Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham have been shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029, with each guaranteed at least £125,000 and one set to win a £10m prize in early 2027.
A decision on a £98m bid to replace Ipswich Hospital's ageing maternity tower is expected within weeks, after Ipswich MP Jack Abbott raised the building's condition in Parliament and the health minister pledged to discuss the proposal with him.
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.
Broadcaster and film producer Emma Freud OBE and historian Dr Alison Weir have been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Suffolk at graduation ceremonies at the Ipswich Waterfront.
Gemma Upson, who first picked up crochet at primary school, has graduated from the University of Suffolk, calling her Fine Art degree “hand-on-heart one of the best things I have ever done” - and she has celebrated by immortalising her tutors and technicians as crocheted alter egos.
A new ten-year Culture & Heritage Strategy for Ipswich launches today, setting out five ambitions to put arts and heritage at the heart of the town's communities, economy and regeneration. It comes as a decision on Ipswich's 2029 City of Culture bid is imminent.
Ipswich Borough Council has reclaimed control of Broomhill Lido after its lease to former operator Fusion Lifestyle ended when the company collapsed into administration in April, offering a glimmer of hope for those who want to see the historic lido restored.
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.
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.
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Suffolk Constabulary and the county's Police and Crime Commissioner will host a public meeting in Martlesham on Wednesday, 21 October, giving residents the chance to question senior officers about local policing.
A long-vacant shop unit in the Buttermarket is set to be brought back into use next month as Ipswich Town prepares to open a new Planet Blue store in the former Superdry premises.
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.
Margaret Tempest drew the animals that lived in millions of childhood imaginations. But behind those gentle watercolours was a pioneering Ipswich artist, a passionate sailor and a decidedly ungentle literary feud.
Ipswich Town chairman and CEO Mark Ashton and superstar Ed Sheeran joined forces in New York to raise $1 million (~£750k) in a single evening for underprivileged children and young people across Suffolk.
Police say there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the death of a 20-year-old man found in the River Orwell near Stoke Bridge, as the investigation into the circumstances continues.
And it was rather grand, too.
A man wanted by police for multiple shop thefts across Ipswich was arrested on Carr Street on Friday, 16 October, after refusing to give officers his details, police said.
A man was arrested at Ipswich Police's Princes Street front desk on Friday, 16 October after turning up holding a screwdriver and a pool ball tied in a sock, police said.
A man has died following a collision on the A14's Orwell Bridge in the early hours of Friday, 16 October, with the road closed in both directions while investigations continue.
A common dolphin has been found dead in the River Orwell, a day after firefighters and marine rescuers cut it free from netting wrapped around its beak and fins.
Six fire engines are battling a large blaze engulfing the roofs of two semi-detached houses on Henniker Road, Ipswich, since the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning.
Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and a spectacular car chase have put Suffolk back on our TV screens. But with a new international film festival coming to Ipswich and a growing creative industry, could Ipswich become a bigger player in the world of film and TV?
A 20-year-old man from Ipswich has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to making and distributing indecent images of children, Ipswich Crown Court heard on Thursday, 8 October.
Residents now count the costs and look to the council's scrutiny committee to tell them what went wrong.
Noah Akhlak’s dad, Mal, has thanked Griff Rhys Jones for Happy Christmas Ipswich, saying the family is “extremely grateful” for the comedy and music show, which raises money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), where his 16-year-old son receives care.
Parents and carers in Suffolk have until Saturday, 31 October, to apply for a secondary school place for children starting Year 7 in September 2027. The county council warns that late applications could prevent families securing their first choice.
A 62-year-old football supporter who fell from the upper tier at Portman Road during one of the FA Cup's greatest upsets has been cleared of assault. Almost three years after the incident, a Crown Court jury has delivered a verdict that raises a question: how did this become a criminal prosecution?
Covid-19 infections are rising across England as the country heads towards winter, with a variant nicknamed 'American Covid' attracting attention. But health officials say there is currently no evidence that the strain causes more severe illness than other variants.
Suffolk County Council will begin a major package of highway improvements on Main Road, Martlesham, from Monday, 19 October, focusing on the stretch between the A12 and Nunn Close.
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 a dolphin 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.
Trumpton, Chigley, Camberwick Green and Play School. How a boy from Ipswich became one of the most loved voices in British television history.
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