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

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    The killers of a young man with learning disabilities "toyed with his emotions" before drowning him.

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    Bloodstains on PC Benjamin Monk's boots indicate he forcefully kicked Dalian Atkinson, a court hears.

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    Health chief urges people to get their second jab, as more than 760,000 doses are given in a day.

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    They are effective against symptomatic disease but protection is low after only one dose, a study says.

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    The government defends its programme which aims to get young people into work.

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  6. More than 50m vaccine doses given in Englandpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    The health secretary hails the milestone as 32 and 33-year-olds are offered the jab.

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  7. Region reaches millionth vaccine milestonepublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    The millionth shot was administered in a mobile unit outside a mosque in Ipswich.

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  8. Wife of patient reacts to Hancock blood inquiry statementpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Su’s husband Steve was diagnosed with hepatitis C 21 years after first receiving contaminated blood products.

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  9. Removed Banksy hula-hooping girl goes on displaypublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    The mural taken from a wall in Nottingham is on show 100 miles away in Suffolk.

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    Lady Lavinia Nourse was accused of 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12.

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  11. Plymouth sign Ipswich defender Wilsonpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Plymouth Argyle sign centre-back James Wilson from fellow League One side Ipswich Town on a free transfer.

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  12. Murder-accused PC was 'absolutely petrified'published at 15:23 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    PC Benjamin Monk said he "thought we had had it" when he discharged a Taser at Dalian Atkinson.

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    A new trial has been announced that will look at whether a third dose can protect against new variants.

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    A police officer denies murder and manslaughter, after ex-Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson died.

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    Controversial beach hut design sparks a "Marmite" debate as one councillor calls them "container ships".

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    Lady Lavinia Nourse, 77, is charged with 17 counts of sexual abuse relating to the same boy.

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    Matt Hancock says the B.1.617.2 Covid variant is "not tending to penetrate into older, vaccinated groups".

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  19. Hancock: Confident we can take next step of easingpublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    But Health Secretary Matt Hancock warns that we should all be careful about how we take the next step.

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