Lt Kenneth Allen died when his US fighter jet crashed into the North Sea last month.

Trainee doctor Julia Payne, who contracted Covid-19, was originally due to marry Henry Matter in May.

Ministers have set targets for testing, medical equipment and hospital beds. Have they delivered?

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Lifeguards are continuing to return to beaches across the east coast.

The RNLI said this weekend they will have an extra patrol in at Southwold north beach in Suffolk, adding to Lowestoft South beach, which they returned to last month.

Lifeguards will wear personal protective equipment, and "new protocols for first responders means the lifeguards may not deal with some minor first aid cases but will support people to treat themselves", it said.

Darren Lewis, RNLI lifesaving manager, said: "We must all continue to be aware that the risks from the pandemic have not gone away, but if people work with us and the other emergency services by following social distancing and other government guidance, we hope to be able to continue to provide lifeguard services this season."

Three people are arrested on suspicion of murder after Gary Henderson, 64, died in Ipswich.

Staff members at a bank have stopped an elderly woman from withdrawing £7,000 from her bank account to pay for her roof to be fixed.

Suffolk Police, external said two men tried to convince the woman in Felixstowe that her roof had a hole in it, at about 10:00 on Tuesday.

They drove her to the TSB bank in the town's Hamilton Road to withdraw cash.

Bank staff called the police when they became suspicious, but when they arrived the men had gone.

They are described as white, of medium height and build, with short hair and were driving a white van.

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Cameras are being installed at 13 level crossings in the East to catch motorists who do not stop when barriers are coming down.

It is to help Network Rail , externalprosecute drivers who jump the lights across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.

Offenders are automatically notified of their offence, and could be sent on an awareness course, fined £100 and given three points on their licence, or prosecuted, it said.

The RLSE cameras are being paid for by Greater Anglia.

Daniel Fisk, from Network Rail, said: "They are clearly visible for people to see as a deterrent."

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Suffolk Local Democracy Reporter

A recycling centre needs to be updated to make it "future-proof", a council says.

Suffolk County Council, external said the Foxhall Recycling Centre on the edge of Ipswich "currently operates under a time-limited planning permission".

Without site improvement, a new permission will not be secured and would result in the loss of the council’s "most important and well-used site”, it said.

The planned upgrade includes a new feeder lane, raised car parking so that people do not need to walk up steps to dispose of waste, and increased capacity for the number of vehicles.

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Construction is due to start next year, should be completed by 2023, but costs have not been revealed.

The council said that Foxhall alone receives nearly 12,000 tonnes of recycling waste per year, about 20% of Suffolk’s entire recycling waste.

The consultation runs until 20 July.

The report said the increase in reported cases could be down to "growth in availability of testing".

Some homes on one suburban street are subject to tighter restrictions - but others are not.

An annual raft race will be replaced with an event involving rubber ducks, after it was cancelled.

The "socially-distanced" alternative titled Operation Needham Duck Pond will see with people in the Suffolk town asked to decorate plastic ducks to put on display in either house windows, garden or dotted around the town.

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Entries are to be submitted on the Needham Market Raft Race Facebook page, external and the winner will be announced on 10 July.

The raft race had been held every year since 2002, but was called off over the coronavirus pandemic.

• The Ipswich Star, external has mapped every crime in Suffolk during May
• Bury Free Press, external report that street signs have been targeted in 'mindless and anti-social yobbery'
• The Eastern Daily Press, external has a story debunking reports of a 'spike' of coronavirus cases in Suffolk

Ipswich Town centre-back Luke Woolfenden signs a new four-year contract with the League One club.

A mental health nurse talks about his recovery from coronavirus after 60 days in intensive care.

Leicester's police and crime commissioner complains that agencies have been "drip-fed" information.

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Downing Street has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must sign regulations under existing legislation in order to enforce stricter lockdown measures in Leicester.

The prime minister's official spokesman said the health secretary has the power to reimpose restrictions under the Public Health Act 1984.

"In practical terms the regulations will allow Leicester to be exempted from the national changes which come into force on 4 July and also the regulations will be used to reimpose the closure of non-essential retail as per the national measure that was in place before June 15," the spokesman added.

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The Health Secretary said there had been a coronavirus outbreak in the wrong part of Yorkshire.

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The University of Suffolk and BT have teamed up to launch a digital technology hub for students and apprentices.

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DigiTech Centre at Adastral Park at Martlesham, will be used by students and graduates from the Ipswich-based university, BT apprentices and companies to help train future industry professionals.

The £9.6m project will feature artificial intelligence systems, a forensics lab and smart living test facility.

The first cohort of students and apprentices are expected to begin using the space from January.

Once fully up and running, the centre will be used by around 500 students and 145 apprentices each year.

Course leaders are working on a tie-up with police forces to develop cyber-security and forensics training, but will also be used by wildlife and ecology students to study environment conditions.

The health secretary claimed there had been an outbreak in Keighley when he meant to say Kirklees.

The local lockdown means non-essential shops are shut and schools will close for most pupils in the city.