Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Former Essex cricketer Jaik Mickleburgh hopes to score plenty of runs for Suffolk in the Minor Counties League this summer.

Image source, Nick Garnham

The 26-year-old, who has 10 first-class centuries to his name, was released by the County Championship side following their promotion last year. 

"We won the Division 2 championship and it's a bit disappointing that I won't be around to help them in Division 1, but my performances were a little too inconsistent," Mickleburgh admitted. 

"I had to take up this opportunity to go out for Suffolk and play a big part in what will hopefully be a successful season. I'm really pleased I have committed here."

Rail company Abellio has completed the sale of 40% of the Greater Anglia rail franchise to the Japanese company Mitsui.

The two companies first entered into a joint venture to bid for the West Midlands rail franchise in 2016.

Abellio will continue to have a majority stake in the business and will be in overall control. 

The company first operated the franchise from February 2012, and  re-won it in August  last year. 

Under the terms of the franchise agreement, it plans to spend £1.4bn on more than 1,000 new carriages, free wi-fi, station improvements and has a commitment to cut average journey times by 10%.

The owner of Lowestoft's Claremont Pier says he's enthusiastic about the future, following the announcement that designer Wayne Hemingway has been invited by Waveney Council to discuss ideas for the area.

David Scott said: "He's obviously got experience; he did something with Margate, the Dreamland fair, external there, very successful things.

"He's going to talk to all the local businesses, get the feedback from all the locals as well; they know what's needed.

"Lowestoft is perfectly placed to do it now. The Coastal Communities team, external is a well-constructed, well-rehearsed team; they're getting the funding lined up.

"They've got a great team on board and bringing someone in like Wayne Hemingway is a great idea, he's a high-profile figure."

Bury St Edmunds-based Lord Tebbit, whose wife Margaret was paralysed when the IRA bombed a Brighton hotel in 1984, has described Martin McGuinness as "a coward, a murderer".

The former Northern Ireland deputy first minister and ex-IRA commander has died at the age of 66.

Lord Tebbit added: "He [Mr McGuinness] knew that the IRA had been penetrated to its highest levels and that before long, he would have been arrested and charged with some of the many murders which he personally committed and so he opted for the coward's way out and said 'oh, I'm a man of peace'."

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When Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You debuted in January, a few people noticed a similarity to TLC's late-90s hit No Scrubs.

Indeed, Samantha Carpenter from TV show Girl Meets World even performed a mash-up of the two hits to illustrate how well the fit each other.

Well, the debt was no accident. Ed Sheeran has listed No Scrubs' writers - Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss and Tameka Cottle (aka Tiny Harris) - to the credits of his song, meaning they'll get a share of the not insubstantial royalties.

Kandi, who now stars in The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, confirmed the news on her Instagram account.

Speaking on US radio, she thanked Ed for allowing her to "share the success". 

Stuart Camp says touts are "making extreme profits" and it is getting "out of our control".

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

The discovery of a skeleton in their school grounds gave pupils at a Thetford school the chance to learn about life in the past.

Construction workers from Morgan Sindall found the grave while carrying out work at Drake Primary.

The skeleton was excavated and removed before the children were aware of it, but head teacher Mary Bartrop says the school has taken every opportunity to use its discovery as a way of bringing the past to life.

"The students have been learning about how people lived in this area so many centuries before us... they've had the chance to study the photographs in depth and cross examine the archaeologist who excavated him and the site manager," she said.

Image source, Morgan Sindall

Archaeologist Harriet Bryant-Buck says the children asked lots of interesting question and there's still more research work to be done on the skeleton.

Ed Sheeran 's manager Stuart Camp is expected to give evidence in front of MPs today, investigating the issue of secondary ticketing. 

Ed, and other artists such as Mumford & Sons, You Me at Six and Radiohead have been vocal in their criticism of tickets being sold on secondary sites such as Viagogo and Stubhub for greatly inflated prices.

Last month, tickets for Ed's Teenage Cancer Trust gigs were being advertised at five times the face value.

Here's Stuart speaking to BBC Breakfast earlier.

And we'll have more from that parliamentary hearing on tickets coming up later.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

British Speedway, external Champion Danny King will return to action for the Ipswich Witches, external this weekend, as the Suffolk side prepare to race Sheffield in their season opener.

Image source, Stephen Waller

The Witches will be competing in the newly-formed Championship, but King had also intended to race in the Premiership with Coventry, before the Bees were withdrawn from the competition.

"Training has gone well for me along with bike prep, but losing the Premiership job has been a tough pill to swallow," King admitted. 

"We rely on the top league for income. I have to stay positive and if I start well for Ipswich then hopefully something will come along."

East Anglian Daily Times

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Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Matt Blake (left) tells us that he is not being big-headed when he says that goals just come naturally to him.

Image source, Leiston FC

Tonight the Leiston, external striker will aim to take his tally for the season to 40, when Folkestone Invicta arrive at Victory Road. 

Blake's goals have inspired the Blues to an impressive season to date, as they close in on a place in the Ryman Premier Division, external play-offs. 

"When I'm in on goal, I don't even think. That's when you realise you're a natural," Blake said. 

"That's what any half-decent striker will tell you. You don’t even think, and then the ball's in the bottom corner."

Caroline Kingdon
BBC Local Live

A skeleton of a man, believed to date back about 1,500 years, has been discovered in the grounds of a Norfolk school.

Construction workers at Drake Primary in Thetford unearthed the find while building a new path to the school buildings.

It's now been removed and tests by archaeologists show the man was likely to be over 50 years old, with his joints showing signs of his age and active lifestyle.  

Image source, Morgan Sindall

The man, who had an iron knife on his left hip and an iron buckle on his right, had been buried on a north-south alignment. 

Harriet Bryant-Buck, of NPS Archaeology, external , said the discovery was a surprise as they weren't expecting any burials in the area.

The height of the man, 1.72m (5ft 7ins), the inclusion of the knife and buckle in the grave plus the burial alignment, indicate the person was pagan rather than Christian.

Ipswich Star

This is the front page of the Ipswich Star, external :

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The man charged with inspiring the regeneration of Lowestoft seafront says the key is to "create a new future".

Wayne Hemingway, external , who is 56 and was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2006, said: "There's a lot of infrastructure gone into seaside towns like Lowestoft over decades and centuries and you can't forget about that, and lots of it is beautiful. 

"The key to it, though, is not to always look back but to embrace the great things from the past but also create a new future, and that's what successful seaside resorts [do]; they all respect their history but they all look forward as well."

Designer Wayne Hemingway, external says he would not have agreed to work on the regeneration of Lowestoft seafront "if we didn't think there was opportunity", adding "without being big-headed, we're in demand".

Mr Hemingway said he was reluctant to tell people what he thinks should be done, but wanted to inspire them with the potential the area has.

"There's something about human beings and looking out over the sea, going on beaches, it's never going to go out of fashion that, is it?" he said.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

The Suffolk-based peer, Lord Tebbit, is a known Eurosceptic, external , so it’s not surprising he’s pleased a date has been announced for the triggering of Article 50 but he has an extra reason to celebrate: "It couldn't be a better date, could it? It's on my birthday," said the former chairman of the Conservative Party.

Lord Tebbit, who now lives in Bury St Edmunds, is also confident a good deal will be negotiated for the UK: "Most of the cards are in our hands. 

"The French want to sell us their wine and their cheese and the Germans want to sell us their motor cars so we just need to get on with it."

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

It'll be a mostly dry and sunny day, but one or two showers are possible.

It'll feel colder than of late with a brisk wind, and a high of 9C (48F).

Here is my full forecast...

There are more details on the BBC Weather website .

Welcome to our live updates, it's great to have your company.

Designer Wayne Hemingway, external , famous for the Red or Dead label, external , is going to be telling us why he's taken on the the challenge of helping to regenerate Lowestoft seafront.

We'd love your thoughts on this, as well as anything else that's happening across the county - you can contact us via the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

Kate Kinsella will bring us the day's weather prospects next - as you can see from this photograph taken in Bildeston by BBC Weather Watcher "Iota", it's looking good across the county:

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

It's time for us to sign off for the evening, although any breaking stories will still appear here, as if by magic, overnight.

Scroll down to catch up on what's been happening across the county during the day, but to whet your appetite, here are a couple of the stories we've been following:

• A search is on for a woman who ran off after driving a stolen car into the front of a house near Felixstowe
• A pub dating back to the 17th Century has reopened after a major renovation project, and a closure of nearly five years

When we return from 08:00, we're hoping to have more details about ambitious plans to revamp Lowestoft's seafront, so we look forward to sharing them with you then.

Have a great evening.