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. What the papers say in Suffolkpublished at 09:47 British Summer Time 15 June 2020

    • The Ipswich Star, external has a first look inside the brand new Copleston High School building, as it opens for lessons amid the pandemic
    • Bury Free Press, external writes that a local charity is predicting food bank demand to soar after coronavirus redundancies
  2. 'Mustard gas' mortar removed from beachpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 15 June 2020

    A bomb disposal unit removes a mortar from Covehithe beach "without incident" police say.

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  3. Don't slow anti-racism pressure, urges rapperpublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Piers James says people need to "keep having difficult conversations" to be able to move forward.

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  4. 'I had a view that I'm not doing anything wrong'published at 21:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Falil Onikoyi was stopped alongside his wife and asked to provide ID by police officers.

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  5. Black woman stopped by police 'scared for husband'published at 14:28 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi said her husband had not left the house since the incident on Wednesday.

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  6. Mystery artist The Hat's works left in villagepublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    The identity of "The Hat" whose coronavirus-inspired pieces are made for charity auction, is unknown.

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  7. Stories of Basque child refugees revealedpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Nearly 4,000 children escaped the Spanish Civil War and many found refuge in Cambridge and Norfolk.

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  8. Daughter 'scared' by police spat with black couplepublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Maja Antoine's parents were approached by two officers asking for their details and a quarrel ensued.

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  9. Support bubbles: 'It is a tough decision'published at 11:17 British Summer Time 12 June 2020

    Mariam Issimdar
    BBC News

    As single households across England prepare to set up "support bubbles", allowing them to regularly spend the night at one other person's home, the BBC has spoken to those who expect to benefit from the eased lockdown rule.

    Founder of the Down's syndrome charity Project 21, external, Alex Munn from Kesgrave in Suffolk is "elated" at finally being able to meet and stay over at her mother's house.

    The 26-year-old said her parents are divorced, but her father is shielding, so that helped her make her choice.

    "It is a tough decision because you don't want to pick between close friends and family," she said.

    Alex Munn and her mother Liz HunterImage source, Alex Munn

    "I've personally felt, and rightly so, everybody else has kind of taken priority. I think a lot of single people are deemed quite safe and we're not vulnerable and we're not at risk.

    "Actually sometimes it's been quite hard. Four months without having work or being able to see friends or family would be tough for anyone.

    "Whilst I don't doubt homeschooling, working from home and keeping family members safe has been really, really tough, just as tough is waking up with the realisation you might not see anybody for the entire day.

    "I am so thankful to my amazing friends and family who have supported me and checked in, not just in week one, but still do in week 12."

  10. Black woman accused of jumping 'on bandwagon'published at 20:50 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    Maja Antoine shared on Twitter the video of the exchange outside her parents' house in Ipswich.

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  11. Police ask for black couple's details 'as we can'published at 20:35 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    The couple were on their Ipswich driveway when they filmed the officers who had approached them.

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  12. 'Joan of Park', 101, halfway through NHS challenge walkpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    A former nurse, who challenged herself to walk 102 laps of a park to raise money for the NHS, has reached the halfway point.

    Joan Rich, 101, hopes to complete the 560m (1,837ft) loops of Allenby Park in Felixstowe, Suffolk, before her birthday on 11 September.

    She said: “You keep on going, you do what you can in little ways and that’s all there is to it.”

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  13. Mum of baby found at waste site 'not in trouble'published at 15:57 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    The body of the newborn was found by staff at a recycling centre almost a month ago.

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