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The government has launched the first-ever UK Town of Culture competition for 2028, one year before Ipswich hopes to be crowned UK City of Culture. We explain why Ipswich is pursuing City of Culture, despite being, as many have pointed out, a town.
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Ipswich Borough Council has agreed to spend more than £600,000 on bins and bags over the next three years to fulfil its statutory duty to deliver waste collections across the borough.
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More than half of voters in the East of England say rising food prices are the most important cost of living pressure the government needs to tackle in 2026, according to new research that maps how economic concerns could be reshaping the political landscape constituency by constituency.
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Fans of The Traitors can watch a free live screening of the hit BBC series finale on a big screen at The Church in Ipswich on Friday, 23 January.
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Ipswich Borough Council voted on Tuesday, 14 January, to request that the government postpone its May 2026 elections, citing concerns about capacity to deliver local government reorganisation.
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A lifelong Ipswich Town fan has spoken of his pride at replacing the iconic Sir Bobby Robson mural above the club shop with artwork showing him lifting the UEFA Cup.
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The government has abandoned plans to make digital ID compulsory for workers after nearly three million people signed a petition opposing the scheme, including more than 8,800 residents across Ipswich and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.
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The chief nurse for Suffolk and North East Essex is urging relatives and friends to help discharge patients who are medically fit to leave, as local hospitals face high pressure from winter viruses and increased admissions.
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Melissa Dickinson left her career aged 50 due to perimenopause. She has now built an award-winning Ipswich business helping other women navigate the same challenges, earning national recognition as one of the UK's top 100 female entrepreneurs.
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Freeport East has appointed two international trade specialists following a year in which it advanced £250m of private sector investment and employment opportunities across East Anglia.
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New Wolsey Theatre is giving all Ipswich residents free access to watch the final sold-out performances of Beauty and the Beast on livestream this Saturday, 17 January.
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A pedestrian had to quickly dodge a brick that fell from remedial works being carried out on a building on Regatta Quay.
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