Ipswich's Woodbridge Road Hippodrome was the underdog of our entertainment past, and while it quietly vanished away, on the other end of town, the St Nicholas Street Hippodrome continued as a dazzling headliner – the one with the star architect, big stage, crowds and glamour.
More than two years after it was first commissioned, Ipswich Borough Council has finally revealed its new place brand for the town, built around the strapline "Ipswich, the home of opportunity."
Ipswich Borough Council is installing removable bollards on Carr Street, Tower Street, Westgate Street and Queen Street to stop drivers ignoring the town centre's existing daytime vehicle restrictions.
A solution to Ipswich's reliance on a single crossing of the River Orwell could cost more than £1bn and not be finished until at least 2039 at the earliest, according to a Suffolk County Council report going before Cabinet on Thursday, 17 September.
A £7.8m overspend sounds modest against an £850m budget, but it comes as Suffolk County Council's financial safety net is forecast to more than halve this year, leaving less room to absorb future shocks.
Just two months after bin chutes overflowed in the sweltering summer heat, the halls of Pipers Court are now flooding, as heavy rain exposed fresh problems at the Ipswich block, with standing water reaching residents' front doors.
Suffolk County Council leader Michael Hadwen says the collapse of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Suffolk will be the turning point in his relationship with Ipswich, as a clearer picture emerges of just how far the government has retreated and what comes next.
Suffolk County Council leader Michael Hadwen says the collapse of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Suffolk will be the turning point in his relationship with Ipswich, as a clearer picture emerges of just how far the government has retreated and what comes next.
Ipswich Borough Council announced a start date for its long-delayed Lloyds Avenue redevelopment on the same day it confirmed it had purchased and would demolish the former Debenhams building. We ask: should the two schemes share one masterplan, rather than proceed separately?
In mid-July, around 15,000 Sunni Muslims packed into a private religious gathering at a country estate near the tiny Suffolk village of Barham. A major incident was declared following an alleged terror threat. Taxpayers are believed to have footed the bill, but police won't say how much it is.
The government's abrupt decision to abandon local government reorganisation (LGR) in Suffolk and Norfolk marks one of the most significant reversals in English local governance for a decade.
Ipswich.co.uk can exclusively reveal that Ipswich Borough Council has acquired the former Debenhams building for £4m and plans to demolish it after the current owner, Unex, stripped it bare and allowed it to become a "blight" on our high street for half a decade.
In an exclusive interview, Ian Fisher tells Ipswich.co.uk exactly why he leaked confidential council information – and why he would do it again. Now publicly disciplined for it, the Conservative group leader is asking whether a Labour councillor would have faced the same reckoning.
Potholes are reported to cost UK drivers an estimated £1.48bn a year and have been linked to thousands of road casualties. Suffolk County Council believes a new piece of machinery and a wider change in how it works could help turn the tide on its own backlog.
Illegally parked cars, litter, seed husks, bird mess, unexplainable stains, bins left out all day, street drinking – none of these alone is Ipswich's biggest problem. Collectively, encountered every day – by every visitor on nearly every street in the town centre – they have become just that.
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Ipswich Borough Council announced a start date for its long-delayed Lloyds Avenue redevelopment on the same day it confirmed it had purchased and would demolish the former Debenhams building. We ask: should the two schemes share one masterplan, rather than proceed separately?
Staff, student representatives and partners gathered at the University of Suffolk's waterfront campus to plant the first shrubs of a new hedgerow, launching a year of anniversary events.
Ipswich Borough Council's Executive will consider proposals to increase hackney carriage fares, with a typical two-mile daytime journey rising from £8.00 to £8.10, subject to public consultation.
In mid-July, around 15,000 Sunni Muslims packed into a private religious gathering at a country estate near the tiny Suffolk village of Barham. A major incident was declared following an alleged terror threat. Taxpayers are believed to have footed the bill, but police won't say how much it is.
Musictakeaway, a Norfolk-based vinyl specialist, is set to open its first Ipswich store at 4 St Nicholas Street, taking on a Grade II listed building previously home to a travel agency for over 10 years.
Suffolk County Council says 648 new school and SEND places are available for children and young people this academic year, including 243 specialist SEND places funded by an £8.6 million investment, with 87 of those SEND places in Ipswich.
When Ian Spilling died in June, his wife's colleagues at Bluebird Lodge rallied around her, and together they are now building something that will outlast their grief.
The government's abrupt decision to abandon local government reorganisation (LGR) in Suffolk and Norfolk marks one of the most significant reversals in English local governance for a decade.
Freeport East has given £50,000 to help Maritime Transport develop plans for an electric HGV charging hub in Felixstowe, with the facility potentially open by 2028.
More than 11,000 tickets have been booked for The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape at Christchurch Mansion since it opened on 11 July, with the exhibition closing on Sunday, 4 October.
Suffolk councils recorded 4,144 fly-tipping incidents last year, but issued just 54 fines, as the Government prepares to raise maximum penalties by 400% to £5,000.
Pupils at Ipswich Prep School spent their first day back this term climbing, balancing and exploring a brand-new playground, officially opened by the Mayor of Ipswich in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Ipswich.co.uk can exclusively reveal that Ipswich Borough Council has acquired the former Debenhams building for £4m and plans to demolish it after the current owner, Unex, stripped it bare and allowed it to become a "blight" on our high street for half a decade.
Ipswich Borough Council says construction on the Lloyds Avenue revamp will finally go ahead, after Suffolk County Council approved the highways work needed – six years after the scheme was first proposed and five years after funding was secured.
Ipswich's theatrical history is usually remembered through its grandest venues, but long before the famous Hippodrome on St Nicholas Street, there was another Hippodrome, on Woodbridge Road, almost entirely erased from local memory, with barely a trace left to prove it ever existed.
A new mural has been unveiled at the Thomas Wolsey pub in Ipswich, created by local artist Maddie Willis to mark Ed Sheeran's surprise gig at the venue, with Mayor Pat Bruce-Browne on hand for the unveiling.
Weeks after Ipswich.co.uk highlighted bin bags piling up outside town centre shops, the council says enforcement action has cut the number left out on the street each week from 84 to 29.
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for six years and a woman given a suspended sentence after Suffolk Police uncovered a drugs operation at a house in Bramford.
Suffolk Highways has finished this year's surface dressing programme, treating 86 sites and more than 750,000 square metres of road between June and August.
Ten years ago, a disused office space at South Street became a stage. As The Smokehouse turns ten, it is sharing its birthday month with the University of Suffolk – and the pair are throwing a party together.
The Buttermarket reopened at 08:00 today, Thursday, 3 September, following a closure caused by a burst water main.
Parts of The Buttermarket remain without power days after a burst water main forced the Ipswich shopping centre to close.
Two Suffolk poets have launched Five Poets, a new bi-monthly event at Bin93, to give talented local writers their first chance to deliver a full 20-minute set.
A live facial recognition deployment across Tavern Lane and Upper Brook Street on Thursday, 27 August 2026, led to two arrests, Suffolk Constabulary has confirmed, after officers screened 27,531 faces against a watchlist of 771 people.
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