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Halloween Fireworks Spooktacular: Everything you need to know
Ipswich's long-running Christchurch Park fireworks display will feature new laser technology for the Halloween Fireworks Spooktacular on Saturday, 31 October.
Nicola Sebastian
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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Community centre brings free prostate tests to Kesgrave
Fifty local men were offered free prostate cancer blood tests after Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre (KWMCC) secured council funding to bring the CHAPS charity to town.
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Suffolk Building Society and Town team up on money lessons for Ipswich pupils
Suffolk Building Society and Ipswich Town Foundation have delivered a series of financial education workshops to secondary school pupils across Ipswich, and want to reach even more schools this academic year.
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Police target Ipswich businesses in multi-agency operation
Suffolk Police, Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and the fire service have carried out a pre-planned operation targeting businesses in Ipswich on Thursday, 22 October.
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Council plans to buy Cranfield Mill site for £1.09m
Ipswich Borough Council plans to buy the land beneath two Victorian buildings at the Cranfield Mill site for £1.09m, according to correspondence seen by Ipswich.co.uk. With the council declining to comment, the question remains: what comes first, the sale or the demolition?
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Ipswich film festival to host UK premiere of 1968 film
The first Ipswich International Film Festival (IIFF) opens at King Street Cinema on Saturday, 31 October. Among its highlights is the UK premiere of Moi-même, a film begun in Paris in 1968 and reimagined decades later by its director's son, Mojo Lorwin.
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Emma Freud and Alison Weir receive honorary doctorates from University of Suffolk
Broadcaster and film producer Emma Freud OBE and historian Dr Alison Weir have been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Suffolk at graduation ceremonies at the Ipswich Waterfront.
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University of Suffolk graduate thanks tutors with crocheted caricatures
Gemma Upson, who first picked up crochet at primary school, has graduated from the University of Suffolk, calling her Fine Art degree “hand-on-heart one of the best things I have ever done” - and she has celebrated by immortalising her tutors and technicians as crocheted alter egos.
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Ipswich Town FC to open new club shop in the Buttermarket
A long-vacant shop unit in the Buttermarket is set to be brought back into use next month as Ipswich Town prepares to open a new Planet Blue store in the former Superdry premises.
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Spooky street market spreads to Princes Street this Sunday
The Walk's Halloween-themed street market returns this Sunday, 25 October, with 40 stalls stretching along The Walk, Buttermarket Street and now Princes Street.
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Catwalk, casino and soul: Ipswich street wardens to model as Soul and Sophistication returns
A fashion show featuring three of the town's street wardens, a fun-money casino and a headline set from The Masked Singer vocal arranger Ricky Hanley are on the bill as Glam & Groove comes to Ipswich this Saturday.
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Dolphin found dead in River Orwell
A common dolphin has been found dead in the River Orwell, a day after firefighters and marine rescuers cut it free from netting wrapped around its beak and fins.