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Suffolk County Council is temporarily switching off solar panel systems at 80 schools across the county following a fire at Sidegate Primary School in Ipswich, amid concerns the panels may have been a factor in three separate school fires.
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Ipswich enters the summer of 2026 with an empty lido it cannot yet fund, an ageing main pool it plans to demolish, and a £38m replacement that its own council will not exist long enough to build. We ask: where will Ipswich swim?
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The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce brought together MPs, council leaders and transport experts in Ipswich last week for the second summit on the A14 and Orwell Bridge. Here is what was agreed, what remains unresolved, and why the stakes have rarely been higher.
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This month, Women's Health Hope — the Ipswich charity founded by Monica Thomas — announces the launch of Suffolk's first Women's Health Support Hub. A milestone that follows years of campaigning and one woman's determination to turn her own health journey into something that helps others.
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The Walk's popular street market is back on Sunday, 28 June, and for the first time it will spread out of its alleys and into the high street, reaching through the Buttermarket and up to the Giles statue.
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Former Ipswich Town manager George Burley walked the catwalk to help raise £5,500 for Cancer Support Suffolk, the charity that supported him through his own cancer battle.
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Police are appealing for information after extensive criminal damage was caused at the London Road Park & Ride terminal over the weekend of 20th June, with a group of young people on e-scooters believed to be responsible.
Ipswich enters the summer of 2026 with an empty lido it cannot yet fund, an ageing main pool it plans to demolish, and a £38m replacement that its own council will not exist long enough to build. We ask: where will Ipswich swim?
We were the first to champion it. We have continued to do so relentlessly ever since. Today, with great sadness, we are withdrawing our support for Ipswich's City of Culture bid. Here's why.
The council appears to be pursuing a judicial review of the Government's local government reorganisation plans, but with a legal deadline that falls before its cabinet meeting on 29 June, residents and councillors still don't know if a claim has been filed, on what grounds, or at what cost.
Ipswich Borough Council has exclusively handed its City of Culture bid's official media partnership to Newsquest, a US-owned media company with titles in Swindon and Wrexham — two towns competing against us for the same prize. We asked why. The answer simply is not good enough.
Seven weeks. Four shortlist places. One shot. Here is the inside scoop on Ipswich's City of Culture 2029 bid, and the people and decisions that will define it.
This week, independent news outlets across the UK are making the case for their survival. Here is ours. Please give it a read.
Ipswich Borough Council is legally required to begin writing a new blueprint for the town's future development, but the authority doing the writing may not exist by the time it's finished. It's one of the more peculiar and consequential paradoxes thrown up by local government reorganisation.
When a 15-year-old boy with severe epilepsy was beaten by a large group of his peers in an Ipswich park, his mother expected the police to act. What followed, she says, has left her son feeling more unsafe than ever.
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We were the first to champion it. We have continued to do so relentlessly ever since. Today, with great sadness, we are withdrawing our support for Ipswich's City of Culture bid. Here's why.
Inspectors have published their first report on First Base Ipswich Academy under the new framework — here is what they found across each area of the school's provision.
Suffolk County Council has renewed its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant as Armed Forces Week gets underway, with the county's Lord Lieutenant and council leader among those gathering to mark the occasion.
A brief introduction to the new manager of Ipswich Town Football Club, from our very own Barbara Norrey, AKA the West Stand Senior.
Jack Abbott, the MP for Ipswich, has said he is "deeply disappointed" by Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister and Labour leader, paving the way for the recently-elected Makerfield MP and former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to succeed him.
The council appears to be pursuing a judicial review of the Government's local government reorganisation plans, but with a legal deadline that falls before its cabinet meeting on 29 June, residents and councillors still don't know if a claim has been filed, on what grounds, or at what cost.
A 20-year-old Ipswich man has been charged with attempted murder and dangerous driving after a man was left with life-changing injuries when a car was allegedly driven at him on Fircroft Road.
Drivers in east Ipswich face eight weeks of road closures from Monday, 22 June, as Suffolk Highways and Cadent begin a major joint programme of highway and gas main improvements.
A man has been found guilty of operating a pub in Ipswich without a premises licence after the borough council brought a successful prosecution against him.
Drivers and residents near Ipswich's Waterfront should expect overnight road closures and traffic changes this summer as Suffolk Highways carries out a major programme of improvements ahead of the new Prince Philip Lock Bridge.
Four individuals who have shaped Suffolk's public life, culture and communities were awarded the county's most prestigious accolade on Sunday — the Suffolk Medal.
The Ipswich Regent Theatre has been named best Arts, Culture & Theatre venue in the Suffolk & Cambs Muddy Stilettos Awards 2026 for the third consecutive year, with nearly half a million votes cast nationally.
Fox's Yacht Sales, which operates from Fox's Marina in Ipswich and Woolverstone Marina, has been acquired by Morgans Group – the company behind Fox's Marina & Boatyard and Fox's Chandlery.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 20-year-old was left with life-changing leg injuries when a driver allegedly deliberately drove a car at him outside a Co-Op in Ipswich.
Ipswich Borough Council has exclusively handed its City of Culture bid's official media partnership to Newsquest, a US-owned media company with titles in Swindon and Wrexham — two towns competing against us for the same prize. We asked why. The answer simply is not good enough.
A year after arriving with 46 events, nine sell-outs and more than 1,000 tickets sold, the Ipswich Book Festival team has set its sights higher still – announcing 54 events, new venues, a dedicated Schools Week and a theme that promises to go far beyond the page.
Ipswich Borough Council has acquired Giles Place, a development of 69 one-bedroom and studio apartments designed specifically for older residents, to be let at affordable rents.
A brother and sister from Kenya were among 34 students celebrated at Suffolk New College's annual awards, hosted by former BBC Suffolk presenter Mark Murphy.
Ipswich has seven weeks to submit the most consequential piece of work this town has produced in years. We think the council has made an unnecessary decision that risks undermining one of its most important assets, so we have said so directly to its CEO, Helen Pluck, in an open letter.
Seven weeks. Four shortlist places. One shot. Here is the inside scoop on Ipswich's City of Culture 2029 bid, and the people and decisions that will define it.
This week, independent news outlets across the UK are making the case for their survival. Here is ours. Please give it a read.
Ipswich Borough Council is legally required to begin writing a new blueprint for the town's future development, but the authority doing the writing may not exist by the time it's finished. It's one of the more peculiar and consequential paradoxes thrown up by local government reorganisation.
Ipswich Borough Council approved £1.284m in regeneration grants yesterday, but we can exclusively reveal that the decision for one application, believed to be around £750k, faces an imminent challenge, with opposition councillors expected to call it in over concerns about the use of public funds.
Ipswich Borough Council has approved increases to parking charges at its off-street car parks and on-street bays, with new tariffs taking effect from 20 July 2026.
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