Some of the people who suffered abuse at a school in Stowmarket may have left it too late to claim compensation.

It's been revealed that more than £2m has been paid out by Suffolk County Council, in relation to Oakwood School.

Andrew Grove, the lawyer who's been working for the victims, says those who've come forward recently, will face difficulties: "There are a number of claimants who have come in rather late and we'll be looking closely at their claims.

"But as time goes by the courts are less inclined to allow the claims through because of the idea of limitation, in that you've got a certain amount of time to put your claim in."

Engineers have been working through the night to fix one of the busiest bridges in the country.

The Orwell Bridge, near Ipswich, Suffolk, is closed from 20:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday until 8 October.

It is while maintenance work and a safety inspection of the 35-year-old bridge takes place.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Speedway's Championship play-offs get under way tonight with Ipswich Witches, external at home to Edinburgh Monarchs in the first leg of their semi-final.

Image source, Stephen Waller

The Monarchs are the only team to have recorded a victory at Foxhall this season, but Witches promoter Chris Louis says his riders have improved across the roster since then.

"They have, and I'm sure that team manager Ritchie Hawkins' will be reminding the riders of that loss earlier in the season, and how it simply can't happen again tonight," Louis told us.

"It gave us the kick up the backside that we needed at the time. Certainly at home we'd become complacent, and we've stepped it up since then."

The Witches will be looking to take a lead into tomorrow's return leg in the Scottish capital, but what would constitute a satisfactory result?

"If you asked me what would be comfortable, I'd say a 20 point lead. If you asked me what's realistic, I'd say 12," added Louis.

"At the end of the day we just want to see 100 per cent from our riders. If they do that, then we should go to Edinburgh in a reasonably good place."

A year after he disappeared, police release new pictures of people who may have seen the airman.

Controversial plans for a waste hub near Bury St Edmunds have been approved.

The decision to give the go-ahead to the scheme, at Hollow Road Farm, near Fornham St Martin, was taken during a council meeting at West Suffolk House in Bury St Edmunds earlier.

Matthew Hicks, who's responsible for the environment and public protection with Suffolk County Council, said: "We identified Hollow Road Farm as the single best site for the hub after considered studies so we are pleased with today's decision and will continue to work with the local community to address any of their concerns going forward.

"It will reduce the use of rural roads by HGVs and reduce the miles travelled by vehicles moving waste from west Suffolk to the energy from waste plant at Great Blakenham.

"The Secretary of State will be informed of the decision in case he wants to call it on for review."

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has given his pre match press conference ahead of Saturday's Championship fixture at Leeds, and confirmed that defender Jonas Knudsen (right) is available for selection.

Image source, Getty Images

The Dane, who has featured at centre back recently due to injuries elsewhere in the team, missed last weekend's 2-0 victory over Bolton with a hamstring problem.

"He's fine now," McCarthy told us. "He was back in training on Tuesday and has done all of his rehab and fitness work."

"As usual though we've got one back and another man has gone down. Flynn Downes has tweaked his thigh."

The boss has also updated us with regards to longer term absentees Emyr Huws and Teddy Bishop, and hopes both will be back after the international break at the beginning of next month.

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town striker David McGoldrick has been telling us today that midfielder Cole Skuse (pictured) has the ability to score plenty more goals for the Blues.

Image source, PA

To date, the midfielder has netted just twice in more than 170 appearances since joining the club in 2013, with the most recent strike coming in the match with Bolton last weekend.

McGoldrick believes Ipswich's style of play does not help Skuse in terms of opportunities in front of goal.

"He is our main sitter," McGoldrick said. "With that in mind, it's often hard for him to get up the field and get on the end of things."

"Technique wise, he strikes it cleanly with his left foot and his right foot. I say it to his face that he should be getting more goals, and hopefully he will add that to his game."

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Witches start their Championship, external play-off campaign tonight, at home to the only side who've beaten them at Foxhall this season.

Edinburgh Monarchs 47-46 victory in July ended the Suffolk side's 13-match winning streak at home.

Witches rider Rory Schlein told the club website, external that won't give the visitors the edge tonight though.

“It doesn’t play on your mind really, I think we have beaten better sides at home this season. We were not good enough at the end of the day.

"They have got good riders, there is no doubt about that, but we know if we perform to our capabilities we should get a home win."

The second leg is in the Scottish capital tomorrow night.

Suffolk Free Press

And here's the back page of the Suffolk Free Press, external:

Image source, Suffolk Free Press

Suffolk Free Press

Time for a look at one of the county's local papers - this is the front page of the Suffolk Free Press, external:

Image source, Suffolk Free Press

The meeting is being streamed live, external by St Edmundsbury Borough Council on YouTube.

Plans for a controversial new waste recycling centre and transfer station on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds are being discussed by councillors.

The proposed facility at Hollow Road Farm, near Fornham St Martin, was reviewed by St Edmundsbury planning committee in July, but councillors wanted to defer the final decision over concerns about the impact on highways.

There's been a long-fought campaign to stop the waste facility going ahead with more than a hundred people regularly turning up at council meetings to register their protests.

Adrian Graves, who's been co-ordinating the campaign against the development, and is going to address this morning's meeting,said: "If you look across the country and see how other places operate these sort of facilities, they don't do it this way, and that is a huge concern for us.

"What we're going to ask for this morning is a recorded vote.

"We want to see which individual councillors feel they are content to support a proposal which has changed over time, over the last two, two-and-a-half years we've been fighting it, but are actually prepared to be accountable for the decisions they take."

The recomendation for the application is for approval by councillors.

A shop selling food that's past its "best before" date has been officially opened in Bury St Edmunds.

The shop, in Elsey's Yard, has been set up by a woman who worked for the Best Before Project, external in London as a volunteer before moving back to the county.

Hilary Whitwell said they're really passionate about food not being wasted: "Food that's past its best before date is still perfectly good to eat.

"We know that lots of that food gets thrown away, and we wanted to make sure that didn't happen any more."

She says the food is free: "We decided to give it away because there are people in Bury St Edmunds who are in need of food, they're vulnerable groups."

Although she added that if anyone is in a position to make a donation, it will help towards their running costs.

The food comes from a variety of sources, including Tesco, and local shops in the town, as well as via the project in London.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Much of the day will be dry and bright with sunny spells.

It will be quite breezy though, especially on the coast, and cloud will build up at the end of the afternoon.

Top temperature - about 19C (66F).

Get the full forecast where you live from BBC Weather.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Thanks for joining us, as we prepare to scan the county from east to west, north to south, to find out what's going on so we can share it with you.

We've noticed a new shop has opened in Bury St Edmunds selling food past its "best before" date, so we'll find out more about that.

You can join in too, by letting us know what's happening where you live - you can contact us via the "Get involved" link at the top of this page.

I spotted a beautiful sunrise as I drove into work this morning - I just hope the old saying "red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning" doesn't bode badly for the day.

We shouldn't have too long to wait to find out, as Elizabeth Rizzini will be here next to tell us what we've got to look forward to, weather-wise.

That's it for Wednesday's live updates for the county - thanks for joining us. Scroll down the feed to look back at any stories you may have missed.

We'll resume our live updates at 08:00 tomorrow, but any breaking news stories will appear here in the meantime.

Have a good evening.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

This evening will stay mainly dry with clear intervals. It will turn cloudier later in the night with some light rain or drizzle.

Light winds and lows of 11C (52F).

It will be a fine and dry start to Thursday, with outbreaks of rain later.

Light to moderate winds and highs of 21C (70F).

BBC Weather has more.

Residents who suggested a Christmas tree should be moved are asked if they would be prepared for pay for it.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Councillors in Babergh will visit the Copella fruit juice factory today to see what effect a major expansion could have.

The site is owned by Belgian drinks company Konings Juices and Drinks UK, which wants to add cider production to the site.

There are concerns among some residents the development would create too much traffic and have a negative impact on the area of outstanding natural beauty.