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.
Twenty-five community organisations, charities and local groups across Ipswich are set to share £1.5m after Ipswich Borough Council allocated grants through the Government's Pride in Place Impact Fund.
A new bug and nature-inspired play area opened at Ellenbrook Park, with eight new pieces of equipment for children aged two to 10.
The Buttermarket has reopened from 15:00 today, Friday, 2 October, after a tempered glass panel failure in the north mall forced the shopping centre to shut on Tuesday, 22 September 2026.
Private counselling rooms, a café, an arcade machine and a cosy snug are among the features of 4YP's new home at Regatta Quay, which supports children and young people aged seven to 25.
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.
Ipswich Borough Council announced a start date for its long-delayed Lloyds Avenue redevelopment on the same day it confirmed it had purchased and would demolish the former Debenhams building. We ask: should the two schemes share one masterplan, rather than proceed separately?
In mid-July, around 15,000 Sunni Muslims packed into a private religious gathering at a country estate near the tiny Suffolk village of Barham. A major incident was declared following an alleged terror threat. Taxpayers are believed to have footed the bill, but police won't say how much it is.
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Children receiving care at The Treehouse in Ipswich took centre stage at a western-themed evening of music and laughter, with organisers saying their performances "stole the show."
A 26-year-old from Freston has raised more than £4,000 for Breast Cancer Now by organising a rounders fun day just months after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
With 45 businesses already on board, organisers of the FutureSkills Fair are appealing for more local companies to join them in front of over 3,000 young people on 22 October.
Suffolk County Council’s Scrutiny Committee will examine how the authority decided to take the Government to court over reorganisation. The Chair’s casting vote sent just one question to a cross-party task and finish group, which will take place in February.
Professor Jenny Higham, vice chancellor of the University of Suffolk, has taken over as chair of the Wolsey 550 project from former East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt as it prepares for its second phase.
Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk reveals that fewer than 20 littering fines have been issued in Ipswich in any of the past six years. The council insists it has not stopped enforcing, but its own evidence suggests it never started.
Foxhall Stadium will stage two nights of FIM Speedway World Championship action next August, as Ipswich Witches confirm the biggest event in the club's 75-year history.
Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to find Elsie-Belle, 13, who was last seen in Ipswich at approximately 23:00 on Tuesday, 29 September.
Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk shows that less than a quarter of unpaid parking fines in Ipswich are ever recovered. As the number of fines issued keeps rising, the average money collected per fine keeps declining – but the council insists its enforcement is effective.
Nearly two years after more than 350 Suffolk businesses set out what a lack of investment in the A14 was costing them, the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce is asking again. This time the answers will land while the business case is still being written.
Suffolk County Council has written to the Education Secretary demanding a funding overhaul, arguing the county is short-changed compared with neighbouring areas on both children's social care and education spending.
Ipswich School has completed a series of improvements across its estate, with the centrepiece an extensive refresh of the historic Senior School frontage on Henley Road.
An after-school youth cafe at St Peter's Stoke Church in Ipswich has grown from just two members to more than 15 children, who come every Thursday for crafts, football, Lego and the volunteers' popular cheese toasties.
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.
Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to trace Reece Baker, 36, who was last seen leaving Sproughton this morning, Monday, 28 September.
From April 2027, employees will be entitled to two weeks' bereavement leave covering a wider range of relationships and pregnancy loss. Here is what is changing, and what it means for you.
Chris Bruce joined Barnes Construction as a teenage trainee in 1979 and rose to the boardroom. Nearly five decades later, he posed alongside the firm's newest recruits as it marked the appointment of its 100th management trainee.
Gary Keogh has resigned as Suffolk County Councillor for Bosmere, less than five months after winning the seat, citing changes to his personal and family circumstances alongside a demanding career.
The family of three-year-old Noah Woods, whose body was sadly found in Decoy Pond, Brantham, on Wednesday, 16 September, have paid tribute to a "happy, cheeky, playful" little boy who "brought joy wherever he went."
Roads across Ipswich will start closing from as early as 04:00 on Sunday as the town hosts its fifth Half Marathon, with diversions and parking suspensions running into the afternoon.
A 54-year-old Ipswich man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a string of child sex offences, including making indecent images of a child and attempting to incite a child into sexual activity.
Suffolk Constabulary is appealing for help to trace Vinnie Whittred, 23, who officers believe may be in the Newmarket, Thetford or Ipswich area.
Reform UK has lodged a formal complaint after Labour councillors used their majority to amend a motion thanking Suffolk County Council leader Cllr Michael Hadwen, replacing it with thanks for three borough councillors instead.
Live updates from Suffolk County Council's Education and Children's Services Scrutiny Committee at Endeavour House, where councillors are examining support for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the Healthy Child Services consultation.
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