Summary

  • Jihadist jailed for at least 12 years for planning terrorist attack at RAF Lakenheath and other airbases

  • Former teacher jailed for 14 years for sexually abusing boys at three different schools

  • Pedestrian suffers serious head injuries in Bungay hit-and-run

  • Suffolk Coastal District Council says its has "learnt from the experience" of an unauthorised travellers' camp in Kesgrave last year

  • Updates for Friday, 13 May 2016

  1. Suffolk Live signing offpublished at 18:00

    That's it for another week on Suffolk Live. We'll be back from 08:00 on Monday morning to take a look at what's happening around the county.

    We hope you'll join us then.

    Have a good weekend.

  2. Overnight weather: Mainly dry, becoming chillypublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Dan Holley
    BBC Look East weather

    Cloudy at first tonight with perhaps an odd spot of light rain, but most places dry with clear spells during the early hours.

    Becoming chilly in the moderate northerly breeze, with temperatures dipping to lows of 4C (39F).

    Overnight weather map

    Quite a few places will be dry on Saturday with sunny spells and variable cloud, but a few scattered showers may develop, especially during the afternoon. 

    Feeling fresher than of late in a noticeable northerly wind, with temperatures reaching highs of just 13C (55F).    

    Get the full forecast where you live, from BBC Weather:  

  3. Delays to completion of new high school in Bury St Edmundspublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Steve Blower
    BBC Radio Suffolk

    A new high school in the west of the county won't be ready for pupils in September. 

    The building of Sybil Andrews Academy at Moreton Hall in Bury St Edmunds has been finished, but not all the health and safety requirements have been met. 

    It means students will start at St James Middle, before they move to the new school building in January.

  4. Watch: How the Treehouse building took shapepublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Earlier we mentioned that it was the fifth anniversary of families arriving at the Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich.

    Here's how the building took shape:

  5. Ipswich Town: McGoldrick brings 'something different' to Irelandpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Town, external striker David McGoldrick believes he offers an added dimension to the Republic of Ireland's attack, and that it could get him selected for Euro 2016.

    David McGoldrickImage source, Getty Images

    After being included in a 35-man provisional party, the 28-year-old is hoping to make the final cut when manager Martin O'Neill names his squad for France.

    "It just depends what Martin wants and how fit and sharp people are. Obviously Shane Long's on fire at the moment, and you've got lots of experienced strikers but hopefully he sees I bring something different and he might pick me."

  6. Radio 4 News Quiz recorded at Ipswich Corn Exchangepublished at 17:39

    Last night saw the Radio 4 News Quiz come to the Corn Exchange in Ipswich as Susan Calman, Zoe Lyons, Jeremy Hardy and Hugo Rifkind guested with host Miles Jupp.

    You can hear it tonight at 18:30.

    News Quiz audienceImage source, Stuart Atkinson
  7. Cunco: First Frankel foal wins debut race at Newburypublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    The first foal of the legendary Newmarket-trained Frankel has made a winning racecourse debut at Newbury.

    Cunco, sired by Frankel out of multiple group race-winning mare Chrysanthemum, won the Welcome To The Starlight Raceday Maiden Stakes this afternoon.

    CuncoImage source, Getty Images
  8. 'Horrendous, traumatic, distressing': Police officer describes abuse victims' storiespublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    One of the police officers involved in Operation Garford, which has today seen former teacher John McKno jailed for 14 years for abusing boys at three boarding schools, says she "wouldn't be human" if she hadn't been affected by the victims' stories.

    Det Con Wendy Leah

    Det Con Wendy Leah said: "Sometimes they [the victims] will confide in me horrendous, traumatic and distressing circumstances and incidents that have happened to them.

    "I wouldn't be human if I said it didn't have an effect on my emotions but if anything it inspires me really to achieve justice for the victims."

  9. 'Operation Garford': The investigation that brought John McKno to justicepublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Operation Garford was launched in December 2012 as a joint project between Suffolk Police and Suffolk County Council, to investigate allegations of sexual and physical abuse at Kesgrave Hall between 1975 and 1992.

    Police HQ

    More than 100 former pupils were contacted, with over 50 engaging with police. A similar number of former members of staff were also contacted with a similar response rate.

    Det Con Wendy Leah said: "Today’s sentence is a reflection of the serious nature of these offences in which five children were subjected to sustained sexual abuse."

    In 1999, another former Kesgrave teacher, Alan Stancliffe, was convicted of child sex offences and jailed for two years.

  10. Khan sentencing: Judge says men became 'committed supporters of ISIS'published at 17:20 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Kate Bradbrook
    BBC Look East

    The Hon Mr Justice Edis, the judge in the case of Junead and Shazib Khan, said at Kingston Crown court: "Junead was brought up in Luton and Shazib came to live there from Bangladesh in 2006. 

    "They are of Bangladeshi heritage. They were educated in this country at the public expense. They have lived as citizens of a free country which is committed to equality under the law."

    The Khans

    "They have repaid all that by becoming committed supporters of ISIS, an organisation which wishes to control the world and which will stop short of no barbarity in order to do so.

    "The jury's verdict means he [Junead] was serious in his intention to kill at the time when he researched for a Jihadi John lookalike knife." 

  11. Boarding school sex abuse victim 'slept with one eye open'published at 17:14 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    A pupil who helped police with their investigation into sexual abuse at Kesgrave Hall School, near Ipswich, says he slept in fear "with one eye open".

    Lee Woolcott-EllisImage source, Lee Woolcott-Ellis/BBC

    Lee Woolcott-Ellis, 51, was a pupil at the school from 1975 to 1980. The investigation eventually traced two Kesgrave victims of John McKno, of Alby, near Cromer, Norfolk, who has today been jailed for 14 years for abusing five pupils at three schools.

  12. Ex-teacher's victims all under 16published at 17:11 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    John McKno was jailed today for abusing boys in the 1970s and 80s at three schools in Suffolk, Devon and Worcestershire, which have all since closed.

    Ipswich Crown Court heard four of McKno's victims were under 16, and one was under 14.

    The 70-year-old admitted a series of serious sexual assaults, gross indecency and indecent assault.

    John McKnoImage source, Suffolk Police
  13. Khan sentencing: Judge says uncle and nephew 'pose a serious risk of harm'published at 16:35

    Kate Bradbrook
    BBC Look East

    Sentencing Junead and Shazib Khan at London's Kingston Crown Court, Mr Justice Edis said: "The plan to go to Syria... if it had succeeded it cannot be known what roles these defendants would have played. 

    "What I do know is that they would have done their best to help ISIS and the whole world knows where that can end.

    "For these reasons I am satisfied that both defendants are dangerous and that they pose a serious risk of harm.

    "The protection of the public is paramount in this case."

  14. Uncle found guilty of preparing to join terror grouppublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Shazib Khan, 23, the uncle of Junead Khan, has also been sentenced today at Kingston Crown Court.

    Shazib KhanImage source, Met Police

    He was found guilty of preparing to travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State (IS) and was given a custodial sentence of eight years with an extended licence of five years. 

    The judge, the Hon Mr Justice Edis, said the sentences were necessary to protect the public.

    His nephew, Junead Khan, was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison after being found guilty of preparing terrorist acts including a plot to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia.

  15. Former teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupils at three different boarding schoolspublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 13 May 2016
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    Richard Daniel
    BBC Look East

    A former teacher has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing five pupils at three different schools, including the former Kesgrave Hall School, near Ipswich.

    John McKnoImage source, Suffolk Police

    John McKno, 70, from Alby, near Cromer, Norfolk, abused boys during the 1970s and 1980s.

    Suffolk Police reopened investigations into allegations of abuse at the Suffolk school in December 2012.  The school closed in 1993.

    Detectives interviewed more than 100 former pupils. Four other men arrested died during the abuse investigation. Two of them took their own lives.

  16. Sentencing of paedophile former teacher under waypublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Sentencing is under way at Ipswich Crown Court of a former teacher from Norfolk who committed sex offences against pupils in Suffolk in the 1970s and 80s.

    Ipswich Crown Court

    John McKno, 70, from Alby, near Cromer, abused boys at the former Kesgrave Hall School, near Ipswich, and two schools in Devon and Worcestershire.

    He's been told to expect a "significant" jail sentence.

  17. Khan sentencing: Offender posted footage onlinepublished at 15:45

    Kate Bradbrook
    BBC Look East

    A Luton man convicted of plotting to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia had posted footage online and had an extensive digital record of his plotting.

    Junead Khan, 25, a supporter of so-called Islamic State (IS), has been sentenced to a minimum 12 years in prison after being found guilty of preparing terrorist acts.

    Entrance to RAF LakenheathImage source, Google

    Counter-terror police said his mobile phone revealed details of searches for bomb-making instructions, a particular kind of knife and how he had made contact with a Daesh fighter in Syria to seek "direction and guidance".

    The phone also contained footage he had taken while he drove near the Houses of Parliament entitled "ISIS Drives Around Westminster".

    Cdr Dean Haydon, from the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrism unit, said: "This evidence not only enlightened us about the actual plot but also gave us a link back to Syria."

  18. Police believe vehicle in fail-to-stop collision was a Nissan Qashqaipublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Police investigating following a fail-to-stop collision in Bungay say they now believe a Nissan Qashqai was involved in the incident.

    A local man in his 40s from the local area sustained multiple serious injuries and is currently receiving treatment at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

    Anyone with information about the Qashqai or its driver, or anyone with details about a Qashqai that has been damaged since the early hours of this morning, is asked to contact police.

  19. Luton delivery driver jailed for airbase terror plot in Suffolkpublished at 15:30

    Nic Rigby
    BBC News

    A delivery driver has been jailed for life, with a minimum 12-year term, for plotting to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia.

    Junead KhanImage source, PA

    Junead Khan, 25, from Luton, a supporter of so-called Islamic State (IS), was previously found guilty of preparing terrorist acts.

    He had driven past RAF Lakenheath and other US bases and had discussed attacking a soldier with a knife.  

  20. Speedway: Witches boss confident of KO Cup progressionpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 13 May 2016

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Witches, external manager Ritchie Hawkins believes his side can hold on to their slender advantage over Rye House, and reach the next round of the Premier League Knock-Out Cup.

    Ritchie HawkinsImage source, Stephen Waller

    The Suffolk side will take a 46-44 lead to Hoddesdon tomorrow, after last night's first leg at Foxhall.

    "I know our team is capable of winning there so I'd rather be two points up than two points down. We start afresh on Saturday really, and we'll treat it as a one-off meeting we have to win," said Hawkins.