During a 60th birthday celebration the jury at the Coroner's Court in Ipswich this afternoon returned a verdict that although Ella park provided clear and sufficient safety instructions it could not of her seen the circumstances in which a stationary or slow moving cart would result in accidental death a number of beach huts along the sea front in Felixstowe have shifted and after an x. An expected high tide mark Murphy said earlier at least 10 huts have been lifted off their wooden posts by the sheer force of the water so clearly the sea a high tide here is pretty rough the sea has come right up on the prominent and the power of the North Sea has moved these big shots in some cases about 10 feet and actually know who owns w 8 at the moment I'm standing next to w.i. It's a white beach up with blue on the top and it is actually rocking in the wind fresh warnings have been issued for travelers to avoid unnecessary journeys as snow ice and strong winds continue to make conditions treacherous across many parts of the u.k. Many roads remain impassable in parts of southern England the Midlands South Wales northern England and much of Scotland. Has have cancelled services and thousands of properties are without power abandon vehicles are also causing problems for an IP switch man who can now only leave his house by foot a Tesco delivery van is stuck after it got jammed and is now blocking the road the pick up company will retrieve the vehicle when conditions are better James lives in Ipswich on a hill and can't get out it's 48 hours and counting than still there blocking roads preventing anyone from leaving their properties by car because you know it's an urgency because. They can't get to as Council vehicles can't access our road either so the rubbish wasn't picked up today and talk everything today in broad daylight the dam was raided by Sade's they stole pretty much everything. At least 2 majors the day of being caught drug driving on Suffolk Norfolk's roads over the last 3 years 2000 drivers have been caught by police new laws introduced in March 2015 gave police the power to test for cocaine in cannabis at the roadside Professor asshole Johnston was consulted by the government about the change in law explains how drugs affect people's driving anything that. Talk to Kate you're in any way or alters your consciousness come come alter the way you behave behind the wheel so with things like cocaine you might be stimulated become reckless perhaps speed cannabis you might be sedated and not react as fast as you should when something happens like a child runs out in front of you. The head of n.h.s. England has said that febrile looks have been the most pressurised month in the history of the n.h.s. Speaking at a health conference Simon Stephens at the cold weather was a factor as well as high numbers of flu and norovirus cases after being derelict for nearly a decade the former nightclub I switched train station is being redeveloped into offices the melting building dates from the 820 s. More recently it was a venue called zest Hollywoods and also cartouche the 3000000 pound project has been given 600000 pounds of public money developer says the original features will be a key selling point what we want to do is create a building that is much more interesting than your average office space and something a little bit different more like the offices open shortage and the like where all these old warehouses are being converted to be a set that we're going for a contemporary take on an old building way you get to see the architecture and the features when it's finished and his grandma or the latest sport it's address is whole off then but Knights championship match of the Riverside goes ahead a victory for Middlesbrough home to Leeds would move the Teesside is into the play off places nor just going to Barnsley has been called off tomorrow as has Sheffield United versus Burton the u.k. Open darts is underway in mine head where suffix pizza right begins a defense of his title is saving the world number 2 in the rest of the draw though a playing behind closed doors is the Butlins result staging the event decided early today the weather conditions of made the venue unsafe for travelling supporters Katherina Johnson Thomson is 2nd after 3 events of the women's pentathlon at the world into athletics championships in Birmingham she won the high jump and through an indoor personal best in the shot put and the Welsh Open snooper Thailand's knock on sang a strew to the semifinals after victory this afternoon Ronnie O'Sullivan versus John Higgins a meeting of 2 heavyweights of the sport is the pick of the action tonight the weather for the seeding tonight outbreaks of snow spreading from the south snows tending to ease after midnight perhaps turning to sleet in places before clearing feeling very cold once more with the threat of ice minimum temperature the c evening minus $2.00 to $1.00 Celsius that's $2830.00. Before found height tomorrow any lingering Overnight snow or sleet should soon clear some brightness will develop for a time before cloud the concert and later on in the off to noon maximum temperature tomorrow one to 4 Celsius that's 34 to 39 Fahrenheit and back with more help us fight are you going to be at a good time right on how are you keeping rambling thanks for the. Novelty and welcoming as I know you would make it really roll the be a well there is always that is a bit sad about me I know them better is nothing like your own but we don't bank up love you know James Hazel might look a lot but I didn't know that before the stories about did you know oh. I don't even want to go there thank you. Joy Jamieson on b.b.c. Radio Suffolk. Jamieson here with you on drive time until 7 o'clock tonight sitting in for fall is in the next hour we look at Suffolk state in detail we talked to Matt Rose from Suffolk police about this week of extraordinary weather stuff that saw service a recruiting full time offices for the 1st time in 9 years and we find out why and more motorists across the county are being caught drug driving we actually saw one driver who was 25 times the limit for it I mean it's I mean it's basically a horse tranquilizer they use it in for medicinal purposes we also find out about plans to restore a historic building in Ipswich. Georgie Jamieson on b.b.c. Radio Suffolk. The big freeze is continuing to cause problems across Suffolk 1st full day with hundreds of schools closed trains cancelled and roads blocked by drifting snow away the report said Guy Campbell has been just north of highest with where local people have been trying to clear the main road to Bangor welcome just south of specs on a one for 4 road in snowdrifts here have. Close this road since the late hours of Wednesday evening at Tait's from a nearby farm and he's working hard in his bucket load to try to shift some of the snow here he's also been joined by some local people with shovels and they are all part of an official County Council operation we start at 7 o'clock just done a finished a father talk last note I know by Guy again this morning so you're taking out a truck here yeah we talk this I guess to die we were always a firm 1 o'clock yesterday. And this morning we had a great Right from lax failed to get the aggressive on the. Bus with bikes we didn't use just one problem the next problem the weather is also put paid to the football and it's not just the non-league and it's towns game against Pullman road has been postponed stadium the stadium manager Greg explained it isn't the pitch that's the problem it's more the outlawing areas you know we could think about support such d. But of this is going to struggle to get in then now stall for struggle to gain catering stall for all students you know we want to open the stadium but twice in the state and we need a minimum amount of students and then we got rid of the emergency services as well you know they're going to be very stretched this week and I'm sure with the bad weather now have been this way can do we need to have emergence of some Stamboul because we've got full credit and a good thing about the substance as well so all in all you know the bigger picture is everybody wants to come on but I think things considered you know the right decisions been mind the game has been rescheduled for a week on Tuesday that's the 13th of March kickoff at 745 now Chief Inspector Matthew race has been keeping us up to date all week here on b.b.c. Radio Suffolk with the situation and we can speak to him not. How is the situation on the roads now Chief Inspector rise it seems to be easing slightly What is it that you are seeing. Well there's certain significant snow is forecast for the. Save means the early hours so we've been working hard with our partners from across the blue lights and other public services all week in very challenging conditions to coordinate our resources and make sure that we we do our best to keep people safe now right now across our road so the Suffolk highways have been working very hard at designated primary routes are actually in not bad condition have been gritted and they should be able to withstand the evening rush hour however and you heard a bit in your clip there our rule roads will still be very very challenging and with advise people to stay clear of those wherever possible other roads the areas accusing the main problems then at the moment well if you if you go on to the southern highways website you can see which routes they they grace and they can see which are the primary rate so right now they concentrate when they're very very busy concentrating their primary votes but but as they've resolved those they will move on to the 2nd going rate so you can look on there see when you're going your road is likely to be cleared and gritted and that's a really good resource I expecting further disruption. If the snow is As for cost it will cause some disruption to up to $5.00 centimeters in spoke last across the county so if that does materialize that will cause some problems Absolutely but not forecast to go on until about 4 o'clock tomorrow morning so that will cause problems fortunately Saturday tomorrow so traffic should be a bit lighter and people have been heeding our warnings as well so the roads aren't as busy as we'd expect on a Friday evening and the weather of the wake it weekend it does look like it might warm up quite quickly that's the current forecast so the snow could go quite quickly and just plain play to anyone who's very close being abandoned in the snow just kind of keep an eye on the snow because you're going to need to move soon as possible as soon as you can so we can get the traffic flowing freely and the course the Great is can and snowplows can get out as well now we're on our 4th dieties How have you been planning for the conditions I'm sure you know here office is a pretty one. So we start planning for this week ago when we 1st got the 1st warning and we've got plans as well that we're with we cape for such extreme weather circumstances but this is exceptional to have the weather like this below freezing for so long and stuff for across the not just the public sector but volunteers and the public. Works amazingly hard to to keep the county safe and I'm very pleased to see to say that we've had no serious in incidents throughout the week which is a real achievement and you know everybody involved should be really proud of that as well as the public well you've been keeping us up stay always working very hard so thank you very much when have you found time for any rest. Hopefully I'll get home tonight oh that's good to hear that is good to hear Well thank you Chief Inspector Matthew Rose there telling us about that police. Have been doing to cope with the weather well it's not just Suffolk that's been hit hard by the snow ice and strong winds major instance have been declared in Wiltshire Hampshire even and some a set blizzard Sproule roads to a standstill the m 16 is still closed to Manchester well so just help police free stranded motorists son in long spinster stuck him since yesterday I got still going to fall asleep for about 378 hours on the other side got so let's say around a shuttle with and come back down 12 months and stuff got so far down stop probably around about 6 I think and I've been in it ever since just watchin cows sitting around in trucks just. An electric shock that all night at Britain's airports it's been the worst day so fall for councils and delayed flights on the railways most operators are running a reduced service rail networks including Southeast and Southwest and Scott rail have told people not to travel on their routes overnight hundreds of people were trapped on trains that broke down in heavy snow they had to contend with freezing carriages broken toilets and no food among the passengers was Philip Brown he's to Jenny from London diplomas took 15 I was shy and lost power which meant we lost lights last staging they managed to restore lights for the never get enough power back to begin 18. We spent the best part of the night with narrating there was no water no chute but it will be solved in the but fortunately much earlier in the evening some of the most dramatic footage that's come out in the past 24 Alice was the video of a double decker bus webbing to avoid a car as it skidded out of control on an icy road in Edinburgh the near miss was caught on the dash cam of a van and went viral on social media disaster was averted thanks to the quick reactions of the bus driver Charmaine Laurie she says her training kicked in and a lot of luck as a family was take to learn a new that was just as a come up over the help in. I just like saw all the lights and he started going to me. And he never had much time and he acted just like. Can't stop it's like oh it's. Just like the space that was the the weather's cause huge problems for many people but for some it's proved an unexpected bonus the b.b.c. Concert was due to be taking part in a school project in Skegness which was cancelled because of the weather the hotel where the musicians were staying was hosting a wedding so they decided to put the instruments to go before Ming life as Lisa and respond tied the knot The couple said the performance made the special day even more memorable when they started with. Very rich. And even though he was coming to visit in the House of. Being honest I've never actually seen an orchestra. Like. The big phrase is expected to continue into the weekend with more snow showers and windy conditions for Kos there's also flood alerts in place in parts of north east and south west England we'll have a full full cost for you at $10.00 to $6.00 here on b.b.c. Radio Suffolk right Talking of which it's time to find out what's happening on the travel. Travel east from b.b.c. Radio Suffolk. And keeping us up to date with all things travel it's Barry thanks very much Judy hi and I just hearing from Mr. Wesley wrote in the bar a boundary is close to Bury St Edmunds dad works there but. Suddenly you encounter that if you're heading in that direction so that's where our pantry Bury St Edmunds thanks for updated Mr Smith in Bury St Edmunds I just notice that. Just did a bit slow going just on the horn you're right nothing to. There. Is the usual. On the 131 heading. Straight of. Very very effective. And. If you don't have to travel. Are severely disrupted where. Thank you. Doing you are basing this. 7006. 166. And every step counts in the nation's new steps challenge get this. Thing and start raising money to find out. A jury's ruled the death of a Suffolk man was an accident 63 year old Alan Fairweather from Lowestoft died from traumatic chest injuries at a go kart track in Beccles in September 2016 the inquest by jury said Mr Fairweather died as a result of being in a stationary or slow moving car that was hit at speed from the rear by another one our reporter Vicki Irwin was at the inquest and joins me now what's the background to this Well Judy a jury of 10 at its Which Coroner's Court have been hearing evidence all week they were told in fair weather from Lowestoft was with members of his family at l a park Raceway on the 25th of September 26th to celebrate his brother's 60th birthday they saw c.c.t.v. Footage which showed Allen Fairweather on the last lap of a 6 lap practice race appearing to slow to a stop his daughter in law Peggy Fairweather then go into the back of his cot. Traumatic chest injuries at the scene and what was the conclusion of the inquest the jury found Ella park Raceway had provided clear insufficient safety instructions and could not have foreseen the circumstances where a stationary or slow moving car out would result in accidental death of the conclusion suffix assistant coroner Daniel shops don't address the inquest he thanked the jury on the witnesses and then he went on to address the family he said I can only guess the agony is being to relive this incident I fully appreciate it's been not been easy he then went on to say I had a cheery his specifically to have 10 eyes is and voice is to give that clear opinion there is no one to blame that is the clear assessment of the jury he finished by offering his fullest sympathies to the family and that he what was the reaction of the family off to the conclusion the family told me they were. Looking for any verdict they were just looking for closure Allan fair where the son Jason and his daughter in law Peggy spoke to me they went on to say that they want people to remember Alan as a much loved grandfather and father and that he would be greatly missed my father was. The most nicest man I've ever known of. To me is Joe Allman Jr. And he was. Such a gentleman. K. Were noticed and. Never raced or said anything bad about anyone Diddy and I know what to say but it really was an amazing 4 of the even better ground that. Just a bit of for everybody and. As a family that has been a really difficult time over the last 18 months been 18 months of hell. The kids have kept this girl for it which started to build a life but. Now we're looking forward to moving on to feel Today's in and out of it closure if. You think so we'd like to think so we've got to think that we can try to move forward not a dog I do the one thing that Jason loved to do even. 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Go into it credibly emotional there from the family did we hear anything from Al apart Raceway Well yes they sent us a statement which said that throughout the history the health and safety of their customers spectators and employees has been an important priority they went on to add that the coroner remarked in his concluding statement that he was satisfied health and safety was and continues to be of paramount importance to Ella park Raceway they will say then extended their condolences to mystify with his family thank you and now biggest suggests. 2 motorists being caught drug driving on Suffolk a no fix roads every day nationally I around 25000 drivers have been arrested in the last 3 years the department the transpo estimates 200 people are killed every year 3 drug driving reports a Ben parka has been investigating this story laws introduced in March 2015 meant police could test drivers on the side of the road for cannabis and cocaine for the 1st time also legal limits came in for 17 different types of illegal and legal drugs those illegal substances include cocaine and cannabis as mentioned alongside m.d.m.a. Or ecstasy heroin l.s.d. Methamphetamine and ketamine there are a number of prescription drugs on the list as well and if you're above the limits set for those you could be charged with drug driving those prescription drugs include those meant for combating anxiety and epilepsy alongside pain management professor at all Johnston is from the Queen Mary University of London he was consulted by the governm