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Armed police units have been deployed to Ipswich town centre following reports of a knife fight involving a group of young men, with traffic stopped on Upper Brook Street as officers search for those involved.
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Emma Adams was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023. Since meeting Mandeep Birdy in 2025, the two have been working to solve a problem that nearly broke her: the loneliness of having cancer in a world that does not know what to do with it.
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When Sam Knibbs received a stage four cancer diagnosis on his birthday, he was sitting in his campervan with his wife, enjoying the world around him. Two years on, he is preparing to run 26.2 miles through London — not despite everything he has been through, but because of it.
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Ipswich Town chairman and chief executive Mark Ashton has issued an unreserved apology to supporters over the controversy surrounding Nigel Farage's visit to Portman Road, saying mistakes were made that caused "harm and distress" to the local community.
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Ipswich Town's chairman and CEO has a phrase he likes to use in difficult moments. This week, he created the mother of all difficult moments — and then disappeared. This is the story of what happened at Portman Road, what it means for this town, and what it means for the man at the centre of it.
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Suffolk has been allocated nearly £9.5 million to create more specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as part of a national funding package for councils across England.
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Ipswich Borough Council has voted unanimously to pump a further £492,625 into the Ipswich Museum renovation – but not without a pointed warning from the leader of the Conservative Group that the authority cannot keep repeating the same mistakes on major projects.
Ipswich Town's chairman and CEO has a phrase he likes to use in difficult moments. This week, he created the mother of all difficult moments — and then disappeared. This is the story of what happened at Portman Road, what it means for this town, and what it means for the man at the centre of it.
After months of bitter argument, competing business cases and accusations of misleading the public, the government has made its decision — and Suffolk is getting three new unitary councils. We trace the journey that brought the county to this moment.
Monica Thomas waited 17 years for a diagnosis. Faye Ramsey made 76 unanswered phone calls in a single week. Today, both women sat in Parliament as their MP made the case that their experiences must never happen again.
We were invited inside Ipswich Museum on Wednesday, 18 March – six days before councillors are due to vote on whether to commit a further £492,625 to complete the project that has fallen way behind schedule.
Ipswich has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029, joining eight other towns and cities in the running for a title that has delivered transformational economic and cultural growth to previous winners.
Ipswich Borough Council is proposing to increase the levy on Regent Theatre tickets from £1.50 to £2, and introduce a new £2 levy at the Corn Exchange, to fund restoration works at both venues.
The family of Karlie Sone, the 28-year-old Ipswich woman whose death is being investigated as murder, have described her as a "beautiful, caring soul" who lived for her two daughters.
The former Yates pub on Tower Street stood empty for years before Sandeep Singh spent two years and £2m bringing it back to life as a food hall. Now it has closed, and Singh is taking his concept somewhere that he believes is ready for it, and wants it.
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A Norwich Road vape shop has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 after magistrates heard it sold vapes to underage customers on multiple occasions, despite its director having previously been warned for the same offence.
A purpose-built Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) unit has officially opened at Ipswich Academy, providing specialist places for 24 students with cognition and learning difficulties.
More than 120 students gathered at the University of Suffolk this week for a Business Industry Day focused on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of work.
After months of bitter argument, competing business cases and accusations of misleading the public, the government has made its decision — and Suffolk is getting three new unitary councils. We trace the journey that brought the county to this moment.
A closure order sought by police against Magazin Bacau Romanian Supermarket on the Buttermarket has been rejected by Suffolk Magistrates' Court, despite a months-long investigation that led to the seizure of illicit alcohol, tobacco and prescription-only medication from the premises.
New figures show the leader of Reform UK's group on Suffolk County Council attended just one parish council meeting across his division since the start of 2024, a record that has drawn criticism from the Conservative leader of the council.
A newly graduated filmmaker and his producer are putting on a live music fundraiser at The Church next Saturday, bringing together local artists to create something collectively for Ipswich's arts community.
Monica Thomas waited 17 years for a diagnosis. Faye Ramsey made 76 unanswered phone calls in a single week. Today, both women sat in Parliament as their MP made the case that their experiences must never happen again.
In case you didn't know, Nigel Farage visited Portman Road on Monday. He posed for photographs. He held up a shirt with his name on the back. He posted it all online. It was political genius from the Reform UK frontman, but it was a massive misstep from the club.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK rally at Trinity Park drew 900-1,300 supporters on Monday night – but the evening was overshadowed by hundreds of protesters outside and anger from Ipswich Town fans after Farage used a stadium visit to pose for photos with a club shirt.
Hundreds of women attended The Hold in Ipswich on Saturday for Let's Talk Women's Health, where expert-led seminars on breast cancer, endometriosis, pregnancy and menopause drew crowds eager to ask questions and learn how to better look after their health.
Ipswich's annual business festival attracted up to 2,000 attendees across more than 30 free events over two weeks in March, with a record-breaking jobs fair among the highlights.