Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 18 August 2017

  • Plans revealed for third river crossing

  • Rail disruption continues

  • Third win in a row for Ipswich Witches

  1. Bones in bags were of 'athletic or muscular' manpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    Police say the remains were "not a complete body" and the man died "some time" ago.

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  2. 'Don't speak about it, be about it'published at 12:27 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    A project set up after the suicide of a young mum is using music to "break" mental health barriers.

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  3. Paddleboarder 'falls in love again' with hometownpublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    Melanie Miller says the hobby has made her see Harwich in Essex in a new light.

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  4. Fire crews called to hospital chemical spillpublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    Firefighters are sent to Ipswich Hospital after hazardous materials were spilt during a deep clean.

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  5. 'Bag of bones' murder appeal gets 140 responsespublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    An investigation into human remains found in a river will be "long and painstaking", detectives say.

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  6. Small firms 'lose out' with youth jobs schemepublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Plaid Cymru says firms that are the "backbone" of Wales' economy will miss out on Kickstart scheme.

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  7. Fashion firm Burberry handed £573,000 PPE contractpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Fashion house Burberry has already donated about 160,000 pieces of PPE since the pandemic started.

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  8. Skater in near-fatal crash urges use of helmetspublished at 00:24 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Sid Hudson, 16, had severe head injuries and was put in a coma after he fell from his skateboard.

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  9. Matt Hancock defends lockdown U-turn 'chaos'published at 19:15 British Summer Time 2 September 2020

    The Health Secretary said "swift and decisive action" was needed following a rise in Covid-19 cases.

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  10. Boys found in 'bag of bones' murder probepublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 2 September 2020

    They had been seen helping someone retrieve the human remains from a river.

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  11. Mum killed herself and son after relationship splitpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    An inquest hears Kia Russell and her two-year-old son were found dead in their Ipswich home.

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  12. Hancock: Virus vaccine trials 'going well'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    The best case scenario for combating the coronavirus would be for a vaccine this year, says the health secretary.

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  13. Ed Sheeran announces the birth of his first childpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    The singer tells fans his wife has given birth to daughter Lyra, their first child.

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  14. River bones murder probe seeks swimmerpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 31 August 2020

    The bags were found in the River Stour in Suffolk a week after the man was seen swimming nearby.

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  15. More tests needed in river bones murder probepublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 30 August 2020

    The bones were found in two black bin bags in the River Stour in Suffolk.

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  16. Girl who had cancer as a baby donates hair for wigpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 30 August 2020

    A 10-year-old has her long hair cut to provide a wig for another child undergoing chemotherapy.

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  17. River search after human bones found in bin bagspublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 29 August 2020

    The bones were found in two black bin bags in the River Stour in Suffolk on Thursday.

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  18. Apache helicopter and air ambulance in near-misspublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 29 August 2020

    The collision risk was low "because each captain was visual with the other aircraft".

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  19. Crabbing ban over social distancing at ferry jettypublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 29 August 2020

    A harbour master says crabbers have been getting too close to passengers waiting for a foot ferry.

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  20. Signalling error caused near miss at rail crossingpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 29 August 2020

    A report says the train was seconds from two vehicles that had been authorised to cross the tracks.

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