Opinion
Claire Boobbyer did not come to Ipswich to be impressed. She came, as many do, without particularly high expectations – and left a convert. Her travel feature in The Independent, published this morning, is a love letter to a town that has spent too long being told it is not worth loving.
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Suffolk County Council has written to the county's chief constable calling for guarantees that police training never creates "doubt, hesitation or competing priorities" when responding to a risk to life – a direct response to national debate sparked by the heavily politicised murder of Henry Nowak.
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A charity five-a-side football tournament hosted by law firm Birketts at Portman Road has raised £20,250, with funds split equally between East Anglia's Children's Hospices and Ipswich Town Foundation.
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Plans to convert two fire-damaged buildings in Ipswich into a 16-bed shared home have been refused by councillors, who overturned officer advice and dismissed the proposal as "nonsense."
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A housebuilder's charity, which has donated more than £3 million since 2021, has opened its second funding round of the year, offering grants of £50,000 to organisations focused on helping young people into work.
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Twenty-eight teams braved wind, rain and two capsizes at Ipswich Waterfront on Saturday to raise a record £60,000 for children and young people affected by sexual abuse.
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Suffolk Chamber of Commerce took a delegation of leading local businesses to Westminster last week to press Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on infrastructure, employment costs and tax relief.
From sorting rails at the British Heart Foundation to cashing up at Oxfam, Ipswich's charity shop volunteers give thousands of hours every year – for free. This Volunteers' Week, we went behind the till to meet the people who make it all possible.
We spoke with fifteen students from Westbourne Academy and asked them to describe Maple Park – Jubilee to many people who live there. Their answers tell a story that no council meeting or policing strategy can capture.
Suffolk County Council's Reform administration says it is cutting waste and ending virtue signalling. Opposition parties are united in saying it is doing the opposite. We examine, in detail, the arguments on both sides.
Essex and Suffolk are both mounting legal challenges to government reorganisation under Reform leadership. Essex chose to publish its pre-action letter; Suffolk has not. Reading one tells us a great deal about what the other might say, and whether the challenge is worth the cost.
Suffolk Constabulary has reported significant reductions across most crime categories in Ipswich, and the officers behind those numbers deserve fair credit – but the story is more complicated than the headline figures alone can tell.
In the coming weeks, hundreds of Ipswich businesses will decide whether Ipswich's Business Improvement District (BID) lives or dies. What hangs on that decision is far bigger than many people realise.
Two and a half years ago, Ofsted found that children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Suffolk were getting lost in a system defined by delays, unanswered calls and plans that failed them. A new inspection report suggests things are genuinely changing — but not yet for everyone.
An Ipswich Borough Council executive whose email account sent a derogatory message about Ipswich Town chairman, Mark Ashton, says he was hacked. The council agrees, but a decision not to refer the incident to the ICO, despite a serious data breach, will raise many questions – and eyebrows.
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The University of Suffolk is opening applications for three new postgraduate courses — in social work, digital marketing and data analytics, and cognitive behavioural therapy — all starting in September.
A new children's play area has opened at Murray Road Recreation Ground in Ipswich, featuring 29 pieces of equipment inspired by the site's history as a former racecourse.
Ed Sheeran brought his music back to the streets of Ipswich today, performing a free set on Ipswich's Waterfront. Fans describing it as "spectacular" got a chance to see one of the world's biggest artists up close – for free.
From sorting rails at the British Heart Foundation to cashing up at Oxfam, Ipswich's charity shop volunteers give thousands of hours every year – for free. This Volunteers' Week, we went behind the till to meet the people who make it all possible.
An Ipswich-born singer-songwriter has released a new song celebrating his hometown, and is throwing a free party in the town centre tonight to mark the occasion.
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has written to Suffolk County Council and Anglian Water demanding an immediate inspection of drainage infrastructure after flash flooding caused widespread disruption across the town on Tuesday.
A member of the public made three 999 calls over more than 20 minutes after spotting an injured man soaking wet and "bleeding profusely" in Ipswich town centre, but says neither police nor an ambulance attended.
We spoke with fifteen students from Westbourne Academy and asked them to describe Maple Park – Jubilee to many people who live there. Their answers tell a story that no council meeting or policing strategy can capture.
Sizewell C has become the official outreach partner of Ipswich Town Foundation in a three-year deal that will bring Premier League education and football programmes to schools in Leiston and Ipswich.
The Ipswich Windrush Society has unveiled the full entertainment line-up for this year's Heritage & Legacy Music Festival, a free event taking place on Saturday, 20 June, at Landseer Park, with a street parade, live music and Caribbean food stalls.
An Ipswich family raising £60,000 to keep their son at home as his health declines from a rare life-limiting condition has been overwhelmed by community support, after a local pub raised more than £2,000 at a fundraising event.
Ipswich's most famous historic building has cleared its first major hurdle, with planners unanimously approving its conversion into 21 flats, but without grant funding, the development remains commercially unviable, leaving its future far from certain.
Suffolk County Council's Reform administration says it is cutting waste and ending virtue signalling. Opposition parties are united in saying it is doing the opposite. We examine, in detail, the arguments on both sides.
Construction work on long-awaited improvements to Arras Square is set to begin this month, with local firm Brooks & Wood Ltd appointed to deliver the scheme ahead of a Christmas 2026 completion target.
Two suspects have been identified following a graffiti spree across Ipswich town centre over the bank holiday weekend, with one male arrested and bailed.
Four young iWill ambassadors from Ipswich travelled to Westminster on Tuesday to meet a government minister and share how youth social action is changing their town, with one telling Youth and Civil Society Minister Stephanie Peacock that being from Ipswich is now her "super power."
Suffolk County Council is set to rescind its climate emergency declaration and remove all net zero targets, leader Michael Hadwen has confirmed, as the Reform UK-led authority moves to overhaul its approach to environmental policy.
Essex and Suffolk are both mounting legal challenges to government reorganisation under Reform leadership. Essex chose to publish its pre-action letter; Suffolk has not. Reading one tells us a great deal about what the other might say, and whether the challenge is worth the cost.
Singer-songwriters, bands, soloists and DJs will descend on Christchurch Park on Sunday, 5 July, as Ipswich Music Day celebrates its 36th year with more than 30 performers.
The University of Suffolk has climbed 11 places to rank 44th out of 130 universities in the 2027 Complete University Guide, continuing a five-year rise that has seen it jump 82 positions since 2022.
Suffolk County Council has sent a pre-action letter to the Government warning it will seek a judicial review unless Ministers withdraw plans to reorganise local government in the county, escalating a dispute that began when the new Reform administration took control earlier this month.
Police are asking anyone who recorded footage of a brawl outside a Waterfront bar on Saturday night to come forward as they investigate the incident.
Suffolk Constabulary has reported significant reductions across most crime categories in Ipswich, and the officers behind those numbers deserve fair credit – but the story is more complicated than the headline figures alone can tell.
In the coming weeks, hundreds of Ipswich businesses will decide whether Ipswich's Business Improvement District (BID) lives or dies. What hangs on that decision is far bigger than many people realise.
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