Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 13 January 2017

  • Despite severe flood warnings for areas along the Suffolk coast, most places avoid flooding

  • Environment Agency says a change in wind direction helped avert flooding

  • Some local flooding, including at The Harbour Inn, Southwold

  1. Fleetwood call off next two gamespublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    Fleetwood Town call off their next two matches - against Ipswich and Sunderland - after "several" positive Covid-19 tests.

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  2. 'I thought the honours email was a hoax'published at 00:16 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    Teacher Beryl Jonsen, 85, is among a host of honours recipients in the East of England.

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  3. Covid-19: Suffolk remains in tier fourpublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2020

    The county of Sufolk remains in tier four with the highest level of restrictions.

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  4. Hancock: 'It's a day of mixed emotions'published at 16:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2020

    The health secretary announces tighter Covid restrictions on the day the Oxford vaccine was approved.

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  5. Hospital staff asked to cancel holidayspublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2020

    An email from NHS hospital bosses says "this is not a request we are making lightly".

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  6. Six million people to enter tier 4 on Boxing Daypublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    The areas facing tougher restrictions have seen a "significant number" of the new fast-spreading variant.

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  7. UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africapublished at 18:07 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    Travel restrictions and quarantine rules have been introduced to limit the spread.

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  8. Three things from the latest Covid press conferencepublished at 18:07 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    The health secretary gives a message of hope as he announces tougher coronavirus restrictions.

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  9. 'Tier 3 not enough for new variant'published at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    The health secretary announces tier four restrictions for more areas in England starting from Boxing Day.

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  10. Covid-19: 'We must not give up now' – Hancockpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    The health secretary says "we know we can get through" the pandemic but warns of a tough start to 2021.

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  11. EFL 'putting lives at risk' - Lambertpublished at 21:18 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2020

    Ipswich boss Paul Lambert says the scarcity of coronavirus testing in the EFL is "putting people's lives at risk" after he tested positive for the virus.

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  12. Covid-hit Ipswich call off two gamespublished at 17:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2020

    Ipswich postpone their first two Christmas games - against Northampton and AFC Wimbledon - following a Covid-19 outbreak at the club.

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  13. Ipswich games in doubt over Covid outbreakpublished at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2020

    Ipswich Town's upcoming League One matches are in doubt after six positive Covid-19 tests, including manager Paul Lambert.

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  14. 'When did you first know about the new variant?'published at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2020

    The health minister faces questions over when the government first knew about the new coronavirus variant.

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  15. Hancock: Act like you have the virus' to stop spreadingpublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2020

    The Health Secretary says there are "very difficult" months ahead as he urges people to go further than the rules.

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  16. Man who died after wall collapses is namedpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020

    Dale Baker, 30, from Felixstowe, died when part of a building fell on to him on Tuesday.

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  17. Ipswich and Burton charged after players clashpublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020

    Ipswich and Burton are both charged with breaching Football Association rule E20 during Tuesday's League One meeting.

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  18. 'I've seen a different side to Keane'published at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2020

    Former Sunderland striker Michael Chopra explains how Roy Keane helped him recover from his gambling addiction.

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  19. Toughest Covid rules extended in south of Englandpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    It means more than two-thirds of the nation's population will be in tier three from Saturday.

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  20. Suffolk remains in tier 2 despite cases triplingpublished at 12:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    Coronavirus cases in the last week have increased across all districts in Suffolk.

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