Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, Suffolk.
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Plans have been submitted to demolish two Victorian blocks at the former Cranfield Mill site on Ipswich Waterfront, which the applicant says cannot be saved and must come down to enable long-awaited repairs to The Mill tower.
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Drivers are ignoring newly installed bollards on Queen Street, with multiple vehicles seen driving through a wide gap in the barriers to park outside shops on the pedestrianised street.
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Primary school children in Ipswich could win two tickets to see a Premier League game – and have their artwork seen by thousands of fans – by drawing a picture about keeping the town tidy.
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Suffolk County Council and Ipswich Borough Council have opened a new wellbeing trail at Orwell Country Park, timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Saturday, 10 October.
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Market stalls in Ipswich town centre have moved a few yards to face Westgate Street and Lloyds Avenue - and have a fresh blue-and-white striped look.
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Ipswich Borough Council has the legal powers to force owners to clean up neglected buildings in our town, but it hasn't used them on a single commercial property in at least five years. Ipswich.co.uk asks why.
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Ipswich is entering one of its biggest periods of physical change in decades, with developers pressing ahead on thousands of new homes around the town. The real test over the next decade may be whether roads, schools and GP surgeries can keep up.
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A new bug and nature-inspired play area opened at Ellenbrook Park, with eight new pieces of equipment for children aged two to 10.
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Professor Jenny Higham, vice chancellor of the University of Suffolk, has taken over as chair of the Wolsey 550 project from former East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt as it prepares for its second phase.
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Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk reveals that fewer than 20 littering fines have been issued in Ipswich in any of the past six years. The council insists it has not stopped enforcing, but its own evidence suggests it never started.
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Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk shows that less than a quarter of unpaid parking fines in Ipswich are ever recovered. As the number of fines issued keeps rising, the average money collected per fine keeps declining – but the council insists its enforcement is effective.
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Reform UK has lodged a formal complaint after Labour councillors used their majority to amend a motion thanking Suffolk County Council leader Cllr Michael Hadwen, replacing it with thanks for three borough councillors instead.
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