Summary

  • A man is jailed for life and three other men are sentenced over an acid attack on a Lowestoft beautician

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    That's all from us for this week's Suffolk Live page, but we'll be back again on Monday from 08:00.

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  2. Rugby: Watson injury a blow for Wolfpackpublished at 17:55

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, external will be without openside flanker Ollie Watson for tomorrow's National League Two match against Worthing at The Haberden (pictured).

    The Haberden

    The 23-year-old was injured in training this week, and director of rugby Gavin Hogg said he could be out of action for a few weeks. 

    "It looks like he's suffered knee ligament damage and it's a real shame as Ollie has been a key player for us this season," he said.

  3. Pensioner found strangled was murdered by niecepublished at 17:48

    Andrew Woodger
    BBC News

    An 80-year-old Leiston man found dead at his home was killed by his niece, who has pleaded guilty to murder at Ipswich Crown Court today.

    Susan Warne and her uncle John ProctorImage source, Suffolk Police

    John Proctor was strangled at his house in Grimsey Road on 15 June.

    It is understood he and Susan Warne, 41, of Valley Road, were members of the same fostering family, but were not blood relatives.

  4. Mid-Suffolk tourism centre shows us everything's not grey in the county todaypublished at 17:44

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  5. Weather: Cloudy with a chance of showerspublished at 17:38

    Chris Bell
    BBC Weather

    Tonight will be mostly cloudy and misty with some light showers moving in through the night. 

    Minimum temperature: 8C (46F). 

    BBC weather map

    Tomorrow will see a few brighter spells at times, but it will generally be cloudy with the chance of a few mainly light showers continuing. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

  6. Car drivers blamed for taking supermarket wire basketspublished at 17:28

    Steve Blower
    BBC Radio Suffolk

    There's been a rise in the theft of wire baskets from Co-Op food shops in Suffolk since the introduction of the five pence charge for plastic bags.

    Supermarket basket

    Although they've been charging for bags for a while, some customers have been taking the law into their own hands since the change.

    "They go out to the car and they put the hand basket in the car and take it," a spokesman said.

  7. Acid attack sentencing: Anthony Riley arranged ex-girlfriend assaultspublished at 17:19

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    A 26-year-old Lowestoft man has been jailed for planning two attacks on his ex-girlfriend.

    Leon Thompson, Anthony Riley, Jason HarrisonImage source, Suffolk Police

    During the trial of Anthony Riley (pictured centre), Ipswich Crown Court heard he arranged for Leon Thompson (left) to stab Adele Bellis.

    A few months later, he paid Jason Harris (right) £500 to throw acid over the beautician, who lost an ear and was left with permanent scarring.

  8. Headlines: Acid attack men sentenced... Leiston woman admits murdering her unclepublished at 17:00

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Our tea-time headlines: 

    • Four men have been jailed in connection with two attacks on a Lowestoft beautician
    • Leiston woman Susan Warne has admitted murdering her elderly uncle earlier this year
    • Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy says Huddersfield fixture "is not a must-win" for his side
  9. Suffolk MP says evening and weekend GP appointments 'make sense'published at 16:47

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    The MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich has welcomed trials, external offering evening and weekend appointments at GP surgeries in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.

    Stethoscope

    Dan Poulter, who's a working doctor himself, said: "A lot of people who work often can find it difficult to access a GP into the evening.

    "Often people are more in need of a consultation with a GP rather than accident and emergency consultation."

  10. Adele Bellis acid attack: 'It could have been a thousand times worse'published at 16:37

    Kelly McCormack
    BBC Radio Suffolk

    Four men have been sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court for their parts in an acid attack.

    Their victim, Adele Bellis, says even though the attack was so bad, "it could have been a thousand times worse".

    Adele Bellis
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    I just think with all the treatment and everything like that, I've just accepted what's happened to me, and I just want to move forward."

    Adele Bellis, Acid attack victim

  11. Acid attack: Final defendant receives seven year sentencepublished at 16:20

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Daniel Marshall, 39, of Rose Court in Lowestoft has been given a seven-year sentence for his role in the acid attack on Adele Bellis and perverting the course of justice.

    Daniel MarshallImage source, Suffolk Police

    His sentence brings the total prison terms handed out to the four men to almost 40 years.

    Det Insp Darrell Skuse from Suffolk Police said Miss Bellis had shown "immense courage and strength" throughout the investigation.

  12. Leiston woman admits killing her unclepublished at 16:01

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    A 41-year-old woman from Leiston who was charged with the murder of an elderly man in the town earlier this year has admitted killing him.

    Susan WarneImage source, Suffolk Police

    Susan Warne, of Valley Road, Leiston, pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court today to the murder of her 80-year-old uncle John Proctor on 15 June.

    She has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at Ipswich Crown Court on a date to be confirmed.

  13. Mick McCarthy: 'Huddersfield is not a must-win'published at 15:49

    Graeme Mac
    BBC Radio Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy says his team needs to start winning again ahead of tomorrow's fixture with Huddersfield.

    Mick McCarthy

    The Blues have slipped from top of the Championship table to 12th in recent weeks, having picked up just five points from their last six encounters.

    "I'm not putting this down as a 'must win' because there's nothing to suggest we won't go to Hull and Nottingham Forest and win next week," McCarthy said.

  14. Adele Bellis: My parents 'just broke down in tears'published at 15:31

    Kelly McCormack
    BBC Radio Suffolk

    As Anthony Riley and two other men are sentenced for the acid attack which left Adele Bellis with "appalling" injuries, she says she will never forget the first time her parents saw her in hospital.

    Adele & Susie Fowler Watt

    "I was just like don't cry, don't look at me, just seeing everyone round me crumbling," she told BBC Look East's Susie Fowler-Watt.

    "I just thought every time I cried Anthony would be winning, this is how Anthony wants me to be, so I kind of got used to not crying and dealt with it in a different way."

  15. Latest headlines: Sentencing continues in acid attack case... Teachers' union voices opposition to grammar schoolspublished at 15:16

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    Our main stories:

    • Three out of four defendants have now been sentenced in the Lowestoft acid attack case
    • The National Union of Teachers in Suffolk has voiced its opposition to grammar schools
    • Fears have been raised over Chinese involvement in our nuclear industry
  16. Acid attack: Four years in jail for third defendantpublished at 14:57

    Alex Dunlop
    BBC Look East

    Jason Harrison has been sentenced to four years for throwing acid at Adele Bellis. 

    Judge John Devaux took into account his guilty plea and his "clear remorse".

    Jason HarrisonImage source, Suffolk Police

    Harrison, 28, of Princes Road, Lowestoft, admitted a charge of conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid with intent at an earlier hearing.

  17. NUT voice opposition to grammar schoolspublished at 14:37

    Philippa Taylor
    BBC Local Live

    The National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Suffolk believes grammar schools should not make a comeback.

    Exam HallImage source, PA

    County secretary Graham White was speaking after the government gave the go-ahead for an academically selective school in Kent to expand.

    "We have to treat all pupils the same, give all pupils the opportunity, and then we'll get a really good set of results from every pupil," he said.

  18. Travel: Delays on A12 northbound between Wrentham and Kessinglandpublished at 14:20

    BBC Travel

    There'scongestion on the A12northbound between Wrentham (Chapel Road) and Kessingland (White's Lane).

  19. Town skipper Chambers issues rallying callpublished at 14:02

    Captain Luke Chambers has issued a rallying call ahead of Ipswich Town's home match against Huddersfield Town tomorrow following a poor run of form.

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