Updates for Friday, 7 October, 2016
Police believe there is 'no third-party involvement' in missing serviceman case
Mum of missing RAF serviceman's 'what ifs'
BBC Radio Suffolk finally available on digital radio
Witches preparing for play-off meeting in Somerset
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Hello and thanks for joining us for today's Suffolk Live. We're here throughout the day, with regular news, sport and travel updates for you.
We'll have the weather forecast shortly, and we'll also bring you the latest in the search for missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News
Regular updates are finishing for BBC Suffolk Live, but any major breaking news will still appear here.
Our top stories today:
We'll be back with regular updates from 08:00 on Friday.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
Maurice Hammond, the pilot of a Mustang aircraft which crashed in south Norfolk at the weekend, remains sedated in hospital.
Maurice Hammond, from Eye in Suffolk, was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital following the crash at Hardwick airfield on Sunday. He underwent a surgical procedure to strength his spinal cord yesterday.
Image source, Family photoFamily spokesman Nik Coleman says Mr Hammond "had a comfortable night" and has been visited by his family today.
His progress is "as expected".
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
Paul Lines has been fishing since 1972 - he remembers 146 boats in Lowestoft, but now there's just a dozen.
Our east coast fishermen can only take 23% of what's called the total allowable catch, external - the Common Fisheries Policy which sets the amount of fish that can be caught in each area.
But many fishermen see Brexit as an opportunity to regain the UK's fisheries resources and rejuvenate the industry.
Paul, who's chairman of the Anglia Fishermen's Association, can see better times ahead, but knows that other countries will fight to keep what they have.
He says the Dutch and French fishing industry "will collapse without our waters".
Quote MessageWe've been in demise for 40 years... it's their turn now... we need to get our renewable fish industry back and we need to actually go out there and exploit what is legally ours."
Paul Lines, Fisherman
Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather
Tonight will be mainly dry with bright or sunny spells with the chance of a light, isolated shower, with a low of 8C (46F).
Tomorrow will be a day of sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud and the chance of a shower, especially the further east you are. Highs of 16C (61F).
There are more details on the BBC Weather website.
BBC Radio Suffolk
Lowestoft man Paul Downie, who stabbed his ex-partner's new boyfriend 15 years ago, has failed to overturn his life sentence.
Downie, 45, attacked Michael Best in April 2001, and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of four years and eight months.
He had pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was convicted of attempted murder and making threats to kill.
Mr Best suffered knife wounds in his leg and side in the attack.
A decade after the minimum tariff expired, Downie went to the Appeal Court to try and quash his life term and asked for a hospital order instead.
Lawyers said he had a "personality disorder" at the time and argued the decision to release him could be taken by a specialist tribunal rather than the parole board.
Lord Justice Treacy refused the appeal, saying the evidence that his condition was treatable was not strong enough.
He will only ever be freed if the parole board believes he poses no danger to the public.
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Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Lowestoft boxer Anthony Ogogo could win his first professional boxing title before the end of the month.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 27-year-old will fight Craig Cunningham at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on 22 October, for the vacant WBC International Middleweight belt.
“I’m delighted that this fight has now been confirmed and am incredibly excited to be fighting for my first title," Ogogo said.
“I am fiercely ambitious and determined to reach the very top of this sport, but know that I can’t look beyond Cunningham.
"He is a good fighter with a good record but I am completely focused on what I need to do to win that belt."
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Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Just over four years after winning bronze at London 2012, Lowestoft's Anthony Ogogo (pictured) is preparing for his first professional title fight.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 27-year-old will take on Craig Cunningham in Birmingham later this month for the vacant WBC, external International Middlewight belt.
Ogogo returned to the ring in May after a lengthy injury lay-off, and has won three fights since then to extend his unbeaten record in the pro ranks.
Cunningham, who is just a few months older, has 16 wins from 17 fights, including his last five.
Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live
Many fishermen (and women) voted for Britain to leave the European Union, but the fishing industry is one of the things to be negotiated ahead of Brexit.
But our East Anglian industry is worried that the government won't negotiate hard enough.
Alan Brown (pictured), from the pressure group Fishing for Leave, external, wants UK waters to be fished by UK vessels in the so-called 200 miles or mid-line limit.
At Lowestoft fish auction this morning, Mr Brown told people that UK waters are "a resource that belongs to people... it's part of your country... under international law it's been given away and we want it back".
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Ipswich business Jenny Wren's Yarns are off to London to pick up an award for best independent yarn shop in the south-east.
The business, which opened its shop in St Peter's Street three years ago, was nominated by customers for the award organised by Let's Knit magazine.
Image source, Jenny Wren's YarnsLois Mickleburgh, for the store, said knitting had seen a resurgence in the last 10 years and the shop, which had a "light, bright community feel" about it, had built on that.
Image source, Jenny Wren's YarnsShe said: "We're thrilled that our customers voted for us and we wouldn't have been able to do it without them, it's such a big thank you for them.
"Our shelves are bursting with beautiful yarns and our classes and knitting groups are as popular as ever and we couldn't be happier," she said.
Loanee Tom Lawrence could win his fifth full cap when Wales face Austria, external in a World Cup qualifier in Vienna this evening.
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Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Portuguese point-guard Edson Ferreira can inspire Ipswich Basketball Club, external to great things this season, according to club captain Tom Sadler.
Image source, Ipswich Basketball ClubThe 30-year-old, who previously played basketball for Benfica in his home country, joined the Ipswich programme earlier in the year.
"Eddie's great, he's one of the best point-guards I've played with in my career," said Sadler.
"He's the sort of guy who has the ability to make his team-mates a lot better. When you have a guard like that you have a good chance to win every game."
BBC Radio Suffolk
Here's what's been making the news in Suffolk today:
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Martin Barber
BBC News
Everybody has a road, according to performance poet Luke Wright, and his is the A12 - ruts and all.
The poem, A12, is one of 40 created by poets across England for the #BBCLocalPoets, external project as part of National Poetry Day, external.
Wright, who studied at the Norwich-based University of East Anglia, was inspired by the many hours he spends driving along the route from his home in Suffolk to Essex where he was brought up.
National Poetry Day: Luke Wright travels the A12
You can see more of the poems inspired by the East of England on the BBC Look East Facebook, external page.
While some sunny intervals are still possible, on balance it should be a cloudier and cooler-feeling day, particularly in parts exposed to the continuing easterly wind.
Image source, Weather Watchers: HaleThe cloud may become thick enough to produce a few showers later. Maximum temperature 14C (57F).
Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Hale for sending us in this scene over Great Bricett, taken earlier this morning.
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
The search for missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague has included a rolling road block along parts of the A1101 this morning, and searches in nearby woodland.
He disappeared after a Friday night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds and was last seen on CCTV images in the early hours of Saturday, 24 September.
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Corrie Mckeague, the RAF gunner based at Honington, who disappeared on 24 September, was last spotted on CCTV in the early hours, after separating from his friends.
Image source, Suffolk ConstabularyHe was spotted walking alone and eating fast food in Bury St Edmunds around 03:20.
It is thought he slept for a while in a doorway, before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to his base.
Image source, Suffolk ConstabularyHe was reported missing on Monday, 26 September and searches have been carried out since.
His mother, Nicola Urquhart urged anyone with information about her son to get in touch with police, describing his disappearance as "out of character".
Police have asked three young people aged between 16 and 18 seen at Short Brackland in Bury St Edmunds to come forward, as they may be witnesses.
Searches continue today, 12 days after a night out with friends.
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
A rolling road block has been in place along part of the A1101 this morning as the search for Suffolk airman Corrie Mckeague continues.
Police have been working their way from the Barton Mills roundabout towards Mildenhall.
Corrie, 23, and based at RAF Honington, has been missing for 12 days since a night out in Bury St Edmunds.
BBC Radio Suffolk
The construction of a £21m scheme aimed at improving travel around Ipswich has left the town with congestion and unfinished work, but all the money has been spent, says county councillor James Finch.
Speaking after criticism of the scheme, he said: "The budget has been used up. There has to be - in terms of Ipswich traffic - continuous improvement.
"But we don't have funds just arriving ad lib, and therefore we have to allocate.
"We are looking on some long term investments, one of which of course is the upper Orwell crossing."
The aim of the scheme was to get more people using public transport.
