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Ipswich to 'follow the stars' with new Christmas lights
Ipswich's Christmas lights will be switched on from the Cornhill on Sunday, 15 November, as Ipswich Central launches its 2026 festive campaign, Follow the Stars.
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Ipswich Central is the Business Improvement District (BID) for the town centre, waterfront, and 'Connected Town' area.
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Wolsey 550 gets new chair as focus turns to Wolsey's Gate
Professor Jenny Higham, vice chancellor of the University of Suffolk, has taken over as chair of the Wolsey 550 project from former East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt as it prepares for its second phase.
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The Walk market goes fantasy this weekend with £100 trail
The Walk's street market is launching a new stamp trail this Sunday, 4 October, giving visitors the chance to win £100 as this month's market takes on a Fantasy & Gamers theme.
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Ipswich Big Clean litter pick collects 30 bags of rubbish
Volunteers picked more than 30 bags of rubbish from Ipswich town centre on Monday 21 September, as Ipswich Central's Big Clean week got under way.
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Council scraps plans to wash streets during next week's Big Clean
Ipswich Borough Council has cancelled plans to pressure wash the pedestrianised town centre during next week's Big Clean, citing a hosepipe ban that Anglian Water confirms does not apply to it.
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'Action not words': Ipswich's Big Clean starts on Monday
Businesses, residents, the council and police will spend five days scrubbing, sweeping, pressure washing and fining their way across Ipswich town centre from Monday. Ipswich Central, the town's BID, says the campaign is about pride, not blame – but the real test is what happens next.
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Local artist's ITFC mural unveiled on Princes Street
A design inspired by club legends, local diversity and a Dara O'Shea quote has been brought to life by supporter and artist Bradley Lloyd, after thousands of fans backed his vision for Ipswich Town's new community mural.
Long Reads
The state of our streets: Ipswich's biggest small problems
Illegally parked cars, litter, seed husks, bird mess, unexplainable stains, bins left out all day, street drinking – none of these alone is Ipswich's biggest problem. Collectively, encountered every day – by every visitor on nearly every street in the town centre – they have become just that.
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Young Ipswich artists invited to follow in Constable's footsteps
A new art trail and drawing competition is inviting the town's young artists, from toddlers to teenagers, to create their own Constable-inspired landscapes while The Hay Wain hangs in Christchurch Mansion.
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Ipswich Town's commercial chief joins Ipswich Central board
Andrew Wood, Chief Revenue Officer at Ipswich Town Football Club, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Ipswich Central, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Ipswich town centre and waterfront.
Opinion
City of culture or not, culture is at the heart of our regeneration story
Lee Walker, Ipswich Central CEO and the person who first proposed the funding model behind Ipswich's culture strategy, responds to our earlier feature, arguing the real question is whether Ipswich believes culture can drive its economy, with or without the City of Culture title.
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Council names chairs for £40m Pride in Place fund
Ipswich Borough Council has appointed Lee Walker and Jess March as chairs of the new Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards for Stoke Park and Whitehouse, following a recruitment process.