Jon Wright
BBC Radio Suffolk

I don't know what you were doing over the weekend, but it probably wasn't as energetic as Tom Boother's bank holiday break.

The Ipswich endurance runner took part in the Grand Union Canal, external 145-mile (233km) race from Birmingham to London, finishing in 31st place (out of a field of 66) in a time of 37 hours, 27 minutes.

Tom said: "My feet were as happy as my face with the chairs at the finish line."

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Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Richard Daniel
BBC Look East

A Ukrainian man has pleaded not guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants into Suffolk on board a yacht.

Seven people, including 48-year-old Hennadii Kurtoglu, were arrested after the yacht Sander ran aground at the mouth of the River Ore on 30 April 2017.

Six people on board the yacht, all believed to be Ukrainians, faced deportation.

Mr Kurtoglu appeared at Ipswich Crown Court today via video link to deny assisting unlawful immigration into the UK.

He was remanded in custody and is due to stand trial on 29 August.

Bury Free Press

Former Ireland Under-18 international Yasin Browne has become new head coach Jon Clarke and new rugby director Kevin Maggs' first announced signing, external at Bury St Edmunds.

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The Conservative and Labour candidates in the Central Suffolk and north Ipswich constituency have been setting their stall out when it comes to the need for a northern bypass for Ipswich.

Dan Poulter (Conservative) said the majority of congestion in Ipswich is caused by journeys within the town "so the main focus should be making sure we help people to get out of their cars as much as we can".

Mr Poulter added: "I would rather see money at the moment going into our health and care system than half a billion pounds concreting over the Suffolk countryside."

Labour candidate Elizabeth Hughes began by saying: "The plans for the bypass I'm sympathetic to them, but what is the need for it? There's got to be a proven need before we start building it and there may be other priorities."

Pressed on the subject by BBC Suffolk presenter Mark Murphy, who said: "You don't think there's a proven need?", Ms Hughes replied: "There is a need for relief of some of the traffic congestion... I'm for a northern bypass... it's the actual timing of when it goes in."

Also standing, external are Aiden Van-De-Weyer (Liberal Democrat), Regan Scott (Green party) and Stephen Searle (UKIP).

On the eve of the annual Suffolk Show, we get a bird's eye view of Trinity Park .

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Mildenhall Fen Tigers, external' unbeaten home record is still intact after a narrow 47-43 victory over Belle Vue on Sunday.

Image source, Mildenhall Fen Tigers

The success came at a cost though, as Sam Woods (pictured) sustained a nasty injury when he clipped the fallen Kyle Bickley in heat seven.

“Today was a hard fought win make no mistake, and I thought the lads stuck to their task really well," Fen Tigers chairman Kevin Jolly told the club website.

"The victory though has had its gloss taken off with the news that Sam Woods wrist injury could keep him out for up to six weeks. I have a replacement sorted thankfully and we will announce him soon."

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Witches, external suffered their first defeat in five meetings at the weekend, going down 54-38 at Workington Comets in the Championship, external.

Image source, Stephen Waller

Captain Danny King, with paid-13, was the pick of the Suffolk side's riders, while teammate Rory Schlein weighed in with a respectable 10 points.

"It was a disappointing night,” team manager Ritchie Hawkins (pictured) told the club website.

“We never seemed to get any momentum going and we were on the wrong end of some bad decisions. As a complete team though, we were not good enough."

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich, external legend John Wark says Town will really miss departing defender Christophe Berra, who has agreed to rejoin his former club Hearts this summer.

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He also believes Mick McCarthy will have to replace the 32-year-old, despite still having centre-halves Luke Chambers, Adam Webster and Tommy Smith at Portman Road.

"For me, he was our best defender for the whole season, he was consistent and just wanted to defend" Wark told BBC Suffolk Sport. "I still think you would need another one (a replacement) just in case."

Sara Thornton
BBC Weather

There's quite a lot of cloud around but I think as the day continues we'll see some bright spells coming through, not lots and lots of sunshine but some breaks in the cloud through the day.

There may be an occasional touch of drizzle, maybe the odd light shower but nothing more than that.

Top temperature across the BBC East region 19C (66F).

Watch my full forecast here:

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Welcome back to our regular updates - I hope you've had a relaxing weekend.

It's the eve of the Suffolk Show, so we're getting quite excited about the county's biggest event, particularly as we've just heard the words "dry" and "sunny" used to describe the weather prospects for the two-day celebration of all things local.

An early work by street artist Banksy goes under the hammer in Newmarket later on, it's expected to raise up to £15,000 so we'll keep an eye on that for you.

But we'll start with the day's weather prospects - Sara Thornton is poised to bring us those next.

The anti-Iraq War protest placard is said to have been produced before the artist gained widespread acclaim.

The carcass of the marine mammal was discovered on the beach near Lowestoft.