Updates for Thursday 22 October 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Friday
Our live news coverage has ended for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow from 08:00.
This time yesterday we were looking back over a day dominated by news of a fatal plane crash involving a US Marine Corps jet which had just taken off from RAF Lakenheath.
Today we can report flying has returned to the Suffolk base.
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
A Suffolk drug dealer has been given three months to hand over his entire known assets of £10,320, which a court has ruled was the proceeds of his crimes, or face six months in prison.
Michael Cornelius, of School Road, Kedington, was jailed for 33 months in June after he pleaded guilty to the supply of cocaine and possessing criminal property.
The confiscation order was made at a hearing at Ipswich Crown Court earlier this month.
Nic Rigby
BBC News
A new scheme to help cut the use of agency staff and help save millions of pounds at the mental health trust for Suffolk and Norfolk has gone before its board.
Since April this year, the Foundation Trust has spent just over £13m on temporary pay, most of which goes to agency staff.
The trust aims to cut the bill by creating a pool of nurses, working for the trust, for acute hospital trusts in Norfolk and Suffolk and nurses working for the council, who can be called in.
Chris Bell
BBC Look East weather presenter
Tonight will stay dry with patchy cloud, but also some longer clear spells.
A few shallow mist patches are possible. Lows of 3-4C (37-39F) leading to a risk of ground frost in places.
Tomorrow will stay mainly dry with some sunny spells. Highs of 13C (55F).
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
A consultation is under way as Waveney District Council tries to deal with annual losses of around £135,000 a year from its car parks.
Waveney says it's determined to strike the right balance between generating essential income, and encouraging shoppers.
Among the proposals is to increase tariffs by 30p per hour at the Pier Car Park in Southwold (pictured).
Kevin Burch
BBC Look East
A councillor has assured members of the Women's Institute that he'll try to "unblock" the problem of a lack of toilets at an Ipswich bus station, after they handed in a petition with more than 2,000 signatures.
James Finch was speaking to the protesters after they marched from the Old Cattle Market Bus Station to Endeavour House, home of Suffolk County Council.
Marcus Garnham says he hasn't ruled out a return, external to AFC Sudbury as the club look to fill the void left by Ollie Bowles' exit.
Ipswich Star
A £15m project to introduce electronic sensors to 50,000 homes, businesses, and public buildings across the Ipswich area is still on track, external after making the shortlist of a national government competition.
Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Ipswich Town striker David McGoldrick is fit and ready to return to action and face his former club Nottingham Forest at the weekend.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 27-year-old missed Tuesday night's loss at Hull with a groin problem, but manager Mick McCarthy says he returned to full training today.
"He came to my office this morning and told me he wants to be considered and is in contention for a place," McCarthy said. "I'm delighted with that."
Kim Riley
BBC Look East
The commander of RAF Lakenheath has been talking to me about the fatal crash yesterday involving a jet that had taken off minutes earlier from the Suffolk base.
Col Robert Novotny said: "We're standing by at RAF Lakenheath to assist in any way we can in the investigation to make sure we get to the bottom of the facts.
"It's particularly sad it happened on their way home from a combat deployment in the Middle East: To have an accident like this in a more administrative phase of the deployment is a terrible tragedy."
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
The end of free parking for the first hour at Halesworth Thoroughfare car park could be in sight, as a consultation begins into parking charges within the Waveney district.
Making drivers pay from the start is just one of the proposals under consideration.
Others include increasing tariffs at Lowestoft seafront car parks by 20p per hour from April to October, and by 10p for November to March.
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Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy says he has spoken to club owner and chairman Marcus Evans this week, but not about any potential threat to his job.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt follows calls from some supporters for a change in management after a run of poor form that has seen the Blues slip from top of the Championship to mid table.
"When managers get the sack it is usually down to bonkers owners and chairmen rather than football fans, and fortunately I've got a very supporting one," McCarthy said at this afternoon's press conference.
Nic Rigby
BBC News
The US Marine Corps pilot killed when his F-18 jet crashed in Cambridgeshire is expected to be officially named later today.
A spokesman for the Marine Corps said the pilot would be named 24 hours after the next of kin were informed.
He said: "We stand ready to do all we can for the family of the pilot."
Luke Deal
BBC Radio Suffolk
Members of the Women's Institute marched to Suffolk County Council's headquarters earlier, and let their feelings be known about the current toilet facilities in Ipswich.
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
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Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Mick McCarthy is enduring the toughest time of his reign as Ipswich Town boss, having watched his team win just one Championship game since August, and some fans have called for a change in manager.
Image source, Getty ImagesHowever, the Yorkshireman says that subject has not come up in conversation with club owner Marcus Evans since Tuesday's loss at Hull, and he is confident he can turn around the fortunes of his team.
"It doesn't surprise me that some are saying things like that because it's what football fans do," McCarthy said at today's press conference. "That's just the way it is and it doesn't worry me."
A woman in her 60s has been taken to hospital with back and spinal injuries following a collision involving a bus and car, external just outside Bury St Edmunds town centre.
Image source, Bury Free PressSuffolk Police and the East of England Ambulance Service were called at 12.30pm to the incident, external involving a silver Ford Fiesta and a bus at the junction of St Andrew’s Street South and Robert Boby Way.
Image source, Bury Free PressPhilippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
A woman is in hospital in a critical condition, following a collision on a driveway to the Rowley Mile Racecourse in Newmarket yesterday.
The incident happened at about 18:40 when a VW Caddy collided with the woman, in her 30s, as she was walking along the access road.
She was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, with serious head injuries.
