The singer whose hit single features the lyric "driving at 90" is erecting safety signs around his home county.

Richard Haugh
BBC Introducing in Suffolk

Ed Sheeran spent 2016 away from the spotlight, coming off social media and spending the year travelling the world. He announced his return in December, and released two singles simultaneously a month later.

Image source, EPA

Shape of You has been at number one since, while Castle on the Hill spent weeks at number two. A third track, How Would You Feel, was a new entry at number two last Friday.

At midnight tonight, Sheeran's third album, ÷, hits the shelves (with special stands ordered personally by the singer for stores in Framlingham and Martlesham).

Speaking to him on the phone yesterday, I began by asking: "What's it like to be Ed Sheeran in 2017?"

"It feels good having a full year off and coming back invigorated to work and excited to get back into it," he said.

"I didn't expect the songs to have this reaction. I expected one or two weeks, but to be an eighth week at number one is pretty mental."

Richard Haugh
BBC Introducing in Suffolk

At midnight tonight Ed Sheeran will release his third album, ÷.

It's a big day for the singer, who spared us some time yesterday to talk about a whole range of subjects - which we'll be looking at this morning.

You can expect:

• His thoughts on his new album
• Plans to play a large gig in Suffolk
• A campaign to encourage safe driving
• And an interesting departure away from music

Image source, Atlantic Records/Greg Williams

In part two of our exclusive interview, Ed Sheeran talks about volcanoes, kittens and Taylor Swift's new album.

Friend and former hostage Terry Waite described Harold Lock as "the salt of the earth".

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

That's it for today from your Suffolk Live team - thanks for your company on the first day of spring.

Do scroll back down through the feed to catch up on all today's stories, including:

• The arrest of a man on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in the search for the missing airman Corrie Mckeague
• The funeral of former prisoner of war Harold "Hummie" Lock, 93, who lied about his age so he could enlist in the Royal Navy at the age of 14
• A couple whose bodies were found in a house in Stowmarket are suspected to have died as a result of a murder-suicide
• And the top acts for this year's Latitude Festival have been announced - they include Fleet Foxes, Mumford and Sons and The 1975

Don't forget if anything breaks in Suffolk overnight - you can still find it here.

Have a lovely evening - we'll be back tomorrow with a wide-ranging interview with Ed Sheeran.

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

Image source, Keith Mindham

If you see a couple of guys in purple tabards walking in Suffolk over the next few days - stop and have a chat.  

They're the county's newest bishops - and are limbering up for a cross-county pilgrimage, external spanning 70 miles. 

The Right Reverend Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and the Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison, Bishop of Dunwich, set off from Dunwich beach today - and will finish in Bury St Edmunds on 11 March.

The idea is to visit youth groups, schools, churches - and generally meet the local community on their way. 

Bishop Martin said: "One way we decided to keep Lent this year was by disrupting our usual schedule.  

"We will be walking together with people and learning of their gifts and talents, and listening to their needs and hopes."

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

Tonight there'll be outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, but becoming largely dry in the south.

The winds are expected to eventually increase, possibly gusting 40-50mph.

That means it'll be a windy start to Thursday with rain or showers for a time in the north of the region.

By the afternoon, everywhere should be fine and dry with long sunny spells, and the winds should have eased.

Highest temperatures of 10C (50F).

For more, head to BBC Weather .

The man arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with the disappearance of airman Corrie Mckeague has been released on police bail.

The 26 year-old was taken into custody earlier today.

Police revealed the man is not the driver of the bin lorry which collected refuse from the area where Mr Mckeague was last seen - and is not related to him.

Image source, Suffolk Police

Mr Mckeague, from Dunfermline, Fife,  went missing on a night  out in Bury St Edmunds in September.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town defender Tommy Smith has described his substitute appearance during Sunday's East Anglian derby as "the final hurdle" on his road to recovery from injury.

The 26-year-old says his troublesome back has been fine ever since, and he believes he is ready to start matches should he be called upon. 

Smith's also admitted that he has been a frustrated spectator during his time out of the team. 

"It's been hard," he told us. "Especially when the team has been very up and down. You naturally want to be contributing."

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

The funeral has taken place this afternoon of Harold "Hummie" Lock, a decorated war veteran who lied about his age so he could join the war effort. 

Mr Lock, 93, of Sudbury, died in January. 

He was the last known survivor of the sinking of HMS Jupiter, external during the Battle of Java, in 1942.

After swimming for their lives for eight miles, Mr Lock and his comrades were captured by the Japanese when they reached land.

He was imprisoned until the end of the war in terrible conditions. 

Mr Lock's funeral at West Suffolk Crematorium this afternoon began - and ended - with the stirring wartime songs of Vera Lynn.

And in a poignant message read out at the service, his friend, the former Beirut hostage Terry Waite, said he had the "greatest respect" for this "old sailor and salt of the earth".

Richard Haugh
BBC Introducing in Suffolk

More good news for SuperGlu, the Manningtree/Ipswich-based band who are off to play the South By Southwest Festival next month.

Having already been picked to play two showcases at the prestigious festival in Texas, they have now been announced as guests at a BBC Music-curated event .

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has confirmed that Giles Coke will be released by the club at the end of the season.

Image source, itfc.co.uk

The 30-year-old midfielder has struggled with a series of knee injuries this campaign, and has not played a competitive match in more than a year.

Coke joined the Blues on a free transfer in the summer of 2015 after being released by Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday.

Theresa May has praised West Suffolk College at PMQs, after Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill asked for her reaction to the college winning a national teaching and learning award. 

The prime minister said the MARS project, which brings together maths, art, religion and science, deserved national recognition.

She said: "I'm very happy to join my honourable friend in congratulating West Suffolk College for the award that they have been given in this category for best teaching and learning initiative for their MARS initiative. 

"I think it's a really interesting initiative that they have put in place. I congratulate all the staff, and this is a sign I think - this award - of the dedication of all the staff and the students at West Suffolk College."

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

Detectives have arrested two further men in connection with the fatal stabbing of 41-year-old Dean Stansby, in Ancaster Road, Ipswich on 8 February.

A 33-year-old Ipswich man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and a 36-year-old Ipswich man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. 

Both have been taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

Emergency services were called at about 18:30 to reports that Mr Stansby, from Trimley St Mary, had been stabbed.

He died later at Ipswich Hospital and a post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death was a stab wound to the abdomen.

Five other people are currently on police bail pending further inquiries in connection with this incident.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Tommy Smith says he is now fully fit and ready to start matches again for Ipswich Town, should he be selected.

The New Zealand international, who had been sidelined with a back injury since September, played 40 minutes of Sunday's East Anglian derby after being introduced as a second-half substitute. 

"I felt no ill effects from the game at all so hopefully that means I'm back and 100% fit," Smith told us earlier today. 

"That was my final hurdle. Getting back onto a first team pitch and into a match situation and coming through it. It all went really well."

The funeral of Suffolk war veteran Harold Lock, who lied about his age to enlist in the Navy, will take place this afternoon.

During World War Two, Mr Lock escaped his sinking ship and swam through shark-infested waters to land - only to be met by Japanese soldiers and taken to a prisoner of war camp.

He died in January, aged 93.

This is what he told the BBC's Mark Murphy about the time HMS Jupiter went down in 1942: "I was in the stern of the ship, because I was helping to load the rear gun, and because we weren't allowed to fire a gun, because we were too young. 

"And we got hit, in an explosion, and I forget how many it killed, it was 70 or 80. And then we had to abandon ship, and once you hear that, that's the finish. 

"It was just a matter of luck, if you were somewhere near the explosion, you'd probably be dead. 

"But you'd got no luck in one way, because you'd know damn well that the boats which you can float to shore on are probably blown up too, which they were, so you've got to swim, or sink."

Image source, Harold Lock

Here's a reminder of two pieces of CCTV footage released by Suffolk Police showing the night Corrie Mckeague went missing.

They both show the airman in the early hours of 24 September, when he had been in Bury St Edmunds with friends.

Today officers have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice relating to information provided to the investigation.

The RAF airman has been missing since September and was last seen on a night out with friends.

Police have issued footage of the two remaining potential witnesses they are trying to identify, spotted near to where Corrie Mckeague was last seen in Bury St Edmunds.

The footage was captured near to the "horseshoe", around Brentgovel Street.

Both men were seen in the vicinity between 03:20 and 05:20 on 24 September. Still images of both have previously been issued.

Det Supt Katie Elliott said: "We are continuing to make progress on the investigation.

"We have been carrying out a lot of inquiries behind the scenes and our work continues to find the truth about what happened to Corrie."