Richard Haugh
BBC News

Here is the first of what may be several photos today of people counting voting slips. 

However, don't be mistaken in thinking that the count of votes is under way here at police headquarters.

What they're actually doing now is verifying - which essentially means making sure the number of papers they have matches the number of votes cast at each polling station. 

Once that is done, the count proper will begin.

Richard Haugh
BBC News

A warm welcome from the Suffolk Coastal vote, being held at the police headquarters in Martlesham. 

Hopefully the riot shield won't be needed.

Andrea Davidson
BBC Radio Suffolk

I'm at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich, one of three venues across the county where votes for the 75 seats on Suffolk County Council are being counted:

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It's just a shame that Adele wasn't there to see it.

The pop queen showed her love for Stormzy by rapping along in the crowd the previous night but Ed Sheeran went one better by actually getting up on stage to join the grime star and help him close his three-night Brixton residency.

Check out some fan shot footage below of the dressed-down pair performing a rendition of their Shape of You duet which they first debuted at the Brits earlier this year.

Ed wasn't the only special guest on closing night, as Ghetts, Chip and Wretch 32 all joined the main man on stage, but the flame-haired chart-slayer certainly stole the show for many of you.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

Police have revealed the cost of the investigation into the disappearance of RAF Honington serviceman Corrie Mckeague has exceeded £1m, as the Cambridge Evening News, external has reported.

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A police spokesman told us: "The total spent on the investigation above and beyond staffing costs is currently around £544,250. 

"With an estimation of staffing costs, including salaries, overtime and specialist resources included in the total, over £1 million has been spent on the investigation to date."

Police also say 3,000 tonnes of waste has now been cleared at the landfill site at Milton, in Cambridgeshire.

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Ipswich Star

The appearance of Ipswich Town owner Marcus Evans in the latest Sunday Times Rich List for East Anglia will reignite the debate, external over his levels of investment in the club.

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East Anglian Daily Times

Here's the front page of the east edition of the East Anglian Daily Times, external:

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East Anglian Daily Times

This is the front page of the west edition of the East Anglian Daily Times, external:

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Ipswich Star

Here's the front page of the Ipswich Star, external:

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Six of the seven richest people in East Anglia have links with Suffolk, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, external, which has been revealed this morning.

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Richest in the region is Kirsten Rausing, the Newmarket-based heir to the Tetra Pak empire and owner of Lanwades Stud, external.

In third place for the region, and Suffolk, is the Earl of Iveagh, a member of the Guinness family who lives on the Elveden Estate, external.

Ipswich Town Football Club owner Marcus Evans, pictured, has seen no change in his wealth, said to be £765m, the same as last year.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Mendham darts player Peter Wright is now just a point behind Premier League, external leader Michael van Gerwen after last night's matches.

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The 47-year-old beat Adrian Lewis 7-2 to close the gap on the Dutchman to a single point, with just one week of the regular season to go. 

Van Gerwen lost 7-3 to Phil Taylor. 

Gary Anderson joined the top two in the play-offs after beating James Wade 7-3.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

It's now five home wins in a row for Ipswich Witches, external after last night's 48-42 victory over Glasgow Tigers.

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Recent arrival James Shanes was the Suffolk side's star man with paid-11.

"It was always going to be a tough night with three riders making their debut at home and against a very good team,” team manager Ritchie Hawkins (pictured) told the club website. 

“They got a 5-1 in heat 15 which makes it feel a little bit like a loss and we don’t want to be giving teams who are play-off contenders a point off of us, so that was really disappointing.”

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

The votes from yesterday's County Council elections will be counted this morning with both the UK Independence party and Labour expecting a bad day.

Overnight UKIP lost all nine of its seats on Essex County Council while Labour also made losses to the Conservatives.

Tory sources tell me that their canvassing suggests a similar result in Suffolk and Norfolk.

They describe the UKIP campaign as "barely non-existent" and Labour's as "lacklustre".

UKIP will be nervously watching the counts at Great Yarmouth and in the west of Norfolk where it currently has most of its seats. Labour has been putting a lot of its effort into shoring up its traditional heartland of Norwich.  

In Essex there was little sign of a Liberal Democrat revival. If there's to be any in Norfolk it'll probably come from the North coast.

We should have all the results by early afternoon.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

Four years ago everyone was talking about Essex and UKIP. The party which, until then, had only ever done well under the proportional representation system of European elections, had suddenly burst onto the local political stage. 

Once again the words Essex and UKIP dominate this morning's headlines. 

The county which once boasted some of the strongest support for UKIP in the country has turned its back on the party. 

"People can't get enough of Theresa May at the moment, she can do no wrong," one 'Kipper told me at the start of the campaign. 

"It's a struggle getting our message heard at the moment," another told me only last week. 

 And from what I'm hearing, that picture is going to be repeated today across the east. 

The other parties tell me that in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, the UKIP campaign has been virtually non-existent. 

Voters in this Brexit-supporting region feel its purpose is done. Party workers are said to be disillusioned.

But while today's story may be the demise of UKIP, Labour should also be braced for a terrible day. 

The Conservatives tell me that Labour voters are switching to them in large numbers, something borne out by the results from Essex. And at the moment there's no sign of the predicted Lib Dem surge.  

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a dry and rather breezy start to the day with variable cloud and some sunny spells. 

The best of the sunshine is likely in the morning, before skies gradually cloud over as the day progresses. 

In any sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm, but it will be cooler where exposed to the wind - top temperature: 15C (59F).

Watch my full regional forecast here:

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Welcome back to our live coverage.

The team here is poised to bring you regular news, sport and weather updates throughout the day, and of course as soon as the results of the county council elections are announced, we'll bring you those too.

Elizabeth Rizzini's on hand to bring us the weather prospects - I'm not making any promises, but I think the word "warm" may feature.

If you'd like to join in, you can contact us via the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

That's it from the Suffolk Live team, but we'll be back in the morning from 08:00.

We'll bring you our usual round-up of news, sport and weather, along with the results of the county council elections - which will begin to filter through from about midday.

If you haven't got too much planned for this evening, you might like to search down the back of your settee, and in purses, wallets or piggy-banks, for any £5 notes that might be lurking there.

Friday is the final day you can use them, after which they'll cease to be legal tender, and will no longer be accepted by shops, although banks should exchange them.

Guess what we're going to be doing as soon as we get home...

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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:

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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.