Debbie Tubby
BBC Look East

The judge at Basildon Crown Court has handed down sentences to 12 of the 13 men convicted of offences in the case of Simon Dobbin.

Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan who lives in Mildenhall, was left brain-damaged after being attacked after attending the game at Southend United in March 2015.

Three of the men were jailed for five years - the maximum possible sentence for the offence of committing violent disorder - with sentences of varying lengths for the others.

The shortest sentence - 16 months - was given to Rhys Pullen, who admitted the charge of violent disorder earlier in proceedings.

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A thirteenth man, Ian Young, who was found guilty of assisting offenders by hiding them, is due to be sentenced on 2 August.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

A senior police officer is are urging schools not to exclude pupils caught with knives or bladed weapons.

Suffolk Police are taking part in the national Sceptre, external campaign highlighting the risks of carrying knives.

The force says a previous crackdown in May saw more than 137 offences involving knives or bladed weapons, averaging more than two per day.

Acting Supt Simon Mills says excluded children can often find themselves more deeply involved in crime:

"We fully understand the reasons behind that. We're trying to work with the education department to say, actually, is excluding the children the right thing because what that's doing is pushing the children towards the drug dealers and some of the gangs?

"We're really, really encouraging schools not to exclude them unless it's absolutely necessary."

Stuart Howells
BBC Radio Suffolk

Punters tell us why they love this festival, now in its 12th year at Henham Park:

And here are more sights, sounds and colour from the weekend event:

Debbie Tubby
BBC Look East

I'm at Basildon Crown Court where 13 men are being sentenced for their involvement in an attack which left a Cambridge United fan unable to walk or talk.

Simon Dobbin, from Mildenhall, Suffolk, was assaulted outside The Railway pub while on the way home from Southend's Roots Hall stadium in March 2015.

Image source, Nicole Dobbin

His wife Nicole told the court he's been left with a "life sentence", and that she "hates what these violent thugs have done to us".

The 13 defendants were convicted of various offences on Friday including violent disorder, conspiracy to commit violent disorder or assisting an offendor.

She and her daughter Emily (pictured above) have called for a change in the law, asking how someone who was clinically dead for seven minutes before being saved by paramedics results in 13 men being convicted of violent disorder and not murder or attempted murder.

The government sets a nine-month countdown to porn ID checks, but is told this seems "unrealistic".

Suffolk's cricketers have declared on 300-9 in their first innings on day two of the Minor Counties match at Norfolk.

Martyn Cull top-scored for Suffolk with 95. Youngster Alex Oxley recorded his first Minor Counties half century before being dismissed for 53.

Norfolk's Ben France took four wickets at the Manor Park ground in Horsford.

A short time ago, the home side were 6-1, having lost the wicket of James Spelman.

They say the show is "more stunning than ever" - but there's not much love for Ed Sheeran's cameo.

It didn't rain much...and a good time was had by all...even our BBC weather reporter Kate Kinsella:

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Framlingham's quite-famous singer Ed Sheeran has appeared in the hit series Game of Thrones - as a soldier.

Image source, EdSheeran/Instagram

The pop star also sings, and speaks briefly, during his cameo in the episode, which aired early this morning.

Titled Dragonstone, it's the first episode of the seventh series of the US fantasy TV show.

The 26-year-old's performance has divided fans on social media.

A man had to be rescued by firefighters after a rollercoaster became stuck "in a very high position" on its tracks.

Image source, Rik Engelen

The man, who was suffering from back pain, was on the Wipeout ride at Pleasurewood Hills near Lowestoft.

Firefighters had to use a cherry picker to reach him on Sunday afternoon.

Group Commander Ali Moseley, from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, said by the time fire crews had arrived, park staff had managed to get the rollercoaster car down to an elevated platform after it seemed to get stuck in a very high position.

"The site staff kicked in and they lowered the car to a place where emergency services could get better access - but still very difficult access because we had to get our equipment ready assuming we'd have to cut the individual out of the car to make it safe to rescue him on a stretcher."

A spokeswoman for Pleasurewood Hills said it was "a minor incident that was dealt with by [our] team".

BBC Suffolk at the right place, right time:

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

Image source, Matt Eachus

The 1975 performed their first ever festival headline set at Latitude on Friday night and Fleet Foxes - up against DJ Fatboy Slim - played their first UK gig in five years on Sunday but Saturday was all about Mumford and Sons as their Gentlemen of the Road show rolled into Suffolk.

The band took over the festival for the evening by getting on the phone and inviting a star-studded cast of musical friends to perform, including Baaba Maal, Leon Bridges, Lucy Rose, Two Door Cinema Club and Maggie Rogers - with whom the Mumfords are apparently "obsessed".

Singer Marcus Mumford, talking to the BBC before the show, said the Gentlemen of the Road 'stopovers' - which have taken place in "towns where people don't usually tour" across America, Australia, South Africa and the UK - are all about "neighbourliness".

"We've never needed it more," he added.

"The idea of congregation is a very beautiful and ancient one. The relational magic that can happen in a field in front of a sound system with people who are all there for a similar purpose is a beautiful thing.

"You hear cool stories of people meeting for the first time or re-connecting with old friends. There often comes a time in our set when we say 'why not turn to someone you don't know and say hello!'

Image source, Ben Gibson

"Gentlemen of the Road is all about Collaboration, so this is the ultimate collaboration with Latitude."

True to his word, their set on Saturday ended with the aforementioned Maal, Bridges, Rogers, Rose and more joining them on stage to sing a rousing rendition of The Beatles With a Little Help From My Friends - evoking images of Joe Cocker, external at one of the original and iconic neighbourly festivals Woodstock.

We'll bring you more from another Gentleman of the Road Baaba Maal later.

Image source, Latitude

Melvin Benn, MD of Festival Republic who run the festival, which welcomed 40,000 people to Henham Park this year, said: “Latitude 2017 has been one of the best, and most certainly the biggest Latitude yet.

"Yet again, I’m blown away by our Latitude audience, who were treated to the finest in music, arts, theatre, comedy and literature. I can’t wait to see you all again next year.”

Ben Parker
BBC Suffolk sport

East Bergholt's double Paralympic medallist Zoe Newson has retained her women's up-to-62kg title at the British Weightlifting and Para-Powerlifting Championships in Coventry.

Newson beat five-time Paralympian Natalie Blake into second, with 16-year-old Olivia Broome third.

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The Mildenhall Fen Tigers, external have now won their last 10 home meetings in a row.

The Suffolk side beat the Birmingham Brummies 54-36 at West Row yesterday, with all four of their top order riders in excellent form.

Dan Halsey was the pick of the bunch winning all five of his heats.

A man accused of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence will appear before magistrates in Ipswich today.

Alvin Shehu, 22, from Reynolds Road is charged in connection with an incident at Cardinal Park leisure complex in the town in the early hours of Friday morning, which we reported on last week.

He's also charged with possession of cannabis.

Some visual highlights of the weekend at Henham Park:

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Check out more pictures on the official Latitude website, external.

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From the Pyramid stage in Glastonbury to sitting around a campfire, Ed Sheeran will sing just about anywhere.

It's the latter location which has just everyone talking this morning as he has appeared as a soldier in Game of Thrones.

He sings a little ditty about a woman's hands being warm (not quite as creepy as it sounds), in Dragonstone, the first episode of the show's seventh series.

When one of GoT's main characters Arya Stark rides past, she tells him: "It's a pretty song, I've never heard it before."

"It's a new one," Sheeran replies in his best acting voice.

"Sing Galway Girl, then," she answers. "Cool," he fires back*

*OK this part didn't actually happen.

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Chris Goreham
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Suffolk will resume on 217-5 on the second day of their Minor Counties Championship match against Norfolk.

The opening day of the match, and the Manor Park festival at Horsford near Norwich, was disrupted by rain.

Norfolk traditionally play their three home matches in the Championship over a three-week period in July and August.

Martyn Cull has top-scored for Suffolk so far with 95. Youngster Alex Oxley scored his first Minor Counties half century before being dismissed for 53.

Ben France took three wickets for Norfolk. Play will start half an hour earlier at 10:30 to make up for time lost yesterday.

A man stuck on the Wipeout ride had to be rescued by firefighters.