Updates for Friday 26 June 2015
More news, sport, weather and travel updates for Suffolk from 08:00 on Monday
It's Armed Forces Day tomorrow across the UK, a day for the public to show their support to the men and women who have served and continue to serve the country.
Image source, UK MOD Crown Copyright 2015There are a number of events taking place across the county. Take a look at the Armed Forces Day website, external for more details.
Lesley Dolphin
BBC Radio Suffolk
The man in the white suit will be my guest on BBC Radio Suffolk just after 15:00.
Image source, Martin BellMartin Bell will be talking about his time serving in the Suffolk Regiment, external (he was born in Redisham) and working as war reporter for the BBC in Vietnam, the Middle East and Central America.
He may also mention his new book The End Of The Empire.
BBC Sport
Coming up: More on the family tribute to John Proctor and news of a very special afternoon guest for Lesley Dolphin... but first, Tyrone Mings' former non-league boss, who also happens to be his dad, has been speaking to BBC Radio Suffolk.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 22-year old is expected to complete an £8m move from Ipswich Town to Bournemouth later today.
Adie Mings, his father, said: "Three years ago he was getting £80 a week at Chippenham and it's a fantastic rise in his footballing development, but the hard work starts now."
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
John Proctor, 80, who was found dead in Leiston two weeks ago, was "well known for saying what he thought, often putting his foot in it", his family have said in tribute.
They added: "The word 'elderly' certainly didn't apply to JP and we used to joke that he would outlive us all."
Susan Warne, 41, of Valley Road, Leiston and a member of the family, has been charged with his murder.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
The family has been paying tribute to an 80-year-old man who was found murdered in his Leiston home on 15 June.
Image source, Suffolk PoliceA statement said: "John Proctor, also known as JP, moved to Leiston as a toddler to live with Mrs E Larter.
"He was the life and soul of the party."
The family of John Proctor, 80, who was killed in Leiston two weeks ago says he was a "much-loved uncle and a constant presence in our lives".
More to follow....
BBC Travel
We're keeping across the traffic lights failure around Station Square in Lowestoft which has been causing traffic disruption since 03:30.
Image source, @sufnortravelA Highways England, external spokesman said: "We are working with our contractor and UK Power Network to identify the cause and engineers are on site.
"The tidal flow system on Bascule Bridge hasn't been affected and is operating as normal. We apologise for the delays caused to motorists in Lowestoft."
BBC Radio Suffolk
The news headlines for Suffolk this Friday lunchtime:
As Woodbridge School postpones its HPV vaccination programme, but a government agency says the link between the inoculation and a brain condition is 'not proven'
Tyrone Mings is expected to complete his move from Ipswich Town to Bournemouth for a reported £8m
Engineers are working to restore failed traffic lights in the centre of Lowestoft
BBC Radio Suffolk
A man has been injured by a half-ton wheel which fell on him at business premises in Capel St Mary, the East of England Ambulance service says, external.
The man, in his 50s, was taken to Ipswich Hospital with a fracture when the wheel crushed one of his legs. The accident happened just after 18:00 last night.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
A council is to replace a plaque commemorating part of the Rolling Stones history after complaints from former bassist Bill Wyman (pictured far right).
Image source, Getty Images/Hulton ArchiveWyman, who lives in Suffolk, felt the plaque at Dartford railway station was crediting Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (pictured far left) with forming the band, rather than Brian Jones (pictured next to Wyman).
Dartford Borough Council leader Jeremy Kite said: "Accuracy in history is really, really important... we will create a new plaque which makes it clear that this is where Mick met Keith and went on to be part of The Rolling Stones."
BBC Radio Suffolk
A mother who featured in an Independent story, external about the side-effects of an anti-cancer vaccine is convinced the jab caused her daughter to develop a brain illness.
Woodbridge School has postponed its human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme in response to concerns.
Caron Ryalls, whose daughter contracted a debilitating condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, external (Pots), told us: "She had another more severe reaction after the second vaccination which absolutely wiped her out for three weeks - I'm convinced it was the vaccine."
BBC Radio Suffolk
A private school in Suffolk has postponed its programme of vaccinating girls with an anti-cervical cancer vaccine.
Woodbridge School says it has given parents an extra two weeks to consider the human papilloma virus, external (HPV) jab following some negative press reports about side-effects.
Graham Watson, school bursar, said: "It was the coverage that led us to think that we ought to give parents more time to consider when they want their child to have the vaccination."
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
Former Ipswich Town star Russell Osman has been remembering how his son Toby tipped him off about his Chippenham team-mate Tryone Mings.
Image source, Getty ImagesMings is expected to leave Ipswich for Bournemouth later today in a deal believed to be worth £8m.
Osman, who was coaching at Portman Road in 2012 when they bought Mings for £10,000, said: "Between Toby and myself Ipswich have benefitted very well and I've covered my wages from them for the past few years."
BBC Radio Suffolk
Felixstowe Academy has been told it still 'requires improvement' following an Ofsted inspection, external earlier this month.
Image source, Felixstowe AcademyThe academy, which was formed by the merger of Orwell High and Deben High schools, had the same rating when it was last inspected in November 2013.
Ofsted said problem areas included not enough progress being made in helping most-able pupils in maths, not challenging pupils sufficiently and some persistent absences. The academy is yet to comment.
BBC Travel
There's disruption on the roads in Lowestoft around the Bascule Bridge.
However, it's not because the bridge is up, it's because the traffic lights have gone down in the Station Square area.
Visit BBC Travel for updates.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
I'm sorry for the lack of live updates over the last hour - it seems we inherited Carol Beer's computer from Little Britain for a while - and it definitely said 'no'... we tried to explain it wasn't quite time for the weekend just yet.
Coming up - more news, sport, travel and weather for Suffolk.
BBC Radio Suffolk
A 39-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a girl in an Ipswich park last week.
The 17-year-old said she was raped in Sherrington Road park on Wednesday, having been led there from Little Bramford Lane by a man.
Dara Abdullah, of Surrey Road in Ipswich, is due before magistrates this morning.
Today's lead image at the of our live page was taken in Chelmondiston by Tim Fenton.
Image source, Tim FentonIt shows the house boats at Pin Mill with a view up the Orwell Estuary to the A14 Orwell Bridge and Ipswich.
We'd love to showcase your pictures on Suffolk Live. Send them to us by email or via our Facebook page, external - don't forget to tell us a little bit about the image and what inspired you to take it.
Katy Prickett
BBC News Online
A retired racehorse has been painted to show its anatomy for an educational project in Newmarket.
Image source, Newmarket RacecoursesThe multi-coloured diagrams show the animal's skeleton, muscles and internal organs.
Two vets from the British Horseracing Authority, external gave an anatomy lesson to 160 schoolchildren at Newmarket's July Course.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News Online
Bill Wyman, the former Rolling Stone, has complained about a plaque put up in Dartford which credits Mick Jagger and Keith Richards with forming the band.
Wyman, who owns Gedding Hall near Bury St Edmunds, says the credit should go to guitarist Brian Jones, who put the band together in 1962.
"Mick Jagger and Keith Richards didn't create the Rolling Stones - they were part of The Rolling Stones like all of us. Brian Jones... gave the name The Rolling Stones, he chose the music and he was the leader," Wyman told BBC Radio 5 Live.