The sea air has proved beneficial for Lowestoft in this year's Anglia in Bloom, external competition, after the following successes were announced:

• Joint winner and gold award for Nicholas Everitt Park
• Silver gilt award for both the town and the Gunton Hall, external coastal village
• Broadlands Care Home winner in its category 

Staying in the Waveney district, Halesworth Town Park was also recognised.

Visitors to Bury St Edmunds won't be surprised to learn that it's been declared the winner, and given a gold medal, in the large town category in this year's Anglia in Bloom, external awards.

The town's Abbey Gardens (pictured) and Nowton Park have also won gold awards.

We'll bring you news of other winners in the county shortly.

Not much longer to wait now for the start of the Paralympics, external, for Team Ipswich swimmer Ryan Crouch, East Bergholt-based powerlifter Zoe Newson, and Evie Edwards from Elmsett, who plays Boccia, external.

From the Isles of Scilly to Brittany and Cardigan Bay, tales of hearing drowned bells tolling beneath the sea at certain tides are common to many of Europe's shorelines. One of the best known is of Suffolk's Dunwich bells. Once a major sea port, it was swept away by a great storm in the thirteenth century.

The Norfolk-based writer and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland meets fellow East Anglians who together bring alive his short story 'Sea Tongue' about the Dunwich bells. Among the people he speaks to are storyteller Hugh Lupton, the Bishop of Dunwich, and the bellringers and residents of the Norfolk village of Happisburgh, some of whose houses are tumbling into the North Sea. Happisburgh church has stood there like a beacon, looking out over sea and land for over 600 years, yet it's predicted that it'll be claimed by the waves in 50 years time.

After the Flood is a meditation on the sound of bells tolling through the centuries across land and sea, and man's shifting relationship with the two.

Producer: Mark Smalley.

Lauri Love, who will find out next week if he is to be extradited to the US for allegedly hacking into government computers, says the situation is "very difficult" for his parents.

Mr Love, 31, from Stradishall, near Haverhill, explained: "I really feel for my parents, who have to worry, and have the stress of this.

"For myself, it's exacerbating my eczema, and I quite often scratch my face and it bleeds.

"I don't get a good night's sleep very often. Stress compounds other immune system problems, so it would be nice to have less stress."

A parked car was "significantly damaged" when a tractor and trailer collided with it last month in Metfield, near Harleston, say police.

A tractor pulling a long trailer carrying bales is reported to have collided with a green Ford Escort cabriolet, dragging it a short distance, and causing damage to the car, at about 21:10 on Sunday 14 August in The Street.

Police are trying to identify the driver of the tractor and are asking them, or any witnesses, to contact them.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

A Leiston man has spoken of his shock at getting caught up in the migrant crisis in Calais.

Michael Oliver was driving home from Germany last month, when he encountered a man-made blockade of wooden pallets and tyres. 

He crashed his car, and caused around £700 worth of damage to it.

He said it was dark at the time: "I didn't know it had broken the shock absorbers. 

"The police said 'get on', the steering was a bit clonky after that. I've had it on the ramp and that's what happened, the shock absorbers exploded and [there are] broken lights."

A man from Stradishall, near Haverhill, wanted in the United States for allegedly hacking into government computers, says he fears dying in jail if he is extradited.  

Lauri Love, who could face trials in three different US states, is accused of hacking into the computer systems of the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency.  

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Mr Love, who has Asperger's syndrome, worries he will be sentenced to up to 99 years.

"If I went into a US prison, I don't think I'd leave again," he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.

A judge will announce next week whether Mr Love should be extradited.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Bury Town, external could go top of the Ryman One North tonight if they can win away at Wroxham.  

Ben Chenery’s side have made a strong start to the season, with three wins and two draws so far this campaign.  

Meanwhile Needham Market, external have a home tie against Canvey Island in the Ryman Premier Division.  

The team will be looking to bounce back after two straight losses in league and cup.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill had former Ipswich Town striker Daryl Murphy to thank as his side came from behind to draw 2-2 against Serbia in last night’s World Cup qualifier. 

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Murphy has had to wait a long time for his first international goal but took his chance just five minutes after he came on as a substitute.

O’Neill felt his side deserved the point but had praise for Murphy’s 80th-minute “blinding header”.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Turning our attention to sport now, and former Ipswich Town striker, Daryl Murphy’s (pictured centre) first international goal snatched a precious World Cup qualifying point for the Republic of Ireland last night.  

Image source, AFP/Getty Images

Martin O’Neill’s men came from behind to secure a 2-2 draw in Serbia.  

Murphy, who moved to Newcastle United last month, scored an 80th-minute equaliser which means Ireland are off to a positive start in their Group D campaign  

Suffolk's deputy chief fire officer says an independent investigation was carried out after some pagers failed to alert firefighters to last year's major blaze in Sudbury, and found that the equipment worked well when tested.

Image source, Luke Cresswell

Responding to news that alerters for retained fire crews have failed 36 times since April 2011, Mark Sanderson added: "We're not complacent; we're always looking to improve."

He admitted that while the equipment was generally reliable, there were some occasions where batteries in alerters could fail or the devices could be damaged by wear and tear.

BBC Suffolk has learned that since April 2011, there have been 36 incidents in which on-call firefighters' pagers have failed to sound, meaning that crews were unaware that they were needed.

The leader of the Labour group on Suffolk County Council says he's "surprised" how often fire service alerters fail.

A year ago only three of eight pagers went off when the Sudbury blaze broke out, which meant that firefighters from Long Melford were on the scene before local crews.

Sandy Martin said: "The first I heard that there was a problem in Sudbury in particular was after the fire, but clearly the fire service has known about this problem for several years before the fire took place. 

"The cost to Sudbury of that fire massively outweighs the cost of running a really good fire service."

We'll bring you reaction from the county council shortly.

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Town duo Andre Dozzell and Ben Morris started and won their second England U18s caps, external as their side defeated Israel 5-1 at Morecambe’s Globe Arena to win this week’s North West-based three-team mini-tournament. 

Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk

The Sudbury Fire Trust, external, which was set up after last year's blaze to help those affected, says it's still supporting victims.

More than £17,000 was raised by local residents and businesses.

Chairman of the trust, Tim Ayrton, says the community really came together: "It is a fantastic thing that people have done.

"I know the victims are very grateful, and the trustees and myself are extremely grateful to those who have given and who have enabled us to give a lot of help to others."

The fire service were called to Friars Street in Sudbury at about 18:25 on Sunday, 6 September, 2015.

More than 100 firefighters tackled the blaze which affected 11 properties and five businesses.

Three people were taken to hospital with minor burns and smoke inhalation.

Image source, Suffolk County Council

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

It's a cloudy start to the day with mist and fog patches, but these should gradually clear. 

Some bright or sunny spells will develop this afternoon and it will feel very warm and humid, particularly in the sunshine.

Top temperature: 24C (75F).

Tonight will be mostly dry and cloudy, feeling muggy again with lows around 17C (63F).

BBC Weather has the full forecast where you are.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Good morning.

It's exactly 12 months, to the day, that a major fire broke out in Sudbury.

Friars Street in the town was devastated and people lost their homes and businesses.

We'll find out how the town has rallied round and what still needs to be done.

But first, we'll take a look at the county's weather prospects. I've checked the roads and the rails, and there don't appear to be any problems. 

Image source, Suffolk County Council

A British man wanted in the US for allegedly hacking into government computers says he fears dying in prison if he is extradited.

That's it for our regular updates until 08:00 tomorrow, but any major stories for the county overnight will feature here.

Among the stories we've brought you today:

• The mystery bride who posed for a photograph with members of Needham Market FC on the M20 has been identified
• The Focus 12 charity in Bury St Edmunds has received almost £100,000 from a former employer of an addict they helped
• Paul Mason from Ipswich, once known as the "fattest man in the world", has had a second operation to remove excess skin
• An asbestos alert has delayed the start of the academic year at an Ipswich primary school

Have a good evening.