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. Hancock calls for urgent review on Covid death datapublished at 22:41 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Deaths recorded in England may have included people who tested positive months before they died.

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  2. Reshuffle speculation disruptive, says Coffeypublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    The work and pensions secretary says talk about her future does not worry her but may affect officials.

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  3. Why a cancelled music festival leaves a 'big void'published at 14:19 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Haim, Liam Gallagher and The Chemical Brothers were due to play at Latitude this weekend.

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  4. Government 'playing games' with Leicester lockdownpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says the decision to keep restrictions in place in the city is "political".

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  5. Capaldi and Snow Patrol to play Latitude 2021published at 09:15 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    The event, cancelled this year, is due to take place in Suffolk in July next year.

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  6. Financial losses cause elderly charity to foldpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Age UK Suffolk is to close with the loss of 145 jobs.

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  7. Hancock partially lifts Leicester lockdown measurespublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Some lockdown measures in Leicester will be partially relaxed, the health secretary announces.

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  8. 'Economics not good' - Vaughan to quitpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Trainer Ed Vaughan cites reduced prize money as he reveales plans to give up his British licence.

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  9. Black couple's quizzing by police to be probedpublished at 02:12 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi was accused of "jumping on the bandwagon" when she complained to officers.

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  10. Minister rejects face coverings for office workerspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    There are no plans to make office workers in England wear face coverings, the health secretary says.

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  11. New 2021 date for Covid-hit Latitude Festivalpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    The annual music and arts festival, held in Henham Park, Southwold, will return in July 2021.

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  12. Blackburn facing 'rising tide' of Covid-19 casespublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    A health boss says the majority of new cases in the area are in the south Asian community.

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  13. R number 'lower than thought' before lockdown endpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    A study of 120,000 volunteers in England also suggests those aged 18 to 24 were more likely to test positive.

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  14. Out of county knee and hip ops 'disappointing'published at 19:37 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    An MP is unhappy that a £44m orthopaedic centre will treat patients from two hospitals.

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  15. Error delays children's centres shake-up decisionpublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    Opposition councillors say plans to revamp 38 children's services are "a shambles".

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  16. Leicester awaits decision on local lockdownpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    The health secretary says numbers have fallen, but positive Covid-19 cases in the city remain high.

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  17. Government's £170m pledge on flood defencespublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    More than half the funds will go to schemes across Yorkshire and on the Suffolk coast.

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  18. Hancock: Labour ‘political football’ on face maskspublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    The health secretary says he will take opposition criticism over face masks “with a pinch of salt”.

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  19. Ashworth: ‘Ministerial muddle' over face maskspublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    The shadow health secretary says “it did not have to be this way” over government advice on wearing face masks in England.

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  20. Courgette seeds recalled after growers fall illpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    People who ate the highly bitter courgettes say they had cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting.

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