A man was arrested on Tuesday, 13 October, after police say he ran out of the back door of an Ipswich town centre shop carrying a suitcase full of illicit tobacco worth an estimated £4,000.
An unexpected visitor to the River Orwell caused quite a stir this afternoon when what appears to be a harbour porpoise was spotted near the Sir Bobby Robson Bridge, prompting a response from the fire service.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has unveiled 11 new fire engines as part of a £3.6m investment that will replace some of the service's oldest appliances.
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott is urging the town’s pubs and hotels to have their say on how they are valued for business rates before an independent review closes to evidence at 23:59 on Friday, 16 October 2026.
Plans have been submitted to demolish two Victorian blocks at the former Cranfield Mill site on Ipswich Waterfront, which the applicant says cannot be saved and must come down to enable long-awaited repairs to The Mill tower.
Schools from across the UK will arrive at St Joseph's College this weekend for the 40th National Schools Rugby Festival, with four competitions across three days and a first U18 girls' title up for grabs.
She has survived a bomb strike, a brief spell as a strip club and being abandoned in the Channel. Now a newly formed trust has launched an urgent £100,000 appeal to keep the 1895 sailing barge Victor in Ipswich, as her skipper of more than 20 years prepares for his last trip in charge.
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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Suffolk Police are appealing for information after a white Nissan Qashqai was stolen from St Nicholas Street, Ipswich, in the early hours of Sunday, 4 October.
Drivers are ignoring newly installed bollards on Queen Street, with multiple vehicles seen driving through a wide gap in the barriers to park outside shops on the pedestrianised street.
A man convicted of 14 shop thefts across Ipswich, including £300 of chocolate in a single raid, has been handed a suspended sentence and banned from six Co-op stores.
Less than a year after construction began on a reservoir near Ipswich, the floating solar project supplying Suffolk Fresh's glasshouse has picked up a top national industry award.
A new "digital street hub" has appeared outside Chopstix on Tavern Street, bringing the controversial advertising screens to Ipswich's main high street.
Primary school children in Ipswich could win two tickets to see a Premier League game – and have their artwork seen by thousands of fans – by drawing a picture about keeping the town tidy.
Emergency services remain at Stoke Bridge in Ipswich this morning after a body was found in the river following an overnight search for a missing person.
Suffolk Mind has helped uncover a clear link between reading and high mental wellbeing in children and young people, as part of a national study of more than 52,000 children and young people aged 8 to 18.
Suffolk County Council and Ipswich Borough Council have opened a new wellbeing trail at Orwell Country Park, timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Saturday, 10 October.
More than 100 people gathered at Ipswich Town Football Club on Wednesday, 7 October, to celebrate the East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) volunteers.
Attwells Solicitors has completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Essex, delivering a new client portal and a permanent job for the graduate who built it.
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.
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.
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