Suffolk County Council has backed a motion to explore holding a countywide referendum on housing asylum seekers, with 60% of councillors voting in favour. The decision followed a heated debate which exposed sharp divisions over cost, legality and motive.
Suffolk County Council’s full council meeting begins at 14:00 today at Endeavour House in Ipswich, with councillors due to consider four motions, including a proposed referendum on housing asylum seekers in Suffolk and a call for a costed package of resilience measures for Ipswich and the A14.
Market stalls in Ipswich town centre have moved a few yards to face Westgate Street and Lloyds Avenue - and have a fresh blue-and-white striped look.
Bramacare has opened a new facility on Princes Street designed to bridge specialist eating disorder treatment and independent living, offering residents their own space alongside ongoing therapeutic and dietetic support.
Ipswich Borough Council has the legal powers to force owners to clean up neglected buildings in our town, but it hasn't used them on a single commercial property in at least five years. Ipswich.co.uk asks why.
Stoptober is well underway, and Feel Good Suffolk is urging Ipswich smokers to use its free services to quit smoking this month, as figures show the smoking rate in West Ipswich is double the Suffolk average.
Suffolk County Council has pushed back its make-or-break vote on devolution from 15 October to 12 November, after "rumours" that ministers may bring the date of mayoral elections forward one year.
Suffolk County Council has backed a motion to explore holding a countywide referendum on housing asylum seekers, with 60% of councillors voting in favour. The decision followed a heated debate which exposed sharp divisions over cost, legality and motive.
Ipswich Borough Council has the legal powers to force owners to clean up neglected buildings in our town, but it hasn't used them on a single commercial property in at least five years. Ipswich.co.uk asks why.
A mother needs an emergency C-section, immediately. When the lifts serving Ipswich Hospital's maternity block aren't working – which, according to midwives, they often aren't – it could take 13 minutes to carry her to theatre. It could be too late. Ipswich.co.uk investigates.
Suffolk's rate of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is above national and regional averages, and has risen over four years. The council says the government is shortchanging it, but a local teenager's account reminded councillors what those numbers represent.
A decade of research led by two organisations in Suffolk has found that survivors of child sexual abuse wait an average of 15 years before they access support.
Suffolk County Council told councillors on Thursday, 17 September, that it had no preferred solution to the A14 around Ipswich, and that "all options" remained firmly on the table as its cabinet approved £300,000 for a Pre-Strategic Outline Business Case.
Every Ipswich landline starts with 01473. From today, so does the town's only youth-led media brand. Launched in partnership with Suffolk New College, edited by a 23-year-old from Chantry, and written entirely by and for 16-29-year-olds, 1473 is setting out to define the culture of young Ipswich.
Suffolk County Council leader Michael Hadwen says the collapse of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Suffolk will be the turning point in his relationship with Ipswich, as a clearer picture emerges of just how far the government has retreated and what comes next.
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Ipswich is entering one of its biggest periods of physical change in decades, with developers pressing ahead on thousands of new homes around the town. The real test over the next decade may be whether roads, schools and GP surgeries can keep up.
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a cyclist in his 70s suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a collision with a car on the outskirts of Ipswich.
Ipswich's Christmas lights will be switched on from the Cornhill on Sunday, 15 November, as Ipswich Central launches its 2026 festive campaign, Follow the Stars.
A mother needs an emergency C-section, immediately. When the lifts serving Ipswich Hospital's maternity block aren't working – which, according to midwives, they often aren't – it could take 13 minutes to carry her to theatre. It could be too late. Ipswich.co.uk investigates.
The Prime Minister's £442m pledge to clear England's streets by 24 December is being put to the test in Ipswich, where one local charity's outreach team found 11 people sleeping rough on a single morning in late September.
A man who posed as a schoolgirl online to groom young boys has been handed an extended 12-year sentence at Ipswich Crown Court, after admitting 28 offences.
Twenty-five community organisations, charities and local groups across Ipswich are set to share £1.5m after Ipswich Borough Council allocated grants through the Government's Pride in Place Impact Fund.
A new bug and nature-inspired play area opened at Ellenbrook Park, with eight new pieces of equipment for children aged two to 10.
The Buttermarket has reopened from 15:00 today, Friday, 2 October, after a tempered glass panel failure in the north mall forced the shopping centre to shut on Tuesday, 22 September 2026.
Private counselling rooms, a café, an arcade machine and a cosy snug are among the features of 4YP's new home at Regatta Quay, which supports children and young people aged seven to 25.
Children receiving care at The Treehouse in Ipswich took centre stage at a western-themed evening of music and laughter, with organisers saying their performances "stole the show."
A 26-year-old from Freston has raised more than £4,000 for Breast Cancer Now by organising a rounders fun day just months after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
With 45 businesses already on board, organisers of the FutureSkills Fair are appealing for more local companies to join them in front of over 3,000 young people on 22 October.
Suffolk County Council’s Scrutiny Committee will examine how the authority decided to take the Government to court over reorganisation. The Chair’s casting vote sent just one question to a cross-party task and finish group, which will take place in February.
Professor Jenny Higham, vice chancellor of the University of Suffolk, has taken over as chair of the Wolsey 550 project from former East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt as it prepares for its second phase.
Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk reveals that fewer than 20 littering fines have been issued in Ipswich in any of the past six years. The council insists it has not stopped enforcing, but its own evidence suggests it never started.
Foxhall Stadium will stage two nights of FIM Speedway World Championship action next August, as Ipswich Witches confirm the biggest event in the club's 75-year history.
Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to find Elsie-Belle, 13, who was last seen in Ipswich at approximately 23:00 on Tuesday, 29 September.
Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk shows that less than a quarter of unpaid parking fines in Ipswich are ever recovered. As the number of fines issued keeps rising, the average money collected per fine keeps declining – but the council insists its enforcement is effective.
Nearly two years after more than 350 Suffolk businesses set out what a lack of investment in the A14 was costing them, the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce is asking again. This time the answers will land while the business case is still being written.
Suffolk County Council has written to the Education Secretary demanding a funding overhaul, arguing the county is short-changed compared with neighbouring areas on both children's social care and education spending.
Ipswich School has completed a series of improvements across its estate, with the centrepiece an extensive refresh of the historic Senior School frontage on Henley Road.
An after-school youth cafe at St Peter's Stoke Church in Ipswich has grown from just two members to more than 15 children, who come every Thursday for crafts, football, Lego and the volunteers' popular cheese toasties.
Suffolk's rate of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is above national and regional averages, and has risen over four years. The council says the government is shortchanging it, but a local teenager's account reminded councillors what those numbers represent.
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