A Chantry girl who studied journalism at the University of East London before returning home to Ipswich and joining Ipswich.co.uk as its first full-time staff reporter.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Buttermarket reopened at 08:00 today, Thursday, 3 September, following a closure caused by a burst water main.
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Parts of The Buttermarket remain without power days after a burst water main forced the Ipswich shopping centre to close.
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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.
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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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Suffolk residents are being encouraged to nominate local volunteer groups for The King's Award for Voluntary Service, the UK's top honour for voluntary organisations.
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Aston French will cut off hair he has grown since school and shave his head at John Olivers on Great Colman Street, in solidarity with his cousin Claire, who is being treated for leukaemia.
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Suffolk Rural's equine centre has received a letter from the Princess Royal congratulating it on 20 years of training learners, as the facility also welcomes new horses and invests in improved facilities.
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A legal notice has been posted on the door of The Falcon pub on Falcon Street, giving a deadline for goods left at the site to be collected before they are disposed of.
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Ipswich Borough Council has offered a different explanation for why street cleaning on Upper Brook Street paused for two days – dropping its earlier reference to the hosepipe ban in favour of "operational reasons," despite initially saying the ban was behind the stop.
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