBC Travel

    Greater Anglia tweeted to say trains were running on the Norwich to Ipswich/London and Norwich to Ely lines.

    "Residual delays of up to 20 minutes," said the post.

  50. Ipswich await Capital One Cup draw

    Brenner Woolley

    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Town will find out who their first cup opponents of the season will be in the next hour or so.

    The draw for the first round of the Capital One Cup is made at 10:00.

    Town are one of the seeded sides in the southern section. The Championship fixtures are released tomorrow.

  51. 'Good old overrunning engineering works'

    BBC Travel

    As engineering works overran, causing disruption to trains between Norwich to London and Ely, BBC reporter Mark Bulstrode tweeted at 07:15: "All quiet at Ipswich Station at the moment.

    Ipswich Railway Station

    "Good old overrunning engineering works."

    Greater Anglia trains says services are returning to normal gradually, but we have asked Network Rail for an explanation.

  52. Children 'too tired for disco'

    Ipswich Star

    Exhausted children are disrupting lessons so much a headteacher has cancelled all after school clubs to make sure they get a good night's sleep, according to the front page of today's Ipswich Star.

    Matt Hunter writes: "The extra-curricular activities at Murrayfield Primary School, in Ipswich, will not run for two weeks after teachers reached breaking-point with children's behaviour: The end-of-school disco has also been cancelled as part of the changes."

  53. Weather: Cloudy but dry

    BBC Weather

    It'll be a dry day, and although rather cloudy at first some good sunny spells will develop during the morning.

    Kate Kinsella

    An onshore breeze may make it feel cooler towards Lowestoft and other coastal parts, but inland it will be warm, especially in the sunshine.

    Maximum Temperature: 21C (70F). Watch the full forecast with Kate Kinsella.

  54. Disruption on trains between Norwich and Ipswich

    Overrunning engineering works have disrupted trains between Norwich and Ely/Ipswich and on to London.

    Ipswich Railway Station

    The National Rail Enquiries website says it is due to work between Norwich and Diss/Wymondham and delays should be clear by 10:30.

  55. Headlines this morning

    BBC Radio Suffolk

    The headlines so far on Tuesday:

    • A parade is being held at Rock Barracks near Woodbridge to mark the change of name of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment
    • Suffolk County Council is discussing plans to spend an extra £800,000 on its schools improvement service
    • Ipswich Town find out who they play in the first round of the League Cup later
  56. Welcome to Suffolk Live on Tuesday

    Andrew Woodger

    BBC News Online

    Good morning from the BBC Suffolk Live team across the county.

    Between now and 18:00 we'll be bring you the usual news, travel, weather and sport updates.

    It'd be good to hear from you - why not email us - we're always keen to receive your pictures and hear what's going on in your part of the world.