BBC Local Live: Suffolk

A friend of Matt Dunnett, the 22-year-old Ipswich man who entered Alton Water from the Tattingstone bridge and died on Tuesday, says he's dived off the bridge in the past.

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Scott Gilardoni, 25, said: "Don't get me wrong - it gives you a chill and a fright when you hit the water.

"I jumped this time last year when the water was five foot higher and it wasn't as hot [on land]. But after this I'd never jump off it again."

Any early evening thundery showers will quickly clear.

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It will then be a fine evening and night with scattered cloud and fog patches, staying warm and muggy in towns, but a little fresher in rural areas.

Minimum temperature: 15C (59F).

RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall say they have cancelled the Independence Day events scheduled for July 3-4 at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, due to the most current local threat assessments.

Col David Eaglin, 48th Fighter Wing vice-commander, said: "While we were certainly looking forward to this year's celebration and hosting the US and UK communities at RAF Feltwell, we have to put public safety first and foremost.

"We apologise for any inconvenience this cancellation has caused, and we will continue to work with our UK counterparts - both military and civilian - to make sure we keep our airmen and the local communities safe."

A new "high visibility" police team for Suffolk has been launched.

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The Scorpion Drug Team will mainly focus on tackling drug crime.

In just over two weeks' time, local band SuperGlu will be heading to the Latitude Festival to represent BBC Introducing in Suffolk on the Lake Stage.

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The four-piece play at Henham Park on the Friday of the festival, which is celebrating its 10th year.

They recently came into the studio to perform a session - roping me in to be a stand in cameraman - and have just uploaded a video of them performing Diving Bell.

On paper at least, the Ipswich Witches have their strongest line-up of the season available for tonight's home meeting with Plymouth, as Cameron Heeps returns to the roster.

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The Australian is finally back after struggling for the most part this season with a wrist injury and will ride at number two, with Gino Manzares at three.

Ashley Morris makes his Witches debut tonight at reserve, while Danish rider Morten Risager returns to Foxhall and will ride for the opposition.

A report from the Suffolk Safeguarding Children Board into the death of teenager Charlotte Cobbald, who injected herself with a drug normally used by vets on animals, has called for improved communication between relevant agencies.

Sue Hadley, the author of the report into last year's death, said: "It is a concern that information given by Charlotte's mother doesn't seem to have got to the right place. One of the recommendations of the report is that there should be a full enquiry into that."

A spokesman for the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, which featured in the report, said: "The changes we have made will mean that in the future we can provide more efficient and inclusive care for our young patients."

Tuesday's late afternoon headlines:

• The body of Philip Heathcote, from Felixstowe, has been flown back to the UK after Friday's Tunisian beach attack
• Family and friends of Matt Dunnett, who died in Alton Water on Tuesday, have held a gathering at the reservoir
• The owner of the fugitive Ipswich snake is considering changing his name to Houdini

A friend of Matt Dunnett, the 22-year-old Ipswich man who died at Alton Water on Tuesday evening, says he will obey "no swimming" signs from now on - admitting that he's swam in the reservoir in the past.

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Mr Dunnett is believed to have entered the water from the bridge at Tattingstone.

Scott Gilardoni, 25, said: "The signs are there and I'm taking note of them now. I know it's not going to stop people doing it because kids will be kids, but if we can just stop some people then that's a start."

A woman who has been reunited with her pet snake after it was found by police on Chevallier Street, Ipswich, this morning says she's thinking of changing his name to Houdini.

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Jasmine, who didn't want to give her surname, said: "It's the second time he's managed to escape out of a tiny gap in his tank."

To put the record straight, the snake's name is Tenzin (after a character from an Anime film) and he's a nine-month-old ghostly moteley corn snake.

Thetford Forest's biggest fire for years, which started just off the Thetford to Brandon Road in Suffolk yesterday afternoon, has prompted a call for visitors not to have campfires or barbeques.

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Tonight, the first of the series of summer concerts, featuring The Script, is due to take place in the Forest.

Derek Sim, from Thetford Fire Station, said: "When it's really hot like this barbecues are a no-no really, they'll get out of control so quickly if it does get into the undergrowth."

Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has waxed lyrical about winger Ryan Fraser since he joined as part of the deal which took Tyrone Mings to Bournemouth, and the 21-year-old certainly left an impression after his first chat with us for BBC Suffolk this afternoon.

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Far from being downbeat about missing out on the Premier League with the Cherries next season, the winger told us that he will play in the top flight one day, adding that he wants to help the Blues get there in the coming months.

"Hopefully I can do what I've done my whole life and that's create chances, score goals and provide a spark," he said. "I like to get at players and get the fans off their seats."

The bodies of Philip Heathcote and eight other Britons killed in the Tunisian beach attack have arrived back in the UK.

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The coffins left Tunis earlier (pictured), arriving on an RAF aircraft at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at about 15:00.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said all 30 British victims had now been identified and he was confident the figure was the final death toll.

Friends and family held a gathering at Alton Water last night for Matt Dunnett, the 22-year-old man who died in the water on Tuesday evening.

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Scott Gilardoni, a friend from Ipswich who returned to Tattingstone again today, said: "The family organised a goodbye for him, a few beers and lit some candles.

"It was a good turn-out with about 50 people. Very emotional and a hard day for the family."

Joy Poppy, 82, died after being hit by a car on New Street in Woodbridge.

Suffolk Police said a silver Ford Fusion hit Ms Poppy, who is from Leiston, at about 14:00 yesterday. She was taken to Ipswich Hospital, where she died a short while later.

The force has asked any witnesses to come forward.

Greater Anglia tweets: 14:30 Liverpool Street to Norwich (1555 Stowmarket) is being delayed at Colchester due to disruptive passengers.

There's queuing traffic and one lane is closed on the A14 eastbound in Stowmarket at junction 49 (A1308) because of an accident.

The headlines so far this afternoon:

• A review into the death of a Suffolk teenager has called for improvements in mental health treatments for young people
• The body of Tunisian massacre victim Philip Heathcote, who lived in Felixstowe, is due to land at RAF Brize Norton about now
• Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton, who started her cycling career at Mildenhall, is making her horse racing debut this afternoon

Great Britain's 2-1 win over Pakistan in Antwerp yesterday means three Suffolk hockey players are closing in on a place at next year's Olympic Games.

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Former Ipswich schoolboys George Pinner and Harry Martin (pictured), along with former Bungay High School pupil Tim Whiteman, are all part of Team GB, who will book their place in Rio with a top three finish at the World League Semi Finals.

Barring any injuries or a significant drop in form, I would be very surprised if the trio failed to make Bobby Crutchley's team next year.

The trust running a mental health unit treating Suffolk teenager Charlotte Cobbald, who took her own life, have responded to a review into circumstances surrounding her death.

A spokesman for North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) said: "We take safeguarding issues very seriously and have already implemented the recommendations highlighted in the serious case review for our trust."

Charlotte, 17, was on leave from the unit at the time of her death.

A serious case review has been published today following the death of Suffolk teenager Charlotte Cobbald, who died after injecting herself with animal drugs at her father's farm.

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She was on leave from a mental health unit run by the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

Sue Hadley, who led the case review, says there were risks associated with living on a farm but staff had not taken them into account "as much as they might".

Some seafront traders in Lowestoft were still serving food at 23:00 last night, as the heatwave brought out the crowds.

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With 14,000 tonnes of rock soon to be delivered to the resort as part of ongoing coastal defence work, traders are very aware they need to make hay while the sun shines and are therefore opening much longer hours than usual.

Richard Routledge (pictured) runs Little Joe's ice cream parlour and mini golf course. He says the defence work is not making life easy but the good weather is helping to attract visitors.

Restrictions on bicycles have been put in place over the weekend of the Dunwich Dynamo for the safety of passengers, Abellio Greater Anglia has said.

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As we've been reporting today, many cyclists are upset that bikes will be "prohibited" from trains on routes to Ipswich and Norwich after the 120-mile overnight ride on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for Abellio Greater Anglia said: "These arrangements are in place for the safety of our passengers and to help maintain a reliable and punctual service. We are grateful for the co-operation of cyclists in adhering to these arrangements and full information is available on our website."

There's a chance of one or two showers this afternoon.

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Where showers do occur, temperatures will be slightly lower than the maximum temperature of 27C (81F).

He may have been named Manager of the Decade at the recent Football League awards, but Eddie Howe is old news now as far as striker Brett Pitman is concerned.

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The 27-year-old recently became a part of Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town squad that will aim to match former club AFC Bournemouth's achievement last season, in winning promotion to the top flight.

Speaking at the club's training ground, Pitman said: "He (McCarthy) seems top class and the lads have said you'll enjoy playing for him. It's early days but so far, so good."

The A143 is blocked and there are delays at the Gatesbury's Lane junction in Depden, between Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill, because of an accident involving a car and a motorbike.

A Suffolk farmer says the perception of the industry needs to change to attract more young people into agricultural apprenticeships. There are currently more than 30 apprenticeship vacancies in the industry in Suffolk.

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Jimmy Butler, who runs Blythburgh Free Range Pork, said: "The idea of people working on farms has changed, it's no longer a chap with straw in his mouth and a piece of string holding up his trousers. Technology for farming today has moved on and that's why we need apprentices who go to college."

Suffolk based Edge Careers says schools need to do more before children start their GCSEs to promote the job opportunities here in farming.

Video footage has emerged of a fight which forced a branch of Barclays in Ipswich to close for the afternoon.

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Three people have been arrested following the town centre altercation on Tuesday morning.

The video, spotted by Ipswich Spy, appears to show some of the bank's furnishings being thrown around the branch.

Striker Brett Pitman and winger Ryan Fraser have been speaking to the media for the first time since joining Ipswich Town.

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After helping AFC Bournemouth win promotion, Pitman (pictured) said there was naturally a part of him that was disappointed on missing out on Premier League football, but added that he wants to repeat the feat with the Blues.

"I could have stayed but realistically I didn't know how much I would play, plus the Ipswich challenge excites me and it's been an easy transition for me so far," he said.

Cyclists have expressed their upset at Abellio Greater Anglia's restrictions on bikes for this weekend's Dunwich Dynamo, a 120-mile overnight ride from London to Dunwich.

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But what exactly is the Dunwich Dynamo? Well, the Southwark Cyclists says "there's no organisation, support crew or logical reason to do it. Introducing Dunwich Dynamo is easy as it's just a beautiful thing."

Buzz Feed's 21 Reasons Why You Should Ride The Dunwich Dynamo might give you more of an insight.

Bell Lane in Kesgrave is partially blocked in both directions at the junction with Foxhall Road, because of an accident involving two cars.

Police are directing traffic.

The body of Philip Heathcote is being flown back from Tunisia today, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said.

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Mr Heathcote, from Felixstowe, was killed in last Friday's massacre. He was celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife Allison, who is being treated in hospital in Birmingham after being shot several times.

Mr Heathcote and eight other British nationals are due to arrive at RAF Brize Norton at about 15:00.

The headlines this Thursday lunchtime:

• Easton & Otley College says schools in Suffolk need to do more to put farming in the picture
• A snake found by police in Ipswich in the early hours of this morning is to be reunited with its owner
• Public toilets in the arc shopping centre in Bury St Edmunds are named as the best in the county

Schools in Suffolk need to do more to promote careers in farming to those choosing their GCSEs if the industry is to avoid a work force crisis, according to Edge Careers the government-backed group set up in Suffolk to promote apprenticeships in food and farming.

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Ten percent of the nearly 400 apprenticeships vacancies in Suffolk are in the industry. Nicola Currie, from EDGE Careers, said: "More young people need to get involved in the industry to prepare for this changeover as the generation change takes place in employment.

"They need the support of the schools to tell young people about the opportunities in the farming industry."

Waveney Council tweets: Dignitaries to remember victims of the Tunisia attack as part of a national minute's silence.

Read more.

A word of warning if you're sitting out in the sun today.

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This photograph has been sent in by Peter Missons, who lives in Pakefield near Lowestoft.

He says: "I have never seen our garden temperature gauge reading so high even with the sun fully on it at 07:15 this morning."

There's a happy ending to the story of the snake found in Ipswich.

Sgt Ali Livingstone, who found the reptile in Chevallier Street, said: "I had a phone call at about 10:30 to say the owner had called up. It should be handed back by this afternoon."

Brett Pitman and Ryan Fraser (pictured) will speak to press today for the first time since the pair joined Ipswich Town from AFC Bournemouth.

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The pair won promotion to the Premier League with the Cherries last season and Blues manager Mick McCarthy will be hoping they repeat that feat during their time at Portman Road.

In just over a week's time both Pitman and Fraser could make their non-competitive debuts for Ipswich in a friendly at League of Ireland side Shelbourne.

The mum of a 22-year-old man whose body was pulled from the water at Tattingstone has described him as a "shining star" and "one in the million".

Matt Dunnett, of Woodhouse Square, Ipswich, was pronounced dead at Alton Water on Tuesday night after an hour-long search in the reservoir by emergency services near Lemons Hill bridge.

Cyclists on Facebook have been expressing their anger about Abellio Greater Anglia's restrictions on bikes for this weekend's Dunwich Dynamo - with no cycles allowed on the Lowestoft to Ipswich and Norwich routes after the 120-mile overnight ride from London.

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Paul Johnson said: "I was going to ride but now have no way off getting to London from Ipswich without the train."

Matteo Fernando Lineous said: "Myself and 2 others have binned doing the DD this year coz of the drama of getting us n our bikes from Lowestoft to London....damm shame as it was a great experience last year!"

Greater Anglia has yet to comment.

The public conveniences at Castle Hill in Ipswich have been assessed to be the worst in the county - in BBC Radio Suffolk's Boggies Awards.

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Well looking at this photograph, I'm not surprised. Are you?

The men's and women's toilets in the arc shopping centre in Bury St Edmunds have been chosen as the best in the county, in Mark Murphy's Boggies Awards.

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Judges Lynn Mortimer and Shirley Shelley had the questionable honour of visiting a number of loos round the county to decide which one was worthy of this ultimate accolade.

Cyclists are being put off taking part in the annual Dunwich Dynamo on Saturday because a train company is refusing to carry bikes after the 120 mile ride, campaigners say.

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Every year, more than 1,000 cyclists meet at a park in Hackney and take an overnight ride to the Suffolk coast. Many then rely on trains to take their bikes back, but Abellio Greater Anglia says it will not allow cycles on its routes to Ipswich and Norwich on Sunday, and has outlined restrictions for the number of bikes it will take to London on the Saturday.

Tim Regester said: "Many, many cyclists decide last minute to participate. That spontaneous decision just became much harder as there will not be a viable train option home."

The economic benefits brought to the region through its inclusion in this year's Women's Tour are expected to top £1m - providing a financial boost to more than match its sporting legacy.

Council chiefs involved in securing major roles for Suffolk and north Essex in the UK's foremost women's cycling event say they are hopeful it will top the estimated high six-figure sum generated by last year's inaugural tour.

The stories making the headlines this morning:

• Thetford Forest's biggest fire for years has prompted warnings for visitors to take care
• There are calls for schools in Suffolk to do more to promote careers in farming if the industry is to avoid a work force crisis
• Plans for a caravan site for three gypsy families at Red Lodge have been approved by councillors

Plans for a caravan site, including six amenity buildings, to house three gypsy families have been approved.

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The original decision by Forest Heath district councillors was deferred over concerns the site on Elms Road, near Red Lodge, could be a danger to the health of the families who want to live there.

But the Environment Agency told councillors the waste dumped there was classed as "inert" and wouldn't pose a risk. The application attracted a number of objections from local residents and Red Lodge Parish Council.

Just over half an hour to go before Mark Murphy will be announcing the winners of his Boggies Awards, for the best and worst public toilets in Suffolk.

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Listeners to his programme on BBC Radio Suffolk have nominated loos from all parts of the county, for the three categories:

• Best men's toilet
• Best ladies' toilet
• Worst toilet

Mildenhall Speedway suffered a 9th away defeat of the season last night at National League leaders Birmingham.

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The Brummies had Zach Wajtknecht to thank for the most part, as the former British 250cc Youth Champion won all five of the heats he contested.

This evening the Ipswich Witches return to action at Foxhall, where they will race Plymouth Devils in the Premier League.

An Ipswich policeman nicknamed Robocop, because of his high arrest rate, has admitted he's terrified of snakes.

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Speaking after a three foot snake, thought to be a corn snake, was found in Chevallier Street in the town, Sgt Ali Livingstone said: "As my colleague picked it up I promptly sat in the police car, locked all the doors and told him he wasn't getting in the car with it.

"We then did drive it to the police station after a bit of negotiation. He was reassuring me he would look after it on the journey."

There's a broken down car on the A11 at the Red Lodge exit, causing disruption to local traffic.

A woman has died after being hit by a car in Woodbridge yesterday.

The 82-year-old pedestrian was taken to Ipswich Hospital after being hit on New Street at about 14:00, and died yesterday evening.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

The headlines this morning:

• An 82-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car in Woodbridge yesterday
• A teenage cyclist was airlifted to hospital after a serious crash in Rushmere St Andrew yesterday evening
• Police in Ipswich apprehend a three foot snake in Chevallier Street in the town

There are several problems on Suffolk's roads this morning. Here are the details:

• Congestion northbound on the A12 between junction 32B and 33 (Belstead and Copdock interchange)
• Eastbound exit slip road blocked on A14 at junction 42 (Westley)
• One lane closed on A14 westbound between junction 53 and 52 (Whitehouse and Claydon)

Police in Ipswich took an unusual suspect into custody overnight.

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Officers came across a three foot snake, thought to be a corn snake, in Chevallier Street in Ipswich.

Sgt Ali Livingstone said: "We took it to Ipswich Police Station, which was another kind of issue as to how we transport it and where we take it now. It's being well looked after while we try and find the owner."

A warm and muggy start but with some morning sunshine and light winds.

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A few thundery showers may develop this afternoon but not everyone will see them. It will be a hot day once again, but not quite as hot as Wednesday.

Maximum temperature: 28C (82F). Watch the full forecast with Elizabeth Rizzini.

Good morning. Phew it was a warm night last night wasn't it?

Today we'll do our best to keep you informed about what's happening around the county, bringing you news, travel, weather and sport updates.

Enjoy the sunshine and a reminder - you might even get a thunderstorm or two.