Long Reads
Inside Ipswich's first stamp museum
Since opening on Fore Street three months ago, the Ipswich Stamp Museum has been giving residents a reason to look twice at stamps – calling them "miniature pieces of artwork."
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.
Opinion
Ipswich’s public projects must move from delay to delivery
Arras Square got the go-ahead six years ago. Work was meant to start in June. Nearly seven weeks on, it's underway – but barely. If this is what progress looks like, our town centre should be worried, argues Ipswich.co.uk staff writer Nicola Sebastian.
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Free litter pickers offered as a push to tidy Ipswich streets
Ipswich residents are being urged to make use of free litter-picking equipment, as a new campaign works to reduce rubbish on the town's streets and highlight local businesses already taking steps to cut down on litter.
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Ipswich campaign shines a light on period poverty
A youth-led campaign is highlighting where people in Ipswich can access free period products, as part of a push to tackle period poverty and stigma in the town.
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Hot pink shopfront repainted after council steps in
A Grade II listed building on Dial Lane was repainted from hot pink to burgundy within days after Ipswich Borough Council contacted the tenant, with a retrospective listed building consent application now expected.
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Gym manager takes on 12 hour walk for Dunwich Heath
Asha Plavny-McKeon, a gym manager, says the damage to Dunwich Heath "really hit home" – this Thursday, 20 August, she will walk continuously on a treadmill for 12 hours, raising money to support Dunwich Heath's recovery.
Long Reads
How fifty years of Citizens Advice reveals a changing Ipswich
Since 1974, thousands of Ipswich residents have walked through Citizens Advice's doors with their most difficult problems. Five decades of frontline experience have given the charity a unique vantage point on a town that has changed a great deal since it first opened.
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Trio scoops £22,000 at University of Suffolk bootcamp
Three entrepreneurs from the University of Suffolk have won a share of £22,000 after pitching their business ideas to a Dragon's Den-style panel at the end of a six-week summer bootcamp.
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Young Ipswich residents help shape £40m community regeneration plans
Young people from Whitehouse, Stoke Park and Chantry came together last Wednesday, 12 August, to share their views on how £40m of government funding should be spent in their neighbourhoods, as part of the Pride in Place programme.
Long Reads
Suffolk Sister Solace: One year of belonging
A year ago, Mahjabin Anwar built a space for Global Majority women in Suffolk to feel seen. This Saturday, with a DJ, pizza and a raffle built entirely around local women's businesses, she is celebrating just how far that idea has come.
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New parking operator to invest in Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts improvements
After a bumpy start to its takeover of two NCP car parks, new operator Q-Park says it will fund refurbishment work at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts, after signing a contract to take over the two Ipswich car parks on long-term leases.
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Historic Ipswich building returns to its roots as a museum
The former Arlingtons building, that once housed Ipswich's original museum, has been brought back to life as MOTE – the Museum of the Environment.