Casey Davies says the wards were "a little family" that comforted her while separated from her own.

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The region's football league teams - could see their seasons end today.

The English Football League, external is due to speak to the clubs from Leagues One and Two and it's thought ending the season is the most likely outcome due to finance - the cost of testing, no fans through the gate and player contracts expiring are the major factors.

Options to decide the outcome of the season include voiding it, using present placings or points per game.

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In League One, six clubs, including Peterborough United and Ipswich Town, have said they are determined to finish the League One season's remaining fixtures.

Peterborough are sixth in the table with nine games to play and are three points off the automatic promotion places, while Ipswich are in 10th place.

Of the other teams, Wycombe Wanderers are eighth with a game in hand. Points per game would put them up to third but weighted points per game would get them to fifth so a place in the play-offs could be at stake.

MK Dons are in 18th place and Southend, in 22nd, are in the relegation zone.

In League Two, Cambridge United are 16th, Colchester United are in sixth, Northampton Town are seventh and Stevenage are right at the bottom and at risk of dropping out of the Football League.

Police make a direct appeal to the baby's mother to seek medical assistance.

Peterborough's Darragh MacAnthony speaks on behalf of six League One clubs who are determined to complete the season.

Guitar players, backing vocalists and engineers are among the hardest hit in the music industry.

Postman Stewart Lennox likes to dress up for work...

"I've been trying to wear something different each day just to bring some cheer to Ipswich," said Mr Lennox.

"I'm having fun and just hope it raises a smile somewhere.

"I've actually been outdone by a colleague who dresses up as a genie, but he does a rural area, so possibly gets a few less 'views'."

St John’s Church Elmswell, in Suffolk, will be hosting a live church service dubbed "Songs of Praise" this Sunday at 18:30.

The religious programme has been put together with the help of a BAFTA award-winning sound supervisor who lives in the parish.

Photographs of the village, key workers and volunteers, will form the back drop for the show.

As well as the songs, there will stories from about how people are coping with lockdown, helping each other out in the community and prayers.

The show will be streamed on the St John’s web site, external, Facebook page, external and YouTube, external.

Image source, St John's Church, Elmswell, Suffolk

A number of roads will be closed across Suffolk today as recycling centres prepare to reopen.

They will be in place on Foxhall Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way in Ipswich and on Bury Road in Fornham St Martin.

A booking system is in place and Suffolk County Council , externalis reminding people not to turn up without a slot.

Golfers still have to adhere to social distancing regulations and clubhouses will remain closed.

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Rates of cancer referrals in Suffolk have plummeted according to health bosses as people fail to see a GP due to coronavirus.

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Data from the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) revealed that "two-week wait referrals", those requested by a GP for a hospital check on suspicious symptoms within a fortnight, were currently 50% of their normal levels.

The CCGs said around 8% of referrals will turn out to be cancers, meaning an estimated 50 confirmed cancers per month were being missed per CCG district.

Dr Peter Holloway, GP and cancer lead with the Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, said they were worried people were getting diagnosed at a later stage than they should.

"We know the earlier the diagnosis the better the outcome," he said.

Health chiefs said the reasons for people not wanting symptoms checked included those not wanting to burden the NHS, while others did not wish to visit a GP or go into a hospital for fear of catching the virus.

The sailor's boat was "barely seaworthy", according to a boating association chairman.

Several buildings across the region were bathed in blue light yesterday evening...

The Royal Hospital School on the banks of the Stour estuary in Suffolk tweeted, external to say it was "in honour of all nurses and midwives, past and present in this their International Year".

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Tennis is one of the sports the government says can resume as lockdown restrictions are relaxed, but it's led to varying approaches in Ipswich.

Only singles is allowed, and the town's borough council is reopening the public courts in its parks.

However, one of the town's larger clubs, Ipswich Sports Club, external, is still reviewing how it will re-open and it is expecting a delay until later this week.

"There is a lot for the club to assess as we want to satisfy the Lawn Tennis Association's recommended approach to venues to 're-open safely rather than rushing'," said Vanessa Penn, club chairman.

For the moment the club facilities, which also include squash courts and gym, remain closed.

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BBC News

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The co-owner of a coffee shop business closed because of coronavirus has begun online coffee-making courses to raise money for charity.

Beth Cook from Applaud Coffee, external, which has two shops in Ipswich, said she has a "passion for teaching people about coffee and improving people's skills".

She said she wanted "to be creative in thinking of ways to help" the mental health charity Mind, and has asked those who take her courses to donate money to them instead of paying her.

She said: "Mental health obviously is going to [be a] struggle massively for a lot of people during this time and after."

Garden centres have been allowed to re-open from today and Graham was first in the queue at the Cherry Lane Garden Centre at Carlton Colville, Suffolk.

"I usually come here twice a week and that's been closed all these weeks and there's quite a lot of stuff I want," he said.

"I'm also getting some stuff for some pensioners who can't get over here so I made sure I was first in the queue so I don't miss nothing."

The Port of Lowestoft in Suffolk says the majority of its business is related to offshore energy.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Scrapping the rest of the football season in Leagues One and Two is likely to be the most significant topic for discussion at an English Football League (EFL) board meeting, later.

It is not certain the leagues will be formally ended this week as there are a number of issues that need to be resolved, not least surrounding promotion and relegation, and the EFL is adamant no decision about the rest of the season has been made.

However, BBC Sport understands there is a general acceptance among clubs that resumption of the season in Leagues One and Two is impossible.

That means Ipswich, Peterborough, Colchester, Southend, Cambridge, Milton Keynes Dons, Northampton and Stevenage and Wycombe may not play again until next season - whenever that may be.

• EFL: What happens next?

A consultant virologist and Cambridge University lecturer says the reintroduction of some children into schools is a "sensible" approach.

Dr Chris Smith, a BBC radio representer on the Naked Scientists show, said it would see children "benefit enormously from the socialistation".

The government has announced plans that would see some reception, year one and year six pupils return to school from June.

Dr Smith, who lives in Essex, said: "I think it's a very sensible approach. It's a staged approach."

The pop star debuts on the list in third place, with an estimated fortune of £468m.

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BBC News

On International Nurses Day, we're hearing stories of amazing nurses from across the country.

One such nurse is Nichola, who works at Ipswich Hospital.

After leaving a career in banking to re-train, she lost her mother a year into her course.

“Losing my Mum has been devastating," Nichola said, "but it’s made me realise you nurse the patient, but you also nurse the patient’s family too.

"I know my mum would be proud I carried on with my course and am now doing what I always wanted to do when I left school.”

People are being invited to shine a light out of their windows at 20:30 BST, in tribute to nurses.