A multi-agency operation in Lowestoft yesterday resulted in almost half the vehicles examined being taken off the road.

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Out of 42 vehicles examined, seven were taken off the road straightaway by police, because they were being illegally driven.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, external took a further 13 vehicles off the road due to their condition.  

Almost 30 offences recorded by police included drivers having no insurance, driving licence and/or MOT for their vehicles, with a number also spotted driving without a seatbelt.  

Police are appealing for witnesses following a dangerous driving incident in Stowmarket.

At around 14:40 on Tuesday, officers out on patrol in Tavern Street requested the driver of a white Renault Clio to stop.

The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit then ensued, continuing into Onehouse Road, Windermere Road, Kingsmead Road and St Edmunds Road, where the Clio mounted a pavement and entered a walkway leading to Gainsborough Road, causing a pedestrian to take evasive action.

At this point the pursuit was called-off due to the potential danger to other members of the public, but the vehicle was located parked and unattended at around 15:50 near to Delius Close, where it was seized by police for being uninsured. 

A man has been airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital after being stabbed in the back in Sudbury earlier today.

As reported by the East Anglian Daily Times, external, police were called by the ambulance service shortly after 12:05 with reports that a man had been assaulted in East Street.

The man is thought to be in a stable condition.

A police cordon is in place at the location of the alleged assault. 

Diss Express

A group of Eye residents have been canvassing opinion on what should happen, external at the site of a redundant care home in the town.

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Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Witches, external will have a new rider in their line-up for tonight's Championship League, external meeting at home to Glasgow Tigers.

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The 25-year-old Australian Justin Sedgmen joined the Foxhall outfit earlier in the week, to cover for broken wrist victim Nico Covatti.

“Luckily for me I got the call up from such a good team like Ipswich. It’s not nice that Nico has got injured but someone’s bad luck is someone else’s good luck," Sedgmen told the club website.

“They’ve put a great team together already and hopefully I can come here and do the business and win the guys some trophies.”

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

After securing a play-off place last week Suffolk's Peter Wright (pictured) is back in action later in round 14 of darts Premier League, external. 

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The 47-year-old from Mendham's already qualified for the play-offs, but has his sights set on finishing the regular season top of the table. 

Tonight he's up against Adrian Lewis in Sheffield while current leader Michael van Gerwen - who has a three point lead over Wright - faces Phil Taylor.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Ed Sheeran. His songs have brought him two Grammys, four Brit awards and global success. Shortly after the release of his latest album, Divide, tracks from it occupied nine of the top 10 places in the UK singles chart.

Born into a creative family, Ed had piano and cello lessons as a youngster and briefly sang in a local church choir. At the age of 11, seeing Eric Clapton play Layla on TV at the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert inspired him to take up the guitar. Ten years later, Ed himself was performing at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert.

Ed left school and home at 16 to focus on playing gigs in London. Despite relentless performing he failed to secure a recording contract and decided to try his luck in America. During a successful stint performing in Los Angeles, he came to the attention of the Academy Award-winning actor and musician Jamie Foxx, and within months of returning to the UK he'd signed a record deal. His first single, The A Team, became a top ten hit around the world and won him an Ivor Novello award, and his second and third albums topped the UK and US charts.

In 2015 he performed at Wembley Stadium as a solo artist for three nights to capacity crowds, and this year he is headlining the Pyramid stage on the final night of Glastonbury.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

If you're wondering why certain things do - and don't - happen on polling day, these fascinating facts may shed some light for you.

How the BBC reports polling day: The BBC, like other broadcasters, isn't allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open.

Coverage on the day is restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather. 

And if you've ever wondered why elections aren't held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays:

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

Two men from London have been jailed for drug dealing offences in Norfolk.

Shortly after 22:00 on 2 March, Norfolk police stopped Curtis Richards and Charlie Achamgpong on the A11 at Wymondham, as they were driving towards Norwich.

Officers searched the car and found crack coaine and diamorphine with a street value of up to £5000. Four mobile phones and cannabis were also seized.

Image source, Norfolk police

Image source, Norfolk police

Richards, 25, of Neasden Way, London and Achamgpong, 26, of Church Road, London, had pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply of Class A drugs, and one count of possession of cannabis.

At Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday, Richards was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison, and Achamgpong was given 30 months in prison.

This video shows the moment police officers pulled over a vehicle being driven by two drugs dealers from London.

Officers followed the car from Suffolk into Norfolk, before stopping it on the A11 near Wymondham.

Earlier this week, two men in the car were sentenced at Norwich Crown Court for being in possession of Class A drugs.

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BBC Local Live

I thought you might like to see some of the photographs submitted by a few of our BBC Weather Watchers today.

If you've got any photographs of the county you'd like to share, you can send them to us via the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

This afternoon will continue to be largely cloudy, with a brisk north-easterly wind making it feel rather cool.

Top temperature: 14C (57F).

I suspect it must have been a bit warmer back in early May 1927, when these bathing beauties were photographed on the beach in Aldeburgh:

Image source, Getty Images

Image source, Getty Images

It stars Irish actress Saoirse Ronan - the one that pranked Ed by spelling his new tattoo Galway Grill and it lets you spend three minutes and nineteen seconds in Ed's shoes as he goes for a night out in Galway.

He can also take a punch like a champ it seems.

Greater Anglia says it has "no plans to reduce the number of Greater Anglia ticket offices to seven".

It released the statement after the RMT union said this morning that 57 ticket offices were to close, with only offices at London Liverpool Street, Colchester, Norwich, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Stansted Airport staying open.  

The rail company said it was "reviewing responses to a public consultation about proposals to close seven little-used ticket offices" at Walton-on-the-Naze, Thorpe-le-Soken, Alresford, Great Bentley, Dovercourt, Harwich International and Great Chesterford.

It added it would "continue to consult with our colleagues and the trades unions on any proposed changes to ticket office arrangements".

Greater Anglia said there would be "no job losses as a result of the current proposals to close seven ticket offices".

The RMT union has responded saying it stands by its statement.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust's, external hedgehog officer, who was brought in with the aim of making Ipswich the most hedgehog-friendly town in the UK, has been talking about her work.

Ali North, who's been out and about working with various communities to promote hedgehog habitats, said: "The last seven months have been very busy but very exciting.

"[I've been] getting lots of people on board helping the project, helping hedgehogs in Ipswich, and trying to get the message out there as to what people can be doing in their own gardens to help the species."

This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week, external, which aims to highlight the problems they face, and how we can help them.

A man who spent months at The Priory, external being treated for anorexia, says when he moved to university at Norwich, he was aware of feeling "down", but didn't realise he was feeling "any more down than anyone else would be".

Michael Maitland, whose father lives in Felixstowe, continued: "It just kind of snowballed into getting worse, and I wouldn't go out, I didn't look after myself.

"It wasn't until two or three years in that I thought, maybe there's something wrong.

"By that point it was pretty bad.

"The eating just became another part of I guess punishing myself for not looking after myself."

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

At the moment we don't know what impact the reported closure of 57 ticket offices across the Greater Anglia route would have on jobs, but the RMT union believes it's significant.

It says the 64 ticket offices that currently operate have 358 staff. The offices are being reduced to just seven, it added.

According to the RMT "Greater Anglia have revealed that they intend to introduce revenue staff and place ticket vending machines at all stations with major implications for jobs and services".

We've contacted Greater Anglia to find out more.

The father of a man who spent months receiving treatment after being diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia, says he thought his son was going to die.

Iain Maitland, who lives in Felixstowe, said: "Michael was in The Priory, external for five months, and I think we were always waiting for the call.

"The thing with anorexia and other eating disorders is that it's often a 'symptom' if you like, rather than the cause, of the issue itself."

Correspondence between father and son while Michael was away at university in Norwich, was the basis of a book called Dear Michael, Love Dad, published last summer.