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Police appeal to trace wanted Ipswich man
Suffolk Constabulary is asking the public for help to find 34-year-old Daryl Taylor, who is wanted on recall to prison and has links to Ipswich and Felixstowe.
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Ipswich man given suspended sentence for sexual assault on woman with Alzheimer's
A 63-year-old Ipswich man has been handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence after sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman with Alzheimer's who had asked him for a lift home.
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Reform won – what happens next at Endeavour House?
Reform UK will now control Suffolk County Council, but the levers of power do not all pivot instantly. We examine what the new administration can change quickly, what it cannot, and the pressure now bearing down on a group of councillors who, until last week, had mostly never held office.
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More than 5,000 attend Suffolk Rural's annual Big Day Out
More than 5,000 people descended on Suffolk New College's Suffolk Rural campus in Otley this weekend for the 21st Big Day Out, a free family fun day featuring everything from archery and tree climbing to equine displays and food demonstrations.
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Ipswich pupils star in film celebrating reading
Students from Stoke High School and Hillside Primary School got their movie moment at a mini film premiere after collaborating with a professional filmmaker to create a short film championing the National Year of Reading.
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'We don't need you': Reform shuts door on local media hours after taking control of Suffolk County Council
Shayne Pooley, the chairman of Reform UK in Ipswich, has publicly stated that the party's new councillors will not be speaking to the media, just hours after Reform won 10 of 16 seats on the borough council and took majority control of the county council.
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Our political map redrawn: How Reform swept Suffolk in a single day
Five years ago, Reform UK did not field a single candidate in Suffolk. On Thursday, the party took outright control of the county council and became the largest single winner among the seats contested in Ipswich — reshaping the political geography of the county in a single day.
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MacDonald survives Reform surge as Labour lose nine Ipswich seats
Council leader Neil MacDonald has held his St Johns seat, but Labour has lost 9 of the 13 seats it was defending on Ipswich Borough Council, with Reform UK taking 10 in a result that reshapes the political map of the town.
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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.
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.