Wes Hoolahan scores on his final home appearance for Norwich as his side came from behind to defeat Leeds United.

Reading fail to secure their Championship status after suffering a heavy home defeat by mid-table Ipswich.

Newport County boosted their hopes of a top ten finish in League Two by beating and leapfrogging Cambridge United.

Ronnie O'Sullivan fights back to trail Ali Carter 9-7 after the penultimate session of their World Championship second-round match.

The latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Peterborough Telegraph

Assaults on prison staff at HMP Peterborough have nearly doubled in the past year, external, reaching the highest every recorded level.

New figures released show that there were 297 assaults on staff last year - up from 154 in the previous 12 months, which was the previous record.

Popular folklore tells us we might find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or even a mythical leprechaun, but back down to Earth here in Cambridgeshire you're more likely to find these three cheeky chaps from the county's fire and rescue service.

A few of these spectacular double rainbows have been seen across parts of East Anglia this week, but if you're not sure how we get two of them, there's a nice little video that explains it all right here.

Three men were still in hospital with serious injuries after their car crashed following a police pursuit, the Norfolk force has said.

The black Mercedes C 200 - with six men inside - had fled the scene of a burglary in Cavell Road, Norwich, before crashing 55 miles away in Six Mile Bottom, in Cambridgeshire, on Wednesday night.

Officers had pursued the car from the A11 in Norfolk, on to the A14 towards Newmarket in Suffolk and into Cambridgeshire - when it started to go the wrong way along the A11 before turning round in the right direction.

Norfolk police said one man remains in Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, while the other two patients were being treated at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.

Five men were arrested at the crash scene on the A11, but two of the seriously injured men have been "de-arrested", while in hospital, police said.

The three others have been released under investigation while inquiries continue, the force said.

The incident has been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.

A man who died a week after he was hit by a car which had mounted a pavement in Braintree has been named by police as 29-year-old Ryan Lynch.

Mr Lynch, who lived in Braintree, was on South Street, near Kwik Fit, at about 15:30 on 8 April when an white Audi R8 struck him.

He died on 15 April.

Mr Lynch's parent's, Tony and Karen, said: "John was a dearly loved son, brother, uncle, partner and truly was a great friend to anyone who knew him."

A 35-year-old man from Halstead and a 35-year-old man from Braintree were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and released under investigation.

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This year's Great East Run, external in Suffolk has sold out - with 3,500 people signed up.

Image source, Great Run Company

The half marathon takes place on Sunday, 16 September, starting and finishing on Russell Road in Ipswich, via Holywells Park, the waterfront, Wherstead Road, The Strand and Freston Hill.

It's the second year the event has been held in Ipswich.

Alex Jackson, of the Great Run Company, said: "We’ll continue to work with our local partners to ensure the event can grow and attract more runners from both around the region and throughout the UK in the years to come."

BBC Radio Devon

Image source, Joanna Giles

A postmistress from Devon has celebrated two years in the job by travelling to the most southern, northern, western and eastern post offices in the UK, with the added challenge of not paying for her travel.

Joanna Giles, who works at Ashburton Post Office, has already raised more than £2,000 for Cancer Research UK and Ashburton Arts, which brings performing arts and cultural activities to local community.

Her journey involved a vast amount of walking, supplemented by planes, trains and ferries - with some organisations offering her free tickets along the way.

Joanna visited St Agnes Post Office in Scilly (most southerly), Belleek Post Office (most westerly), Baltasound Post Office (most northerly) and North Lowestoft Post Office (most easterly).

Hampshire reach 41-0 before rain brings a halt to day one against defending Division One champions Essex.

Bluebells have been flowering since spring arrived.

These brightly coloured blooms are covering many of the woodland floors in Essex.

Darren Miller and Heidi Kennedy appear via videolink over the death of rough sleeper Martin Dines.

Cambridge News

McDonald's workers in Cambridge are going on strike next week, external as employees of the fast food chain say even buying vegetables is a luxury.

A self-professed "geek" who helped upgrade the system used to synthesise the late Professor Stephen Hawking's "iconic" voice says that "effectively" it "died with him".

"One of the most recognisable voices on the planet is Stephen Hawking’s," says Cambridge University computer officer Peter Benie.

"Shortly before he died, Stephen approved and used a new version of his iconic voice that precisely replicated it. I was part of the team that developed this updated version by mirroring the original hardware."

After 30 years in use, the hardware was approaching the end of its life and although more sophisticated speech synthesiser systems had been developed , "Stephen remained steadfastly loyal to what had become his authentic voice".

"He didn’t want it changed in any way," says Mr Benie.

It took several experts several years to upgrade the voice and get it just how the professor wanted it, but the theoretical physicist never had the chance to use it in public as he died on 14 March at the age of 76 - although Mr Benie says Prof Hawking used the upgraded system at home to talk to friends and family after it was delivered to him in January this year.

Image source, Nick Saffell

"I’m proud to be part of the team that preserved his voice. The voice is part of his identity - you wouldn’t use it for someone else - so effectively the voice died with him," says Mr Benie.

You can read more about how he and others recreated the voice of Stephen Hawking here, external.

The country's first specialist A&E department for patients aged over 80 has started to improve its waiting times, a hospital has said.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, externalsaid the recently-opened unit was now starting to have an impact.

Chris Cobb, hospital director of medicine and emergency care, said: "If we can take those patients out of the main emergency department, not only will they get care faster, but the people less than 80 stand a better chance of being seen much more quickly by the right people and their stay in A&E improves."

According to NHS figures, the hospital achieved its four-hour A&E waiting time target in just 66.2% of cases from January to March - one of the worst in the country - against a government standard of 95%.

Eastern Daily Press

It’s been a long wait but a new purpose-built community centre costing £600,000 is now open, external in Trimingham, near Mundesley.

A man has been seriously injured after being struck by a train.

The incident happened at March railway station in Cambridgeshire shortly after 11:00, a British Transport Police spokesman said.

The man, in his 60s, was airlifted to hospital.

Officers are trying to identify him and establish what happened.

Cross Country, which operates trains through the area, said all lines had now reopened but passengers might still experience some delays.