Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Leiston, external will be trying to get their season back on track when they head to Hendon in the Ryman Premier Division, external tomorrow afternoon.

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The Victory Road side has lost five of their last six games, falling out of the play-off places in the process.

"We've got to go to Hendon and stop this rot," said boss Glenn Driver. 

"I look at us at this moment in time and we haven't got enough leaders on the pitch."

AFC Sudbury, external host Folkestone Invicta, Needham Market, external are at Tonbridge Angels,  Lowestoft Town, external head to Burgess Hill while  Bury Town, external  travel to Haringey Borough in the North Division.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy says there's no way he and his players will be underestimating tomorrow's opponents Brentford .

After taking points of promotion chasing Reading, Brighton, Leeds and Norwich last month, many Blues fans will be expecting a comfortable win over their mid-table visitors.

McCarthy isn't thinking like that: "They've scored a lot of goals, a bit like Norwich, but conceded a lot.

"They play pretty expansive, wide football and they can open you up as we saw when we went down there. They've got some good players and are very capable."

Framlingham superstar Ed Sheeran says he failed maths at Thomas Mills High, so he's been set some mental arithmetic on the day his "÷" album is released. 

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Ipswich Town manager, Mick McCarthy, has been praising Steven Taylor for the attitude he’s shown while he’s been out with injury.  

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It’s almost three weeks since the defender pulled a hamstring in the away game against Aston Villa, but he’s now on the mend, according to McCarthy. 

“He's progressing nicely. I think he's quite positive about it. 

"It was a real shame for him because I think he probably played a couple of weeks too soon.   

"Having come here he could have done with a bit more training, but he's been a real good influence around the place, very positive. 

"I brought him to the away games with us and I think he's good to have around for the lads.”

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town, external boss Mick McCarthy says his side's current run of five games without defeat has boosted morale at Portman Road.

"We weren't too down in the dumps [at the start of February], but we weren't feeling great about ourselves either," said McCarthy. 

"It's a job that's viewed by a lot of people and that gets a lot of opinions and comments. So it's a much better place this weekend than it was five weeks ago."

Town are at home to Brentford on Saturday .

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Relegation-threatened  Bury St Edmunds, external  return to action after a two-week break tomorrow afternoon.

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The Wolf Pack - who've lost their last six matches in National League Two South, external - host bottom club Exmouth. 

It's the first of three successive fixtures for Bury against sides currently below them in the table.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Despite throwing the second highest televised average in history last night, Suffolk darts player Peter Wright believes there's more to come from him.

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The Mendham thrower averaged 119.50 on his way to a 7-2 Premier League, external win over Adrian Lewis in Exeter.

"I'm so happy just to get the two points, but to play so well is brilliant," said Wright. 

"That first leg set the pace and I got control of the match, but it felt like a magnet was pulling the darts into the treble."I saw my average at 117 on the big screen and I wanted to get it higher, but I think there's loads of improvement to come."

Kate Arkell
BBC Radio Suffolk

Gressingham Foods, external has confirmed the outbreak of avian flu is at Grange Farm, Redgrave in Suffolk, close to the border with Norfolk.

None of the 55,000 ducks has avian flu, but it has been detected in the environment.

The birds will still be killed.

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Cheeky chips, celebrations and managerial sackings - watch 10 magic moments from the first round of the FA People's Cup...... 

You'll be able to watch a highlights programme from the first round of the nationwide five-a-side competition on the iPlayer from 06:00 GMT Saturday, 4 March and on the red button from 14:10 GMT on Saturday and throughout the weekend.

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Stowmarket Town FC features in the sports pages of the Bury Free Press, external :

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Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has moved to re-assure people following another outbreak of bird flu near Redgrave in Suffolk.

A statement from Defra said: "Public Health England advises that the risk to public health from the virus is very low. 

"The Food Standards Agency is also clear that bird flu does not pose a food safety risk."

The precautionary cull of 55,000 birds could get under way later today. 

Defra says that after that the premises, which are not being publically identified by Defra, will be cleansed and disinfected. 

Junior Minister Lord Gardiner joined local councillors, Ipswich MP Ben Gummer and the Greenways team, external  at the Great British Spring Clean event at Stoke Bridge in the middle of Ipswich today.

Within an hour around a dozen big sacks were filled with rubbish discarded on private land between the river and Grafton Way.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

Defra says another outbreak of bird flu has been detected in Redgrave near Diss on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. 

The government department says that while investigating last month's outbreak in the village it found the H5N8 virus at a separate premises.

Some 55,000 birds will be culled as a precautionary measure while protection and surveilance zones in the area will stay in place. 

George Freeman, the Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk, says the hub of scientific research in East Anglia won't suffer as a result of Brexit.

The former life sciences minister's comments came as the multi-million pound Quadram Institute, external on the Norwich Research Park reached an important stage in its construction yesterday.

It's aiming to strengthen the life sciences triangle of Norwich, Ipswich and Cambridge, and will house 300 scientists and 100 hospital staff under one roof. They'll be researching food, diet and health, and treating patients.

Mr Freeman, who voted Remain in last year's referendum previously voiced concerns about the impact of leaving the EU, and spoke after the last foundations were poured for the research centre.

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Ed Sheeran says Ipswich Town were the "team to follow" when he was growing up - but he also has an allegiance to Chelsea.

The singer was seen at Carrow Road watching Ipswich Town play Norwich City on Sunday.

He has told the BBC he grew up as an Ipswich fan, but has split allegiance to Chelsea, who his father supports. 

"My loyalties aren't super, super strict, but if you were going to say I was something I'd be blue," he said. 

"When I grew up the team to follow was Ipswich. My dad's a Chelsea fan, and I just enjoy watching the games."

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Sheeran, who lives near Framlingham in Suffolk, said he watched the 1-1 draw with his friends who are "avid Ipswich supporters". 

"We were in the Norwich section," he said. "When they scored the first goal they all jumped up and then realised where they were, and snuck off to celebrate elsewhere. It was quite funny." 

Sheeran said he had been to "a lot of Chelsea games and a few Ipswich games". 

His loyalties, however, are not split when it comes to a potential gig venue. 

"I would love to play Portman Road," he said. 

"I don't know when that's going to happen, but it will happen eventually in my career." 

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Diss Carnival is calling on all of kings, queens, princes and princesses of years past, external to join in a royal reunion for this year’s event.  

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Nearly £250,000 was spent clearing up fly-tipping in Suffolk last year.

Figures from Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) show there were more than 3,000 incidents, and fly-tipping in the county has increased.

Tim Woodward, a regional surveyor in Suffolk with the Country Land and Business Association, external , says there needs to be a greater deterrent.

He said: "Gangs of organised, illegal waste carriers are doing the large-scale fly-tipping... we're talking about asbestos, we're talking about sofas, we're talking about washing machines, building materials.

"Fixed penalty fines don't deter them but there are stronger penalties, to seize vehicles, to crush them... and that's what we would like to see. We'd like to see it taken more seriously."

Nationally, fly-tipping was reported almost 107 times every hour across England in the last 12 months.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

I'd love to know how Ed Sheeran's mum and dad are feeling at the moment.

Most parents feel a surge of pride when their children get picked for a sports team in school, or pass their Grade 2 exams in the clarinet, so what must it feel like when "your boy" is being feted around the country and the world?

Among programmes featuring the ginger prince, either in person or discussing his latest album ÷ : 

• Clara Amfo hosting a "listening party" on Radio 1
• Chris Evans breakfast show on Radio 2
• The One Show on BBC 1 this evening

What's the thing one of your children has done, that's made you proud? Let me know, by clicking on the "Get involved" link at the top of this feed.

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We've been talking about the opening of the county's newest charity shop in Halesworth.

Ian Nicholson, head of retail with East Anglia's Children's Hospices, external , says this is their 22nd shop, and that donations from superstar Ed Sheeran are a "fantastic benefit" for them: "We had a number of clothes donated by him last year and we took nearly £10,000 from them." 

Here are some examples of how the money raised from sales in their shops is used:

• An item of clothing worth £5 could pay for art supplies for a session of art therapy
• A tea set worth £10 could fund a nursing care kit
• A wedding hat or jacket worth £20 could pay for a support group for siblings
• An item of good quality furniture worth £35 could pay for an hour of specialist care