BBC Local Live: Suffolk on Thursday, 21 July 2016

Summary

Man arrested on suspicion of murdering Weybread couple extradited from Luxembourg
Suffolk's final middle schools close today
Calls for 'boat-damaging' swan to be removed from lake
Tottenham Hotspur's manager writes to footballer who lost both legs after crash
Hailstones 'the size of golf balls' set off car alarm and cause injury
Updates for Thursday, 21 July 2016

Live Reporting

Philippa Taylor

Brett Pitman goal gives Ipswich victory over Colchesterpublished at 10:24 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Ben Parker
BBC Suffolk sport
Ipswich Town were in pre-season action last night and beat Colchester 1-0 thanks to a goal from Brett Pitman.
Image source, Getty Images
Town fans got a first glimpse of new signing Adam Webster as he made his debut in the second half. The centre back looked assured in possession and will give Town boss Mick McCarthy another option in his backline.
Another who impressed was youngster Andre Dozzell, who will be looking to break into the first-team on a regular basis this season.
Striker Daryl Murphy made his first appearance of the summer after returning from international duty with the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2016.
Today's weather: Slightly cooler, but still with some sunshinepublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather
On to today's weather, and it will be dry with plenty of warm sunny spells, and a more comfortable top temperature of 24C (75F).
Overnight it'll become cloudier, with the chance of some showery rain during the early hours, although most places should stay dry. Lows of 15C (59F).
Check out the full forecast where you live with BBC Weather.
More images from Ipswich during last night's stormpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Carl Harlott has sent us these pictures of the "amazing storm structure" in Ipswich:
Image source, Carl Harlott
Image source, Carl Harlott
Last night's storm over Ipswichpublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Dawn Dainty tweeted from Ipswich, external last night: "A few pics from tonight's storm, including mammatus clouds and a lightning strike."
Image source, Dawn Dainty
Image source, Dawn Dainty
Image source, Dawn Dainty
Hail storm 'shreds onions'published at 09:30 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Andrew Greenwell, from Capel St Andrew Farm, has tweeted this picture, external, saying: "Assessing damage from the storm last night - onions shredded thanks to the hail storm."
Image source, Capel St Andrew Farm
I'm glad I wasn't outside when these were fallingpublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
We spotted this on Twitter. It was taken in Ipswich by Ambient Light, external, who says: "Never seen anything like it before."
Image source, Ambient Light
Ouch! Hailstones hurt when they're the size of a golf ballpublished at 08:50 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Kate Arkell
BBC Radio Suffolk
You might have to squint a bit, but that's a bruise from a hailstone the size of an actual golf ball:
Hailstones set off car alarm: 'I've never seen anything like it'published at 08:43 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Suffolk seems to have had a real mix of weather last night. Some areas avoided the storms altogether, others had torrential rain and some lost their power for a while too.
As you can see from this film which Al Leeder posted on YouTube, there were even some huge hailstones:
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Greater Anglia warns of cancellationpublished at 08:30 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
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Two-tier is not best, says NUTpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk
The secretary of the National Union of Teachers in Lowestoft, where middle schools closed in 2011, says the two-tier system is not best.
Speaking as Suffolk County Council's nine-year programme for change comes to a close, Peter Byatt said: "Middle schools were very successful."
"They had those buffer years for adolescents to start growing up not in the high school situation, but of course it's all changed now.
"We finish at 11 and then move on to the high school then you go on to sixth form college. We’ve still got a three-tier system, it's just bumped up a bit."
Suffolk's last remaining middle schools to closepublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
Four middle schools in Bury St Edmunds will be saying goodbye to their pupils this afternoon for the final time.
St Louis, St James, Hardwick and Howard (pictured) are closing due to a decision made in 2007 by Suffolk County Council, which wanted a two-tier system across the county.
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There are already some comments on our Facebook page:
- Linda Jane Hunt writes, external: I went to Howard middle in the 70s and loved it my boys went to St James another lovely school I am going to feel very sad tomorrow
- Tish Nunn says, external: To be honest, I'm not a fan of having lost the three tier system as I feel it allowed for a more personal system for the children, with smaller school populations, and made the transitions between schools less of a major upheaval than the sudden leap straight to a comparatively huge 'big' school.
Do you agree? Drop us an email, external, or join in the Facebook conversation, external.
Welcome to Thursday's Suffolk Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 21 July 2016
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
Good morning and thanks for joining us on the day we finally say goodbye to Suffolk's remaining middle schools.
It was back in February 2007 that Suffolk County Council voted to replace middle schools with a county-wide two-tier system.
We'll hear from students and teachers, as well as the council itself, but we'd love your thoughts too. You can send us an email, or post a message on our Facebook page, external.