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Weeks after Ipswich.co.uk highlighted bin bags piling up outside town centre shops, the council says enforcement action has cut the number left out on the street each week from 84 to 29.
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Parts of The Buttermarket remain without power days after a burst water main forced the Ipswich shopping centre to close.
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The Green group at Suffolk County Council has accused the ruling administration of "ignorance" or an "ideology against cycling" after plans for an e-bike hire scheme in Ipswich were shelved over safety concerns.
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Ipswich Borough Council says a partnership with Suffolk Police is cutting anti-social behaviour in the town centre – but when asked to provide evidence to back up the claims, neither the council nor the police could...or would.
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Ipswich Borough Council has offered a different explanation for why street cleaning on Upper Brook Street paused for two days – dropping its earlier reference to the hosepipe ban in favour of "operational reasons," despite initially saying the ban was behind the stop.
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New payment signage for Britannia Parking and ParkBunny has gone up at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts car park, adding a third payment system for drivers to navigate after weeks of U-turns and confusion.
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The clean-up we reported on Upper Brook Street this morning generated much excitement before grinding to a halt after just a short stretch. The council has confirmed the hosepipe ban is behind the sudden stop.
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A new speciality food store selling snacks, drinks and sweets from across Asia has opened in Ipswich town centre, taking over the former Holland & Barrett unit on Westgate Street.
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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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Hotel Chocolat's Tavern Street store permanently closes today – just a day after FatFace confirmed it, too, is leaving Ipswich town centre.
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FatFace is set to shut its Ipswich town centre shop on Saturday, 5 September, after a notice in the window confirmed the closure date to customers.
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After a bumpy start to its takeover of two NCP car parks, new operator Q-Park says it will fund refurbishment work at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts, after signing a contract to take over the two Ipswich car parks on long-term leases.
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