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. Pensioner, 78, who admits causing fatal crash is jailedpublished at 13:34 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2020

    A pensioner from Suffolk who fell asleep at the wheel on the A66 in Cumbria and caused a head-on crash which killed a much loved grandmother has been jailed for a year.

    Colin Brown, 78, of Upper Street, Layham, near Ipswich, was in a Renault Master van towing a caravan which veered across the road into an oncoming Citroen C3 near Penrith.

    Road where crash happenedImage source, Google

    Carlisle Crown Court heard Brown, who admitted causing death by dangerous driving was heading from his Suffolk home to the Lakes and had taken three breaks during a seven-hour journey.

    The collision left Ann Copley, 76, from Carlisle trapped in the car with every bone in her body broken.

    Judge Nicholas Barker heard of Brown’s poor health, his own previous family tragedies and considered references, but imposed an immediate 12-month jail term, saying the message must go out that drivers held a responsibility to others.

  2. Missing airman 'died after climbing into bin'published at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2020

    Corrie Mckeague disappeared in September 2016 and his body has never been found.

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  3. Ipswich's Lambert fined for ref commentspublished at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2020

    Ipswich boss Paul Lambert is fined £1,750 for comments made in a post-match interview after their defeat at Lincoln last month.

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  4. Campaign aims to restore Dunkirk 'brave old boat'published at 18:28 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020

    The oyster dredger will get a facelift 80 years after its involvement in the wartime evacuations.

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  5. 'Christmas' shop slams lockdown closure orderpublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020

    The store owner says 75% of goods are "essential" and not festive items.

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  6. Car crashes into town's Christmas treepublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020

    The 22ft (7m) festive spruce had only been in position for a few hours when it was toppled.

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  7. No guarantees on vaccine but NHS ready - Hancockpublished at 19:35 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    The health secretary also announces that, from Tuesday, NHS staff will be tested twice a week.

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  8. Mass Covid testing for 67 local areas in Englandpublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    Areas including Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and parts of the West Midlands will receive new rapid tests.

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  9. Foo Fighters ask 10-year-old to play with bandpublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl invited Ipswich drummer Nandi Bushell during a video call.

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  10. 'Super-sized container ships' plan approvedpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    The sea bed at one of the UK's biggest port areas will be deepened to allow bigger ships to dock.

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  11. Labour demands answers from vaccine head over PR billpublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    Kate Bingham is stepping down as chair of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce in December.

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  12. NHS 'ready to inject hope into millions of arms'published at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    The UK does not have a Covid vaccine yet, but is “one step closer” says the health secretary.

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  13. Hancock: 'NHS absolutely ready' for Covid vaccinepublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020

    The heath secretary says it will be "a huge logistical effort" to roll out a Covid vaccine once approved.

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  14. Sheeran's art and Lego fetches £400k for charitiespublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020

    The top-selling item is the only painting the singer has ever made available for public sale.

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  15. Rashford welcomes school holiday supportpublished at 22:15 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2020

    The government is to spend about £400m to support poor children and their families in England, in a climbdown.

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  16. Remembrance Sunday service streamed onlinepublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2020

    The annual service from Christchurch Park in Ipswich is broadcast online due to Covid-19 restrictions.

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  17. Highlights: Ipswich 2-3 Portsmouth (AET)published at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2020

    Watch highlights as a goal in the second period of extra time by Sean Raggett was enough for Portsmouth to squeeze past Ipswich and put their name in the hat for the second round of the FA Cup.

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  18. Ipswich Town 2-3 Portsmouth (aet)published at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2020

    A goal in the second period of extra time by Sean Raggett sees Portsmouth squeeze past Ipswich and progress to the second round of the FA Cup.

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  19. Organiser fined £10k over 500-strong forest ravepublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2020

    Police condemn the “selfish” gathering, which was broken up by more than 100 officers.

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  20. Catch-up: Ipswich v Portsmouthpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2020

    Watch live coverage of Ipswich v Portsmouth in the FA Cup first round.

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