An aerobatics pilot who died during a display had passed a medical assessment just hours before he crashed, inquest hears
Funding is secured for a £3.35m revamp of Ipswich's Cornhill
Man fined £1,000 for dumping 40 tonnes of waste on the side of a road
Russell Howard and Reggie Watts amongst the comedians to perform at this year's Latitude Festival
Updates for Thursday, 24 March 2016
Southend United have signed Ipswich Town defender Piotr Malarczyk on loan for the rest of the season.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe 24-year-old former Poland Under-21 international joined Town from Polish side Korona Kielce on a two-year contract in the summer.
But he has been restricted to just six appearances and moves to a team currently ninth in League One.
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A Suffolk council says it spends £13,900 on cleaning up fly-tipping.
It comes as Walsham-le-Willows farmer William Johnston was fined £1,000 plus £1,600 costs for dumping 40 tonnes of rubbish by a roadside, having claimed it was dumped on his land in the first place.
James Buckingham, corporate manager at Mid Suffolk District Council, said: "We appreciate Mr Johnston was himself a victim of crime, but the way he responded to the incident was irresponsible and resulted in a great deal of time and expense by council officers and Suffolk Police, who could have been engaged elsewhere."
There will be some rain tonight as the temperature dips to 3C (37F).
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The issue of where Ipswich's market will fit in once the £3.35m redevelopment of the Cornhill is completed is still to be resolved.
Funding is now fully in place for the revamp of the open space and work is expected to begin in autumn 2017.
Russell Williams, chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council, said: "One critical issue to be discussed and resolved is the future of the market. We are committed to retaining a thriving market in the town centre."
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BBC Radio Suffolk
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A seaside promenade has reopened four months after it was closed due to concerns about the cliff above it slipping.
Image source, Waveney District Council"Minor" repairs and maintenance work has been carried out in Corton near Lowestoft.
Waveney District Council, external says one section remains closed, but the rest of it is accessible from the beach.
Former Ipswich Town midfielder Roger Osborne says Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, was one of the greatest footballers of all time.
Image source, Getty ImagesOsborne was given the responsibility of man-marking Cruyff during Town's UEFA Cup ties with Barcelona in 1977. Sir Bobby Robson's side won the first leg 3-0, but were knocked out in Spain when they lost by the same scoreline and then missed out in a penalty shoot-out.
He still has Cruyff's shirt, having swapped at the end of the tie.
"At the time he was the number one player in the world," Osborne told BBC Radio Suffolk's Stephen Foster. "I suppose you'd rate him in the top 10 of all time greats - with the likes of Pele and Maradona."
A British aerobatics champion, killed when his plane crashed during a display in south Norfolk, has been described as "amongst the best in the world and a name known across the globe" at an inquest in Norwich.
Al Coutts, a Wildcats Aerobatics team-mate of David Jenkins, told the inquest: "David was a very gifted and very, very capable aerobatics pilot who approached everything very methodically."
Mr Jenkins, 61, of Stanton near Bury St Edmunds, died when he lost control during a manoeuvre at Old Buckenham airfield.
The widow of a champion aerobatics pilot said her husband was a healthy man who did not smoke or drink, ate healthily and exercised regularly.
Elaine Jenkins, who broke down in tears during the inquest into her husband's death at Norwich Coroner's Court today, described David Jenkins as her "best friend". She added: "We were a team and he is irreplaceable."
Mr Jenkins, 61, of Stanton in Suffolk, died when his plane crashed during a display at Old Buckenham airfield in April last year.
An inquest into the death of a top aerobatics pilot who died during a display at Old Buckenham airfield heard that he'd been invited to fly as a passenger in a Tornado bomber at RAF Marham on the morning of his death.
In order to take part in that flight, David Jenkins, 61, of Stanton near Bury St Edmunds, had undergone a routine medical and was passed as fit.
Kenneth Fairbank, of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, told the inquest in Norwich that cockpit footage from the plane which crashed showed Mr Jenkins did not suffer any kind of collapse. However, he may have experienced "incapacitating symptons" which affected his decision making and performance.
An aerobatics pilot killed when his plane crashed during a display had been judged fit to fly in a medical assessment just hours earlier, an inquest has heard.
Image source, Mustard TVDavid Jenkins, 61, was flying his Edge 360 plane as part of a display by the Wildcats Aerobatics Team during a media event to launch the Old Buckenham air show in April last year.
A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch found that he crashed after losing control during a manoeuvre. A post-mortem examination found that Mr Jenkins, of Stanton near Bury St Edmunds, had a serious and undiagnosed heart condition which may have contributed to the accident.
The jury at Norwich Coroner's Court has returned a conclusion of accidental death, contributed to by a natural disaster.
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Suffolk Police, external has issued an e-fit image of a man it wants to trace in connection with an assault on a pensioner in his home.
Image source, Suffolk PoliceA couple in their 70s were burgled by three men in Tattingstone on 16 March, and the thieves hit the man before making off with cash.
An 18-year-old from Luton has since been arrested and released on police bail.
Stallholders on Ipswich's Cornhill are welcoming the news that the town centre open space will get a £3.35m revamp.
The final piece of funding has been secured, which means work could begin in autumn 2017.
Mike Young, fishmonger and spokesman for the market traders, said: "Although we will be moving temporarily, we have every confidence the market will remain in the town centre after the redevelopment."
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BBC Norfolk Live
A landowner who has been fined after he fly-tipped 40 tonnes of waste says he "regrets" taking the course of action.
William Johnson, 44, dumped the waste at the side of Finningham Road, near where he lived in Walsham-le-Willows, but said it had been left on his land in the first place. Magistrates in Bury St Edmunds ordered him to pay a total of £2,760 in fines, court costs and a victim surcharge.
His solicitor said in a statement: "He hopes that at some stage the burden, both practical and financial, that falls on innocent farmers/landowners in these situations, is addressed."
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BBC News
People in Lowestoft are being asked if they would like their own town council or neighbourhood parish councils.
Waveney District Council, which is based in the town, is holding a consultation, external over the idea. Similar town councils already exist in Bury St Edmunds and Felixstowe.
Councillor Colin Law, leader of Waveney, said: "The residents deserve to have their particular interests represented via town or parish councils, which are focused only on Lowestoft."
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A review is under way looking at whether Lowestoft needs its own town council or smaller parish councils.
Image source, Mike Page Aerial PhotographyWaveney District Council is writing to 28,000 households in the town about its Community Governance Review, external.
Councillor Colin Law, leader at Waveney, said: "For too long, in democratic terms, the town has been treated as a second class citizen in Waveney – starved of its right to enjoy a truly local dimension to local government."
Stephen Foster
BBC Radio Suffolk
A cafe owner in Ipswich has had her hair shaved off this lunchtime, raising more than £700 for Syrian refugees in the process.
Image source, BBC/Anna MatthewsAnna Matthews, of La Tour Cycle Cafe, said she wanted to be able to provide children arriving in the town with equipment for their new school.
"I think a new uniform, new school bag and pens to start with is going to give them a really big boost on something that's really traumatic," she said. "These people have left lives that we cannot imagine."
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BBC News
Ten people have been arrested and substances seized during drugs raids.
Suffolk Police, external said 400 wraps of class A drugs, with an estimated value of £6,000, were found.
The raids happened last week in the Station Hill and Mitchell Avenue areas of Bury St Edmunds, Western Avenue in Haverhill and First Avenue in Sudbury.
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Work could start on the £3.35m revamp of Ipswich's Cornhill in autumn 2017.
Funding for the project has been completed with the announcement that the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (NALEP) is to provide £1.6m.
Mark Pendlington, chairman of NALEP, said: "This thriving hub will unlock further economic benefits across the town and will help link the centre with the exciting and continuing rejuvenation of the waterfront."
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BBC News
The football world is in mourning today following the news that one of the all time greats, Johan Cruyff, has died at the age of 68.
Netherlands international Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, won the Ballon d'Or three times.
Here he is at Portman Road in 1977, when his Barca side were at the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline against Ipswich.
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