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Ipswich has seen a 38% rise in people sleeping rough each month compared to last year, prompting the council to procure new specialist services aimed at ending rough sleeping in the town.
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Ipswich Borough Council is set to approve £72,000 in Community Cash Grants to three voluntary organisations supporting vulnerable residents, homelessness services and advice provision across the town.
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Police have confirmed that Eunice Barker, the 81-year-old woman who went missing from Woodbridge Road this morning, has been found.
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St Elizabeth Hospice and East Anglia's Children's Hospices will share more than £500,000 in new government funding to upgrade facilities and equipment as part of the largest investment in hospice care in a generation.
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Police are asking anyone who has seen an 81-year-old woman, last seen at her Woodbridge Road home in Ipswich this morning, to come forward, as officers say they are concerned for her welfare.
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Suffolk Building Society has donated £45,000 across four local charities tackling homelessness, isolation, domestic abuse and nature loss as part of its 175th anniversary campaign.
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Senior leaders, including Suffolk's first female Chief Constable, will discuss whether organisations are doing enough to enable women to lead, at a free public event on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.
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Ipswich Borough Council will host the town's annual Holi Festival of Colour on Sunday, 12 April 2026, from 12:00-16:00 at Alexandra Park, with free entry and activities for all ages.
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For more than a decade, Faye Ramsey was told her pain was "just IBS" or "in her head". Now the 31-year-old teaching assistant is making sure the 40 women who shared their stories with her won't have to wait that long, demanding change to a healthcare system that has left them suffering in silence.
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Ipswich Borough Council will propose more than £70 million investment in the town centre over four years in its Medium Term Financial Plan and Budget later today, while keeping its council tax increase to 2.98% – the lowest of the three authorities collecting tax in the borough.
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Councillors have approved a near-maximum increase to the police's share of Council Tax, with PCC Tim Passmore stressing not increasing the precept would be "so detrimental that it doesn't bear thinking about".
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As It's Not OK Week continues, two outreach workers are visiting colleges, businesses and community groups across Suffolk this week, responding to a sharp rise in demand for sexual violence support with a clear message: help must be visible, accessible and survivor-led.
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