SuffolkNews Podcast: Lowestoft Banksy opportunists try to flog 'chips' with offers of £1,800

In today's podcast we hear how a piece Banksy artwork is being plundered by opportunists who are trying to flog parts of it to art dealers for thousands of pounds.

The piece, featuring a large seagull mural eating polystyrene 'chips' from a yellow skip, is guarded by a metal barrier in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

But thieves are stealing the long polystyrene blocks in an effort to profit from them.

One anonymous man has claimed that a Banksy collector in Germany has offered £1,800 for one of the 'chips' that he "somehow acquired".

Also, Police are 'extremely concerned' for the welfare of a missing 31-year-old man Matthew Fowles from Lowestoft, who was as last seen leaving the town on foot at approximately 4.30pm yesterday.

Meanwhile, a village football club has set up a JustGiving page to support the owners of the Nutshells Tea Room in Stowupland, which was burned to the ground on Saturday.

Finally, Suffolk company Cosy Aroma's, who specialise in vegan-friendly home fragrances is set to expand with a new shop in Bury St Edmunds.

It is the latest chapter in the company's growth after it expanded into Europe with a German distributor last year to sell its more than 100 scents in candles, wax melts, room sprays and other products.