Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A nurse at the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) in Gorleston has won an award for her work training the next generation of nurses and medical students.

Image source, JPUH

Sarah Hills, who lives in Lowestoft, has been in nursing for 10 years, five of them at the coastal hospital. Before that, she worked at Barts and Great Ormond Street hospitals.

Ms Hills has been named Educator of the Year in the eastern region by Health Education England, external.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

A new joint chief executive has been appointed for Babergh, external and Mid Suffolk, external district councils.

Image source, Babergh and Mid Suffolk Councils

Arthur Charvonia, currently strategic director at Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils, is due to take up his new post in the New Year.

Both Babergh and Mid Suffolk are being asked to endorse this recommendation at full council meetings on 31 October.

Mr Charvonia said: "I am delighted to be selected to join Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils at this exciting time.

"My recent experience at Suffolk Coastal and Waveney puts me in an ideal place to help lead the councils through the challenges of building on their successful partnership, as well as the forthcoming move to a new headquarters."

Nic Rigby
BBC News

The owners of a white duck are being sought after it caused a flap when it sat down in a road on a Lowestoft housing estate.

Image source, RSPCA

Animal welfare charity the RSPCA was called after the drake was found in the Teesdale housing estate in Carlton Colville, Lowestoft on Wednesday.

RSPCA animal collection officer Paige Burnham said: "It was a very odd place to find a duck. He was just sitting in the road in the wet weather and a local cat was eyeing him up.

"He was tame so the locals rounded him up and popped him in a greenhouse until we collected him.

"It’s a bit of a mystery how he got there. He may be someone’s escaped pet or he may have been abandoned."

Posters have been put up in the area and the ducks details have been posted online.

Anyone with information is asked to call the RSPCA, external.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

A point for Needham Market, external tonight would be enough to see the Suffolk side replace local rivals Leiston at the top of the Ryman Premier Division., external

Mark Morsley's (pictured) team face Canvey Island away and are chasing a seventh consecutive victory in all competitions.

Elsewhere tonight, victory for Bury Town, external at home to VCD Athletic would open up a three-point lead for Ben Chenery's players at the top of the Ryman One North.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Forty seven years ago this month, this photograph was taken of a young student at Summerhill School in Suffolk, which was founded by educationalist Alexander Sutherland Neill.

It was opened in the 1920s and is still running today in Leiston. 

The schoolchildren govern themselves and classes are optional.   

Image source, Getty Images

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Police are urging dog owners to keep their animals under control after two recent attacks on sheep.

A Hebridean sheep attacked on Hollesley Common last month had to be put down, while earlier this month two sheep were attacked at Freston and needed treatment.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Free help and support is being offered to companies affected by Bernard Matthews going into administration.

The New Anglia Growth Hub, external will be contacting businesses that are owed more than £10,000. Advisers are also available to offer free guidance to any other local businesses affected.

Bernard Matthews, which went into administration last month, has left over £3m owed to more than 240 Norfolk and Suffolk businesses, which will not be paid to them.

The sale of the firm, to Boporan Private Office, is being looked at by the government's Competitions and Markets Authority.

Chris Starkie, managing director of New Anglia LEP says they want to provide as much support as possible to companies to minimise the impact on their business. 

Companies affected are asked to contact the New Anglia Growth Hub on 0300 333 6536 or by email, external.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

A project to turn a disused church into an arts centre is among those which is urging members of the public to support its bid for funding.

Ipswich Arts Centre CIC, which has won approval to transform St Clements Church in Ipswich into a place of innovation, creativity and innovation, has a chance to win up to £25,000 from the Aviva Community Fund, external.

Other Suffolk schemes in the running include Unscene Suffolk Limited, Martlesham Brass, Hadleigh Cricket Club and Friends of Stradbroke High School.

Each voter can choose 10 of their favourite projects to help them get into the final shortlist.

Past Suffolk winners have included Chantry Grasshoppers under-10s football team, East Anglian Sailing Trust and Coplestonians Football Club. 

Helen Burchell
BBC News

A vet has been going into more detail about how he operated on a yellow Labrador that bit off more than it could chew when it ate a 45cm (1.5ft) long metal stick.

Image source, Framlingham Vets

Surgeon Ben Garland from Framlingham Vets safely removed the pole, from an ornamental garden windmill, during a 45-minute operation. 

The dog's owners knew something was not quite right when they found half the garden ornament in the puppy's kennel. 

"They realised there was only one place the other half could be," Mr Garland said. 

The four-month-old Labrador had tried to eat the entire metal stick, then when it became lodged in his stomach and oesophagus, he bit the end off, leaving it just showing in his throat behind his windpipe. 

"He didn't seem in any pain when he was brought in," Mr Garland said. "Just a bit dribbly, and he looked a little embarrassed." 

X-rays showed the full extent of the problem and after "thinking about it for a while" the team decided to make an incision in the puppy's neck and remove the pole.

Helen Burchell
BBC News

A hungry puppy ended up regretting his decision to munch on a garden ornament after it landed him on a vets' operating table.

Image source, Framlingham Vets

The yellow Labrador pup ate the metal stick from a spinning foil "windmill" ornament in his owner's Suffolk garden.

Surgeon Ben Garland from Framlingham Vets safely removed the 45cm (1.5ft) pole during a 45-minute operation.

"I've removed a lot of things from dogs' stomachs, but nothing quite as spectacular as this," he said.

A four-month-old puppy needs surgery after swallowing the metal pole from a garden "windmill" ornament.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

A fundraising campaign to raise £1m to create a new giant nature reserve is expected to take two years, according to those behind the project.

Image source, David Butcher

As we've been reporting this morning, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) has revealed its vision to link Carlton, Oulton and Castle marshes reserves in the north of the county.

The scheme has won the backing of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sir David Attenborough.

Matt Gooch, a warden at Carlton Marshes, said he is prepared for two years of dedicated fundraising.

"It's about bringing wildlife to people, right to their doorstep," he said.

"People can walk out of Lowestoft and onto this nature reserve and have a real wildlife experience. This is such a good opportunity to see wildlife."

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Some boxing fans have questioned Anthony Ogogo's future in the sport following Saturday's defeat to Craig Cunningham in Birmingham.

Image source, Getty Images

The 27-year-old's promoters have since released a statement, external indicating that Ogogo was already carrying an injury prior to the fight taking place.

Although this was a damaging loss, anyone doubting whether Ogogo can make a successful return might do well to think back to July 2015.

The Olympic medalist fought Ruslan Schelev with a dislocated shoulder back then and still won. 

He also beat the favourite for gold at London 2012.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

I hope you like today's "hero image", or main picture, at the top of the Suffolk Live page.

Image source, John Fairhall

It was taken at the Orwell estuary at sunrise by BBC East cameraman John Fairhall.

If you've got a high resolution, landscape photograph of somewhere in Suffolk you think would look good as a hero image, we'd love to see it. 

The best way to send it to us is via email.  

Kate Scotter
BBC News

As we've been reporting this morning, Suffolk Wildlife Trust needs to raise £1m to create a giant nature reserve in the Suffolk Broads.

Image source, RSPB

Image source, Hans Christoph Kappel/naturepl.com

It needs the money to buy two parcels of land to link Carlton, Oulton and Castle marshes reserves.

The trust hopes it will encourage more wildlife to the area, including birds such as bittern (pictured top) and marsh harriers and species such as the Norfolk hawker dragonfly (pictured bottom).

Development manager Michael Strand said it is the "most ambitious" project in the trust's 53-year history.

He said: "It is an amazing opportunity. The area is brimming with wildlife and we want to encourage more species in too."

East Anglian Daily Times

Here's what you'll find on the front page of today's East Anglian Daily Times, external:

Image source, EADT

Kate Scotter
BBC News

Suffolk Wildlife Trust has launched a "fantastically ambitious" campaign to raise £1m to create a giant new nature reserve in north Suffolk.

Image source, PA

Having won support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the trust wants to join up Carlton, Oulton and Castle marshes reserves and expand them. 

The campaign has received backing from Sir David Attenborough who says the trust has his "whole hearted support".

Julian Roughton, chief executive of Suffolk Wildlife Trust, said: "It's fantastically ambitious. It will be by far our largest project. 

"We're really keen to get the Suffolk Broads on the map for wildlife. 

"For species such as marsh harriers, bitterns, Norfolk hawker [a dragonfly] - all those specialist species need large areas and that's exactly what we are going to provide."

Kate Scotter
BBC News

Meanwhile, Suffolk Police have confirmed that specialist officers from RAF Leeming are returning to the county today to continue the search for Corrie Mckeague.

The RAF Honington gunner vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds and was last seen in the early hours of Saturday, 24 September.

As we've been reporting, police said they are studying CCTV footage from near the Hollow Road industrial estate, at the back of the sugar beet factory, after a possible sighting. 

A driver said he saw a man in light clothing in the area at 04:20 on the day Mr Mckeague went missing.

Kate Scotter
BBC News

A retired police detective has said he does not believe missing airman Corrie Mckeague disappeared intentionally.

Image source, Suffolk Constabulary

It has been more than a month since the 23-year-old RAF Honington gunner went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds.

Suffolk Police said they had received a possible sighting of Mr Mckeague at the Hollow Road industrial estate heading towards Honington at 04:20 on 24 September.

But his mother Nicola Urquhart said on Facebook, external that initial inquiries suggest the sighting is not of Corrie.

Suffolk-based former Met Police detective Colin Sutton said: "The likelihood is that someone else was involved. He was happy and had no reason to do this intentionally."

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town's U23 side may have lost 1-0 at home to Cardiff yesterday,, external but there was some good news as both Jonny Williams and Luke Varney (pictured) came through unscathed.

Midfielder Williams played the full 90 minutes and will be in the Blues squad for this weekend's Championship fixture at home to Rotherham United. 

Striker Varney also came through the full game, and appears to be over the hamstring problem that has seen him sidelined for the best part of a month.