Ben Parker
BBC Suffolk sport

Ipswich hockey star Hannah Martin's England side have comfortably beaten India 4-1 at the Hockey World League Semi-Finals, external in South Africa.

Martin set up her side's third before scoring the fourth herself just before full time in the quarter final match.

England will now face the United States in the semi-finals... of, yes, the Hockey World League Semi-Finals.

Confusing isn't it?

Full BBC Sport report here.

Debbie Tubby
BBC Look East

An inquest into the death of a seven-year-old boy from Suffolk has been hearing from clinical staff at the private hospital in London which was treating him.

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James Dwerryhouse from Capel St Mary near Ipswich died last August, a day after an operation at the Portland Hospital in Marylebone.

Stephen Cachero, a nurse on duty at the time, told the inquest that John Dwerryhouse had said his son wouldn't settle with all the monitoring wires on.

The nurse said he should have been more firm and insisted the monitoring wires were kept on.

The coroner read out statements about CCTV footage which showed Mr Dwerryhouse arriving at 01:11.

The inquest was also told that at 01:15 the monitor was taken off and at 02:04 Mr Cachero went for a break.

Mr Dwerryhouse left the room at 02:57 after settling his son.

At 03:48 the nurse returned from his break and at 04:18 the emergency bell was pulled.

Mr Dwerryhouse told the inquest earlier he would not have told staff to remove the monitors.

The inquest is continuing.

Kevin Burch
BBC Look East

A team of engineers has started work on a £30m project to drill under the River Orwell and lay 13 miles of electric cables, to improve the capacity and reliability of the power network.

Four lengths of pipe, each more than half a mile long are being run from one side of the river to the other, from Trimley to Shotley in the first phase of the overhaul.

And the first of those four pipes has been successfully laid under the river bed.

"There was a sigh of relief last night when I got the text to say it had come through safely," said Chris Sugars of UK Power Networks, external.

"Once you've done one then you've got an idea of what the issues are, so we hope the others can come through nice and smoothly."

Image source, The cables run from Trimley (top right past the Port of Felixstowe) under the River Orwell to the Shotley Peninsula (top centre) and then across the River Stour (top left) to Harwich and Dovercourt

Once this part of the operation is complete, two of the four cables at Shotley will then be taken to Dovercourt/Harwich under the River Stour, a stretch of just over a mile.

Once finished, work will begin removing the 13 miles of pylons and overhead wires which have been a part of the landscape for the past 60 years, but which will no longer be needed.

Dismantling them will start in the autumn.

A gang that blew up cash machines across the UK, including four in Scotland, stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds, is sentenced.

Richard Haugh
BBC Introducing in Suffolk

SuperGlu were once again in fine form at Latitude, playing for Huw Stephens on the Lake Stage on Friday before headlining Keith Allen's tent in a sweaty, raucous gig in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The band, who are based in Manningtree/Ipswich, continue to bring the party to wherever they play and for both sets there were people moshing from start to finish.

Earlier this year, SuperGlu, external headed to Texas for the South by Southwest Festival - playing numerous gigs, including a high-profile showcase for BBC Music.

Their journey is captured in the video for their new single, Welcome Home:

Debbie Tubby
BBC Look East

An inquest into the death of a boy following an operation at a private London hospital has heard from one of its paediatricians.

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Konstantinos Dimitriades was working at the Portland Hospital where James Dwerryhouse, 7, of Capel St Mary near Ipswich, was recovering from an operation to create a colostomy bag.

He told the London inquest he was unable to answer the parents' question as to why James hadn't been attached to monitors.

"There was a period of time where there was no data from the monitor," said Mr Dimitriades.

When the parents asked why James had been left un-monitored he'd replied at the time saying "I couldn't answer as I didn't expect him to be un-monitored".

It was noted in the handover to staff that James's dad had been settling him in bed between 01:00 and 03:30 and the monitoring equipment was removed as James was in dad's arms.

At around 04:19 a returning nurse noticed James wasn't breathing and called the crash team to attend.

James suffered from numerous health conditions, including sleep apnoea which can cause life-threatening stoppages in breathing.

The inquest is continuing.

Stuart Howells
BBC Radio Suffolk

A 17-week-old dog is doubling-up as a head teacher's family pet... and has another job as "school dog".

Pepper spends her daytimes at Nayland Primary School, external near Sudbury, where the aim is that stroking and befriending her can reduce anxiety among some pupils.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Suffolk hockey player Hannah Martin (far left) will be back in action for England later today at the World League Semi Final, external event in South Africa.

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England face India for a place in the last four, with the match starting at 13:45 (15:45 local time).

22-year-old Martin, from Ipswich, made her international debut earlier this year, and scored her first goal for England against Argentina last month.

Debbie Tubby
BBC Look East

An inquest has opened into the death of a seven-year-old boy following an operation at a private London hospital in August 2016.

Image source, Dwherryhouse family

James Dwerryhouse had been at the Portland Hospital in Marylebone for an operation to create a colostomy bag.

A serious incident report carried out by the hospital found he died after vital equipment needed to monitor his sleep apnoea was switched off and he suffered brain damage.

His father, John, from Capel St Mary near Ipswich, told today's inquest he and his wife were called into the hospital in the early hours and were shocked to find James was brain-dead and his monitors were off.

He says he got the impression from a consultant or anaesthetist, he couldn't remember which, that the "hospital had messed up".

He also told the inquest he can't remember the monitors not being on when he settled his son to sleep the night after his operation, but said "it was more about the monitors being put back on... I wouldn't have asked for them to be taken off".

The inquest at Pimlico in London is continuing.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Mick McCarthy takes his Ipswich Town team to Peterborough United later today, for the Blues' second pre-season friendly of the summer - with a difference.

The 120 minute match kicks off at 19:00, and will be split into four periods of 30 minutes, to allow both sides to fully utilise their squads.

One player who will not feature for Ipswich at London Road will be former loanee Steven Taylor, after McCarthy confirmed yesterday that the defender will not be offered a new contract at the club.

Dominic Iorfa, who agreed a season-long loan from Wolves last week, is expected to play some part in the match.

Ipswich have been mainly based at their Playford Road training ground over the last week, having earlier spent time at Carlton House in Ireland as part of their pre-season preparations.

The Blues beat Drogheda United 5-0 in their only other official friendly so far this summer, but there was also a behind-closed-doors match with Southend last week, which Town won 4-1.

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Arts organisations in Ipswich are coming together to launch a "Manifesto for Culture".

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It's a collaboration of seven groups who want to raise the profile of the town and highlight the contribution the arts makes both culturally and economically.

David Newborn, who's a producer from the Red Rose Chain, external theatre company, says they want people to be aware the arts are for everyone:

"We're really reaching out and I think the old-fashioned view of the arts as something going on with posh people is really breaking down now."

The arts consortium is made up of seven cultural organisations: Eastern Angles, DanceEast, Gecko, New Wolsey Theatre, Pacitti Company and SPILL Festival, Red Rose Chain, and Tilted Productions.

The group has developed the manifesto together with Ipswich Borough Council.

Read more about it on the Eastern Angles website, external.

The Met Office warns of thundery showers pushing north from 16:00 through this evening.

There's a chance of localised flooding. Lightning may also be a hazard, with possible disruption to power supplies.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Conductors on Greater Anglia railway services are to be balloted on possible strike action on the issue of driver-only operated trains.

The union, which is concerned about job losses, wants a guarantee from Greater Anglia that when it introduces new driver-only trains in 2019 it will keep conductors on board.

Steve Hedley of the RMT said: "It's become clear at the last meeting that we had with senior management that the government and the Department for Transport are imposing on the company the fact they have to deliver driver-only operation.

"Obviously that's a position that we can't accept and that the drivers' union ASLEF can't accept either."

In a statement, Richard Dean, Greater Anglia spokesman, said: "We have conductors on our Intercity service between Norwich and London Liverpool Street and on our rural routes across East Anglia.

"They are highly-valued colleagues and we have no plans to remove them from our trains. In fact, we have a new conductors' training course starting in August.

"We hold regular meetings with the unions which represent our colleagues. These meetings will continue as we remain available for talks to resolve this issue.”

The union is already involved in a lengthy dispute with Southern Rail over the introduction of driver-only trains.

The Greater Anglia network, external covers Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

So, back to Ed Sheeran.

To be fair, he did say he was planning on quitting Twitter last month - but then changed his mind. Just promised to limit his reading material to Harry Potter.

" I haven't quit anything, I'm just not reading anything, except Harry Potter," he wrote on Instagram on 5 July.

So Voldemort he can handle, but it seems an evening with Lord Walder Frey finished him off.

The singer has completely shut down his account on Twitter, after his appearance serenading Arya Stark in the opening episode of Game of Thrones, series seven, was met with - well, let's call it - a wee bit of derision.

One unhappy Game of Thrones fan wrote: “That Ed Sheeran cameo on #GameOfThrones was remarkably awful. Could he have been roasted by a dragon at least?”

Time for a speedy exit on your broomstick, Ed.

Next stop, Springfield.

Yes that's right - Ed is moonlighting in a "musically-themed" episode of The Simpsons this autumn.

"Me and Lisa have a whole thing going on," quipped Sheeran in his Instagram post (still available).

The singer - a longtime fan of the show - is reported to be playing Lisa Simpson's love interest and Milhouse's nemesis in Haw-Haw land, a parody of the Oscar favourite La-La Land.

The role was recorded over the phone, with executive producer Al Jean, describing it as "the perfect part", external for him.

From orange to yellow.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

A motorbike rider who died in a crash on the A14 last week has been identified by police.

Chris Bulman, 56, from Berkeley Court in Penrith, Cumbria, collided with a lorry on the westbound carriageway near Stow Cum Quy in Cambridgeshire.

The driver of the lorry - a 38-year-old man from Spalding in Lincolnshire - was unhurt.

The crash, which happened at about 02:00 on 10 July, led to major delays for much of the day, with queues on the road stretching back into Suffolk.

Every year thousands of people choose to spend their leisure time navigating the waterways of the Broads.

But police patrolling the waters say they've noticed an increase in the number of boats breaking the speed limit.

Broads Authority, external figures show that in 12 months, between 2015-16, there were more than 6,500 verbal warnings and nearly 200 written ones.

Out of those, only six people were prosecuted - with fines of around £380.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Police involved in bringing to trial 13 men involved in a savage post-football match attack against a rival fan say the case isn't over yet.

Twelve men convicted of attacking Simon Dobbin are beginning jail terms totalling more than 40 years today.

Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan from Mildenhall, was left with serious brain damage after being set upon in Southend in 2015 after going to watch his team play at Southend United's Roots Hall ground.

The attack happened outside The Railway pub as the victim was heading with friends to Prittlewell railway station.

The 12 have been convicted of either violent disorder or conspiracy to commit violent disorder, rather than assault.

Det Ch Insp Martin Passmore said: "Bearing in mind we've convicted 12 people for the violent disorder aspects of this, there's 12 more as far as I'm concerned who went out of that pub that day who are perhaps responsible for these devastating injuries.

"This case isn't closed. It's not finished and if I can identify those that were directly responsible for Simon Dobbin's injuries I would love to go out there with my team and bring them to justice as well."

Nicole Dobbin and her daughter Emily have called for tougher action, during and after court proceedings yesterday.

They would like to see someone convicted of attempted murder given that Simon Dobbin was clinically dead for seven minutes before being saved by paramedics.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Australian all-rounder Kyran Young took 4-62 on day two of Suffolk's Unicorns Championship, external match with Norfolk at Manor Park near Norwich.

Suffolk will begin day three on 12 without loss in their second innings, a slender lead of 23.

While a third draw from four matches would appear to be the most likely outcome for most Suffolk fans, Young believes it is a match that Andy Northcote's side can still win.

"I think we are in the driving seat," he told us. "We need to go out and bat well and see if we can manufacture something half way through today.

"If we can put a decent figure on the board relatively quickly then I reckon we have a chance."

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Suffolk's cricketers will begin the final day of their Unicorns Championship, external match at Norfolk with a lead of 23 runs.

Yesterday, head coach Andy Northcote (pictured) watched as his side reduced Norfolk to 289 all out, before reaching 12-0 in their second innings at the close of play on day two at Horsford near Norwich.

Australian all-rounder Kyran Wilson earlier celebrated his best bowling figures for Suffolk to date, as he took 4-62.

Rob Taylor's century had rescued Norfolk from 38-3, and Suffolk looked set for a sizeable first innings lead when the home side were 197-8.

However, Chris Brown posted 69, to leave the visitors with a slender advantage.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Twelve men convicted of attacking a man from Mildenhall are beginning jail terms totaling more than 40 years.

Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin was left with serious brain damage after being set upon after a football match in Southend in 2015.

Three of the men were jailed yesterday for five years, with sentences of varying lengths for the others.

A 13th man is due to be sentenced next month for assisting an offender.

Nicole Dobbin, the victim's wife, said: "This is not going to stop. We all know one punch can kill. Simon was fortunate that didn't happen to him.

"It would have been nice if these lot were made an example of and hopefully now the justice system will change and there'll be higher sentences."