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This Week in Pictures: Suffolk

Alice CunninghamSuffolk
News imageStig Photography An image taken at night looking toward a tree that is illuminated by the Northern Lights. The sky is lit up in a blue and green colour with some stars visible. Stig Photography
Northern Lights were captured over Ipswich on Monday

Life in Suffolk has been captured in a series of images during a week the Northern Lights graced our skies, bad weather threatened more homes in Thorpeness, and farmers used their tractors to form a blockade at the Port of Felixstowe.

Scroll down below to see how the county looked between 19 and 23 January.

Email your pictures to alice.cunningham@bbc.co.uk.

News imageRichard Daniel/BBC A man wearing a green jumper and black trousers with paint on them pouring sand into a bag outside a home. In the background other people are doing the same.Richard Daniel/BBC
Villagers in Thorpeness were taking precautionary measures to protect themselves against any potential flooding risk at the start of this week
News imageBettys Hot Spot/BBC Weather Watchers A ginger coloured cocker spaniel sits in a field on a windy day. Its ears are being blown back. It is in a grass field as it looks toward the camera.Bettys Hot Spot/BBC Weather Watchers
A windy day was felt in Waldringfield on Wednesday
News imageEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust John Alborough sits in a radio studio with headphones on. He is looking at the camera and smiling. He has grey hair and wears a blue shirt. In front of his face is a radio microphone and other radio equipment.East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
During the BBC's focus on the NHS on Thursday, we heard from John Alborough, who has volunteered at Hospital Radio Ipswich since 1974 and is still delighting patients
News imageAnna Sukeforth The camera looks out on marshland. Above in the sky small clouds all packed closely together drift. Anna Sukeforth
The clouds looked incredible on the river walk towards Orford on Monday
News imageEast Anglia Farmers Unite Multiple tractors are parked on a road, completely blocking access. One has a sign that says "Back British farming" on the front.East Anglia Farmers Unite
Farmers used their tractors to form a blockade at the Port of Felixstowe during the early hours of Friday morning
News imageJulie Kemp Snowdrop flowers pictured outside a church on a sunny day. The church tower can be seen in the distance towards the right hand side. Julie Kemp
The first snowdrops appeared at Martlesham Church on Monday

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