A "vicious" beggar-turned-mugger - furious after being offered a "derisory" pound coin by his victim - has been told today his six-year jail term was not too harsh.

Darren John Mellor, 38, of Burkefield Drive, Ipswich, was one of three men who attacked a man in a Great Yarmouth street in 2014.

The victim - who suffered a broken arm in the ensuing attack - had been begged to hand over money for for food, but Mellor became enraged when he donated a "derisory sum", London's Appeal Court (pictured) heard.

The man was robbed, knocked to the ground, hit with a walking stick and repeatedly kicked.

Mellor was jailed last July after he pleaded guilty at a late stage to robbery, but his lawyers argued he had been punished too severely compared to his co-accused and was not given enough credit for pleading guilty.

But Mrs Justice Andrews, sitting at London's Criminal Appeal Court, said Mellor played a "leading role" and "he was the one who carried out the theft".

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Three of the men jailed following a night of violence at West Meadows travellers' site in Ipswich in the aftermath of a double fatal stabbing will serve extra time on their sentences for other offences.

Judge Rupert Overbury sentenced William Harbour to a further two months for breaching his suspended sentence - in addition to the three years he will serve for violent disorder.

Ernest Oakley and Henry Harbour were also each given four months on top of their three-year jail sentences after they admitted criminal damage as well as violent disorder.

The judge said at this afternoon’s hearing that all five men jailed over the incident would serve half their total sentences and spend the rest on licence.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Five people have been jailed after violence flared at an Ipswich travellers' site days after a double fatal stabbing last December. 

Several caravans were set alight and a horse died during the incident at West Meadows on 11 December. 

William Harbour, 32, from Woodland Way, Ipswich, Ernest Oakley, 22, from West Meadows, and Henry Harbour, 21, from Wickford, Essex, and Swayley Smith, 24, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, have been jailed for three years each.

Levi Harbour, 19, from Wickford, has been sentenced to three years in youth detention, while a 14-year-old - who cannot be named - has been given a 12-month referral order.

They all admitted violent disorder at an earlier hearing and were sentenced today at Ipswich Crown Court. 

The trial of a teenage boy charged with the murders of a man and a teenager stabbed at the site will be held at the Old Bailey in June.

An appeal has been launched to find a man who went missing from Wetheringsett yesterday.

Image source, Suffolk Police

Luke Roberts, 34, was last seen leaving his home in Green Lane on a mountain bike at about 08:00.

He's described as white, 5ft 10in tall (1.77m), with short black hair and a beard and has a star tattoo next to his right eye.

Police said they are concerned for his welfare and appealed for anyone with information to get in touch, external.

Firefighters say the bin blaze could be linked to a fire at a golf club in the town.

The manager of Southwold golf club, external has said he is hoping it will rain to help the course recover from the fire.

The course closed for a day after the fire took hold on Sunday.

Gareth Jones said: "The club has been here for 133 years and it's a fantastic little place and we are just going to be short-term hampered by this interruption. 

"It's hard to believe we're now four days in and we're still seeing flames coming up so a bit of rain would certainly be beneficial."

The early morning mass wheelie bin fire in Southwold could be linked to the on-going gorse blaze in the town, the fire service has said.

Southwold station commander Russell Punchard said: "We're still investigating the cause and we can't rule out a deliberate ignition - they could well be linked. 

"I'd say to the public, if you've got any information on anything suspicious, please come forward because we are investigating both the incidents at the moment or call the police."

Firefighters are still on the scene at Southwold golf course after the large gorse fire broke out there on Sunday.

The ground has continued to smoulder on parts of the course.

About 120 bins in a temporary store in a car park on Pier Avenue were destroyed in a blaze at about 04:30 this morning.

Police have appealed for witnesses after a spate of car vandalism in Beccles over the last few days.

Image source, Google

The vandals scratched the paintwork of at least nine vehicles parked in Denmark Road (pictured) and St George's Road between 23:00 on Sunday and 06:00 on Monday.

Officers have linked the incidents , externalto another five cases of criminal damage, where wing mirrors were snapped off cars in St Benet's Drive and Nicholson Drive overnight on Friday.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk

A mass wheelie bin blaze in Southwold overnight is being treated by police as "suspicious".

I've been to the scene at the Pier Avenue car park, where more than 100 bins were believed to have been set alight at about 04:30.

You can see remnants of the base of the bins - and a lot of rubber tyres that seem to have melted.

On Sunday, about 50 firefighters dealt with a large gorse fire close to the golf club at the upmarket seaside resort.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Defender Adam Webster's surprise return to action was probably the only positive Ipswich Town, external fans took from Sunday's defeat at Nottingham Forest.

It was the 22-year-old's first appearance since January, after surgery to repair ankle ligament damage.

"Honestly, it feels like it's brand new again," Webster told BBC Suffolk Sport. "I've not had any stiffness or soreness.

"It's something I definitely needed doing, as the surgeon said, because it was in a bad way but it now feels very good."

Zoe Applegate
BBC News

A Woodbridge town councillor has been chosen as the Green Party's candidate for the Suffolk Coastal constituency.

Eamonn O'Nolan, 63, is a volunteer first responder with the ambulance service and said his "frustration" at witnessing the "effects of government cuts on people who need it most" has prompted him to stand.

Mr O'Nolan, who moved to Suffolk after retiring from his career in technology, is also an opponent of Sizewell C and said it was a "destructive programme, with no justifiable benefits".

The Dublin-born father-of-seven will stand in the general election on 8 June.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

More than a hundred wheelie bins have been set alight in Southwold in what's thought to have been a deliberate act. 

Firefighters were called to the car park on Pier Avenue near to the seafront at about 04:30.

Up to 120 wheelie bins on the residential street were alight. 

Suffolk Fire and Rescue, external is treating the fires, which took more than an hour to put out, as suspicious.

We'll bring you some images as soon as we have them.

BBC Weather

The return finally of the sunshine today despite a cold start. 

And that sunshine will be prolonged, staying with us all day although it will feel much cooler on the coasts in the wind. 

Temperatures reaching 16 celcius inland, that's 61 farenheit. 

BBC Weather has more local forecasts. 

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BBC News

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It's a much brighter start this morning. Kate Kinsella will be here shortly with a full forecast.

Lord Derby wins a key High Court stage of his fight to build 400 homes on his land.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

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After Lord Derby's High Court victory in quashing the government's decision which would have prevented him from building 400 homes on his farm in Newmarket, the Department for Communities and Local Government has issued a brief statement.

A spokesman said: "We have received this judgment and will now consider our response."

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

Cloud will thin and break to eventually leave largely clear skies across the BBC East region.

Temperatures could fall to freezing in places, and there's a chance of patchy frost.

Some areas of shallow mist and fog are also possible.

After a chilly start, Wednesday will be fine and dry with long sunny spells and patchy cloud.

It'll feel warm in a light south to south easterly wind.

Inland temperatures could reach 17C (63F).

BBC Weather has a more detailed forecast for where you are.

After the driest winter for 20 years, and one of the driest Aprils on record, farmers are concerned that another week without rain could be critical for early crops.

Andrew Blenkiron is the manager of Euston Estate, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border near Thetford. 

Their 100 acre field of carrots have been in since the middle of January, and already he's had to apply two inches of water.

The estate has built two large reservoirs (one is pictured) to help manager water resources - and each takes several years to gain planning permission. 

"We don't know if we're going to get a dry summer, but if we do and we move in to a second really dry winter, then we have real concerns because we'll have limited ability to fill our reservoirs through next winter."

Farmers talk of a five year cycle - 2012 saw a hosepipe ban in this part of the world followed by record levels of rain - it was known as the wettest drought in history.