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BBC Weather

Tonight will be dry with variable cloud and some clear spells at times overnight. 

Brisk northeasterly winds at first tomorrow will gradually ease. Here's what the map looks like for midnight tonight...

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

Chancellor George Osborne today announced cash for a new crossing over the Wet Dock as part of his 8th budget - this video shows aerial footage of an area set for a change in Ipswich.

The beginning of this film shows the area the crossing would be built over. The camera also pans round to the more familiar site of University Campus Suffolk. 

Graeme Mac
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Mick McCarthy confirmed after Ipswich Town's 2-0 win over Blackburn last night that both Cole Skuse (pictured) and Luke Varney should be fit to face Rotherham United at the weekend.

Image source, Getty Images

Both were substituted in the second half of last night's victory, with Varney appearing to struggle with a head injury just 25 minutes after coming off the bench himself. 

"He was OK after the game and he wasn't concussed," McCarthy confirmed. "Cole's not been back from injury long and he was just shattered."

BBC Radio Suffolk

A 57-year-old man has been jailed at Ipswich Crown Court for four years and four months after admitting 28 counts of fraud, to the tune of £335,000 and involving 14 victims.

Image source, Suffolk Police

Alan Smith, formerly of Boxted, near Sudbury, was charged with fraud by false representation offences after a successful Crimewatch appeal to trace him.

The victims were all duped by Smith into buying shares and investments in his telecommunications company, but he used it to fund his personal life.

Kate Williams
BBC Local Live

Assaulted Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin is finally home in Mildenhall after spending almost a year in hospital.

Mr Dobbin was attacked near a Southend pub after a match at Roots Hall last March.

Reporter Anna Todd was in Mildenhall earlier and spoke with Mr Dobbin's daughter, Emily. 

Steve Blower
BBC Radio Suffolk

Suffolk Police has released the name of the person who was killed on the B1078 in Needham Market last night, following a crash between two cars. 

The dead man has been named as 47-year-old Mike Ashton, from Hitcham, who was in the front passenger seat. 

The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, has been treated in hospital for serious injuries. The driver of the other car, a woman in her 30s, was also seriously injured.

TWTD.co.uk

Blues loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles has been named in the England U19s squad, external for their European Championship elite round qualifiers in Spain later in the month.

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

Following George Osborne's announcement of a devolution deal for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, will we see more flags of East Anglia, external being flown around the region?

The flag was designed in about 1900 and incorporates the English cross of St George, with a shield bearing three crowns ascribed in medieval times to the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia.

It has recently been seen flying over Norfolk County Council's headquarters and, as shown above, in this garden near Cambridge.

BBC Weather

The rest of the afternoon will be dry and bright with some sunny spells. 

It'll feel chilly in brisk north-easterly winds, especially near coastal areas. Maximum afternoon temperature 7C (44F).

Image source, BBC Weather Watchers: Hale

Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Hale for sending in this picture over Great Bricett, taken earlier this morning.

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

The chairman of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, external has welcomed the chancellor’s announcement of a devolution agreement for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Mark Pendlington said: "Devolution brings a great opportunity to release even more potential from our vibrant towns and cities, giving us greater influence, control and decision making over vital areas of our economy from creating jobs, boosting skills, supporting our businesses and building the homes that we so desperately need.

"Devolution offers us a way to achieve our ambitions and showcase our great industries."

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

The number of people claiming out-of-work benefits in Suffolk has risen for the second month in a row. It's the first time that's happened since 2013. 

New figures published today, external show 5,385 people were getting Jobseeker's Allowance in February.

IpswichSpy.com

Ipswich will be getting a new bridge over the River Orwell, the chancellor has announced this afternoon, external.

Image source, Ipswich Spy

BBC Radio Suffolk

It's been revealed that £151m has been allocated for a crossing at the Ipswich wet dock and a third bridge in Lowestoft.

The news was touched on during Chancellor George Osborne's speech, with further details released afterwards. Yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron said "over £70m" would be given towards the Lowestoft crossing.

Welcoming the news about the Ipswich crossing, the town's MP Ben Gummer said: "It will link the town better, release development land for jobs and prosperity in the centre of the town and help us to re-stitch the waterfront to the town centre."

Both bridges are expected to cost between £80-100m.

Kelly McCormack
BBC Radio Suffolk

The man who died in a two-car collision in Needham Market last night was in his 40s and from the county, police have said.

The vehicles crashed on the B1078, external at around 20:45.

A woman in her 30s, who was driving a Peugeot 206, and a man in his 20s, a driver of a Ford Mondeo, were both taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

Cambridge City Council remains a notable opponent of the East Anglian devolution deal, which neighbouring councils across Cambridgeshire as well as in Norfolk and Suffolk have signed up to.

Lewis Herbert, leader of Cambridge City Council, said: "Residents have been shut out of the rushed talks in the last four weeks.

"We believe it is now time their voice is heard, not just by us, but also by the government on these proposals for a huge region and mayor."

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

Under devolution plans for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, the first mayoral elections could be held in May 2017.

The directly elected mayor would lead a new East Anglia Combined Authority and would exercise the following powers:

• Responsibility for a devolved local transport budget
• Responsibility for a new "key route network" of local authority roads that will be managed and maintained by the combined authority
• Powers over strategic planning and housing, including £175m ring-fenced funding for new homes
• Control, along with the new combined authority, a £30m a year funding allocation over 30 years, to boost growth

The East Anglian devolution deal announced by Chancellor George Osborne still needs to be ratified by councils in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. 

Suffolk Public Sector Leaders Group, which comprises the leaders from all of the county’s district and borough councils and the county council, says further negotiation and clarification on the specifics of the deal will now take place, with "extensive engagement" with local communities and businesses.

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

George Nobbs, leader of Norfolk County Council, says the chancellor's announcement of a draft devolution agreement for East Anglia "sees the start of a profound transfer of powers from Whitehall to this region".

Image source, Norfolk CC

George Osborne announced plans which he says will see a single authority and elected mayor for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

"Each and every council in the region will now debate the draft document as details are worked up," Mr Nobbs said. "I am personally delighted that this is a deal specifically for East Anglia.

"This is not a region created by central dictate, it is deeply rooted in English history and has possessed a distinct identity for more than a thousand years."

Mark Williamson
BBC Local Live

As well as East Anglian devolution, the Chancellor George Osborne also used the Budget to allocate £7m to fix potholes in the east over the next year.