Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk

As Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce, external offers people the chance to give their views on Sunday opening, a businesswoman in the town says seven day trading would cause her problems.

Amanda Phillips, co-proprietor of the Old Bakery Emporium, external, told us: "I'm not open on Sunday.

"We have thought about it, but it means as an independent we'd have to get somebody else in to cover because it is my one and only day off.

"Physically opening on a Sunday is going to create problems for us independent retailers although it would be great to have us all open on Sundays."

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

Residents in Hadleigh are being asked if they'd like to see shops in the town open for business on Sundays.

At present, shops on the High Street are closed, although a nearby supermarket is open seven-days-a-week.

Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce has posted messages on social media, external, asking the question.

Chairman Sean Garnham says reaction has been mixed so far: "The general consensus would appear that there's not many people in favour of it as general consumers but everyone's entitled to their own opinion obviously."

The Tour of Britain begins in 100 days, with some of the world's top cyclists due to visit the county on stage six of the event.

The start of the Tour of Britain, external, which will visit the county for one of the early stages, is just 100 days away.

Image source, Suffolk Coastal District Council

Stage six, on Friday 8 September, will see some of the world's top cyclists racing between Newmarket and Aldeburgh.

Sarah Shinnie, sports development officer at Suffolk Coastal council, says they're seeing a lot of support from communities along the route: "We've got Wickham Market, who are coming up with some fantastic ideas to engage not only the primary schools but the local communities, the local shops, including cycle shops.

"In Framlingham we've got some harebrained ideas as to what we want to do round the castle. It's going to be going right past that so we're really excited.

"And then in Aldeburgh itself it's welcoming back the tour. It's had the women's Tour before, and now it's getting the men's Tour, so it's really upping its game."

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town, external duo Tommy Smith (pictured) and Monty Patterson have been named in the New Zealand squad for three warm-up games ahead of next month's Confederations Cup, external.

Image source, Getty Images

The All Whites will play Northern Ireland in Belfast next Friday, League of Ireland side Cabinteely in Dublin four days later and then Belarus, in Minsk, on 12 June.

Their first Confederations Cup match is against hosts Russia on Sunday 18 June.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Today will be dry, sunny and hot again for most of us.

A breeze will blow off the sea, curtailing temperatures in Lowestoft and right on the coast.

Top temperature inland: 24C (75F).

After a warm sunny evening, we will all have another mild rather muggy night.

It will be a good one for stargazing as there will be very little cloud and a new moon.

Lows of 14C (57F).

Get the full forecast where you live from BBC Weather.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Welcome to our live coverage.

If you're joining us for the first time, this is where you'll find regular news, sport, travel and weather updates from across the county, so stay with us, and let us know later on what you think about what you see.

The good folk of Hadleigh are being asked their opinion on whether shops in the town should open on Sundays, so we'll find out how the land lies there - we'd be interested in your views on Sunday trading too, is it just a way of life now?

Whether you're responding to local news, sending us your photographs of the county, or just saying hello, it's really easy to get in touch. Just click on the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

We'll start the day though in time-honoured fashion, by checking out the day's weather prospects. Elizabeth Rizzini will be with us next.

That's it - we've been in the newsroom for long enough on this beautiful day, and we're going to head home now and enjoy the evening sunshine (it's actually going home time anyway so we're not sneaking off early).

If you haven't been with us all day, scroll down and catch up on what's been happening across the county since 08:00.

Have a good evening - we'll be back bright and breezy, but hopefully without any sunburned noses, in the morning.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

A warm and humid night in store, with temperatures remaining in the mid-teens in many areas.

Friday will again be hot with long spells of sunshine, continuing to feel humid, although it'll be cooler on the coast with an onshore breeze.

Highs of 26C (79F).

Get the full forecast where you live, from BBC Weather.

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Items from the London home of Lord Ballyedmond, who died after his helicopter crashed in south Norfolk, have made more than £4m at auction.

Image source, Sotheby's

The Northern Ireland peer and industrialist was one of four people killed when a helicopter came down in a field in Gillingham near Beccles in thick fog in March 2014.

The collection of more than 500 objects went under the hammer at Sotheby's over the last two days.

A silver wine cistern (pictured below), weighing over 70kg and able to accommodate over 70 bottles of champagne, which was a reproduction of an original by Paul de Lamerie (1719) made £112,500.

Image source, Sotheby's

An unusual 18th century large George II Palladian ‘Baby House’ (pictured below) or dolls house sold for £37,500 - well above the estimate of £6,000-9,000.

Image source, Sotheby's

Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk

A man who works close to the Limes Hotel in Needham Market, which has closed unexpectedly, says people in the town aren't surprised by the news.

Steven Moore, who works in the post office, said: "Most of them knew it was coming I think because it has been getting quieter and quieter and they haven't been doing as many functions or putting on any events recently.

"It has been getting a quieter less popular pub so I don't think it really surprised anyone."

Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk

A hotel and wedding venue in Needham Market has shut its doors unexpectedly.

The Limes has had several reviews on the Trip Advisor website in the past few days with guests saying they had to find alternative accommodation at short notice after arriving at the hotel to find its doors locked.

Steven Moore, who works in the nearby post office, said: "We've had people coming in who were booked in to stay for the night.

"They'd come here, it was all closed up, where could they go to find a hotel, so we were telling them, and then when we spoke to neighbours of the Limes they said that literally Thursday night they'd [the owners] locked it up, emptied it out and gone.

"As far as we know, it's closed down and there's nobody about."

The minke whale had been lying on mud flats in the River Ore since washing up on Saturday.

Two companies have been fined and a director has been given a suspended prison sentence after the fatal crushing of four Suffolk workers at an excavation site.

Daniel Hazelton, 30, his brother Thomas Hazelton, 26, Adam Taylor, 28, and Peter Johnson, 41, were killed when a steel cage collapsed in January 2011.

The accident happened at Claxton Engineering Services in Great Yarmouth.

Image source, HSE

The Old Bailey heard that the men were constructing a large steel structure (see above) when it collapsed on top of them.

Claxton Engineering Services, of Ferry Road, Norwich, was fined £500,000 with £100,000 costs. Encompass Project Management of Old Market Street, Thetford, was fined £200,000 with costs of £50,000.

David Groucott, of Diss, a director of Encompass, was given a seven and a half month prison sentence, suspended for two years, as well as community work and a fine.

Image source, HSE

Daniel Hazelton (pictured below, top left) Thomas Hazleton (bottom right) and Mr Johnson (bottom left) were all from Stanton, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and Mr Taylor (top right) was from nearby Rickinghall.

Image source, Contributed

Helen Burchell
BBC News

The minke whale that washed up on the River Ore near Orford on Saturday has been moved.

Image source, New Orford Town Trust

Kara Reed from the New Orford Town Trust, external said the whale, which weighed about 1.5 tonnes and was less than 20ft (6m) long, was moved at about midday.

She said they had had to wait for high tide as it was on a mud bank: "A boat towed it about a mile to Orford Quay, and it was then taken away by an authorised contractor by lorry for disposal."

Ms Reed added that in 13 years of the working for the Trust she had never had to deal with a whale, and described the situation as "very sad".

Three crews are fighting a blaze in the Heffers High Hill area of Thetford Forest, near Brandon.

Another three crews have been called to assist.

We've been told an area of undergrowth of about 800 sq m (957 sq yds) is "well alight".

We'll bring you further details as we get them.

If you're in the area and have seen any sign of the fire, and can safely take a photograph, you can send it to us via the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

Jon Wright
BBC Radio Suffolk

Speaking after the observance of a minute's silence today for the victims of the Manchester bomb attack, the vicar of Ipswich's parish church, St Mary-le-Tower, says it's "really important we all come together".

Reverend Canon Charles Jenkins (pictured third from right on steps) added: "The people of Manchester have done that admirably and it's good we've got together here this morning.

"An attack like this is an attack on everyone - we have to stand together, we have to support each other - we need to make sure these things don't drive us apart."

Jon Wright
BBC Radio Suffolk

Civic and faith leaders in Ipswich joined in this morning's minute's silence, remembering victims of the Manchester bomb attack.

Nurul Chowdhury from Ipswich Mosque, external (pictured left) said afterwards: "Our heart goes out to the people of Manchester and all those people who lost their lives, especially the innocent young children.

"There is no way people as young as these should be embroiled in situations like this.

"I don't even know how to describe it, it is so heart-rending.

"As a father I cannot imagine how the parents of those children feel."