Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

Today we brought you health news from all over the county, of the Ipswich Hospital deficit and proposed closures of community hospitals in Southwold and Halesworth.

There was also the very sad news that a 15-year-old boy has died after being rescued from the water at Beccles Lido.

Suffolk Coastal District Council rejected a major housing development for 560 homes in Felixstowe, but approved a smaller one for 43 new homes in Kirton. And there was more on the film based on the 2006 Suffolk murders, called London Road.

Join us tomorrow - we'll be back from 08:00.

Richard Daniel
Environment Correspondent, BBC East

Fans of the BBC's Springwatch series are used to seeing the likes of bitterns, avocets, stickleback, squirrels and mice on the show, but have you wondered how it's put together?

This is Springwatch soundman Gary Moore, and he and the rest of the team have given me an insight into the work behind the scenes.

You can watch my film about it here, external.

A "middle aged" white man is being sought by police, who believe he may be a "key witness" in the sighting of a man with a gun in Beccles.

Shortly after 08:00 on Monday, a man standing behind a bank in Newgate pointed a gun at another man and told him to get into an alley, Suffolk Police said.

The force, which believes Monday's incident is not connected to the sighting of a man with a gun on Tuesday, wants to talk to a potential witness who was wearing a blue top, blue jeans and black trainers - seen carrying shopping bags.

East Anglian Daily Times

Horse riders are being invited to take part in one of the most historic events, external in British racing.

Entries are still being sought for this year's Newmarket Town Plate, which was founded by King Charles II in 1666 and is the first race of its kind to have been staged under written rules.

The event still takes the same unique course from its first running nearly three-and-a-half centuries ago.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

A 15-year-old boy who was taken ill at the outdoor swimming pool in Beccles last Thursday evening has died, Suffolk Police says.

Paramedics treated the boy at the Beccles Lido before he was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital by air ambulance, and later transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital. He died earlier today.

A spokeswoman for the police, who said the boy had reportedly been unconscious in the water, said: "At this stage there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident and police will be preparing a file for the coroner."

The boy who was rescued from Beccles Lido last Thursday has died, Suffolk Police says.

Sara Thornton
BBC Look East

A fine and warm day for tomorrow and then the heat is on, with highs in the 20Cs on Friday.

However, with that heat comes some heavy, thundery rain later in the day on Friday, which will last into Saturday.

All timings to be confirmed, but a Met Office weather warning has been issued!

Mike Liggins
BBC Look East

Opponents of proposals to close hospitals in Southwold and Halesworth say there's a lack of clarity about the plans.

Brian Jolley, chairman of the League of Friends of Southwold Hospital, said: "The fact that there is a proposed care home that is going to pick up some of the care beds proposed in the consultation document, yet that care home is still a green field, is a great concern of what's going to happen in the interim."

The Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group says the proposals, which include providing more care for patients at home, would save £4m.

Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore tweets, external: Our 6th public meeting tonight for Babergh district is in Hadleigh Town Hall at 6.30 pm. All welcome. The Chief Constable & I will be there.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

Hello again, here are the headlines from the newsroom this afternoon:

• Hospital closures 'not just about saving millions of pounds'

• Kirton's 'biggest single development for 45 years' approved by planning chiefs

• Eye power station plans unacceptable, says MP

Greater Anglia tweets, external: TODAY from 20:30: A reduced timetable operates on the Liverpool St - Norwich route http://bit.ly/1GseCyj, external

Bury Free Press

A Mildenhall head teacher whose school is soon to become an academy has labelled the change as an "exciting opportunity, external".

Great Heath Primary School, in Girton Close, is set to take on academy status from 1 August and will change its name to Great Heath Academy.

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

The chief of the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group says proposals to close two hospitals in Southwold and Halesworth aren't just about "saving millions of pounds".

Andy Evans said: "The better way to look at this is we're doing two things at once. We're improving and increasing the quality of care for our local population and we're doing it in a much more cost effective way.

"So we will be making a net saving, which of course we will re-invest in other health services. But it makes a lot of sense for the taxpayer and for everybody that we use the money we have in the best way that we can."

Vikki Irwin
BBC Radio Suffolk political reporter

Council chiefs have approved "the biggest single development in 45 years" at an east Suffolk village, of 43 new homes.

Image source, Geograph/Keith Evans

The development at Kirton, near Felixstowe, had been criticised by the local parish council for not including bungalows, which was something requested by residents in the village.

Councillors at Suffolk Coastal decided to approve the development of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes under the current proposals, with conditions. It will also include 14 affordable homes.

Steve Blower
BBC Radio Suffolk

Plans for a power station near Eye are "unacceptable" and could "irrevocably change the character of the area", Central Suffolk MP Daniel Poulter has said.

Progress Power, external wants to build a gas-fired power plant and has said it would work to minimise the visual impact. Its proposal has been referred to the secretary of state for energy and climate change for a final decision.

In a letter to the secretary of state, Amber Rudd, Dr Poulter said: "This is a matter of huge significance that would impact adversely on the lives of people living in a large area of Suffolk, resulting in huge disruption on an ongoing basis and significant loss of amenity."

Mike Liggins
BBC Look East

A public meeting is under way in Southwold to discuss the possible closure of two hospitals in Suffolk.

The proposals would see the community hospitals in Southwold and Halesworth close. The NHS says this will save £4m and there are plans to treat more people in their own homes.

Southwold GP Dr John Stammers has told the meeting: "I get the attachment to Southwold hospital. But things have changed."

Kate Williams
Suffolk Live

This is how the lunchtime news headlines look:

• Beccles Lido will close tomorrow as a mark of respect for a teenager who is in critical condition after being rescued from the water last week

• Police patrols are stepped up in Beccles after two sightings of a man with a gun

• Developer to appeal against refusal of plans for 560 homes in Felixstowe

East Anglian Daily Times

Head teachers raised concerns last night over a potential shortage of school places in Bury St Edmunds, external following what was described as an "11th hour" change of mind over plans for a new academy.

The new secondary school at Moreton Hall was a key part of Suffolk County Council's strategy for the move to a two-tier structure of education in the area.

It would have addressed potential oversubscription at King Edward VI School, where year groups will shrink from 350 students to 220 from September next year to accommodate extra year groups.

BBC Weather

It'll be brighter this afternoon.

There'll be some good sunny spells later, and it'll be a touch breezier as onshore winds develop, making it feel rather cooler near coasts.

Maximum temperature 16C (61F), minimum overnight temperature 11C (52F), with a dry night.

More than 180 beers and 80 ciders will be available at the 32nd Ipswich Beer Festival, external, taking place on Ipswich Town Football Club's practice pitch from tomorrow.

Etholle George has taken a look around the site of the "family friendly" beer festival, and you can hear more about it tomorrow morning on the Breakfast Show from 06:00.