Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 3 February 2017

  • HMS Ganges homes a step closer after court ruling

  • Ed Sheeran appears on dirty white van

  • Local charity turns to Monty Don for help in building a terraced allotment

  • Hospital merger under consideration

  • A131, Newton Road, closed again in Sudbury

  1. Jeremy Hunt breaks arm in fall while out runningpublished at 13:01 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2021

    Former health secretary is back at work - from home - hours after being treated at his local hospital.

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  2. 'People know there is uncertainty about holidays'published at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2021

    Matt Hancock tells the BBC that people understand the "uncertain" situation about holidays.

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  3. 'We need to build a better, stronger NHS'published at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock sets out plans to shake up NHS bureaucracy.

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  4. Ministers in a summer holiday tanglepublished at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2021

    To book or not to book - that is the question for government.

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  5. Peterborough United 2-1 Ipswich Townpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Peterborough produce a fine comeback to claim a 2-1 win against Ipswich in League One.

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  6. Hancock rejects call for Irish travel restrictionspublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary responds to a DUP question on limiting travel from the Republic into NI.

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  7. DJ Dr's 'massive thank you' from health secretarypublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Birmingham doctor Kishan Bodalia performs DJ sets in his scrubs to boost morale for medical staff.

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  8. Vaccine centre and school closures continuepublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Snow falls continues to cause disruption across Suffolk as six vaccination centres remain shut.

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  9. Health secretary praises doctor who DJs in scrubspublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Front line NHS doctor Kishan Bodalia takes to the decks to boost Covid medics' morale through music.

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  10. Hancock: Quarantine or face £10k fines and prisonpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary has set out "tough fines" for people who do not comply with new travel rules.

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  11. ‘Red list’ quarantine hotel stay to cost £1,750published at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary announces new rules for British and Irish residents coming to the UK.

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  12. Ickworth Housepublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Nigel Havers recalls holidays at Ickworth House, a stately home near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. (2002)

  13. Vaccine centres and schools closed due to snowpublished at 13:30 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    Five vaccine centres are shut by Storm Darcy, while 300 schools are closed to all pupils.

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  14. Covid vaccination centres close due to snowpublished at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021

    Vaccine centres in Essex and Suffolk are affected as Storm Darcy sweeps through parts of England.

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  15. Ipswich Town 2-0 Blackpoolpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    Goals either side of half-time by Alan Judge and Luke Woolfenden earn Ipswich a 2-0 victory over Blackpool.

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  16. Otter sighting 'generally unusual' for the UKpublished at 19:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    A pair of otters have been spotted swimming at Ipswich Waterfront.

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  17. 'We'll be vigilant over hotel quarantine countries'published at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    From 15 February, all those arriving from 33 Covid variant hotspots will have to stay in a hotel for 10 nights.

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  18. Quarantine plan 'delay' risking lives - Labourpublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    The government says it is working "at pace" to tighten up the UK's Covid border security.

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  19. Government under pressure over quarantine 'chaos'published at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    Labour and industry figures call for detailed plans as hotel chains reveal they have not been spoken to.

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  20. UK must 'mark the memory' of Capt Sir Tompublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Tributes continue to be paid to the World War Two veteran who raised millions for NHS charities.

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