News
Suffolk teen grows gardening business from scratch
Jack Kelly, a 16-year-old from Saxmundham, has turned a bike and a set of gardening tools into a thriving business, and is now studying horticulture to take it further.
Latest
Long Reads
Planning controversy at East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk councillors were given three clear working days to work through a comprehensive rewrite of how planning decisions are made across the district. One of them is now calling on the council to defer the decision until next month and for the leader to stand aside.
News
Government commits to specialist rape court in Ipswich within two years
As the government unveils specialist rape courts for every crown court in England and Wales, Ipswich-based Survivors in Transition says the reforms matter – but warns they must not become a "surface" fix while survivors face years-long waits and just 3.4% of reported rapes result in a charge.
News
Four teenagers arrested after boy, 16, stabbed in Ipswich
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed four times in New Cut West on Friday evening, leading to the arrest of four teenagers.
News
New Wolsey Theatre nominated for three UK Theatre Awards
The New Wolsey Theatre has been nominated for three prizes at the UK Theatre Awards 2026, recognising work across its musical productions, regional touring partnerships and support for new writing by East Anglian artists.
News
Have your say on future of former Debenhams site
Ipswich residents and businesses are being asked to share their ideas for the future of Waterloo House, the former Debenhams building, after Ipswich Borough Council completed its purchase of the long-vacant site.
News
MOTE to host East Anglian Photography Awards this October
Museum of the Environment (MOTE) will host the East Anglian Photography Awards on Friday, 9 October, showcasing 120 shortlisted photographs from more than 500 entries submitted across the region.
News
Ipswich MP welcomes fairer compensation for asbestos families
Jack Abbott has welcomed new Government legislation that will end a £7,000 compensation shortfall for the bereaved families of asbestos and dust-disease victims.
News
Ipswich paedophile handed 18-year term for child sex offences
A 41-year-old man from Ipswich has been handed an extended 18-year sentence after a jury found him guilty of seven child sex offences against two young girls, following a five-day trial.
News
Council scraps plans to wash streets during next week's Big Clean
Ipswich Borough Council has cancelled plans to pressure wash the pedestrianised town centre during next week's Big Clean, citing a hosepipe ban that Anglian Water confirms does not apply to it.
Long Reads
'All options' on the table for A14...especially a tunnel
Suffolk County Council told councillors on Thursday, 17 September, that it had no preferred solution to the A14 around Ipswich, and that "all options" remained firmly on the table as its cabinet approved £300,000 for a Pre-Strategic Outline Business Case.
News
Councillors demand council tax refund over East Suffolk bin 'chaos', but amendment looms
Conservative and Labour councillors are calling for East Suffolk Council to offer residents a Council Tax discount worth £382,000, after what they describe as a "chaotic" rollout of the authority's new recycling scheme.