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Dragon boat festival raises record £60,000 for Brave Futures
Twenty-eight teams braved wind, rain and two capsizes at Ipswich Waterfront on Saturday to raise a record £60,000 for children and young people affected by sexual abuse.
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Oliver is the Founder and Editor of Ipswich.co.uk. He previously spent 15 years growing some of the country's biggest media companies and working in a range of C-suite and advisory roles at growth-stage tech companies operating in the media space.
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Suffolk businesses lobby Tory leader on A14 and jobs costs
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce took a delegation of leading local businesses to Westminster last week to press Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on infrastructure, employment costs and tax relief.
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New Murray Road play area opens with horse racing theme
A new children's play area has opened at Murray Road Recreation Ground in Ipswich, featuring 29 pieces of equipment inspired by the site's history as a former racecourse.
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Ipswich songwriter releases love letter to his hometown
An Ipswich-born singer-songwriter has released a new song celebrating his hometown, and is throwing a free party in the town centre tonight to mark the occasion.
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Ipswich MP urges drainage review after Ipswich floods
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has written to Suffolk County Council and Anglian Water demanding an immediate inspection of drainage infrastructure after flash flooding caused widespread disruption across the town on Tuesday.
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Man left bleeding in Ipswich town centre as 999 caller says help never came
A member of the public made three 999 calls over more than 20 minutes after spotting an injured man soaking wet and "bleeding profusely" in Ipswich town centre, but says neither police nor an ambulance attended.
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Sizewell C partners with Ipswich Town Foundation on youth programmes
Sizewell C has become the official outreach partner of Ipswich Town Foundation in a three-year deal that will bring Premier League education and football programmes to schools in Leiston and Ipswich.
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Ipswich community rallies around teen with rare life-limiting condition
An Ipswich family raising £60,000 to keep their son at home as his health declines from a rare life-limiting condition has been overwhelmed by community support, after a local pub raised more than £2,000 at a fundraising event.
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Why the Great White Horse Hotel still faces an uncertain future despite planning approval
Ipswich's most famous historic building has cleared its first major hurdle, with planners unanimously approving its conversion into 21 flats, but without grant funding, the development remains commercially unviable, leaving its future far from certain.
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Net zero out, 'common sense' in — but is it still just gesture politics?
Suffolk County Council's Reform administration says it is cutting waste and ending virtue signalling. Opposition parties are united in saying it is doing the opposite. We examine, in detail, the arguments on both sides.
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Two identified, one arrested in town centre graffiti spree
Two suspects have been identified following a graffiti spree across Ipswich town centre over the bank holiday weekend, with one male arrested and bailed.
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'Ipswich is now my super power' – young people take their town to Westminster
Four young iWill ambassadors from Ipswich travelled to Westminster on Tuesday to meet a government minister and share how youth social action is changing their town, with one telling Youth and Civil Society Minister Stephanie Peacock that being from Ipswich is now her "super power."