Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 27 January 2017

  • Fatal fire 'not thought to be suspicious'

  • Disruption for rail travellers now expected to last into Friday evening

  • Holocaust survivor remembers being parted from mother

  • Council merger plans approved by big majority

  1. Donating baby's organs helped parents be 'positive'published at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    A Newmarket couple say they got some comfort by knowing their baby's death could help others.

    Hope, a twin, was born with a condition which prevented her skull forming properly, and she died 74 minutes after her birth.

    Hope and Josh LeeImage source, Lee family

    Her parents Emma and Drew Lee decided that her organs would be donated to help others.

    Drew said: "We have turned away from heartache to sort of being proud, being positive, and we will keep moving on, trying to get the awareness out there."

  2. Ryman League: Suffolk clubs stay in the huntpublished at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Wins for both Needham Market, external and Leiston, external have kept up the heat on Ryman Premier Division leaders Bognor Regis Town.

    Ryman FootballImage source, Ryman Football League

    Needham remain second after a 3-1 victory at third-placed Havant & Waterlooville on Saturday, while Leiston won 3-1 at Worthing to stay fourth.

    Despite taking the lead Lowestoft Town, external lost 4-1 at Folkestone Invicta.

  3. Woman given youngest organ donor's cellspublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    The parents of the UK's youngest organ donor want to meet the woman whose life their baby daughter saved.

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  4. Ryman League: AFC Sudbury match ends in mass brawlpublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    AFC Sudbury, external are waiting to hear what, if any, sanctions they'll face from the FA, external and Ryman League, external after Saturday's game at Hendon ended in chaos.

    Ryan HenshawImage source, AFC Sudbury

    Sudbury were leading 2-1, through goals from Ryan Henshaw (pictured) and Craig Parker, when trouble flared in stoppage time after the sending off of Hendon captain Kevin Maclaren.

    As the match officials were unable to restore order they took the decision to abandon the match.

  5. Parent explains why they donated their baby's organspublished at 08:32 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    A couple from Newmarket are hoping their story of organ donation encourages others to sign up to be on the donor register, external.

    Drew and Emma Lee's daughter Hope died from an incurable condition just 74 minutes after her birth, making her the youngest organ donor in the country.

    Her father says it was a difficult decision to donate her organs, but the right one: "The death of a child is hard.

    "Your heart just gets ripped right out of your body.

    "You feel empty, hollow, there is the 'why, why has this happened to us', that sort of stuff, but at the end of the day we got to the point where we believe obviously there's a reason behind it because there is a recipient out there, and many more, because of the liver cells, out there who have actually got lives."

  6. Weatherman Dan Holley reports on the fogpublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

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  7. Video: A cold day, with a widespread fogpublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Look East weather

    A cold and frosty start to the day, with a widespread frost and fog across the BBC East region.

    With a risk of some of the fog freezing, leading to difficult driving conditions, the Met Office has issued a yellow warning, external for parts of Bedfordshire and Essex.

    There will be some bright spells, but it will feel very cold.

    Temperatures reaching a high of 4C (39F).

    BBC Weather has more details for you.

  8. Welcome to a new week of live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2017

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Good morning and thanks for joining us.

    We're all set to bring you regular updates from across Suffolk, including news of a couple whose baby became the youngest donor in the country, after her death at just 74 minutes.

    But we'll start with a look at the day's weather prospects from Kate Kinsella - as you can see from this photograph, taken in Mildenhall by BBC Weather Watcher "RS", it's a chilly start to the day:

    Frost in Mildenhall
  9. Public join search for missing airmanpublished at 19:35 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2017

    Up to 100 people help search for airman Corrie Mckeague, who disappeared four months ago.

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  10. Rescued dog has 50 pellets in headpublished at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2017

    A rescue centre dog is found to have 50 pieces of lead shot embedded in its head.

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  11. One dead in car and lorry fire crashpublished at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2017

    A man dies when the vehicle he was in catches fire after a collision between a car and a lorry.

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  12. Saturday's EFL action as it happenedpublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2017

    Relive the action from Saturday's EFL matches as Newcastle return to the top of the Championship and Barnsley beat Leeds.

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