There are plans for a new train line which could bring a service back to Haverhill.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Witches race Sheffield Tigers at Foxhall tonight in Speedway's Championship League., external

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The Witches will attempt a twelfth consecutive win at home this season, and will continue to be led by Danny King, despite the captain suffering further damage to his injured shoulder over the weekend.

The former British Champion fell from his bike whilst leading heat 11 of Sunday's meeting with Newcastle Diamonds,, external which the Witches went on to lose by just two points.

Team manager Ritchie Hawkins believes the Suffolk side would have beaten the Diamonds had that incident not happened, and King agrees:

"I was winning when I crashed, and you'd like to think that I would have scored a few more points than I did after the fall."

King has also told us that he is fine to compete tonight, despite not being at 100 per cent.

"The injury is similar to how it was before the Newcastle trip really. It's not really got any better or worse since I first hurt it during a meeting at Edinburgh earlier in the season."

"Strapping it up and taking the right things for it are key. I'll be ok.

In case you missed it in yesterday's coverage, this is a great story about how tennis can transform lives.

Four years ago Tony Costa from Llandudno in North Wales weighed 26-and-a-half stone, having struggled to deal with the death of his five-month-old son.

He lost some weight through a diet club but had "plateaued" and was "losing interest" and needed something to keep him going.

"Tennis came at the right time," Tony says. This year Tony's son would've been 20 years old and he and his wife Caroline held a memorial tennis match at a local club.

"We shone some light on some darkness - and we have tennis to thank for that."

If you want to follow Tony's lead and get into tennis, read our Get Inspired guide.

Julian Sturdy
BBC Look East

Border control operations at smaller ports are set to improve, according to the Home Office.

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It comes after the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration identified a number of the smaller ports along the east coast were never visited by immigration officers.

Inspectors found, external that only 27 out of 62 ports were visited by officers, "missing opportunities to collect local intelligence".

Chief inspector David Bolt said: "The likely consequence of long periods of non-attendance by Border Force at particular locations is that there is no visible deterrent to anyone prepared to risk using these spots to land illegal migrants or contraband goods."

But the Home Office, external said steps were being made to improve the situation.

A spokesman said: "We are already improving our visibility and intelligence-gathering at smaller ports by doubling the number of coastal patrol vessels operating, increasing the focus of our field intelligence officers on maritime and helping maritime communities to report suspicious activity."

Julian Sturdy
BBC Look East

The number of stowaways caught trying to illegally enter into the region via ports has doubled in a year, according to inspectors.

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Border Force UK, external has detected 648 “clandestines” at major ports along the east coast between April 2015 and October 2016.

A total of 381 stowaways were caught at Felixstowe, Harwich and Tilbury, according to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration., external

Some 900 illegal immigrants bound for Harwich or Hull were detected in vehicles at the Hook of Holland before they boarded ships within a six-month period last year.

Inspectors also found many of the smaller ports were never even visited by Border Force so they had "no deterrent, or ability to gather local intelligence".

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

A Suffolk couple had a lucky escape when a van crashed into their newly-built bungalow at the weekend.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a van crashed through a fence and into the corner of the property, which is on the A140 at Earl Stonham.

It struck a wall just inches from a bed and the impact moved the bedside table to the other side of the room.

The van is still there, four days on, and the A410 will have to be closed for it to be removed.

Roger Taylor lives there and says it's the second time a vehicle's ended up in their garden.

He wants the council to stop it happening again: "The first one actually just took the fence out.

"It's annoying and we'd like to have a crash barrier outside to try and stop them coming through."

Police say they have spoken to the driver of the van and are continuing to investigate the incident.

BBC Weather

Staying dry and fine with sunny spells this afternoon and evening.

The wind will ease off making it feel much warmer than yesterday.

A top temperature of 20C (68F).

BBC Weather Watchers

After a murky couple of days, the sunshine has returned, as captured by our BBC Weather Watchers:

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Suffolk's Hannah Martin (pictured right) is expected to play for England, external against Japan this afternoon in their second game at the World League Semi-Final, external in South Africa.

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The 22-year-old, who made her full international debut in February, helped her country get off to a winning start on Monday, as they beat Poland 3-0.

England's two remaining group fixtures are against Germany on Friday, and then Ireland on Sunday.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

We've just heard that the jury in the trial of 13 men accused of attacking a Cambridge United football fan following a match against Southend United have been sent home for the day.

Simon Dobbin, from Mildenhall, Suffolk, has been unable to walk or talk since the attack in March 2015.

They are due to reconvene at Basildon Crown Court at 10:15 tomorrow.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Witches, external have a rare Wednesday night home meeting later, with Sheffield Tigers the visitors.

Image source, Stephen Waller

The Suffolk side, who took four points from weekend trips to Berwick and Newcastle, are unbeaten at Foxhall all season.

"It is a very important meeting and we need to win and stop them from getting any points,” manager Ritchie Hawkins told the club website.

"They are contenders and it is important to carry on our home form. There were a lot of positives from the weekend even though a lot of people will look at the negatives, but there was a lot of positives that we can build on."

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

As we reported earlier, the BBC has found that hospitals in East Anglia are close to being full.

The chief executive of Ipswich Hospital, Nick Hulme, said: "The pressure on the NHS is no longer seasonal, but all year round".

Sarah Seeley is a nurse there and is also chair of the Royal College of Nursing in Suffolk.

She says work is under way to make the health service more efficient: "We've been working with care homes to develop something similar to the hospital passport that focusses on what the patient is able to do.

"When they come into us we use that information to better understand the patient and then transfer the them back to the care home."

The number of beds being taken up by patients who medically do not need to be treated - often dubbed 'bed-blockers' or 'delayed discharges' - is still high at many hospitals.

Andy Yacoub, chairman of Healthwatch Suffolk, said the focus for the NHS is making sure patients are able to leave hospital when they're well enough.

"It really isn't the best place to be if you shouldn't be there, which is why Suffolk and North East Essex are making huge improvements around working better together.

"Over the next few years, that should help with the pressures the hospital is under now," he said.

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

An Ipswich-based charity which supports young people with education and sport programmes is being helped by cremations in the town.

The borough council collects and sells leftover metal from cremated coffins, with the proceeds given to good causes.

This year the Inspire Suffolk charity has received a cheque for £5,000.

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Its chief executive, Terry Baxter, said: "I've lost both my parents but I genuinely think that if something from them was taken on to help support other people to have a better life then that's a satisfying way of thinking that my loved ones helped.

“I hope that the families of people who've supported this scheme feel the same way.”

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

Prince Harry is coming to Suffolk next week.

He'll be launching a new ID card at brain injury charity, Headway Suffolk, external, in Ipswich next Thursday and will also visit RAF Honington in the west of the county.

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Headway chief executive, Helen Fairweather, said they were busy decorating their offices ahead of the visit and explained what the new ID card is all about: "After brain injury, people may have several different problems and disabilities.

"They might not be able to walk in a straight line or they might have slurred speech.

"So if they then come across a situation that involves the police, they might think the person is drunk or under the influence of drugs.

“But if they have a card that explains they've got a brain injury then the police can take a different approach."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The jury in the trial of 13 men accused of attacking a Cambridge United football fan following a match against Southend, will begin a third day of deliberations this morning.

Image source, Nicole Dobbin

Simon Dobbin, from Mildenhall, Suffolk, has been unable to walk or talk since the attack in Southend in March 2015.

During the trial, Basildon Crown Court heard the group of Southend United fans wanted to attack any Cambridge supporters in "revenge" for an earlier fight.

All the men deny conspiracy to commit violent disorder, 11 of them deny committing violent disorder.

Simon Dedman
Health Correspondent, Look East

East Anglia’s hospitals are close to being full, the BBC can reveal.

Hospitals are usually under greater pressure in the colder winter months, but the boss of Colchester and Ipswich Hospital, Nick Hulme, says "the pressure on the NHS is no longer seasonal".

Three acute hospitals in Essex have no spare beds at all.

The West Suffolk Hospital, external in Bury St Edmunds and Queen Elizabeth in King's Lynn both had just four beds available. Ipswich Hospital, external has yet to provide figures.

Population growth and increasing demand on hospital services is also part of the reason for the hospitals being stretched.

But the number of beds being taken up by patients who medically do not need to be treated – often dubbed 'bed-blockers' or 'delayed discharges' - is still high at many hospitals.

There are 355 beds in East Anglia currently taken up by patients who medically do not need to be in hospital.

Ipswich Town, external midfielder Andre Dozzell should be lining up for England's Under-19s in the last-four of the European Championship, external in Georgia this afternoon.

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The 18-year-old's been struggling with a hip injury but is hoping to keep his ever-present record in the tournament as the Young Lions face the Czech Republic.

"They're a very strong and powerful side," said England boss Keith Downing. "They're very well organised and know exactly what they're doing and are dangerous on set-plays. They also have two very good strikers.

"Equally, we have to go into the game knowing what we can do and what we've done previously and keep repeating that. If we do that I am confident that we can progress even further."

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

It will be a cloudy and drizzly start, but this will soon thin during the morning as all parts become dry, with long sunny periods throughout the afternoon and evening.

The wind will be mainly light and as a result it will feel much warmer than on Tuesday.

Maximum Temperature: 20C (68F).

BBC Weather has more.

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

Hello and welcome to Wednesday's live updates for Suffolk on 12 July.

We'll be here until 18:00 with the latest news, sport, weather and travel for the county.

A full weather forecast is coming up shortly and we'll find out if it's going to brighten up after a wet night...

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