Affinia expands Ipswich office with 10 new tax specialists

Accountancy firm Affinia has recruited 10 senior tax specialists into its East Anglia business, strengthening corporate and personal tax expertise at its Ipswich office.

GB star Dan Bewley signs for Ipswich Witches

Great Britain speedway star Dan Bewley has signed for Ipswich's Tru7 Group Witches for 2027, ending a nine-year spell at Belle Vue.

'Cowboys playing with people's lives', says Suffolk nurse

A family nurse of ten years has accused Suffolk County Council of being "cowboys playing with people's lives" over controversial changes to children's services, amid confusion over whether staff jobs are safe.

William Hardy: The hero who ran through machine-gun fire for his comrades

An Ipswich soldier twice volunteered to cross ground swept by German machine-gun fire to bring ammunition to his comrades during the desperate retreat to Dunkirk. Six days later, he was dead. He left behind a wife and a two-year old daughter.

Ipswich woman fined for breeding puppies without licence

An Ipswich woman has been ordered to pay more than £5,300 after admitting breeding and selling puppies without a licence, with nine litters advertised for sale over nearly two years.

Ipswich Town opens new club shop in the Buttermarket

From a supporter who has followed the club since 1959, picking up his grandson's Christmas present, to a fan bagging a long-sleeve third shirt, Ipswich Town's new Planet Blue Official Club Store in the Buttermarket welcomes its first customers.

Ipswich's bus lane battle: Millions in funding, but where are they now?

Suffolk County Council has identified four major routes for bus priority improvements, with millions available for transport investment. But while one bus lane has recently been made permanent, another enforcement scheme remains years behind expectations. So what is actually happening?

Suffolk New College welcomes its first monkeys

Two tamarins called Pablo and Marcia have moved into Suffolk New College's Suffolk Rural campus after arriving from zoos in Germany and Luxembourg in September.

New police dog base opens at Martlesham

A building for specialist police dogs has opened at Suffolk Constabulary's Martlesham headquarters, supporting a growing programme of dogs trained to find hidden phones, memory cards and USB devices during criminal investigations.

Ipswich facial recognition van returns as new laws loom

Facial recognition cameras are back in Ipswich town centre today (Thursday, 5 November), just 24 hours after the Government announced plans for stronger laws and an independent watchdog to oversee the technology.

Police appeal after cyclist, 78, dies weeks after Felixstowe Road crash

A 78-year-old cyclist has died, three weeks after a collision with a car on the A1156 Felixstowe Road near Trinity Park.

The £1 million patch-up: What's really happening to Ipswich's crumbling roads

More than £1 million has been spent repairing potholes in Ipswich in thirteen months. In two months, 1000 reports were made to Suffolk County Council. Patrick Spencer MP has led the debate.

Man, 27, arrested after alleged rape in Ipswich park

A 27-year-old man has been arrested and bailed after a woman in her 20s reported being raped at Westbourne Park, off Bramford Lane, on Tuesday, 3 November.

Ipswich Post Office to reopen five months after closure

Ipswich Post Office will reopen in a new home at Sailmakers Shopping Centre on Monday, 16 November 2026, five months after the town's main branch in TG Jones on Westgate Street closed.

'Predatory capitalism': Poundland's US owner under fire as time runs out

The US investment firm that bought Poundland for £1 last year has been accused by MPs of "predatory capitalism" after rejecting a fully funded, solvent offer for the chain – leaving the future of its Ipswich store, and roughly 12,000 jobs nationwide, hanging in the balance.

Regeneration, or the end of an era? The waterfront split over Cranfield Mill

Two derelict Victorian blocks at the former Cranfield Mill site could soon be demolished to make way for long-awaited repairs to The Mill. We asked the people who live, work and walk on the Ipswich waterfront what they think, and the consensus was: but what comes next?

Government backs independent journalism in Ipswich

Ipswich.co.uk has been awarded £114,100 from the Government's £6 million Local News Fund, one of 50 local news providers backed across England and Wales. Here is what it means for us, this town, and the businesses that already make our journalism free to read.

Riviera D'Amour opens its doors on Ipswich Waterfront

Ipswich Town's Sindre Walle Egeli was among the first guests at a new Mediterranean restaurant on the Ipswich Waterfront, which was busier than expected on its opening night.

Award-winning Midgar Coffee opens on Ipswich Waterfront

Midgar Coffee always said there would only ever be one. Now the Bury St Edmunds coffee house is opening a second site on the Ipswich Waterfront, filling the former Paddy & Scott's Coffee Shop, and hoping to set down roots in the town.

Staff nurses demand clarity after Suffolk's 'political spin' row

A Suffolk County Council staff nurse has urged the authority to come clean about whether jobs are truly safe, branding this week's U-turn announcement "political spin."

Suffolk expected to back devolution – but is there a get-out?

Suffolk County Council's cabinet is being asked to renew its consent to a Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral authority and to hand the final steps to senior officers. But could it later withdraw consent, and could the administration be considering other options?

Merchants Yard link expected to open in January

Developer Galliard Homes has confirmed that the pedestrian and cycle link between Merchants Yard and the Princes Street bridge is expected to open to the public in January 2027. As Ipswich.co.uk reported in July, the link had never opened, despite its ramp being finished in 2024.

Party leaders round on Hudson over AI image row

Labour, Conservative and Green politicians have challenged Suffolk County Council leader Michael Hadwen to go further after Christopher Hudson was stripped of his cabinet role over a "sexualised" AI-generated image of a fellow councillor.

Hudson stripped of cabinet role amid Mummery deepfake row

Suffolk County Council has removed Reform UK councillor Christopher Hudson from his cabinet role as highways chief, hours after a backlash over an AI-generated image of a fellow councillor and a string of sexual comments attributed to his X account.