Seven schools closed and others partially shut due to teachers' strike
Boy's death 'could have been prevented', court hears
Footballer loses legs in hit-and-run
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BBC Look East
Waveney District Council scooped a parking machine change bonanza of more than £41,000 in 2015.
The authority made £41,224 from pay and display machines which don't give change.
Elsewhere across Suffolk, the following councils also made substantial amounts:
Ipswich Crown Court heard that on July 13, 2012, Vinnie Barker was sick in school and his mother was contacted about collecting him.
He was brought home but deteriorated during the afternoon. Emergency services were called that night and he was taken to accident and emergency.
Paramedics and an emergency team tried to resuscitate Vinnie, but he was formally pronounced dead at Ipswich Hospital.
Back to Ipswich Crown Court, where Honey Rose is on trial and denies a charge of gross negligence manslaughter relating to the death of eight-year-old Vinnie Barker.
Prosecuting, Jonathan Rees told the jury: "At the heart of the prosecution case against the defendant is the allegation that the defendant's failure to detect the swollen optic discs and refer Vinnie on for further investigation was grossly negligent - key phrase in this case - on her part.
"Given the risk of death involved, her conduct was so bad in all of the circumstances - it fell so far below the standards to be expected of a competent optometrist - that it was criminal."
Further to the news we've just brought you about the A12 being closed southbound between J33 (A1214 Copdock) and J32B (Belstead), police have just told us they're about to close the northbound carriageway to allow the air ambulance to land.
We'll bring you any further updates as we get them.
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The A12 is closed southbound in Ipswich between J33 (A1214 Copdock) and J32B (Belstead) because of a crash involving a car and a lorry.
Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Suffolk's cricketers were all out for 328 in their second innings this morning, on the final day of their Minor Counties Championship, external match with Cambridgeshire.
They have therefore set the away side a victory target of 342. Cambridgeshire were 45-1 a moment ago.
Jonathan Rees, prosecuting, told Ipswich Crown Court: "The prosecution allege that Vinnie's death was preventable, and would have been prevented had the defendant, Ms Rose, done her job properly."
Image source, ArchantJurors heard that post-mortem examinations of Vinnie Barker showed the cause of death was hydrocephalus - a build-up of fluid in the brain which led to an increase in pressure within his skull and, ultimately, his collapse and death.
They were told that Ms Rose owed a duty of care to her patients. This included a duty to carry out a competent examination of the eye, and a duty to make an urgent referral if any injury or disease was detected.
The death of an eight-year-old boy could have been prevented if an eye specialist had "done her job properly", Ipswich Crown Court has heard.
Image source, Barker familyVincent Barker, known as Vinnie, died on 13 July 2012. It was around five months after he was taken to have a routine eye test at Boots the Opticians, in Upper Brook Street in the town.
The conduct of optometrist Honey Rose, 35, fell so far below the standards expected that it was "criminal", prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC said.
Ms Rose, from Newham, east London, denies a charge of gross negligence manslaughter.
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
We asked earlier if you had any thoughts about today's strike by members of the NUT over school funding.
David Stone has sent us an email, saying: "The tragedy about any strike is that the adverse effect such action causes seldom, if ever, causes any problems for those to whom the action is aimed.
"I feel sorry for the working parents who will struggle with how to cope, and the employers who will suddenly be short of staff.
"I have some sympathy for the reasons behind the strike but do not think this is the best way to deal with it – at the expense of 'the innocent'."
Preston North End have confirmed the signing, external of former Blues loanee Ben Pringle from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
An optometrist is expected to go on trial today at Ipswich Crown Court, charged with manslaughter by gross negligence, relating to the death of an eight-year-old boy from the town.
Vincent Barker, known as Vinnie, died at his home in Ipswich in July 2012.
Honey Rose, 35, from east London, denies the charge. The trial is expected to last for three weeks.
Hidden inside books and discovered during conservation work, a series of secret drawings by Beatrix Potter are set to go on display for the first time after they were found, external at Melford Hall.
Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
After a poor start to their latest Minor Counties Championship, external match at Copdock, Suffolk's cricketers are now favourites to seal victory on the final day.
They dismissed Cambridgeshire for just 137 yesterday before making 317 for 8 in their second innings, to lead by 330 at stumps.
Jed Cawkwell was the man of the day with the bat, scoring an impressive 143 in only his third match for the county.
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BBC Look East weather
It'll be breezy this morning, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle clearing. The rest of the day will then be dry with some warm sunny spells developing, but we could see the odd shower or two.
Top temperature: 21C (70F).
It will be dry and largely clear this evening and overnight, with a chance of some patchy mist or fog in rural locations around the Orwell and Deben estuaries. Minimum temperature: 9C (48F).
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Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
We've been talking about the strike action being taken by members of the NUT today, over school funding, and have said that as well as a number of schools that are partially closed, seven are completely shut.
These are:
Image source, GooglePhilippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
The head teacher of the Riverwalk School in Bury St Edmunds, one of those closed due to strike action by the NUT over school funding, has told BBC Suffolk: "It's very difficult to feel sympathy for strike action. However, they are professionals and they have that right."
Image source, GoogleJan Hatchell said she had to close the special school, which caters for children aged two to 19, because of the risk to the children. They are on three different sites and over 90% of staff are in the NUT.
"I cannot juggle classes, and I certainly can't cover three different sites all by myself," she said.
"I can understand why teachers are wanting to address the issue and that's where my sympathy lies, with the need to address the issue of funding because it's very, very poor."
Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk
The secretary of the NUT in Suffolk says the union is taking strike action today because school budgets are not keeping pace with rising costs.
Graham White says schools are having to provide a really good education for pupils, with nearly l0% less funding.
"How are you going to provide the resources, how are you going to provide the teachers?" he said.
"Class size will go up, the curriculum gets cut, this is not what we want for education. We want the very best for our children, not something that is cost based, do-it-on-the-cheap approach."
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
Good morning.
More than 2,000 children in Suffolk are getting a day off school today, as members of the National Union of Teachers stage a one-day strike over school funding.
Seven schools are shut completely, with a number of others partially closed.
We'll bring you reaction from the NUT itself, and hear from the headteacher of one of the schools that's closed.
If you'd like to give us your thoughts, you can send us an email, or post a message on our Facebook page, external.
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