Summary

  • Updates on Friday, 10 March, 2017

  • Man jailed for life for acid attack starts appeal process

  • Norman Foster to design new Ipswich waterfront crossing...

  • ... meanwhile, plans for Lowestoft's third crossing take a step forward

  • Fiveways lights will please frustrated drivers

  • Chief executive praises hospitals for tobacco-free policy

  • Biker seriously injured in Bury St Edmunds crash

  1. Welcome to Suffolk Livepublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2017

    Nic Rigby
    BBC News

    Hello and good morning from the Suffolk Live team.

    We'll bring you the latest news from across Suffolk. 

    You can keep us posted too in the usual way, via  emailTwitter, external  or  Facebook, external  (all available on the "Get involved" button at the top of this page). 

    Full weather forecast is up next.

  2. Ed Sheeran breaks Spotify recordpublished at 06:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2017

    The 26-year-old has seen more than 273m streams of his third album after just five days.

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  3. Missing airman landfill search continuespublished at 21:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Officers have so far sifted through 65 tonnes of waste at the 900 sq m site.

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  4. That's it for the day's live coveragepublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    It's probably not quite barbecue weather yet, despite a beautiful day across the county, but we're heading home with a spring in our step anyway.

    Scroll down to catch up on what's been happening since 08:00 - here's a reminder of a few of the stories we've covered:

    • "Find Corrie" supporters reassure the serviceman's mum
    • The judge in the Weybread murders trial sums up the case for the jury
    • James Blunt explains how Ed Sheeran "really" got his scar
    • Town's on-loan midfielder Tom Lawrence talks about his ban

    Next time it's grey and cloudy, remind yourself of this photograph taken in Mildenhall earlier by BBC Weather Watcher "RS":

    Plane in sky over Mildenhall
  5. Missing airman's mum 'sorry' for upsetpublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Facebook followers tell the missing airman's mother not to be sorry for seeking their support.

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  6. A10 crash victim named as Norfolk manpublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Police have named the man who died in a collision on the A10 near Cambridge this morning.

    He was Anthony Bradshaw, 51, of Fir Road in Thetford in Norfolk.

    He was driving a silver Citroen C4 near Milton at about 08:25, when he was in collision with a blue Nissan Micra.

    Police are asking for witnesses to contact officers by calling 101.

  7. Austere prom dress rules criticised for body-shamingpublished at 17:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Find out what's buzzing in the social media world today.

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  8. Corrie Mckeague's mum 'amazing', search organiser sayspublished at 17:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    The chairman of a search organisation which has been helping to try to find Corrie Mckeague says the airman's mother has "nothing to apologise to anyone for".

    In a Look East interview last night, the RAF Honington serviceman's mother Nicola Urquhart said she was "so upset that [to have] brought over 120,000 people into this", referring to those who had joined the search for her son online and in person.

    Police searching a landfill site at Milton near Cambridge said yesterday they were "confident" Mr Mckeague's body would be found there.

    Andy King

    Andy King, search manager and chairman of Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue, said Mrs Urquhart had been "amazing".

    "I think I can say on behalf of 120,000 people and certainly on behalf of the team that she doesn't need to apologise to anybody for anything that she's done. 

    "She really just needs to concentrate on her own family."

  9. Weybread trial: Case adjourned until Mondaypublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    The trial of a man who denies being Ali Qazimaj, formerly of Tilbury in Essex, who's accused of the murder of Peter and Sylvia Stuart from Weybread, has been adjourned until Monday morning.

    Judge Mr Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith will resume his summing up of the case at Ipswich Crown Court then.

    Mr Qazimaj denies two charges of murder on the grounds that he is actually another Albanian man called Vital Dapi.

  10. Boatbuilding college plays its part in Chelsea displaypublished at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Guy Campbell
    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Work is going on at the International Boatbuilding Training College, external in Lowestoft, to create the centrepiece of a display for this year's Chelsea Flower Show, external .

    Replica for Chelsea boat

    In 2013, a medieval boat, built of oak, was discovered on the Norfolk Broads

    Now a three-quarter size replica is being built, which will be surrounded by plants and trees, at the world famous flower show.

    Gary Breeze, the man behind the project, said: "One of the things I had to do was take the archaeologists drawings which were just images of broken bits of wood, and turn it into a shape we can make something out of.

    "We had to produce all those line drawings first."

  11. Optimistic news from Portman Road about Emyr Huwspublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

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  12. Police carry out checks a month after Ipswich stabbingpublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    More than 600 motorists were stopped by police on Wednesday night as they carried out checks a month after the fatal stabbing of Dean Stansby , in the vicinity of Ancaster Road near Ipswich railway station.

    Appeal leaflets were handed out, and police say they've identified more than 35 people who may have information relevant to the inquiry.

    Police cars close to Ancaster Road

    Officers had been called by the ambulance service at about 18:30 on 8 February, to reports that a man had been stabbed. 

    Dean Stansby, 41, from Trimley St Mary was taken to Ipswich Hospital for treatment, but died a short time later.

    Six people have so far been arrested on suspicion of murder, and one person has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. All are currently on bail.

  13. Ipswich boss 'won't walk away from contract'published at 16:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Mick McCarthy has been telling us today that the reaction from Ipswich fans at the end of Tuesday's goalless draw with Wolves has not caused him to reconsider his position as manager at the club.

    Mick McCarthy

    Despite going seven games unbeaten, the Blues slipped to 16th in the Championship table, and were booed off at full time following a disappointing display at Portman Road.

    "I'm not walking away from my contract. I've no intentions of doing that." McCarthy said during his regular media duties this afternoon. 

    "But I'd hate to be coming out at home to far less supporters than we've been used to.

    "We've got to try and generate a feel-good factor between now and the end of the season and get people coming back, if we can."

  14. Tom Lawrence unsure on footballing futurepublished at 16:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    The majority of Ipswich fans have accepted that it is unlikely they will see loan player Tom Lawrence playing for the club next season, but what about the man himself?

    Tom Lawrence

    The Welsh international, who is on loan from Premier League champions Leicester City, has been speaking to us today ahead of Town's trip to Barnsley on Saturday: 

    "I couldn't say either way with regards to my future. You never know what's going to happen.

    "I'll just take things from the summer when I speak to Leicester. I'll see what they say and go from there." 

  15. Star loanee Lawrence 'will learn from ban'published at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Midfielder Tom Lawrence has accepted that he has been a little rusty since returning from suspension, but hopes to be back to his best for Ipswich Town this weekend.

    Tom Lawrence

    After picking up 10 bookings for the season at Brighton last month, the 23-year-old missed the East Anglian derby, along with Town's recent match at home to Leeds. 

    "I like getting a little heated on the pitch and I like to think it makes me play better," Lawrence, who is on loan from Leicester, told us today. 

    "Hopefully I can carry on like that, but without the bookings.

    "That was the first ban I've had in my career so I will learn from it and go again."

    Lawrence is Ipswich's top scorer with 10 goals so far this season.

  16. Darts: Wright aiming to extend winning streakpublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Suffolk darts player Peter Wright returns to the oche for the first time tonight since winning the UK Open at the weekend.

    Peter WrightImage source, Getty Images

    The 46-year-old from Mendham is up against James Wade in the sixth round of this season's Premier League, external , in Glasgow.

    The event sees world number one Michael van Gerwen make his return from a back injury - he's up against Kim Huybrechts.

  17. AFC Sudbury 'haven't been good enough'published at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    AFC Sudbury, external manager Jamie Godbold says there are "no excuses" for his side's current slump.

    Jamie Godbold

    After racing to the Ryman North Division, external title last season, this time around the Yellows have found life tough in the Premier Division.

    Tuesday's 4-1 defeat at Wingate & Finchley has left them fourth from the bottom, on a run of just three wins in 16 matches.

    "We've got no excuses, we just have to look at ourselves, we haven't been good enough, we need to learn and we need to learn quickly," said Godbold.

  18. First class cricketers have 'Mills envy'published at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Former Suffolk bowler Tymal Mills admits that he is probably the envy of the majority of first class cricketers in the country at the moment.

    Tymal MillsImage source, Getty Images

    The 24-year-old has been speaking to us ahead of his appearance in this year's Indian Premier League. 

    After being drafted by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mills is due to earn around £1.4m for playing T20 cricket for just a few weeks.

    "It's incredible how things have worked out," Mills said. "I'm just grateful that I can still play and travel the world to perform in these tournaments."

  19. Weybread trial: Peter Stuart's body had nine stab woundspublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    Kate Williams
    BBC Local Live

    The judge at Ipswich Crown Court overseeing the trial of a man accused of the murder of Peter and Sylvia Stuart from Weybread has referred in his summing up to the discovery of the body of Mr Stuart on the evening of 3 June.

    Police found the body in woodland next to the home he shared with his wife Sylvia on Mill Lane. 

    He had nine stab wounds, eight of which could have been fatal. The two largest were 15.5 cm (6 in) and 13 cm (5 in) and were consistent with the use of one weapon. 

    Police tape close to Stuart's home

    Mrs Stuart's body has never been found, but a silver Citroen C3 car, found in Dover on 5 June, contained five grey hairs matching the DNA profile of Sylvia Stuart.

    The vehicle was registered to Mr Qazimaj and was found to have fingerprints which a forensics expert matched to him, although the defendant says either the prints were the result of a mix-up or that he shares identical fingerprints with someone else.

    The court has also heard about automatic number plate recognition evidence linking the Citroen registered to Mr Qazimaj, who lived in Tilbury in south Essex, to a camera at Little Stonham on the A140 in Suffolk on a number of occasions.

  20. Weybread trial: 'Defendant conducted internet search for Stuarts' home' published at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2017

    As Judge Mr Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith continues his summing up in the trial of a man the prosecution claim is Ali Qazimaj, he referred to a laptop used by Mr Qazimaj from his workplace, which had conducted an internet search for the cottage owned by Peter and Sylvia Stuart, in Mill Lane, Weybread.

    The judge at Ipswich Crown Court also referred to events prior to the revelation that Peter and Sylvia Stuart were missing.

    Two searches for the couple were carried out after they twice failed to turn up for their line-dancing class.

    The couple's daughter, Christy Paxman, asked friends to go to her parents' house to look for them, but when there was no sign, she called hospitals, and then the police.

    The defendant denies the murder of Peter Stuart, whose body was found on 3 June close to his home, and Sylvia Stuart, whose body has not been found, on the grounds that he is not Ali Qazimaj.