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Ipswich's new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is set to receive £13 million in additional Government funding, bringing the total investment in the Museum Street facility to around £25 million ahead of its planned opening in April 2027.
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Ipswich Borough Council's licensing committee has revoked the alcohol licence of Café Carla on Norwich Road, after councillors went further than police had requested — opting to strip the venue of its licence entirely rather than suspend it for three months.
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It started with a Facebook post, a friendship, and a "crazy" idea. On Saturday, 11 April, it became a Guinness World Record — as 891 people signed a cancer awareness ribbon at Trinity Park in Ipswich.
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The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce's Quarterly Economic Survey for January to March 2026 reveals a local economy where cautious optimism in some areas is being drowned out by persistent challenges with cashflow, investment, and profitability.
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Ipswich's New Wolsey Theatre and Ipswich County Library have been awarded a combined £1,029,340 in government funding to upgrade their buildings and improve accessibility for local communities.
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Two stylists who spent nearly their entire working lives at the same Ipswich salon say they are excited — not sad — as they embark on a new chapter after more than 60 years between them.
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A popular hair salon in Ipswich town centre has been listed for sale, two years after its Polish-born owner opened it to fulfil a lifelong dream.
Candidates have now been confirmed for Ipswich's local elections on Thursday, 7 May — and with polling day less than four weeks away, here is everything you need to know before you cast your vote, including a full breakdown of the candidates.
When a resident raised concerns about service charges at Pipers Court, a 103-home apartment block on Old Foundry Road, we went to take a look. From the outside, it is not without a certain charm, but what lies beyond the entrance tells a very different story.
'Constable: A Cast of Characters' marks 250 years since the artist's birth with over 100 works on display at Christchurch Mansion, running until 14 June. It is, in the best possible way, not really about the paintings.
The government's new five-year road investment strategy has put the Copdock interchange on a development pipeline – but what does that actually mean, and how far away is a fix for one of Suffolk's most notorious bottlenecks?
On paper, the numbers look manageable. But those working with young people across Suffolk say the figures only tell part of the story, and that for every young person in treatment, many more are going unseen.
Ipswich Town's chairman and CEO has a phrase he likes to use in difficult moments. This week, he created the mother of all difficult moments — and then disappeared. This is the story of what happened at Portman Road, what it means for this town, and what it means for the man at the centre of it.
After months of bitter argument, competing business cases and accusations of misleading the public, the government has made its decision — and Suffolk is getting three new unitary councils. We trace the journey that brought the county to this moment.
Monica Thomas waited 17 years for a diagnosis. Faye Ramsey made 76 unanswered phone calls in a single week. Today, both women sat in Parliament as their MP made the case that their experiences must never happen again.
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Ipswich's New Wolsey Theatre will throw open its doors for a free afternoon of live music, cosplay, fire performance, arts and crafts, and more on Saturday, 30 May 2026.
A 43-year-old man from Ipswich has been handed an extended 23-year sentence after being found guilty of 14 sexual offences against two children.
Candidates have now been confirmed for Ipswich's local elections on Thursday, 7 May — and with polling day less than four weeks away, here is everything you need to know before you cast your vote, including a full breakdown of the candidates.
Staff at a Suffolk children's hospice gave up their own Christmas to care for a family facing the unthinkable. This summer, Jason Wilkins and his son Ned are taking on a muddy obstacle course to say thank you.
The Government has published the official boundaries for Ipswich's new unitary authority, which will absorb dozens of parishes from neighbouring Babergh, Mid Suffolk and East Suffolk districts when it takes over local government in 2028.
When a resident raised concerns about service charges at Pipers Court, a 103-home apartment block on Old Foundry Road, we went to take a look. From the outside, it is not without a certain charm, but what lies beyond the entrance tells a very different story.
With £20m of investment heading to Stoke Park, councillor Chu Man argues that money alone won't be enough — and sets out what it will take to make Pride in Place truly succeed.
Ipswich-based creative Steve Haugh has drawn on the town's Tudor heritage to create a hand-signed art print that links the ambitions of Cardinal Wolsey's era to the renewed energy surrounding Ipswich Town today.
Ipswich Children's Book Group (ICBG) is celebrating half a century of bringing children and books together with two special events this spring and is calling on past members to get in touch.
'Constable: A Cast of Characters' marks 250 years since the artist's birth with over 100 works on display at Christchurch Mansion, running until 14 June. It is, in the best possible way, not really about the paintings.
A vacant Ipswich town centre shop, formerly home to the Samaritans charity outlet, is set to reopen as a butchers and retail outlet after a local landlord secured tenants to bring a Witham-based meat factory's products to the high street.
Residential streets in north Ipswich have long sat outside the HGV restriction zone that protects much of the rest of the town – that is now set to change.