The Labour leader of the council, John Cotton, had

"We are very aware of the history of the place – the Americans being here but also what the guys... did when they took what was essentially an abandoned building and converted it into the museum we have today."He said the show had enabled the history of the base to reach a younger audience, and the museum had seen a doubling in the number of visitors.

"Sometimes we were almost overrun," he said.Plans for a solar farm were refused by councillors after one said they were "totally inappropriate".Babergh District Council met on Wednesday to discuss the submitted plans for the solar farm in Bentley near Ipswich.

Green Switch Capital's plans received 13 letters in support while 175 residents submitted objections.Planning officers had previously recommended the plans were refused which councillors unanimously agreed to follow.

The application was for a site between Potash Lane and Church Road in the village, mostly located on land of the best quality for agriculture, reports the

The solar farm, with up to 40 MW of export capacity, would be built on 48.3 hectares (119.3 acres) alongside ancillary infrastructure and cabling, two substations, and new vehicular accesses.In order to keep paying for his 88-year-old mother's £1,842 weekly residential care costs, he said he would "have to sell her house, everything, basically" by next year.

Mr Belton, 63, whose mother has Alzheimer's, said he wanted the next government to set a date for the introduction of the cap "on day one", as well as "clarity" what it will cover and when it will be calculated from.The costs for his mother's care are currently being drawn from her savings, but Mr Belton said he would have to sell her two-bedroom Worthing bungalow - worth around £375,000 - next year in order to keep up payments.

He says he believes a fair system is needed.Currently, people with savings worth more than £23,250 or who own their own property are not entitled to help with the cost of care.