A crowdfunding campaign to hire a private investigator in the search for a missing serviceman raises more than £15,000 in less than a day.

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

That's if for the live updates from us for now. My colleague will be back bright and breezy in the morning with more news from around the county.

In the meantime, here's a look at some of the stories we've covered today, and you can scroll down the page to read more of the day's events: 

• The grandparents of missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague have visited the scene of his last sighting
• Dog owners have been reminded to keep their animals on leads after six rare breed sheep were found injured in a field
• A sixth man has been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Ipswich

In the meantime, I wish you a pleasant evening. I hope you've had the chance to get out and see some of Suffolk's amazing skies, as Ipswich's Carl Harlott did earlier today (thanks Carl!)

Image source, Carl Harlott

An appeal for 1,000 pairs of socks for a charity is well under way - as you can see below.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Needham Market are away at Ware tonight in round three of the Alan Turvey Trophy., external

A third straight win for Mark Morsley's team would see them through to the quarter-finals.

The Marketmen are the only Suffolk club left in the competition, following AFC Sudbury's loss to Hornchurch last night.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Suffolk FA referee development officer Mary Harmer is celebrating after being recognised at the Women in Football Awards., external

Image source, Suffolk FA

The 22-year-old won in the match official award category, having been shortlisted alongside fellow referees Lisa Rashid and Lucy Oliver. 

"I was very surprised to win!" admitted Harmer. "The other nominated referees are FA Cup final officials and have achieved the pinnacle of what all officials aim to aspire to.

"I have been overwhelmed by the number of kind messages I have received, although winning the award still hasn't quite sunk in."

The grandparents of missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague have visited the scene of his last sighting. Mary and Oliver Mckeague said they "just needed" to come to Bury St Edmunds to see the town for themselves.

The 23-year-old gunner, from RAF Honington, disappeared after a night out in the town on 24 September.

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

Dog owners have been reminded to keep their animals on leads after six rare breed sheep were found injured in a field in Bredfield, near Woodbridge.

Image source, Graham Downing

The Norfolk horn sheep are thought to have been attacked by a dog, and were found on 28 November. 

An Alsatian dog was seen "worrying sheep" that morning, at about 08:30, and police are appealing for public support to trace the owner.

All of the sheep have survived, having sustained minor cuts, abrasions and bruising.

A spokesman for Suffolk Wildlife Trust said: "Incidents like this one are distressing to both the livestock and the members of staff that care for them. 

"We would like to remind people that dogs should be kept under proper control and on a lead when near livestock."

The Norfolk horn sheep, photographed above at the Norwich Livestock Market, is said to be one of the oldest breeds in Britain. The breed was almost extinct in the 1970s but numbers have increased thanks to a breeding programme.

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

Police have arrested a sixth man on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting in Ipswich.

A 46-year-old man from Felixstowe is being questioned at Martlesham police investigation centre. 

Image source, Google

Officers were called to Siloam Place in the early hours of 22 November to reports of a loud noise.

A few minutes later the ambulance service reported someone had been attacked at the same location and had injuries to his upper arms. However, despite a police search, no-one was found at the property. 

Later officers were called to Ipswich Hospital where an 18-year-old man arrived with a suspected gunshot wound. His injuries were not said to be life-threatening. 

Four other men were arrested and bailed on suspicion of GBH on 22 November, with a fifth arrested on 26 November.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Anna Thea Madsen is making good progress after surgery on her ligament injury and should return in time for Suffolk Saxons' next game.

Image source, Getty Images

Head coach Anthony Clark said: "Anna has been through an operation and is now fit and training, and playing matches in training, so she should be back in the new year which would get us back to full strength."

The Saxons' next match in the National Badminton League, external is at Team Derby on 23 January.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Connor Mountain says he's recovering well from injury and will relish taking on the number one role at Mildenhall Fen Tigers, external next season. 

Image source, Jeff Higgott

The Kings Lynn born rider, who'll double up with Ipswich Witches, external in the Championship, broke bones in his back in a crash in July.

"I'm back training now and I'm going to start riding again in the new year," he said. "I broke the L3 vertebrae in my back and had to have a fusion to stabilise it. 

"I think that's another reason to be back at somewhere local, on a track I know when I'm coming back from injury, and I can't wait to start the season."

Kate Scotter
BBC News

The grandparents of serviceman Corrie Mckeague, who has been missing for 10 weeks, have visited the area where he was last seen.

Mary and Oliver Mckeague said they "just needed" to come to Bury St Edmunds to see the town for themselves.

The last confirmed sighting of Mr Mckeague, via CCTV, showed him in Brentgovel Street in the town at 03:25 BST on 24 September.

His 69-year-old Scottish grandmother said: "I just feel sick to the pit of my stomach.

"I can't believe no-one picked him out, that no-one has seen him.

"I'm still in the same frame of mind about it, he disappeared but why, how, we don't know." 

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

A crowdfunding page set up to help find missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague has raised over £14,000 since it was set up, external last night.

Image source, Suffolk Constabulary

The page has over 1,200 supporters so far and says its primary aim is to raise money to appoint a private investigator to help find him.

The fundraising appeal hopes to raise £20,000.  

Yesterday, Mr Mckeague's mother criticised the police's progress in the investigation.

The 23-year-old went missing over 10 weeks ago after a night out in Bury St Edmunds.  

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

A Suffolk chicken farmer has told us he's been braced for another outbreak of bird flu for the past five or six years. 

Image source, Getty Images

From today, all poultry in England has to be kept indoors, for the next 30 days. 

The aim is to protect birds from a strain of avian flu circulating throughout mainland Europe.

Alaistaire Brice, from Havensfield Eggs near Eye, said: "It's a problem which we don't really have an answer to.

"As farmers we can do everything we can to protect our flocks and ensure the welfare of our birds, but it's in the wild bird population and you get birds congregating on parks, and places like that where people are feeding them.

"It's a real problem and a headache for the whole of the industry, and for wildlife in general."

Ipswich Star

Here's the front page of today's Ipswich Star, external:

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East Anglian Daily Times

Here's the front page of today's East Anglian Daily Times: 

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Sue Dougan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

A neonatal nurse who has dedicated 50 years to caring for thousands of newborn babies has retired.

Maylin Gosling, from Bury St Edmunds, has spent the final 10 years of her career at the Rosie Hospital, a specialist maternity unit in Cambridge.

Ms Gosling has worked in neonatal care since 1972 having started as a midwife aged 18.  

Aldershot Town agree a one-month youth loan for Ipswich Town midfielder Kundai Benyu.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

Hundreds of Felixstowe beach hut owners poured into the Suffolk Coastal headquarters last night to hear a last-minute reprieve had been granted over controversial plans to change their lease agreements. 

The authority is considering a possible 10% rise in licence fees for the next eight years, and a lease payment of £7,000 for new beach hut owners.

The council said this would help plug a £3.5m budget gap, but the plans have been put on hold until the end of a public consultation which will take place in the new year.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

Angry beach hut owners in Felixstowe are cautiously welcoming a reprieve from rising charges. 

A Suffolk Coastal District Council meeting last night talked about plans to increase rent and license fees - and nearly 200 people turned up to show their concern about the proposals. 

Image source, Mark Ward

The authority is now going to launch a consultation on its idea in the new year.

Jo Woodward, chair of the Felixstowe Beach Huts Association, said: "We've got an element of what we wanted. 

"We've achieved democracy this evening, we have been told that we will be consulted with now, so we have a meeting scheduled in the next couple of weeks.

"We can all work together and try and resolve this issue moving forward."

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

Poultry owners, from farmers right down to people with a few chickens in their garden, will have to keep the birds indoors for the next 30 days. 

Image source, Andy Parsons

The measure, which applies to England, has been ordered by the government as a precaution.

Officials want to protect poultry here from a virulent strain of avian flu that has been found in dead wild birds across mainland Europe, from Russia to France.