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National Brazilian Gymnastics team in Ipswich

The National Brazilian Gymnastics team are in Ipswich as part of a 2012 legacy project being run by the town's gymnastics centre.

Brazil team practising in Ipswich in July 2012 Credit: ITV News Anglia

Teams from Britain and Brazil have agreed to hold two competitions a year, one in Ipswich and one in Brazil, to help both countries prepare their junior athletes for the next Olympics in Rio in 2016

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RAF scramble jet to incident on airliner

An RAF Typhoon jet has been scrambled after an incident on board a Pakistani passenger aircraft within UK airspace. According to Manchester Airport the aircraft, which is still in the air, is a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane which was flying from Pakistan to Manchester.

"A Typhoon aircraft has been launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft within UK airspace."

– Ministry of Defence spokesman

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Arrest over illegal immigrants

Eighteen people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to smuggle Sri Lankan illegal immigrants into Britain in a series of dawn raids across Europe, including in Luton and Essex.

Around 120 immigration and police officers from Home Office Immigration Enforcement and Kent Police searched addresses in London, Luton and Essex on Wednesday morning, while properties in France and Germany were also raided.

Eleven people were arrested in England, and seven were arrested in France, the Home Office said.

Those arrested are suspected of being part of an alleged criminal network that smuggles Sri Lankans into the UK through the Channel ports at a charge of around £4,500 per person.

Brother and sister meet after 39 years apart

Heathrow Airport arrivals hall has seen some emotional reunions in its time but few to compare to one this morning.

Craig Larkin from Kings Lynn in Norfolk finally met up with his sister Janine, who flew in from Phoenix, Arizona. They had been separated for 39 years.

Elodie Harper reports on Craig's agonising wait - and a very special meeting.

Colchester paras train with French

The Anglo/French force on exercise in Scotland
The Anglo/French force on exercise in Scotland Credit: Ministry of Defence

Colchester based paratroopers are training with their French counterparts in a joint exercise in Scotland.

Members of 16 Air Assault Brigade have deployed with 300 French troops from the 11e Brigade Parachutiste.

The Anglo/French team on the ground
The Anglo/French team on the ground Credit: Ministry of Defence

They've been air-dropped into the West Freugh area of Scotland.

Their mission is to stabilise an area disputed by two fictional nations which are divided by economic and ethnic factors.

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Cambridge scientists study whale culture

A Humpback whale lobtailing
A Humpback whale lobtailing Credit: Jennifer Allen/Ocean Alliance

Scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge have shown how a new feeding technique has spread through a large group of whales in the Atlantic.

The technique, called ‘lobtail feeding’, involves the whales strike the surface of the water with their tails then blowing bubbles to catch fish.

A Humpback whale feeding
A Humpback Whale feeding Credit: Jennifer Allen/Whale Center of New England

The new feeding behaviour has spread through cultural transmission, the same process used by humans and primates.

The researchers believe their results strengthen the case that whales and dolphins have evolved sophisticated cultural capacities.

Lost Constable pictures found in American suburb

Constable's pencil sketch of Coleorton Hall
Constable's pencil sketch of Coleorton Hall Credit: Bonhams

Drawings by the Suffolk artist John Constable which were discovered at a house in Michigan will be sold at auction on 3rd July.

The works were collected by the late Jasper Moore.

The drawings, which haven't been seen on the market for 50 years, will be sold by the Bonhams auction house.

Two views of the grounds of Hedingham Castle in Essex appear to be unrecorded.

Mr Moore began collecting works of art during World War II while stationed in California and was still collecting up until his recent death aged 90.

Celebrating American Airmen in Cambridgeshire

The 70th anniversary of the arrival of the first American airmen at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire is being marked in a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum which opens on April 13th

The base which is now home to the Imperial war museum, welcomed it's first US airmen in April 1943 Credit: ITV Anglia

It tells the stories of the men and women who arrived in 1943 and became part of the community in which they were based.

Aircraft are on display at the museum Credit: ITV Anglia

As well as aircraft, photographs and other historic artefacts the museum will also be hosting Americans in Britain Tours - telling the tales of individual air crew members, their bravery in conflict and their off duty exploits.

Events marking the anniversary will continue until December

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