BBC Local Live: Suffolk

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Updates for Friday 14 October 2016
Ammonia thrown in woman's face in Ipswich
'Unsafe' mental health trust taken out of special measures
Victim named and driver charged after fatal crash in Thetford Forest
Speedway: Witches suffer play-off heartbreak
Weather: Cloudier later and 13C (55F)

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Diversions in place after A143 lorry crashpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
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Lorry with 23 tonnes of frozen meat crashespublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
A lorry carrying 23 tonnes of frozen meat has crashed on the A143 between Ixworth and Stanton.
Image source, N&S Roads Policing
Norfolk and Suffolk Roads Policing team posted a photo of the incident on Twitter, external, saying the road will be closed while the vehicle is recovered.
It said the driver was freed and "thankfully not seriously hurt".
Hedgehog news...published at 14:33 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
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Hatchfield Farm: Giving up legal action over development 'will not solve problem'published at 14:04 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter
Forest Health Council's decision not to pursue legal action over the Hatchfield Farm development in Newmarket will exacerbate the town's problems, independent councillor Simon Cole has said.
The government rejected the plans for around 400 new homes in August after a protracted period to arrive at the decision.
Ruling Conservatives at Forest Heath last night argued a court case contesting the decision would delay the development of the local plan, which sets out where development across Newmarket should be.
Hatchfield landowner Lord Derby and the Rural Parish Alliance will, however, fight the decision in the High Court.
Mr Cole said: "What we've decided to do here does not solve the problem, it hasn't helped at all.
"If anything it's probably going to make the court case longer, because we're not there to add our weight to it.
"It'll make it an even more drawn out process, and in the end, they'll probably win anyway. The houses will go through, and by then we'll have an allocation for Newmarket of zero.
"How does that help?"
Council decides against legal challenge over homespublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter
Senior councillors in West Suffolk say they've asked the secretary of state for local government, Sajid Javid, to come to Newmarket to see the pressures they're facing for new homes.
It comes as Forest Heath District Council decided last night not to mount a legal challenge against the decision to block the building of 400 homes at Hatchfield Farm in the town.
Hatchfield landowner Lord Derby and the Rural Parish Alliance already announced they will fight the decision in the High Court, and had hoped the council would back them.
Conservative councillor Lance Stanbury, responsible for planning and growth at Forest Heath, said: "We've decided not to challenge directly...although we are remaining as an interested party in Lord Derby's appeal, and that is because there are actually huge consequences to the rest of the district if we did decide to challenge.
"If we challenge, then the timescale of that plan will run out. It means we won't have a district plan within a year or so and then it means there could be speculative challenges for planning across the whole of the district, which we wouldn't be able to, in any way, fight."
Athletics: Adams targeting the world stage in 2017published at 12:09 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Shot-putter Jonathan Adams has set his sights on appearing at next year's World Championships in London.
Image source, Getty Images
The 24-year-old from Long Melford missed the Paralympics in Rio after his event was re-classified and he got to grips with a new leg brace.
But Adams says he has suffered no further complications as a result of the tendinitis injury he endured last year.
"While the last two years, physically, have been very difficult that's all behind me now and I'm moving forward to next season with an outlook of positivity," he said.
So what would the new taxi driver BTEC course involve?published at 11:33 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
If cabbies in the west of the county want to keep their licences, they're going to have to take a BTEC qualification which will take 18 hours to complete and cost £250.
Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury councils say drivers will have to do the course after they received 46 complaints in a two-year period.
The course will include topics such as:
- Health and safety
- Road safety while driving passengers
- Professional customer service
- Disability awareness for passengers who require assistance
- Safeguarding: Transporting children and vulnerable people
Taxi drivers made to take course if they want to keep their jobpublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Taxi drivers in the west of the county are to have to take a BTEC qualification if they want to keep their licenses.
The move comes after Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury councils said they had seen a rise in the number of complaints over driver behaviour and standards.
Image source, Thinkstock
Between 2014 and 2016, the two west Suffolk councils received 46 complaints about drivers, mostly including rude or abusive language or behaviour and poor or dangerous driving.
The qualification will cost £250, will take 18 hours to complete and will include customer service training.
New drivers will need the qualification from January, while existing workers will have two years to take the course.
Fancy a chat and run?published at 11:12 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
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In the week of World Mental Health Day, England Athletics, external and the charity Mind, external are encouraging people to #runandtalk, external to improve their mental wellbeing.
People are being urged to run one mile or further and to chat with friends, family, colleagues or other runners.
Find out more about the event and how you can get involved here.
You can find out more about getting into running with our special guide.
Patterson nets first international goalpublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
TWTD.co.uk
Ipswich youngster Monty Patterson scored his first international goal, external as New Zealand ended their USA tour with a 1-1 draw with the hosts in Washington DC overnight.
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Paralysed motocross rider is backpublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
East Anglian Daily Times
The girl who never gave up her dream rides again, 12 years after crash, external.
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Public 'more aware of allergies'published at 10:27 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Dr Mark Hainsworth, a GP from Bildeston, believes a greater awareness from the public could be responsible for a rise in allergy-related hospital admissions.
He told the BBC: "When you went to school they didn't have an allergy department at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Now they do.
"In your day you had one child who was labelled as having hayfever, and you had 19 children who just had runny noses."
He was speaking after new figures showed a spike in allergy-related hospital admissions at West Suffolk Hospital and the James Paget Hospital, although Ipswich Hospital showed a slight decrease.
Trouble on the trains: Signalling problem at Derby Roadpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
BBC Travel
There is a replacement bus service running on Abellio Greater Anglia between Ipswich and Felixstowe due to a signalling problem at Derby Road.
'Cleaner world' theory as to why allergy admissions to hospitals are on the increasepublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Doctors say rising levels of cleanliness have lowered people's natural resistance to bacteria and dust, which cause common allergies.
They say the way we live our lives is also having an impact on the number of people who are going to hospital with allergic reactions.
Image source, Science Photo Library
Dr Donald Hodge, from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, said: "The fact that we're living in a much cleaner world than 100 years ago is the main factor behind the rise in the number of admissions for allergies.
"We've seen a huge increase in the number of referrals for children who have developed allergies, and this is undoubtedly because living in a cleaner world has lowered our ability to build up a resistance to substances like dust and pollen."
In two local hospitals, James Paget in Gorleston and the West Suffolk Hospital, admission numbers have spiked, but at Ipswich Hospital, there has been a decrease.
Aldeburgh rape investigation haltedpublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
A rape investigation in Aldeburgh has been halted.
A woman reported she was attacked near Leiston Road on 30 September.
However, Suffolk Police says its investigation left it "completely confident" no crime took place.
A 22-year-old man who was arrested has been released from police bail.
Rise in hospital admissions due to allergiespublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Two hospitals are reporting a spike in the number of admissions due to allergies in the past five years.
The James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, which serves people in north Suffolk, has seen a 260% rise in admissions, with only 25 five years ago, rising to 90 last year.
Meanwhile at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury, the numbers have gone up 51% - from 49 to 74.
Conversely, at Ipswich Hospital there's been a slight decrease - from 74 to 73 in the same period.
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It's grim news for Cornhill diner bidpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Ipswich Star
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Ipswich Town: Crowe makes U21 debutpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Ipswich Town, external goalkeeper Michael Crowe made his first appearance for Wales Under-21s in yesterday's 3-1 win over Armenia.
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Golf: Chapman among the early contenders at Stoke by Naylandpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Cumbrian golfer Adam Chapman (pictured) shot a first round 67 to share the lead in the 20th Faldo Series Grand Final, external at Stoke by Nayland.
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He is tied on four under par with the Czech Republic's Jiri Zuska.
They're one shot clear of a group of five players, which includes fellow Englishmen Harry Goddard and Sam Bairstow.
Ryman League: Needham Market third after derby winpublished at 08:24 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Needham Market, external have broken into the top three of the Ryman Premier Division after last night's 2-0 win over Lowestoft Town, external at Bloomfields.
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John Sands and Kem Izzet (pictured) were on target for Mark Morsley's side.
AFC Sudbury, external walloped Grays Athletic 5-1 thanks to a couple of goals from Jordan Blackwell and one apiece for Craig Parker, Liam Wales and Sam Bantick.
Bury Town, external lost 3-0 at Norwich United in the North Division.
In the Thurlow Nunn League it finished 2-1 between Team Bury and Cornard United.