Updates for Friday, 5 May 2017
Corrie Mckeague search area being expanded
Just a few county council election results to be declared
'Billy Elliot' dreams for ballet boy
Cost of Corrie investigation revealed
Ed Sheeran tells Kirsty Young about his song-writing
County well represented in Sunday Times Rich List
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:
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.
Image source, Suffolk PoliceA 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.
Image source, PaperpixThe 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.
Image source, Ipswich StarHere's the front page of the east edition of the East Anglian Daily Times, external:
Image source, EADTThis is the front page of the west edition of the East Anglian Daily Times, external:
Image source, EADTHere's the front page of the Ipswich Star, external:
Image source, Ipswich StarSix 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.
Image source, Shenston familyRichest 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.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 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.
Image source, Stephen WallerRecent 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...
Image source, PAWhether you're walking in Walberswick, picnicking in Pakenham or strolling in Stradishall, the RSPB would like you to keep your eyes peeled for one of these birds:
Image source, Roger WyattIt's a Montagu's harrier, the UK's rarest breeding bird of prey, and the conservation charity is hoping to locate and monitor the birds' breeding sites.
So if you spot one, you'll need to note the date, a six-digit grid reference if possible, and contact the RSPB, external, giving them your phone number too.
Good luck.
Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather
Tonight will be largely dry and cloudy with a small chance of some light rain and drizzle, but most places should remain dry.
Lowest temperatures between 5-9C (41- 48F).
Tomorrow will be mainly dry and cloudy with some brightness and sunshine at times, with the best of any breaks in the cloud expected in the north of the region.
There’ll be a moderate to fresh north-easterly wind and highest temperatures inland about 15C (59F).
The weekend is still looking fine and dry with sunny spells and the rain staying to the south of our area.
Snape Maltings has announced jazz singer Clare Teal, external as the opening act for this year's Snape Proms, external, which take place from 1 August to 1 September.
Image source, Snape MaltingsThere'll also be appearances by Barbara Dickson, external, Loudon Wainwright III, external, (pictured) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra., external
The summer season ends with a live edition of BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night, hosted by Len Goodman.
Image source, Hugh BrownA team of aerobatic champions who've just returned from a competition in China will be one of the attractions at the Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend, external which takes place in Felixstowe on 24 and 25 June.
Image source, Global Stars/Keith WilsonThe event, which recognises the contribution made by servicemen from the past until the present day, will also mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch attack on Landguard Fort (pictured)
A multi-agency operation in Lowestoft yesterday resulted in almost half the vehicles examined being taken off the road.
Image source, GoogleOut of 42 vehicles examined, seven were taken off the road straightaway by police, because they were being illegally driven.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, external took a further 13 vehicles off the road due to their condition.
Almost 30 offences recorded by police included drivers having no insurance, driving licence and/or MOT for their vehicles, with a number also spotted driving without a seatbelt.
Police are appealing for witnesses following a dangerous driving incident in Stowmarket.
At around 14:40 on Tuesday, officers out on patrol in Tavern Street requested the driver of a white Renault Clio to stop.
The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit then ensued, continuing into Onehouse Road, Windermere Road, Kingsmead Road and St Edmunds Road, where the Clio mounted a pavement and entered a walkway leading to Gainsborough Road, causing a pedestrian to take evasive action.
At this point the pursuit was called-off due to the potential danger to other members of the public, but the vehicle was located parked and unattended at around 15:50 near to Delius Close, where it was seized by police for being uninsured.
