Three years after Storm Babet left hundreds of Suffolk homes underwater, the county has produced investigations, recommendations and promises of improvements. But with an unusually powerful El Niño developing and winter approaching, are we actually any better prepared for the next deluge?
National planning rules say a heritage building should not be demolished unless all reasonable steps are taken to secure its replacement. At Cranfield Mill on Ipswich Waterfront, nothing has been proposed, so we ask: what precedent would the council set by approving it?
Suffolk health chiefs are urging young people to book their free MenB vaccine before 31 December, the last date the first of two doses can be given in time for full protection.
The University of Suffolk's English team will host a day of workshops and talks at The Hold on Saturday, 14 November 2026, linked to Suffolk Archives' Witches: Suffolk's Dark Legacy exhibition.
Suffolk New College's farm shop has launched a second-hand bookshop with its Inclusive Learners as the shop celebrates its third anniversary, and it has expanded its opening hours, now opening five days a week during term time.
As online speculation swirls around the death of 22-year-old Stephen Loveridge, his family have issued a public statement rejecting suggestions of suicide, saying "the autopsy will tell the truth."
Craft beer shop Hopsters is leaving St Nicholas Street after nine years to open a new bar on the Ipswich waterfront, with plans for late-night drinks and music.
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Suffolk County Council has removed Reform UK councillor Christopher Hudson from his cabinet role as highways chief, hours after a backlash over an AI-generated image of a fellow councillor and a string of sexual comments attributed to his X account.
Ipswich.co.uk can exclusively reveal that Ipswich has not made the shortlist for UK City of Culture 2029. The town that was the first in the country to declare its ambition is out, and the questions start now.
In 2021, inspectors found that Ipswich Hospital's maternity tower failed national design standards and that maternity services "required improvement". Five years on, midwives say almost nothing has changed, and a £98m plan to replace the building rests on a decision due within days.
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.
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A man in his 50s has died following a collision involving four vehicles on Stone Lodge Lane on Sunday, 8 November.
There is a developing plan to heat buildings using the River Gipping, and Ipswich is becoming home to some of Britain's more imaginative renewable energy projects. Away from the arguments about wind turbines, pylons and solar farms, something rather interesting is happening.
Nearly 1,900 homes are standing empty in Ipswich, including more than 400 classified as long-term vacant, while the borough council's latest reported efforts to bring properties back into use have fallen well short of its own annual target.
Ipswich's Poundland store could be given a reprieve after the struggling retailer's American owners agreed to release £10 million to pay suppliers, with an extension to tonight's deadline now expected as negotiations continue to save the chain and thousands of jobs.
Suffolk County Council's cabinet voted unanimously on Tuesday, 10 November, to consent to the creation of an East Anglia Mayoral Strategic Authority, clearing the way for the Government to lay the regulations before Parliament.
Suffolk County Council's cabinet has unanimously backed a plan to spend £3.59m on external support in search of £85.91m in adult social care savings by 2029/30, but opposition councillors have questioned whether the figures can be realised.
Suffolk County Council’s cabinet has unanimously approved a shake-up of its Healthy Child Service, scrapping two specialist programmes for young parents while reversing a plan to cut community staff nurses after a public backlash.
She was a music teacher, a keen cyclist and a perfectly respectable resident of Norwich Road. But Constance Andrews had a rebellious streak that would take her from the streets of Ipswich to the cells of Holloway Prison and make her the subject of secret police photographs.
The body of a man found in Ipswich this morning has been identified, subject to confirmation at a formal inquest, as 22-year-old Stephen Loveridge, who had been reported missing since the weekend.
Welcome to our live coverage of Suffolk County Council's cabinet meeting, which starts at 14:30 today (Tuesday, 10 November) in the King Edmund Chamber at Endeavour House, Ipswich. The meeting is being webcast live.
Ipswich has been left out of the latest NHS dental expansion programme despite nearly 62,000 adults in the town having received no NHS dental treatment in the past two years, according to the latest published figures.
Ipswich has cheaper houses and lower rents than many of its East Anglian neighbours, but the latest government figures reveal a town where wages lag behind the region, rents are rising faster, and the apparent advantages of affordable housing conceal a different picture.
Passers-by on Dial Lane are being asked “Can you keep a secret?” as a business prepares to open in the former Zeebra Chic unit.
Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to find Stephen Loveridge, 22, who was last seen at approximately 22:30 on Thursday, 5 November.
Suffolk and Norfolk County Council leaders have agreed on an eight-point deal to put to the Government for an East Anglia Mayoral Strategic Authority, with Suffolk's cabinet voting on Tuesday, 10 November, on whether to back it.
Accountancy firm Affinia has recruited 10 senior tax specialists into its East Anglia business, strengthening corporate and personal tax expertise at its Ipswich office.
Great Britain speedway star Dan Bewley has signed for Ipswich's Tru7 Group Witches for 2027, ending a nine-year spell at Belle Vue.
A family nurse of ten years has accused Suffolk County Council of being "cowboys playing with people's lives" over controversial changes to children's services, amid confusion over whether staff jobs are safe.
An Ipswich soldier twice volunteered to cross ground swept by German machine-gun fire to bring ammunition to his comrades during the desperate retreat to Dunkirk. Six days later, he was dead. He left behind a wife and a two-year old daughter.
An Ipswich woman has been ordered to pay more than £5,300 after admitting breeding and selling puppies without a licence, with nine litters advertised for sale over nearly two years.
From a supporter who has followed the club since 1959, picking up his grandson's Christmas present, to a fan bagging a long-sleeve third shirt, Ipswich Town's new Planet Blue Official Club Store in the Buttermarket welcomes its first customers.
Suffolk County Council has identified four major routes for bus priority improvements, with millions available for transport investment. But while one bus lane has recently been made permanent, another enforcement scheme remains years behind expectations. So what is actually happening?
Two tamarins called Pablo and Marcia have moved into Suffolk New College's Suffolk Rural campus after arriving from zoos in Germany and Luxembourg in September.
A building for specialist police dogs has opened at Suffolk Constabulary's Martlesham headquarters, supporting a growing programme of dogs trained to find hidden phones, memory cards and USB devices during criminal investigations.
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