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. Leicester's new lockdown rules at a glancepublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    The city is the first to experience a local lockdown as officials try to curb its coronavirus cases.

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  2. No new virus spike in Bradford - Councilpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    Bradford Council says it wants to reassure people there is not a new spike in coronavirus infections in the district, despite the health secretary saying on the BBC this morning that there is.

    Matt Hancock on TV

    Speaking to BBC News, Matt Hancock claimed there was a spike in infections in Keighley.

    However, the health secretary had "confused" Keighley with another area in West Yorkshire, the council says.

    It's thought Mr Hancock was instead referring to an outbreak at a meat factory in Cleckheaton, Kirklees, earlier this month.

    The council emphasises there has not been a spike in Covid-19 cases in the Bradford district:

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  3. 'The safest thing to do is to close the schools'published at 09:55 British Summer Time 30 June 2020

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock says a number of under 18s have tested positive for Covid-19 in Leicester.

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  4. Hancock outlines lockdown measures for Leicesterpublished at 21:49 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    The Health Secretary announced the controls after a surge in coronavirus cases in the area.

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  5. Benefit sanctions to return as job centres reopenpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    Minister says the "claimant commitment" must be reinstated, despite Labour's plea for an extension.

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  6. What the papers are saying in Suffolkpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    • The East Anglian Daily Times, external is reporting that Mid Suffolk Council has pledged £40,000 towards plans for the development of a 156-acre business park off the A14
    • The Bury Free Press, external is reporting that firefighters rescued three dogs locked in a car on Sunday evening
    • The Ipswich Star, external is reporting that two men accused of being involved in a double stabbing incident in Ipswich will go on trial next year
  7. Third man jailed after OAP marched to cash machinepublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    An 81-year-old was targeted in his home and forced to visit a nearby supermarket late at night.

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  8. Motorcyclist killed near prisonpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    The A143 was closed for about four and a half hours on Sunday after a motorcyclist died.

    Suffolk Police, external said the crash happened at about 11:30, and the road was closed between HMP Highpoint in Stradishall and the Wickhambrook crossroads at the B1063.

    The rider, a man in his 20s who had been on a black KTM 1290 Super Duke, died at the scene.

    Police said the bike was the only vehicle involved and they would like to hear from witnesses or drivers with dashcam footage.

  9. The salon where mum can work but daughter cannotpublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 29 June 2020

    A mother and daughter air their frustration at new post-lockdown guidance affecting their salon.

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  10. Three saved after tidal current rescue goes wrongpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 28 June 2020

    People were warned not to attempt rescues themselves because they could be putting themselves in danger.

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  11. 'Remember and respect the Windrush generation'published at 00:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2020

    An 83-year-old former RAF sergeant says "you can't invite people then chase them back home".

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  12. Lockdown town says 'thanks for not visiting'published at 20:29 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    A warning becomes a welcome in Southwold, Suffolk, as it gears up for the return of tourists.

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  13. Tributes to Covid death dad whose wife is pregnantpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    Chinedu Ekwunife's wife says he was in intensive care when he learned she was expecting a child.

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  14. Johnson warns over virus rules after beach crowdspublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    The PM says other countries have had virus spikes after people took "liberties" with distancing rules.

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  15. Food bank needs new premises to cope with Covid-19 pressurepublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    A foodbank needs new premises after becoming a victim of its own success during the coronavirus crisis.

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    Stowmarket Foodbank, external said it was helping about 60 families a month before the pandemic, but that figure has increased to 160.

    The group has been storing food at the town's community centre, which is preparing to reopen.

    Mike Smith, who manages the foodbank, said the centre needs the room back by 13 July meaning they will be "begging, borrowing garages, whatever, to stock food in".

    "We still need 1,000 to 1,500 sq ft for the food bank to flourish," he said.

  16. Work to start on new seafront eatery for Felixstowepublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    How the new eatery could lookImage source, East Suffolk Council

    Work on a new cafe and restaurant on Felixstowe's seafront is due to start this summer.

    East Suffolk Council commissioned Barnes Construction to work on the building, which will take about a year to complete. Once finished, it will be known as The Kitchen @ Martello Park and will be run by the Dedham Boathouse Group, external.

    The council's cabinet member for economic development, Craig Rivett, said it was important for Felixstowe to have new facilities as "we hopefully begin to emerge from the coronavirus impact".

    The £1.5m project will be jointly funded by the council and the government's Coastal Communities Fund, external, which was started in 2012 to promote sustainable economic growth and jobs.

    Cameron and Claire Marshall, owners of the Dedham Boathouse Group, said they were "super excited" by the project.

  17. Two hospitalised as fire crews attend substantial blazepublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 26 June 2020

    Highwaymans in RisbyImage source, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

    Two people were taken to hospital following a substantial fire at a guest house.

    Fifteen fire crews from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire were called to a first floor fire at the Highwaymans in Risby, external near Bury St Edmunds on Thursday night.

    An aerial unit and water storage unit helped battle the fire which had taken hold in a first floor living space above a swimming pool.

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    The two people were taken hospital as a precaution after they breathed in smoke.

  18. Third person arrested over balcony fall deathpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 25 June 2020

    Gary Henderson, 64, died from a traumatic brain injury, a post-mortem examination found.

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  19. Farm's flowers 'feed a million bumblebees'published at 17:27 British Summer Time 25 June 2020

    The bee count was led by Grace Hayward, 18, guided by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

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  20. Men arrested in UK people smuggling investigationpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 25 June 2020

    Two men have been arrested in Yorkshire as part of a large-scale investigation looking at smuggling people into the UK.

    A man being arrestedImage source, NCA

    Five addresses were raided by police this morning in Grimethorpe, Bradford and Wakefield, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

    A 34-year-old Albanian man was arrested in Bradford on suspicion of illegal entry to the UK and drugs offences, the NCA added.

    A 24-year-old Albanian man was arrested in Wakefield on suspicion of illegal entry to the UK.

    About £9,000 in cash along with cannabis plants were also seized, the NCA said.

    Earlier today, Belgian authorities arrested 10 people and seized a gun after searching addresses in the Liège region.

    It comes after 14 Albanian men were detained on suspicion of entering the UK illegally via a boat at Southwold harbour in December.