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Four-acre woodland playground opens near Ipswich
A four-acre woodland adventure playground, described as the only one of its kind in the region, has opened in the grounds of Helmingham Estate near Ipswich.
Nicola Sebastian
Nicola is a reporter for Ipswich.co.uk and Editor of 1473, a youth-led media brand by and for young people in Ipswich.
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The Thomas Wolsey to host free charity music festival in August
A free day of live music at The Thomas Wolsey will see 12 local acts perform on Saturday, 1 August, with organisers aiming to raise £1,000 for three causes.
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Golf day raises £11,000 for children's hospice charity
Golfers raised £11,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) at a charity day at Fynn Valley Golf Club.
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Ipswich brothers raise more than £4,000 in padel challenge
Two brothers from Ipswich have played padel non-stop for 18 hours to raise £4,127 for a charity supporting children in Ghana.
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Will Ipswich sink or swim?
Ipswich enters the summer of 2026 with an empty lido it cannot yet fund, an ageing main pool it plans to demolish, and a £38m replacement that its own council will not exist long enough to build. We ask: where will Ipswich swim?
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Suffolk's first women's health support hub to open in Ipswich
This month, Women's Health Hope — the Ipswich charity founded by Monica Thomas — announces the launch of Suffolk's first Women's Health Support Hub. A milestone that follows years of campaigning and one woman's determination to turn her own health journey into something that helps others.
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Town centre street market returns bigger this Sunday
The Walk's popular street market is back on Sunday, 28 June, and for the first time it will spread out of its alleys and into the high street, reaching through the Buttermarket and up to the Giles statue.
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Fashion show raises £5,500 for Cancer Support Suffolk
Former Ipswich Town manager George Burley walked the catwalk to help raise £5,500 for Cancer Support Suffolk, the charity that supported him through his own cancer battle.
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'They could have killed him, and the police didn't care': Mum of epileptic teen beaten and repeatedly kicked in the head by gang of students speaks out
When a 15-year-old boy with severe epilepsy was beaten by a large group of his peers in an Ipswich park, his mother expected the police to act. What followed, she says, has left her son feeling more unsafe than ever.
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Ipswich teen to drum alongside global artists
Darell Chipuru, 17, from Ipswich, has been awarded a bursary place at the Wooden Roots Experience, a West African drum and dance weekend that draws students from around the world to Snape Maltings.
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How Jimmy's Farm is giving Ipswich students a start in media
A growing collaboration between Jimmy's Farm and Suffolk New College is giving local students hands-on experience in TV and media, with the attraction pledging at least three student-led projects every year.
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Ipswich breakfast clubs invited to enter £1,000 awards
The staff, volunteers and pupils behind Ipswich breakfast clubs have until Friday, 29 June to enter this year's Kellogg's Breakfast Club Awards, with a £1,000 grant and recognition at the Houses of Parliament up for grabs.