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Parents in Suffolk protesting against planned cuts to children's services are taking their fight to the council today. Nine centres are earmarked for closure. Those who use them say it's a vital service they can't lose.

They're demonstrating outside Suffolk County Council's offices in Ipswich this morning ahead of a meeting to make a final decision on the centres' future. Suffolk County Council says the closures will save £250,000.

There are reports that the A134 is blocked in both directions at Ingham, north of Bury St Edmunds, with queueing traffic at Culford Road.

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of rape in connection with an incident in Maldon on Saturday, January 24.

The 26-year-old man from Maldon and the 23 year-old man from London were arrested on Monday evening.

The men are in police custody and will be questioned regarding the rape of a woman in her 20s, which happened in the underpass at Mill Lane.

People in Essex are being asked to sign up for a scheme which could save them money on household bills.

The Essex Energy Switch, run by Essex County Council, opens next week.

It's free, and the idea is that all those who enter get put into a collective to get lower rates from energy companies.

A scheme has been set up in Cambridge to get more young people into engineering.

The Launchpad scholarship has been set up by aerospace company Marshall, and is open to children from 8 to 18.

The aim is to provide support, experiences and opportunities in the field.

Parents in Suffolk protesting against planned cuts to children's services will take their fight to the council today.

Nine centres are earmarked for closure - but those who use them say it's a vital service they can't lose.

Candles will be lit across the region later to mark 70 years today since the liberation of the Nazi Death camp - Auschwitz..

A special memorial evening was held at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, as part of the build up to today's commemorations.

Survivors of the Nazi death camps were invited to the event to see a mixture of dance and readings.

Candles will be lit in Cambridge, Northampton, Lowestoft, Norwich, Southend and Colchester later to represent each of the 70 years since the end of Auschwitz.

More: Remembering the holocaust - one man's story

A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Bedford this afternoon.

A man in his 30s was found dead at a property in Byron Crescent at around 4.30pm.

The area's been taped off as forensic teams investigate.

A post-mortem will be held in due course, but police have confirmed that the man had been stabbed.