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Last year, two people died while sleeping rough in Ipswich. Their deaths went unpublicised, part of a crisis affecting around a thousand people on any given night – most of them invisible in official counts.
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With suicide rates significantly higher among autistic people, Suffolk's three-year assessment waits aren't just frustrating – campaigners say they're potentially fatal.
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Daniel Bowler spent Christmas Day 2021 eating microwaved turkey by his premature son's incubator at Ipswich Hospital. Three years later, the car buying business he's built in partnership with lifelong friend James Dowsett is finding creative ways to give back to the unit that saved Harrison's life.
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The Cornhill has seen a lot over the years: horse trams, FA Cup parades, a mile-long queue for free hot dogs. Last week, it added a giant oval screen that lets you wave at strangers around the world. We asked the public what they think.
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Record absence rates in Suffolk are not just about truancy. Parents here say pressure, unmet SEND needs and rigid rules are pushing children out of classrooms and, for some, into home education.
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Fred Benfield admits he got a little carried away. What began as a "bit of fun" at his dining room table in Felixstowe six years ago has grown into a £5 million logistics operation spanning 100,000 square feet across three Suffolk sites.
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When Bruno Fernandes ruptured his ACL in 2022, ending his playing career with Achilles FC, he could have walked away from football entirely. Instead, he and fellow Portuguese émigré João Cruz turned personal setback into community opportunity, founding what would become Ipswich United FC.
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Zeb Soanes had just completed what might be the most public wardrobe change in Suffolk history – swapping honorary doctorate robes for Chancellor's regalia in front of several hundred people – when he sat down on the top floor of the £21 million James Hehir Building to talk about aspiration.
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With a sense of awe, Jessica Lee surveys the crowds filling Ipswich's Cornhill.
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After years of being ignored, one autistic campaigner from Ipswich has finally forced Westminster to listen.
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Local journalism has traditionally struggled to engage young people. If we want to shape a town worth staying in, we need to start listening to the people who will inherit it.
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Just miles apart, children in different parts of Ipswich face different odds when it comes to dental health – and new data reveals a divide between neighbouring communities that mirrors a nationwide pattern of inequality.