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. Tier 3 limits 'across a much wider area' of Englandpublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    The health secretary announces several more counties in southern and eastern England will face stronger restrictions.

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  2. Pupils ask questions about life post-Brexitpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    Students quiz our BBC correspondent as they look for answers on what being outside the EU means.

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  3. Lakeland to shut four kitchenware stores across UKpublished at 10:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    Stores in Ipswich, Cardiff, Epsom and Perth are to close, the retailer announces.

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  4. Pupils ask questions about life post-Brexitpublished at 01:57 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2020

    Students quiz our BBC correspondent as they look for answers on what being outside the EU means.

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  5. 'Inspirational' teen wins award for Covid responsepublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2020

    Chili Tozer is named as a "world changer" in a UK-wide initiative.

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  6. 'Au pairs are a practical solution to a problem'published at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2020

    A family fears they will not be able to cope if Brexit makes it harder to find live-in help.

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  7. Ipswich Town 2-1 Burton Albionpublished at 22:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2020

    A late Emyr Huws header is enough to secure all three points for Ipswich against League One basement side Burton Albion.

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  8. 'Rash' Christmas Covid rules 'will cost many lives'published at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2020

    Officials from the four UK nations discuss the plans, as top medical journals call them a "blunder".

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  9. UK offers help to Covid-hit Welsh hospitalspublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2020

    English NHS offers to take Welsh coronavirus patients - but Matt Hancock is accused of posturing.

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  10. Knight's armour dumped at water treatment sitepublished at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2020

    Police seek the owner of historical re-enactment gear that they think might have been stolen.

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  11. The drive-in events keeping Christmas on the roadpublished at 01:05 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2020

    How people are finding ways to attend Christmas events from behind the wheel.

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  12. 'New variant' of coronavirus identified in Englandpublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    The new strain may be growing faster in some parts of the country, Health Secretary tells MPs.

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  13. More than 1,000 cases of ‘new variant’ viruspublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    A new variant of Covid-19 could be speeding up the spread of cases in parts of south east England, says Matt Hancock.

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  14. More areas in Tier 3 after 'sharp rise' in Covid numberspublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    Matt Hancock confirms that Greater London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire are being moved into Tier 3.restrictions.

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  15. 'A home birth made sure my husband didn't miss it'published at 15:38 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    A woman says concerns her husband could miss their son being born was a major factor in the decision.

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  16. Women seriously injured in fence collapsepublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    The women were taken to hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

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  17. Care home vaccinations to begin on Mondaypublished at 00:39 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2020

    Both staff and older residents will begin receiving the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine from the start of this week.

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  18. Ipswich Town 0-2 Portsmouthpublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020

    Portsmouth move above Ipswich into third place in League One after Ryan Williams' double gives them victory at Portman Road.

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  19. Giant banner in support of injured Wolves strikerpublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2020

    Supporters pay for a Molineux message for Raul Jimenez as he recovers from a fractured skull.

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  20. Pupils in hotspots urged to get tested for Covidpublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2020

    Secondary schools in the worst-affected parts of London, Kent and Essex will be offered tests.

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