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Reform takes majority control of Suffolk County Council, instructed to only speak to GB News
Reform UK has taken control of the authority for the first time, ending nearly two decades of near-continuous Conservative rule.
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2026 Local Elections in Ipswich
Elections Live: Reform wins Suffolk County Council and wins 10 of 16 seats in Borough election
Welcome to Ipswich.co.uk's live coverage of the 2026 local elections. We shall be bringing you all the action live from the Town Hall in Ipswich. The page will automatically refresh when we update it.
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Ipswich paedophile jailed for 40 months over sexual communication with 14-year-old decoy
A 37-year-old Ipswich man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after sending sexual messages and an explicit image to a decoy social media account he believed belonged to a 14-year-old girl.
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Police issue new closure notice to Romanian Buttermarket shop
Suffolk Constabulary has issued a fresh closure notice to Magazin Bacau Romanian Supermarket on Ipswich's Buttermarket – just six weeks after magistrates refused to grant a full closure order against the same premises.
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Reform projected to take Suffolk – but modellers urge caution
As polling stations open across Ipswich and Suffolk, a detailed pre-election projection points to a dramatic political shift at Endeavour House — but the modellers behind the numbers are the first to flag the limits of what they can tell us.
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Polls open as Ipswich votes in two elections today
Polling stations across Ipswich opened at 07:00 this morning as voters head to the ballot box to decide who will represent them on Suffolk County Council and Ipswich Borough Council, with results expected by Friday afternoon.
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New illuminated sign going up at University of Suffolk
The University of Suffolk is installing a new illuminated sign on its Waterfront Building as part of a broader programme of campus improvements that also includes a new library, a student hub, and a pharmacy course launching in September.
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East of England Co-op posts £2m profit in third year of growth
The East of England Co-op has reported an underlying trading profit of £2m for the year ended 24 January 2026, marking its third consecutive year of profit growth and a £1m improvement on the previous year.
2026 Local Elections in Ipswich
Meet the candidate: Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson is standing for Labour in Bixley ward at the Ipswich Borough Council elections on Thursday, 7 May. We sent every candidate the same five questions — here are Paul's answers, published in full and unedited.
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'It gave us time to just be together': Family's plea for Ipswich garden
A family's experience of saying goodbye to a loved one in a peaceful hospital garden has inspired a fundraising appeal to bring the same comfort to patients at Ipswich Hospital.
2026 Local Elections in Ipswich
Five parties, two ballots: The fight for Ipswich
With polling day just two days away, voters in Ipswich face a choice between five parties offering sharply different visions for the town and county. Here is where each one stands on the issues likely to decide how Suffolk is run for the next two years.
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How Ipswich changed the conversation on endometriosis
Eighteen months ago, no one was listening. Today, Ipswich women with endometriosis have been to Parliament, they are educating employers and slowly changing the misunderstandings of endometriosis – and they are just getting started.