That's it for Thursday's Suffolk Live.

The team here in Ipswich will be back in the morning from 08:00.

Have a good evening.

Kevin Burch
BBC Look East

A shop selling items that have been taken to a household recycling centre has opened at Foxhall, on the outskirts of Ipswich, external.

It sells items that have been cleaned up and safety tested.

I've been along to have a look, and meet some of the people behind the scheme:

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Former head teacher Derek Slade has died while serving a 21-year jail sentence for abusing young boys.

Slade was jailed in 2010 for a string of offences against 12 boys, aged between eight and 13.

The following year, journalist Roger Cook filmed this report:

Staying dry this evening but turning cloudy from the west. A dry start to the night but rain moving in later, some heavy particularly around dawn. The chance of a little sleet or hail but mostly rain.

Low temperature: 1-3C for most parts but locally some areas dropping below freezing. There could be a risk of ice.

Tomorrow will be cloudy at first with a risk of rain or sleet, becoming drier and brighter from the south as the day progresses with sunny spells.

The stories we've been looking at this afternoon:

• A former head teacher who was serving a 21-year prison sentence for sexually abusing pupils has died
• A green laser was directed at an F-15 near RAF Lankenheath last night, the US Air Force says
• Thomas Gainsborough paintings have been loaned to a museum in the Netherlands

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Joan Scourfield, from Ipswich, whose son James Hodgkinson died after being hit by a man outside a Nottingham wine bar in 2011, has told BBC Suffolk about meeting his killer Jacob Dunne.

She said although police had assured the family that the attack had been unprovoked, "we wanted to hear that from Jacob".

She explained the restorative justice team from Remedi , externalhad contacted Dunne first, to find out if he was willing to answer their questions, and the process then continued for some time, during which they exchanged correspondence, before deciding the time "was right" to meet.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

The mother of a man who was killed when he was punched on a night out says restorative justice, external, where victims get the chance to meet offenders to explain the impact their crimes have had, "has done more than being in prison" for her son's killer.

Joan Scourfield says "the bitterness has gone" after meeting Jacob Dunne, who killed James Hodgkinson in 2011.

Dunne asked Mr Hodgkinson's parents what they wanted him to do, "and we just said turn your life around and keep out of trouble". Dunne is now at university, and Ms Scourfield says they still keep in touch with him.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Sixty five points should be enough to secure Bury St Edmunds', external place in National League Two, according to the club's director of rugby, Gavin Hogg.

Image source, BBC Sport

With just seven more games to go the Wolf Pack are currently 11th in the table, on 48 points.

"We've got two fixtures this month against Barnes and Cornish All Blacks, who are struggling at the bottom end of the table," Hogg said. "If we can win both of those it sets us up fantastically for three big fixtures in April. It's all in our hands."

TWTD.co.uk

Academy duo Andre Dozzell and Ben Morris have been named, external in the England U17 squad for their Euro 2016 elite qualifying mini-tournament later this month.  

Image source, TWTD

Richard Haugh
BBC News

Reports of a laser being directed at an F-15 near RAF Lakenheath last night follow similar recent incidents, including a New York-bound flight which was forced to return to Heathrow Airport last month.

Image source, Thinkstock

A BBC article looked at the dangers lasers pose to planes, and said pilots can be "temporarily blinded" or given a "very nasty headache".

In 2010, a law was passed in the UK which means offenders can be charged with "shining a light at an aircraft in flight so as to dazzle or distract the pilot". 

It is thought a laser was directed at an F-15 as it made its approach to land at RAF Lakenheath last night.

Image source, Getty Images

The United States Air Force has confirmed there was an incident involving a laser and one of its planes, but has yet to elaborate.

We'll bring you more details as we get them.

The US Air Force has confirmed an incident involving a laser and one of its F-15 planes based in Suffolk.

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk

An Ipswich borough councillor has welcomed the decision to lend artworks to a museum in the Netherlands.

Two Thomas Gainsborough portraits and a landscape from Christchurch Mansion have been packed up for an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, external, in Enschede.

Carole Jones, who's in charge of the museum for the council, said: "It means people abroad get to see them. Also we get to make relationships with museums and other institutions on the continent, and if we lend them artefacts, then we can borrow."

BBC Weather

It will turn increasingly cloudy this afternoon, with perhaps the odd light shower. However, it'll feel warmer than yesterday, with a top temperature of 8C (46F).

Image source, BBC Weather Watcher 'Twitcher 57'

Today's picture of Newbourne, near Ipswich, was taken by BBC Weather Watcher Twitcher 57.

You can be a weather watcher too, check out the website to find out more.

The daughter of a US pilot who died in a plane crash after taking off from RAF Lakenheath has received a gift in memory of her father.

Image source, RAF Lakenheath

Major Taj Sareen was killed when his jet came down at Temple Farm in Cambridgeshire in October.  

The box for Jade was filled with his dog tags, a locket containing his photograph, and the added engraving: "Daddy loves you always."

Etholle George
BBC Radio Suffolk

Each Thursday I'm taking a look at a mystery item that has been in storage at Ipswich Museum.

The item revealed this morning is a hat worn by a high member of the native American Haida tribe, and dates back to the 1850s.

It was donated by Robert Nauton, and you can take a closer look at it from next Wednesday, at Ipswich Museum, external.

BBC Travel

One lane is blocked on the A14 westbound at Bury St Edmunds between J44 (A134 Bury Eastern Interchange) and J 32 (A143 Bury Central Interchange) because of a broken down lorry.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Our main stories:

• Former boarding school head teacher Derek Slade, who was jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing pupils, has died
• Ipswich mother Joan Scourfield has described meeting the man who killed her son
• Paintings by Thomas Gainsborough are being lent to a museum in the Netherlands for the country's first exhibition of the Sudbury artist's work

TWTD.co.uk

The Championship fixture at Portman Road isn’t the only match, external between the Blues and Nottingham Forest this weekend, with the Ipswich Town Supporters Club of Norway, external facing the Tricky Trees at a futsal tournament in Bergen, external on Saturday.