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How council’s fraud team prevented £6.6m in public fund losses
The council's Corporate Fraud Service tackled everything from Right to Buy applications to tenancy fraud, with intervention saving taxpayers millions.
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College celebrates adorable new arrivals in animal department
Suffolk Rural is showing off its newest residents – a wallaby joey and two baby skunks named Winston and Ralph – following a £500,000 facility upgrade.
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Renowned property developer and Ipswich Conservative chairman defects to Reform after mayoral snub
John Howard, the prolific property developer and prominent Ipswich Conservative, has defected to Reform UK after being rejected for the Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral candidate shortlist, in what he describes as “the final straw”.
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Turkish firm's £45m Suffolk factory to open in six months
Assan Panel's new advanced manufacturing plant at Gateway 14 in Stowmarket will create around 100 highly skilled jobs and boost UK capacity for high-performance building materials.
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Council commits to victim-centred approach in tackling anti-social behaviour
Ipswich Borough Council is set to adopt a new Anti-Social Behaviour Policy that emphasises early intervention, partnership working, and support for victims experiencing anti-social behaviour.
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Council adopts plan to improve walking and cycling routes
Ipswich Borough Council has adopted a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan identifying 85 route improvements across the borough after six weeks of public consultation earlier this year.
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More than a third of Suffolk children will be overweight by 2035
New research predicts 37.5% of year 6 children in Suffolk will be overweight or obese within a decade, up from 34.1% currently, despite ongoing government initiatives to tackle childhood obesity.
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Rock Against Leukaemia returns to Ipswich next month
The Steamboat Tavern will host the ninth annual Rock Against Leukaemia on 9 August, featuring 10 local bands and aiming to raise over £2,000 for Children with Cancer UK.
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Council confident it will spend remaining 88% of £10.5m regeneration fund as deadline looms
Despite ambitious pledges to "kick-start regeneration" and address high town centre vacancy rates, Ipswich's flagship regeneration fund has brought just one property back into use in four years. Does the council risk squandering a generational opportunity to transform our town?
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Ipswich Borough Council reports £1.7m budget overspend for 2024/25
Ipswich Borough Council ended 2024/25 £1.676 million worse off than planned, using reserves instead of adding to them as budgeted.
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Artist returns to childhood school to celebrate local maritime heritage
Katie Evans has brought her first funded community project back to Springfield Junior School, where she was once a pupil, connecting a new generation with Ipswich's rich maritime past.
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Retirement home residents 'trapped' as lift awaits major works
Management company FirstPort confirms that due to the lift's age, a full refurbishment is needed at the 51-flat development on Cliff Lane, with residents describing feeling abandoned.