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Ipswich Witches manager Ritchie Hawkins was delighted with the way his team went about their business in Friday's meeting at Edinburgh Monarchs.

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Although the Suffolk side lost 53-37 on the night it was enough to see them through to the play-off semi-finals after their 26-point victory at Foxhall in the first leg.

"It was a professional performance on a tricky night led by Danny (King) who was superb really," said Hawkins. 

"They started better which I think boosted their morale but when we needed to we stepped it up another level. I always thought we had a lot more left in the tank and we used it when we needed to."

Despite losing 53-37 at Edinburgh Monarchs on Friday night Ipswich Witches are through to the last-four of the Premier League play-offs.

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The Suffolk side progressed thanks to their 26-point win in the first leg.

Danny King (pictured) was the Witches top scorer with 10+1.

Ipswich will now take on Somerset Rebels for a place in the final, with the first leg of that tie in the south west on Friday.

After a chilly start, with some patchy mist and fog in places, there'll be plenty of autumnal sunshine and lots of blue skies. Top temperature: 17C (63F).

It'll be fairly clear overnight, but not quite so chilly, with lows of around 11C (52F).

Get more on the forecast where you live, from BBC Weather.

On-loan Jonny Williams made the first appearance of his latest spell at Ipswich Town in yesterday's Under-23s Premier League Cup defeat to Liverpool.

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The 22-year-old Crystal Palace player, who's just recovered from an ankle injury, played the first 45 minutes as Gerard Nash's side lost 3-0.

Danny Ings scored a hat-trick for the visitors.

Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy couldn't hide his anguish after his side's 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield Town on Saturday.

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The Blues were booed off at fulltime after failing to score for the fourth game in a row.

"I thought the whole game was pretty turgid," said McCarthy. "It's disappointing again that we haven't created more and we've let our guard down (for the goal).

"Because we're not exactly playing great it just gets harder to really create anything. So it's a disappointing performance and a hugely disappointing result."

Welcome to a new week of live coverage from across the county.

As well as the usual updates of news, sport and travel, we'll bring you the latest on the vintage aircraft crash over the weekend, in which a man died and a Suffolk pilot was seriously injured.

We'll also find out what's happening in the search for missing RAF Honington serviceman Corrie McKeague .

This lovely photograph was taken in Barnardiston this morning just before 07:00 by BBC Weather Watcher David.

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That's it for our live coverage for the week, but we'll be at 08:00 on Monday.

We'll leave you with a reminder of some of our top stories:

• Thirteen men charged in connection with an attack on Mildenhall football fan Simon Dobbin have pleaded not guilty
• The social media campaign to find missing serviceman Corrie Mckeague has been shared more than 183,000 times
• The consultation into plans to ban dogs from part of Southwold beach between 1 March and 31 October each year ends today

We'll leave you with this lovely photograph taken at Covehithe last night, by BBC Weather Watcher "Snapperoo":

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The Prime Minister says she won't tear up the promises her predecessor made to build two new bridges over major waterways in Suffolk.

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Speaking ahead of the forthcoming Conservative Party conference, Theresa May confirmed her commitment to the £150m projects for a third crossing at Lowestoft and the wet dock crossing in Ipswich. 

She said: "We stand by the infrastructure commitments that have been given by the government in the past. 

"I'm not tearing up commitments that were given under David Cameron's premiership."

Town midfielder Andre Dozzell has been named in the England U18s squad for two friendlies in Sweden next month. 

Isolated showers this evening will fade away to leave much of the night dry with clear spells, and perhaps a few mist patches. Turning chilly with light winds, as temperatures fall to 6C (43F) in prone rural spots.

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Sunny spells on Saturday, particularly at first, but an increasing risk of showers or longer spells of rain developing, some heavy with hail and thunder, and perhaps some local flooding. 

Feeling notably cool with light and variable winds, and temperatures only reaching 16C (61F).

Get your full local weekend forecast from BBC Weather.

We shared a photograph earlier of a bird that had got its beak caught up in balloon ribbons, and mentioned that some people believe balloon releases should be banned.

Ann Guyton, from Great Yarmouth, emailed this photograph to us, taken on Yarmouth beach.

She says: "When the wave brought it in, the balloons dragged it down.

"There was no-one else about on the beach and the poor thing was soon taken right out to sea again."

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Four men have been sentenced to terms ranging from 17 to 23 years, for conspiracy to murder Jonathan Catchpole.

Pictured below from left to right, the following sentences were imposed:

• Paul Baker, of Neils View, Maiden Newton, Dorchester - 17 years
• Andrew Seaton, of Frome View, Maiden Newton, Dorchester - 23 years with seven years concurrent for possessing a prohibited firearm
• Frank Warren, of Victoria Road, Dorchester -  23 years with five years to run concurrently for possessing a prohibited firearm
• Simon Webber, of Sydenham Close, Bridgwater - 23 years with five years to run concurrently for possessing a prohibited firearm

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