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Ipswich's wildlife is still declining – can its new 10-year plan help?
Ipswich Borough Council is set to adopt a new 10-year strategy to protect and enhance the town's natural environment – and it wants residents to help deliver it.
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Suffolk councillors open up to help sexual violence survivors speak out
When Suffolk County Council voted unanimously to launch a campaign supporting sexual assault survivors, three of the councillors who stood up to speak did so from their own experience.
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Exclusive: Tower Street Food Hall owner on his '£2m lesson on not trying to change a place'
The former Yates pub on Tower Street stood empty for years before Sandeep Singh spent two years and £2m bringing it back to life as a food hall. Now it has closed, and Singh is taking his concept somewhere that he believes is ready for it, and wants it.
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Ipswich shop finally shut over anti-social behaviour – but why only three months?
A Romanian supermarket on the Buttermarket has been ordered to close after police seized illicit alcohol, tobacco and prescription-only medication – but many locals may be asking why the closure is temporary. Here is what the law actually allows.
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Ipswich's high street: More visitors, new habits, old questions
More people are visiting Ipswich town centre than at any point since just before the pandemic. But behind the headline figure lies a more complex story of shifting habits, squeezed spending power, and fundamental questions about what the high street is really for.
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The Ipswich radiographer inspiring tomorrow's NHS
Most children grow up knowing what a doctor or nurse does, but what about the professionals who zap tumours, analyse X-rays, or keep feet healthy? One Ipswich radiographer is on a mission to change that, one picture book at a time.
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SEND reforms explained: What Ipswich families need to know
The government has unveiled its most ambitious overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities system in a generation, but for the thousands of families in Suffolk already navigating a system under severe strain, the practical changes remain some years away.
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'You might just save that person's life': Students take on 24-hour CPR marathon
More than 50 University of Suffolk paramedic students are performing continuous CPR for 24 hours to demonstrate that using the yellow and green defibrillator boxes found across Ipswich is straightforward, with the ambulance service providing step-by-step guidance to anyone who calls 999.
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Suffolk's aging population faces predatory marriage threat
As Suffolk's population grows older, local legal experts are warning families about a disturbing trend that could rob vulnerable relatives of their life savings through marriages designed purely for financial gain.
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The radio message that saved a life and sparked a calling
In her darkest moment, contemplating ending her life, Samantha Brazier-Gibbs turned on the radio. What she heard next changed everything – and set her on a path to leading Ipswich's clergy.
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Forty failed women and counting: Breaking the silence on endometriosis in Suffolk
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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Why T's Traditional Pie & Mash is going mobile after closing two locations in nine months
When T's Traditional Pie & Mash opened on Upper Orwell Street last April, the venue drew a good crowd eager to sample authentic London pie and mash. Nine months later, both Ipswich locations have closed, and owner Tony Bayliss is launching a mobile operation instead.