Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
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Summary
Updates on Thursday, 21 January 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Friday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Football: Could Foley feature for Ipswich at Birmingham?published at 17:59
Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sportRecent Blue's addition Kevin Foley (pictured right) could be in line to make his Ipswich Town debut at Birmingham City on Saturday.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 31-year-old can play in defence or midfield and has impressed manager Mick McCarthy since joining the club as a free agent earlier in the month.
"He has kept himself in good shape and trained every day," McCarthy said. "He looks good."
Overnight weather: Clear at first, some light rain laterpublished at 17:58
Dan Holley
BBC Look East weatherSome clear spells at first tonight, but becoming cloudy with a few spots of light rain in places.
Not as cold as previous nights with temperatures dropping to 1C (34F) in a freshening southeasterly breeze.
Friday will be cloudy and windy with outbreaks of rain in the morning, some heavy bursts in places, gradually clearing eastwards, but feeling milder with temperatures up to 11C (52F).
Debenham teenager caught with child porn handed community orderpublished at 17:54
A Debenham teenager who was caught with child pornography has been made the subject of a three year community order, external.
Image source, Diss ExpressFootball: Injured Ipswich trio set for Birmingham trippublished at 17:50
Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sportLuke Chambers, Christophe Berra and Cole Skuse (pictured) are set to return to the Ipswich Town team for Saturday's match at Birmingham City.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe trio missed out on Tuesday's FA Cup replay at Portsmouth, which Town lost, but manager Mick McCarthy says they are back in contention for the trip to St Andrews.
"They've trained today and come through it OK, so they'll all be fine thankfully," McCarthy said.
Norfolk and Suffolk showing improvements as school league table results are releasedpublished at 17:40
The latest GCSE performance data released from the government show improvements in education provision, external in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Image source, Diss ExpressProgress 'slow' on Elmswell thatched cottage firepublished at 17:25
David Keller
BBC NewsI've been speaking to Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service about the fire at the thatched house in Elmswell.
Progress has apparently been difficult due to the weather conditions.
A relief crew is due to take over.
Elmswell fire: What I can seepublished at 17:18
Kate Arkell
BBC Radio SuffolkI've been out to the scene of the thatched building fire in Elmswell where all you can now see is the skeleton of the wooden framework of the roof.
Firefighters have been ripping off the thatch over the last few hours.
The officer in charge of the operation has told me when they arrive at a fire like this they only see a small amount of fire, but know that's just part of the story - because underneath the thatch is where the fire has really built up.
Thieves rip parking ticket machine containing £50 from ground in Sudbury car parkpublished at 17:12
Audacious thieves ripped a ticket machine, external from the ground in a car park in Sudbury yesterday but will have been left with little ‘reward’ for their efforts.
Car drags stolen ticket machine through Sudburypublished at 17:10
Zoe Applegate
BBC NewsRobbers drove through Sudbury dragging a ticket machine after ripping it out of the ground - but it contained just £50.
Image source, Babergh Mid Suffolk CouncilThe moment the thieves levered the car park machine out of its hard-standing using rope attached to their 4x4 vehicle was caught on CCTV cameras.
The machine, worth £4,000, was pulled out of the train station's car park at about 04:30 on Thursday.
Big rise in violent crime and sex offences in countypublished at 17:00
Steve Martin
BBC Radio SuffolkFigures released today, external show there's been a big rise in violent crime and sex offences in Suffolk.
Image source, PAViolent crimes are up by 71%, while sex offences have risen by 61%, in the period from September 2014 to 2015.
Overall, crimes in Suffolk rose by 18% over the same period.
Fundraising for Dominican Republic baby goes to hospitalpublished at 16:34
Andrew Woodger
BBC NewsFunds donated to help a prematurely-born baby now back in the UK after a three-month Caribbean stay will partly be spent at her local NHS hospital.
Sharon Halls' and Daniel Compton's daughter Evie was born 12 weeks early in the Dominican Republic in September.
They feared private medical bills were not covered by insurers and £71,181 was raised from well-wishers. The insurance did cover the bills and some of the donated money will now go to Ipswich Hospital instead.
Speedway: No Bank Holiday meetings at Foxhall in 2016published at 16:16
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sportThe Ipswich Witches, external have confirmed that the ever-popular Good Friday match and other Bank Holiday fixtures won't be staged this season.
Director of speedway Chris Louis has decided to sacrifice the financially-lucrative events in order to keep a full Witches line-up on the track as much as possible.
Louis said any or all of Danny King, Lewis Kerr and James Sargeant could be missing due to Elite League commitments, and he was not prepared to put out a side packed with guests.
Ipswich Tolly Cobbold brewery: New homes plans go on showpublished at 15:30
BBC Radio SuffolkPlans to transform a derelict Victorian brewery into a 300-seat auditorium and 222 apartments have gone on show.
Image source, Lyall, Bills & YoungComments are invited on proposals to convert the Tolly Cobbold site in Ipswich.
The multi-million-pound scheme would also accommodate the town's transport museum and have space for a small retail unit.
Latest: Thatched roof fire in Elmswellpublished at 15:10
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local LiveMore than a dozen firecrews are fighting a blaze at a thatched property in Elmswell, near Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, external say they received the call at 13:55 to a detached house on Grove Lane and that the majority of the 14 crews are involved in the fire on the first floor which is affecting 50% of the house.
Reports of thatched roof fire in Elmswellpublished at 15:00
BreakingPhilippa Taylor
BBC Local LiveWe're getting reports of a thatched roof fire in Elmswell, with a number of fire crews on the scene.
More details as we get them...
We reveal which Suffolk village experienced a particularly chilly nightpublished at 14:37
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local LiveWe mentioned earlier that one Suffolk village had had its coldest night last night since April 2013: well, it was Charsfield, near Wickham Market.
Here are the details, which reveal that lowest temperatures in the county ranged from -4.7C (23.5F) to -1.9C (28.6F).
Image source, BomboluluSpeedway: Ipswich Witches 2016 fixtures releasedpublished at 14:25
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sportIpswich Speedway have announced their fixture list for the forthcoming season, external.
The Witches will start their campaign at home to Scunthorpe on 17 March in the League Cup, while their first Premier League meeting is away to Rye House on 9 April.
Lunchtime headlines: Violent crime rises in county... GCSE grades improvepublished at 13:45
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local LiveSuffolk's top stories:
- There's been a big rise in the number of violent crime and sex offences, external in the county
- GCSE grades have improved, external at Suffolk's schools
- The parents of Evie Compton, born prematurely in the Dominican Republic, say they want her to learn Spanish as it's the first language she heard
Suffolk schools improving according to latest GCSE gradespublished at 13:25
Steve Martin
BBC Radio SuffolkAlmost 55% of students gained five or more GCSEs at Grade C or above in Suffolk, up from 52% the previous year, according to figures, external from the Department for Education.
While this figure moves the county up the league table, it still leaves us below the national average.
Suffolk's lowest ranking school is Ipswich Academy, external, with only 24% of pupils getting the top GCSE grades.
