Updates for Friday, 14 July 2017
Simon Dobbin football hooliganism trial: 13 men convicted
Mr Dobbin is due to attend sentencing on Monday
More than 130 jobs lost at Ipswich insurance call centre
Man released from police custody after woman dies in Felixstowe
Armed police deployed at Latitude as security raised
Scattered thunderstorms have developed over East Anglia and these could continue into the evening.
Our BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about to capture images of those stormy skies.
And finally, "Flamingo" says it's thundering - and raining - in Harleston.
This Suffolk Wildlife Trust warden, based at the Sizewell Estate, thought lightning may have hit Sizewell B nuclear power station.
However, we rang the switchboard at the EDF plant, and they said they definitely hadn't been hit today.
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There's been flash flooding in Aldeburgh as the rain storms pass over...
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A week of action to tackle drugs supply in Ipswich has seen more than 50 arrests being made, a quantity of class A drugs seized and a number of road traffic offences being dealt with.
Image source, Suffolk PoliceThe operation was designed to disrupt and tackle both drugs offences, and violent and acquisitive crime linked to drugs, as many recent attacks and robberies in the town are believed to have their roots in disputes over drug supply.
Det Supt Steve Mattin said: "Many of those arrested have been remanded in custody pending further court hearings, while others will appear at court over the next few weeks."
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In a game that went one way and the other on more than one occasion on Saturday, it was Sudbury who took the honours, external thanks to the batting heroics of Dustin Melton and Jonny Gallagher.
This latest tweet from Weatherquest's Dan Holley shows the line of thunderstorms as they move over East Anglia:
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These two police officers made it back to base before the heavens opened:
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Ben Fryer
BBC Essex
The jury in the trial of 13 men charged in connection with the attack in Southend on football fan Simon Dobbin have been sent home for the night.
The five men and seven women will return to Basildon Crown Court for 10:15 tomorrow.
Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan who lives in Milldenhall, was left with brain damage after the incident.
One man has already admitted violent disorder, but the other 12 defendants deny that charge and all 13 deny conspiracy to commit violent disorder.
Some of our BBC Weather Watchers have braved the elements for us and taken some fabulous photographs of the stormy skies over our county:
Kate Arkell
BBC Radio Suffolk
A wheelchair-user has welcomed news that Ipswich Tennis club, external has started offering wheelchair tennis sessions.
Natalie, who became a wheelchair user in the last couple of years, said: "I do like the social side of it, the added bonus of a drink in the bar at the end of it with a few friends is nice, but for me it was more than that.
"It was actually psychological well-being, so I could blank out any of the hardship I'd unfortunately faced in the last 20 months in what's been an incredibly traumatic time.
"I don't think about that when I'm on the court for two hours."
With help from Suffolk LTA and the Tennis Foundation, the club has bought a number of sports wheelchairs, and now offers coaching twice a month.
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
After the excitement of yesterday's Knock-Out Cup win over Stoke, Mildenhall Fen Tigers, external are back in National League, external action tonight.
Image source, Jeff HiggottThe West Row outfit head to Kent Kings looking for their third away win of the season.
"Kent are not particularly strong at the moment as some of their riders have been injured, but it's always a competitive place," said Fen Tigers co-owner James Easter.
"Never underestimate the team spirit we've got here, I haven't seen anything like this team spirit since the old days of John Berry at Ipswich.
"They've all been absolutely superb."
An album of drawings by Sudbury-born Thomas Gainsborough has been described as the "very best collection of Gainsborough's early drawings in existence".
Image source, Royal Collection Trust/National GalleryThe drawings, in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, had been attributed to another artist, Sir Edwin Landseer, in the reign of Queen Victoria.
But after studying the 25 black-and-white chalk sketches, historian Lindsay Stainton confirmed they are actually early works by one of Britain's most famous painters.
"It's thrilling," she told the BBC.
Weatherquest's, external Dan Holley is tweeting about the heavy thundery showers that are forecast for this afternoon.
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With the risk of flooding in some areas, the Environment Agency reminds motorists not to drive through flood water.
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The effectiveness of a project to alleviate the risk of flooding in parts of Lowestoft is being assessed today by members of the Suffolk Flood Risk Management Scrutiny Committee.
Anglian Water says it's spent £2m in the All Saints' Road area "building bigger pipes, bigger surface water sewers and bigger foul sewers".
Emma Staples from the company added: "In Kirkley Stream we've also done a lot of work around the trash screens - they're in place to stop debris getting into our pumping station.
"We've also attached a sensor to the screens so we'll now see if the river level is rising.
"We'll be able to send people out before the storm gets serious."
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
Two years after 33 homes were flooded in Lowestoft, parts of the town are still at risk of significant flooding from the sea, rivers, and extreme rainfall, according to a report being discussed, external by Suffolk's Flood Risk Management Scrutiny Committee, external today.
In July 2015, 82mm (3in) of rain fell in just one night, affecting homes close to the Kirkley Stream in south Lowestoft.
Last week exceptionally heavy rain caused a stream to overflow, caused by people dumping rubbish in it, according to local residents.
They also said they "kept watching out the window" and the water levels rose "halfway up the garden".
One recommendation in the report is to have volunteer flood wardens to monitor the Kirkley Stream and report blockages, but people living in the area aren't in favour of this.
"They should have somebody appointed to come round here and look after the stream and when we get a flood warning there should be somebody round here checking," one of them said.
"It's their responsibility, they should look after it, not us."
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Ipswich Harriers, external javelin thrower Don Baker came second at the English Schools Athletics Championship, external in Birmingham on Saturday.
The 17-year-old from Bentley threw 59.36 metres in the senior boys' event, to finish behind Norfolk's Daniel Bainbridge.
Baker's been selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games, external later this month.
Jon Wright
BBC Radio Suffolk
Police in Ipswich say "not a day goes by in the town" when they don't have a couple of bicycles stolen, describing it as a "significant issue".
An appeal on the Suffolk Police Facebook page, external to find the owners of six bikes recovered from a property in Ipswich has been shared more than 325 times, and they've received 100 emails from people who've had bikes stolen.
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BBC Essex sport
The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of 13 men charged in connection with the attack in Southend which left Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin with brain damage.
The judge at Basildon Crown Court has asked for unanimous verdicts.
One man has already admitted violent disorder, but the other 12 defendants deny that charge and all 13 deny conspiracy to commit violent disorder.
Improvements to two of Kesgrave’s busiest junctions have been lined up this summer, external, as highways bosses aim to reduce congestion in the town.
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