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00:00 Hello, I'm Ash Jones and here's your Suffolk News headlines.
00:04 A shocked pensioner has joined a call for urgent action after he was involved in a crash in a notorious accident hot spot.
00:11 72-year-old Jim Longoire was driving along Mount Road at Fishwick Corner between Ruffin and Thurston
00:17 when he was involved in a collision which spun his car 180 degrees before it collided with a post.
00:23 The retired civil servant had been returning to his Tostock home with his wife Pip
00:27 when the accident happened shortly after 2.30pm on Monday.
00:31 It was the third accident within the space of a week at the crossroads according to campaigners
00:35 who have described the junction as lethal.
00:38 A parent who removed his daughter from a Suffolk primary school over education on puberty
00:43 says he feels vindicated after a video he deemed inappropriate was taken off an educational website.
00:49 Michael Doherty, who lives near Stone Market, removed his 8-year-old daughter from Thurston Primary School last month
00:55 after discovering that year 4 pupils would be watching a BBC Bite Size animation
01:00 which showed the sexual bodily functions of a teenage boy in their PSHE lessons.
01:05 The BBC has confirmed the video was removed from its educational site BBC Bite Size as part of its review process.
01:12 And now to our top story of the week.
01:14 A group of travellers pitched up at a playing field near Sudbury.
01:18 About 12 caravans appeared on land near the Stevenson Centre which is owned by Great Cornard Parish Council on Tuesday.
01:24 A spokesman for Suffolk Police said it is believed to be the same group that appeared at Sibyl Andrews Academy in Bury St Edmunds on Monday morning.
01:31 And that's everything for now. Do check the Suffolk News website for more breaking news.
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