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Exclusive: Tower Street Food Hall owner on his '£2m lesson on not trying to change a place'

The former Yates pub on Tower Street stood empty for years before Sandeep Singh spent two years and £2m bringing it back to life as a food hall. Now it has closed, and Singh is taking his concept somewhere that he believes is ready for it, and wants it.

13 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Ipswich MP says improvements at Ipswich Hospital must be made 'quickly'

Ipswich MP Jack Abbott says improvements at Ipswich Hospital must be made "quickly" after meeting the Health Secretary and the trust's interim chief executive over the care watchdog's "concerning" inspection findings.

13 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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'My proudest moment' – Ipswich.co.uk comes to the high street

Ipswich's town centre has no shortage of people with opinions about its decline. We decided to do something about it instead.

13 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Hawthorn Drive in line for regeneration cash as Towns Fund evolves

Hawthorn Drive Shopping Parade is set to benefit from government regeneration funding as Ipswich Borough Council continues to deploy its allocation under a revamped and more flexible funding scheme.

13 March, 2026

Nicola Sebastian

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From heroin to ketamine: How Suffolk's drug use is changing

Drug consumption habits in Suffolk are shifting, with people moving away from opiates such as heroin and towards cocaine, ketamine and crack – and a new report warns the county is also facing a growing threat from synthetic opioids 500 times stronger than heroin.

13 March, 2026

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Ipswich shop finally shut over anti-social behaviour – but why only three months?

A Romanian supermarket on the Buttermarket has been ordered to close after police seized illicit alcohol, tobacco and prescription-only medication – but many locals may be asking why the closure is temporary. Here is what the law actually allows.

12 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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'By hook or by crook, my legs will get me there': teacher takes on 200km hospice run

Inspired by his fiancée's work as a children's hospice nurse, Ipswich PE teacher Olly Page is running 200 kilometres from Brighton to Ipswich to raise £5,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH).

12 March, 2026

Nicola Sebastian

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Man arrested for racially aggravated offence on Tavern Street as police investigate nearby vape store robbery

Shoppers on one of Ipswich's busiest streets watched as officers struggled to detain a man who resisted arrest on Tavern Street this morning, as police separately conducted their investigation into a burglary at a nearby vape store.

12 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Suffolk councillor backs National Year of Reading

A Suffolk County Council cabinet member has pledged her support for the National Year of Reading and visited a local library on World Book Day to join a session for babies and toddlers.

12 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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What the proposed jury trial shake-up means for justice in Suffolk

Plans to scrap jury trials for crimes carrying sentences of under three years have cleared their first parliamentary hurdle, but what does that mean for people in Suffolk caught up in the courts?

11 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Ipswich man charged with murder after woman found dead

An Ipswich man has been charged with murder following the death of a 28-year-old woman whose body was found at a Russet Road address in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

11 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Anglia Retail Park to get 24 new EV chargers

Anglia Retail Park is set to nearly triple its electric vehicle charging capacity, with 24 new chargers to be installed alongside the Lidl store.

11 March, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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Exclusive: Tower Street Food Hall owner on his '£2m lesson on not trying to change a place'

Ipswich MP says improvements at Ipswich Hospital must be made 'quickly'

'My proudest moment' – Ipswich.co.uk comes to the high street

Hawthorn Drive in line for regeneration cash as Towns Fund evolves

From heroin to ketamine: How Suffolk's drug use is changing

Ipswich shop finally shut over anti-social behaviour – but why only three months?

'By hook or by crook, my legs will get me there': teacher takes on 200km hospice run

Man arrested for racially aggravated offence on Tavern Street as police investigate nearby vape store robbery

Suffolk councillor backs National Year of Reading

What the proposed jury trial shake-up means for justice in Suffolk

Ipswich man charged with murder after woman found dead

Anglia Retail Park to get 24 new EV chargers

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