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Ipswich Borough Council is proposing to invest £400,000 over the next two years in a new Neighbourhood Cleansing Team, aimed at improving the appearance of streets and public spaces across the borough.
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Thousands of people gathered at Trinity Park on Saturday, 4 July 2026 for the debut Halo Festival, a homegrown event that swapped the usual long drive to a distant field for a day out on Ipswich's own doorstep.
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A monthly Ipswich open mic night that helps people in recovery build confidence through music will host a family fun day on Sunday 12 July.
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Ipswich Borough Council will vote on 15 July to create a new Ipswich parish/town council, keeping a mayor and local representation as the town moves towards a unitary authority.
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Laura Brinkley and her daughters Evelyn and Grace danced, played and tried on motion-capture suits at a special Ipswich workshop designed to help them feel closer to Elliot, the baby boy and brother who died in 2013 aged just 15 days old.
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A major scheme to improve congestion along the A12 could see its budget increase to £63.6m, up from the £57.4m estimated when it received the authority's approval in 2021, under the previous administration.
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Lois Hunt, who has overseen the restoration of the Grade I listed Heveningham Hall for more than 30 years, has been appointed president of Suffolk's county-wide heritage charity.
Ipswich.co.uk can exclusively reveal that construction has begun on a free-roam virtual reality arena and private function space inside the Great White Horse Hotel, bringing one of the world's most modern entertainment concepts into one of Ipswich's oldest buildings.
When Ipswich.co.uk first visited Pipers Court in April, we found black mould, broken tiles, blood-stained lights and "cleaning in progress" signs lining the dirtiest corridors. Two months later, with fly-infested bin liners stacking up inside, frustrated residents tell us little has improved.
Suffolk County Council has filed a judicial review claim against the Secretary of State over local government reorganisation. The legal arguments are now known, but the threshold is high, and even a successful outcome may not deliver what the council is seeking. We explain all.
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.
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Residents of Suffolk aged 16 and over can now order free, confidential at-home HIV and syphilis testing kits, as part of a public health campaign endorsed by Suffolk County Council.
Suffolk County Council is set to allocate almost £19m in government funding to create hundreds of new specialist school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities, with Cabinet due to consider the plan on 14 July.
Two new non-invasive tests to speed up endometriosis diagnosis have been given the green light for NHS use. The draft guidance has been welcomed by an Ipswich campaigner who waited 17 years for her own diagnosis.
On a rainy Tuesday evening above a shop on Tower Street, a group of Ipswich girls sit drawing on bunting, sharing pizza and catching up on their half-term. It is an ordinary scene — and, for the people behind Girls, Where You At?, that is rather the point.
With tickets now on sale, here's what's on offer at this year's Ipswich Book Festival.
Suffolk County Council is set to investigate whether taking control of bus routes, fares and timetables would improve services across the county. Meanwhile, new figures reveal two in five parishes have no service to their nearest town.
Local 18-year-olds Chelsy and Jay both struggled to find direction before joining Beyond Boundaries – now one has a Sizewell C internship and the other a full-time job as a games designer.
Evolve Business Solutions has expanded its premises for the second time in two years, taking on neighbouring space to almost double its warehouse and office capacity.
A new survey of more than 4,700 people across Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk suggests the impact of an injury often outlasts the accident itself, with six in 10 people still reporting pain and reduced mobility long afterwards.
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott says his 4,000-signature petition proves patience has run out over the Orwell Bridge. Council leader Michael Hadwen says he is "fully supportive" of finding a solution, but his response gives no sign that Suffolk County Council's position has shifted.
Rather than pouring money into a traditional marketing campaign, Ipswich Town has used this year's kit launch to fund football kits for grassroots clubs across Suffolk instead – a decision nine months in the making.
Ipswich.co.uk can exclusively reveal that construction has begun on a free-roam virtual reality arena and private function space inside the Great White Horse Hotel, bringing one of the world's most modern entertainment concepts into one of Ipswich's oldest buildings.
Ipswich Buses will increase adult and under-20 town fares from Sunday, 19 July, with the single ticket price rising by 10p and the day ticket by 20p.
The University of Suffolk Students' Union is launching a new strategy after a year of consultation with students, staff and local partners, alongside its first ever impact report covering the last two years.
From Halo's brand-new ticketed festival at Trinity Park to the UK's largest free one-day festival in Christchurch Park, Ipswich is preparing for an unprecedented run of live music across a single weekend.
Employers across Ipswich can now claim £3,000 for every young person they take on under a new national jobs scheme, with Ipswich MP Jack Abbott urging local firms to make the most of it.
The Suffolk Parent Carer Forum is closing down after losing its Department for Education funding, with trustees citing "circumstances beyond" their control. The closure comes after parents reported months of silence and cancelled events from the group.
The Second World War brought fear and devastation to every corner of the globe, yet in humanity's darkest hour, an entire generation answered the call to serve. Among the brave souls who went off to war but never returned was Ipswich's Private Reginald Henry Makeham.
John Constable painted The Hay Wain on the banks of the River Stour, on the border between Suffolk and Essex, over 200 years ago. This summer, for the first time, it is coming home — arriving at Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich from 11 July.
Chloe Jenkins, who turned her passion for photography into a business at just 16, is in the running for a national entrepreneurship award.
A Suffolk Police investigation into a teenage boy's online offending has uncovered links to international extremist groups and triggered emergency police deployments as far away as the USA.
The government's £15bn defence spending boost is being funded partly by raiding road budgets. Could Suffolk's most congested junction end up paying the price?
Campaigners will gather on Ipswich's Cornhill on Saturday, 4 July, calling on the government to scrap the NHS's contract with US tech firm Palantir when it comes up for renewal in February 2027.
George Lavery had no symptoms, no warning and no known heart condition. His family are on a mission to make sure other young people get the chance he never had.
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