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Suffolk brewery applies to open Ipswich taproom
Two vacant commercial units at Merchants Yard on Grafton Way could soon be occupied, as a Suffolk brewery and a convenience store operator each submit separate applications.
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Freeport East targets £500m with new 'investment concierge' service
Freeport East has launched a new "Investment Concierge Service" aimed at attracting £500 million of additional private sector investment to the East of England, after helping to secure £450 million across the region to date.
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Ipswich engineer wins national Apprentice of the Year
Xenia Zimmermann, the Ipswich-based BT engineer, has been named the country's best apprentice, scooping the Apprentice of the Year prize at the 2026 Apprenticeship Guide Awards in Leeds, winning out of more than 100 entries.
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The six-figure job at the heart of Suffolk's biggest council shake-up in 50 years
Suffolk County Council has opened applications for a Programme Director to deliver the abolition of six councils and the creation of three new unitary authorities by 2028 – one of the most significant public sector change programmes the county has ever undertaken.
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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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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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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.
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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.