Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Walter Swinburn, whose death at the age of 55 has been announced, was widely regarded as one of the best big race jockeys of all time.  

He won the Derby three times, most memorably in 1981 when at the age of 19 he rode Newmarket-trained Shergar to victory by a record 10 lengths (pictured). 

Image source, Central Press/Getty Images

In February this year, the jockey spoke to the BBC about his first meeting with the horse.

He said: “Well I mean from the first stage when he came into the yard as a yearling I was told, because I hadn't had the contract at that stage, that he was the easiest of horses to deal with. 

"And riding him for the first time the following year, when I got the contract, he was easy and all I had to do was steer him and let's just say you and I could have ridden him together he was that good and will always, in my mind, be that good because he was Shergar.”

BBC Newsbeat

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It has been a year since Ed Sheeran announced he was taking a break from social media and, amazingly for a celeb, he has kept to his word.

He has announced his return by tweeting this... 

Needless to say, its caused a ripple of excitement among the fan community. Does it mean a new album? Is he decorating his bathroom? Is it an extreme close-up of a Smurf?

All good questions. Any thoughts? Let us know...

Martin Barber
BBC News

Resigned commuters from Norfolk and Suffolk take their seats on the replacement buses at Ipswich, heading to London Liverpool Street:

Martin Barber
BBC News

So the slog to London continues - and there's a wry smile as the platform announcement encouraged us to "use the full length of the train for a more comfortable journey".

I'm not entirely sure this is "comfortable" and I'm hearing grumblings this isn't a direct train into Liverpool Street. 

"It's amazing how one broken down freight train can cause all this chaos," one person is overheard to say. 

Another said: "There'll be some claim forms going in today." 

Hmm, I'm wondering just how much today's delays are going to cost in compensation? It must run into the tens of thousands. And will it be the freight train company that has to compensate Greater Anglia?

Sadly no Christmas decorations to distract from the commuter misery on this stretch as we slowly head to the capital. 

Today's rail chaos has also prompted you to share your thoughts on our Facebook page, external:

• Karen Powell writes, external: "First world country... third world infrastructure. . And yet again come new year fares will rise yet again to continue subsidising the good old fat cats!"
• Lottie Perry says, external: "Here we go again......they just can't get it right"
• Tom Konopka posts, external: "Don't forget the broken down train on the Sudbury Line this morning. I suppose our MP'S will roll out and say how dissapointed they are and will be taking Greater Anglia to task. Same as they did last time, oh and the time before that and ....... just shambolic, expensive and no one being held to account"

It's not too late for you to join in the conversation - on Facebook, or by sending us an email.

Greater Anglia will compensate any passenger whose journey has been delayed by more than 30 minutes, external.

Claim forms are available online, or from staffed stations, and must be completed within 28 days of the delay.

Compensation is only offered against the planned and advertised timetable, and not usually during periods of pre-planned engineering works and when replacement bus services are used. 

Ticket restrictions on travel today have been lifted, following the cancellations of services due to a broken down freight train between Ipswich and Manningtree. 

Martin Barber
BBC News

There was a quiet resignation at Ipswich station this morning as we arrived from Norwich at 08:25 - it was going to be another one of 'those days' on the commute to London. 

I got the impression people don't have the energy to get angry and stressed about it any more. To be delayed is sadly the norm. 

• You've been delayed - again
• You're waiting in the cold for a limited number of replacement buses - again
• You must remember to fill in your delay repay form - again

People were actually quite good humoured in the bus queue - resigned to the fact there's nothing you can do so you might as well make the best of it. 

As I write I'm now stuck in traffic somewhere on the outskirts of Colchester. There's chatter on the bus about Christmas parties and buying a secret Santa. I feel slightly sorry for the chap who's going to get a hideous festive sweater at the princely sum of £5.98! 

There isn't a view - it's all a bit too misty... but despite being horribly late - there is a sparkle on the horizon! 

Our replacement bus was last used it seems to take festive holiday makers to Cornwall... the tinsel is still hanging from the ceiling.

Hallelujah! 

We've been speaking to rail passengers waiting in a queue at Ipswich station for a rail replacement bus.

Among the comments:

• "It's disgusting - I pay £600 a month for a season ticket and I'm going to be late for work - it's unacceptable"
• "The service we're receiving is not up to standard. We're paying an absolute fortune to jump on a train, to then find we've got to stand outside in the cold with no-one from the train operating company actually offering us any apology"
• "I have to do this every day and this isn't the first time I've been delayed frankly they should be putting more buses on and more help"

Are you affected by this disruption on the rails? Send us an email, or post a message on our Facebook page, external.

BBC Travel

There's queuing traffic on the A12 southbound at Ufford between Ufford Road and the A1152 Woods Lane, because of a collision involving two vehicles and debris on the road.

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A young girl who suffered a serious brain injury when she was born at the James Paget University Hospital, external will receive damages running into millions of pounds from the NHS.

The seven-year-old has severe disabilities and will need round-the-clock for the rest of her life following her traumatic birth at the hospital in Gorleston in 2009.

Through her mother, she sued the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, alleging negligence.

The Trust agreed to settle, avoiding the need for a trial, by paying a £2.1m lump sum.

The girl will also receive index-linked and tax-free payments of £95,000 a year to cover the cost of her care, which will rise to £110,000 a year as she gets older and her care needs increase.

The settlement was approved at the High Court in London.

Former jockey Walter Swinburn, three-time Derby winner and rider of the Newmarket-trained Shergar, has died aged 55.

Image source, Central Press

Newmarket-based trainer James Fanshawe, who worked with Swinburn at Sir Michael Stoute's yard, said Swinburn was "a brilliant jockey".  

"He had the most sympathetic pair of hands as a rider. He was a real horseman and was good on the most difficult of horses," he added.  

Twenty-time champion jump jockey AP McCoy called him a "genius in the saddle", while fellow rider Frankie Dettori, a two-time Derby winner, said: "Very saddened to hear the shocking news of Walter Swinburn passing away. A true talent and gentleman, thoughts are with his family."  

Ipswich Star

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

Image source, Ipswich Star

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

A spokeswoman for Greater Anglia has told us the freight train that's broken down between Norwich and Colchester is being moved "very slowly".

In the meantime she advised customers travelling via Ipswich to delay their journeys where possible, explaining that while there is a bus replacement service in operation, its capacity is "limited" and won't be able to cater for everyone trying to travel.

We'll let you know as soon as we're told definitely that services are running again, but the train company's website says "disruption is expected until 12:00".

Image source, Greater Anglia

Martin Barber
BBC News

I'm here at Ipswich station where an announcement has just been made on behalf of Greater Anglia, external: "We have very limited resources for the buses, if your journey is not crucial you are advised not to travel."

The train company's website says "Please do not travel between Norwich and Manningtree".

More than 10,000 men and 17,000 women were victims of domestic abuse in Suffolk last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The region has the highest percentage of people in the country, aged between 16 and 59, who have been victims of domestic abuse - 8.1%.

Charity Women's Aid published a report last week showing that nationally between 2009 and 2015, 936 women were killed by men.

BBC Look East

A man who completed a domestic violence prevention course after punching his partner so hard she had to have plastic surgery said he will never forgive himself.

He said the course he took "changed me immensely".

He added: "One of the hardest questions I was ever asked was 'how does your partner feel about you?' I had nightmares that night, I cried, it made me realise what I had done. I'm a big guy and I intimidated her."

The news comes in the wake of a national study, published last week by domestic abuse charity Women's Aid, which said that between 2009 and 2015, 936 women were killed by men.