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  • Updates on Friday, 26 January 2018

  1. Ipswich Town 0-1 Wolvespublished at 17:02 GMT 27 January 2018

    Wolves move 12 points clear at the top of the Championship with victory over Ipswich Town at Portman Road.

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  2. Review after boy, 13, killed by airgunpublished at 17:56 GMT 26 January 2018

    Ben Wragge, 13, was fatally wounded, but gun enthusiasts fear a "disproportionate" response.

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  3. Bialkowski signs three-year Ipswich dealpublished at 16:00 GMT 26 January 2018

    Ipswich Town goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski signs a new three-year contract with the Championship side.

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  4. Constipation death man 'could have lived'published at 14:53 GMT 26 January 2018

    Richard Handley had 10kg of faeces removed from his digestive system shortly before he died.

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  5. Attackers scratch girl's face with glasspublished at 14:49 GMT 26 January 2018

    The victim has her face and arms scratched with glass being brandished by three "drunk" men.

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  6. Aldershot sign McDonnell and McQuoidpublished at 14:26 GMT 26 January 2018

    Aldershot Town re-sign Ipswich Town midfielder Adam McDonnell and bring in Josh McQuoid from Luton on permanent deals

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  7. Bialkowski agrees new 3-year contract at Ipswich Townpublished at 13:41 GMT 26 January 2018

    Ipswich have secured the services of their highly-regarded goalkeeper for another three years.

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  8. Suffolk Police element of council tax to rise by 6.8%published at 13:27 GMT 26 January 2018

    Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has announced he is to raise council tax payers' contribution to funding the police by 6.8%.

    Police officer in Ipswich town centreImage source, Suffolk Police

    The increase in the police precept will mean an extra £12 a year for the average Band D household, taking it up to £188.82 a year.

    Tim Passmore, Suffolk's Conservative PCC, external, said: "I understand the impact that this increase will have on residents, but I really have no option if we are going to maintain policing in the county."

    He said it would raise an extra £2.9m for the annual police budget, taking it up to £125m.

    Mr Passmore said priorities would be more police on the roads aiming to prevent criminals travelling into Suffolk to commit crime, investment in technology and "improving the capability" of the police in tackling drug crime and youth gang violence.

  9. Ed Sheeran accidentally bumped off in Icelandic obituarypublished at 10:36 GMT 26 January 2018

    Ed SheeranImage source, PA
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    Svavari Gunnari Sigurðsson (not pictured)

    Red, but not dead.

    Ed Sheeran was accidentally killed off yesterday after an Icelandic newspaper ran his picture alongside an obituary for an 82-year-old Volvo mechanic, Svavari Gunnari Sigurðsson.

    Why? Turns out Mr Sigurðsson was an Ed Sheeran tribute performer in his spare time. Not sure what this says about the fresh-faced British singer, who at the tender age of 27 has just got himself a Mrs Sheeran-to-be. Maybe time to start having the odd facial, Ed?

    Or perhaps octagenarian Mr Sigurðsson was the only ginger in the village...?

    Ed is apparently too busy buying up a country estate in Suffolk, external to comment.

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  10. BBC 6music's Lamacq heads to Suffolkpublished at 10:32 GMT 26 January 2018

    BBC 6music's Steve Lamacq is out and about between Monday and Friday, bringing his show to five places on his Independent Venue Week Tour.

    It starts off on Monday at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. The radio show runs 16:00-19:00 and features Bessie Turner, who's based at Pin Mill on the River Orwell.

    Last year Steve paid a visit to Essex as of the 2017 tour, and remembered his first gig at the Chancellor Hall in Chelmsford.

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    As part of Independent Venues Week, Steve catches up with the music scene in Chelmsford.

  11. McDonnell leaves Ipswich Townpublished at 10:26 GMT 26 January 2018

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    Midfielder Adam McDonnell has left Ipswich Town Football Club.

    The 20-year-old has signed an 18-month contract at Aldershot Town in the National League.

    The Irishman had spent most of the season on loan in Hampshire.

    McDonnell made two league appearances for the Blues, having graduated from Ipswich's Academy.

  12. 'Beatboxing should be seen as an art form'published at 10:23 GMT 26 January 2018

    The beatboxing world champions say their style of music is not a gimmick.

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  13. Missing airman search costs police £2.1mpublished at 00:06 GMT 26 January 2018

    Officers have spent 34,000 hours investigating the disappearance of Corrie Mckeague.

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  14. Ambulance patient 'froze to death'published at 18:00 GMT 25 January 2018

    A leaked document shows 41 cases where patients were harmed or died over Christmas and the New Year.

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  15. Revised GCSE results improves Suffolk's national placingpublished at 17:31 GMT 25 January 2018

    Suffolk has gone up 26 places in national league tables after GCSE results were revised, the county council said.

    Suffolk County Council's Endeavour House

    It said validated figures confirm that 3% more students in Suffolk are achieving the expected standards in English and Maths at GCSE compared with last year.

    Schools are judged by two recently-introduced new measures, Progress 8, external and Attainment 8, external.

    The revised A Level figures confirm Suffolk pupils remain above the national average figures, Suffolk County Council said.

    Nationally, the league table data shows more than one in eight secondary schools in England is below the standard deemed acceptable by ministers.

  16. Man injured in shotgun attack in Lowestoftpublished at 16:52 GMT 25 January 2018

    A man, in his late teens, has been discharged from hospital after being shot in what police believe was a targeted attack in a street in Lowestoft.

    Officers say the man was treated for shotgun pellet wounds at the James Paget Hospital after a gun was fired on Normanston Way - between Peto Way and the fire station - at about 00:45 on Saturday.

    Three people were seen chasing two others down the street, and police are appealing for more information and dash-cam footage.

  17. One in eight secondaries 'below standard'published at 16:48 GMT 25 January 2018

    Secondary school tables just published show one in eight in England is below government standards.

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  18. Twitter 'banter' nets fan signed shirtpublished at 15:23 GMT 25 January 2018

    Jordan Hockold asked one of Ipswich Town's players "how many retweets for a signed shirt?".

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  19. Rednall is World Indoor Bowls champion againpublished at 15:00 GMT 25 January 2018
    Breaking

    Suffolk's Katherine Rednall has won the women's singles at the World Indoor Bowls Championship, external for the third time.

    The 22-year-old from Baylham beat Rebecca Field 2-0 and was dominant throughout.

    Rednall won both sets 13-6 at Potters Resort at Hopton-on-Sea.

    More coverage from the championships at BBC Sport.