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A bigger boy did it and ran away
The Scrutiny – or otherwise – of East Suffolk Council's Better Recycling bin rollout comes into the view of The Insider.
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Reform fought to inherit this council – now it won't stop complaining about it
Reform's Cabinet used the word "inherited" nine times in one meeting, while deciding on the future of community staff nurses. Martin Cook, leader of the Labour group at Suffolk County Council, says Reform fought to get this council and has no right complaining about what it found.
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Clarke’s penalty not enough as in-form Bournemouth edge Town
Ipswich Town lost 2-1 at home to in-form Bournemouth on Sunday, 8 November, despite a composed Jack Clarke penalty and a performance full of resilience.
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Zelly's picks: Five Ipswich events not to miss in November
From thought-provoking dance and cult cinema to candlelit concerts, musical theatre and participatory performance, November offers another eclectic month of arts and culture in Ipswich, writes Ipswich.co.uk Arts Columnist Zelly Lisanework.
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Pocket rocket Enciso rescues a point for Town
Enciso calmly capitalised on a Forest error just before half-time to fire Town level, as the Blues held out for a 1-1 draw at a blustery Portman Road on Friday, 23 October. Barbara Norrey reports.
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Ipswich could lose its northern route by default, not by decision
Suffolk County Council voted by 50 votes to two against Labour’s motion on Ipswich’s traffic on 8 October. Martin Cook, leader of the Labour group at the county council, was one of the two, and explains what the fifty voted against.
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Don't tell me Brexit failed – tell me why ministers won't make it work
Andy Burnham's call to revisit Brexit has reopened an argument many assumed was settled. Conservative columnist Nadia Cenci, who campaigned for leave in Ipswich, argues the honest answer is not to rejoin, but to finally use the freedoms we won.
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Ouattara and O’Shea turn Fulham fixture on its head in dramatic finale
Ipswich Town were a goal down with two minutes left to play on Saturday, 10 October, but Abdoul Ouattara’s stunning equaliser and Dara O’Shea’s stoppage-time header sealed a 2-1 win over Fulham.
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AFTERDRIVE move up a gear
AFTERDRIVE have played with McFly, Maggie Lindemann and Suffolk’s most famous songwriter, but is their debut EP actually any good? Jon gives Dress To Drive a listen, and the short answer is yes.
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Dracula comes out of the shadows at the New Wolsey Theatre
As the nights draw in and Halloween approaches, one of literature's most famous monsters is heading for Ipswich.
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Zelly's picks: Five Ipswich events not to miss this month
October is well and truly here. The evenings may be getting darker and the temperatures cooler, but Ipswich’s arts calendar is giving us plenty of reasons not to stay at home, writes Ipswich.co.uk Arts Columnist Zelly Lisanework.
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A unitary authority for Ipswich died in Westminster – so did our best chance to fix this town
Boundary changes, a single authority, one clear vision – Ipswich came close to the power it needs to act decisively on its future. Then the politics changed hands again, and the dream died with it, argues Ipswich.co.uk Green columnist David Plowman.