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Could you help decide how £40m is spent in your neighbourhood?
Ipswich Borough Council and Ipswich MP Jack Abbott are looking for residents to join two new Neighbourhood Boards, and you do not need any formal qualifications to apply.
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The Thomas Wolsey to host free charity music festival in August
A free day of live music at The Thomas Wolsey will see 12 local acts perform on Saturday, 1 August, with organisers aiming to raise £1,000 for three causes.
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Golf day raises £11,000 for children's hospice charity
Golfers raised £11,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) at a charity day at Fynn Valley Golf Club.
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Woman given suspended sentence for drink-drive crash on A14
A 59-year-old woman has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence after driving the wrong way on the A14 near Ipswich while nearly three times over the alcohol limit, causing a collision that left a teenage girl with lasting physical and psychological injuries.
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Suffolk is taking the Government to court over LGR, but can it win its £500k taxpayer-funded battle?
Suffolk County Council has filed a judicial review claim against the Secretary of State over local government reorganisation. The legal arguments are now known, but the threshold is high, and even a successful outcome may not deliver what the council is seeking. We explain all.
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Ipswich brothers raise more than £4,000 in padel challenge
Two brothers from Ipswich have played padel non-stop for 18 hours to raise £4,127 for a charity supporting children in Ghana.
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Council switches off solar panels at 80 schools after Ipswich fire
Suffolk County Council is temporarily switching off solar panel systems at 80 schools across the county following a fire at Sidegate Primary School in Ipswich, amid concerns the panels may have been a factor in three separate school fires.
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Will Ipswich sink or swim?
Ipswich enters the summer of 2026 with an empty lido it cannot yet fund, an ageing main pool it plans to demolish, and a £38m replacement that its own council will not exist long enough to build. We ask: where will Ipswich swim?
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A14 summit: The outcomes, the gaps and what happens next
The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce brought together MPs, council leaders and transport experts in Ipswich last week for the second summit on the A14 and Orwell Bridge. Here is what was agreed, what remains unresolved, and why the stakes have rarely been higher.
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Suffolk's first women's health support hub to open in Ipswich
This month, Women's Health Hope — the Ipswich charity founded by Monica Thomas — announces the launch of Suffolk's first Women's Health Support Hub. A milestone that follows years of campaigning and one woman's determination to turn her own health journey into something that helps others.
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Town centre street market returns bigger this Sunday
The Walk's popular street market is back on Sunday, 28 June, and for the first time it will spread out of its alleys and into the high street, reaching through the Buttermarket and up to the Giles statue.
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Fashion show raises £5,500 for Cancer Support Suffolk
Former Ipswich Town manager George Burley walked the catwalk to help raise £5,500 for Cancer Support Suffolk, the charity that supported him through his own cancer battle.