Suffolk invests £3.6m in 11 new fire engines

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is getting 11 new frontline fire engines as part of a £3.6 million fleet renewal programme, with the vehicles due to enter service at stations across the county later this year.

£1.35m approved for A140 Earl Stonham plan amid cost and environment fears

Suffolk County Council has approved spending up to £1.35m to develop a business case for improving a congestion-hit junction on the A140 at Earl Stonham, with opposition councillors raising financial, environmental and community concerns about the scheme.

Have you seen missing Ipswich man Jonathan Clarke?

Suffolk Police are urging anyone with information to come forward after Jonathan Clarke, 39, was reported missing from the Heath Road area of Ipswich on Monday evening.

'They could have killed him, and the police didn't care': Mum of epileptic teen beaten and repeatedly kicked in the head by gang of students speaks out

When a 15-year-old boy with severe epilepsy was beaten by a large group of his peers in an Ipswich park, his mother expected the police to act. What followed, she says, has left her son feeling more unsafe than ever.

Ipswich racing driver backs local children's hospice

A 24-year-old racing driver who lives steps from The Treehouse hospice in Ipswich is raising funds and awareness for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) throughout her 2026 Porsche Sprint Challenge season.

Horses for courses: Suffolk equine centre marks 20 years

An equine centre that has trained more than 1,000 students since Princess Anne cut the ribbon in 2006 has celebrated its 20th anniversary, with alumni returning from careers spanning Newmarket, Australia and Argentina.

The Ipswich entrepreneur who wants to end the comment war

Remmy Ajadi has spent nearly three decades in sales and business. But it was a dream and a growing unease about what social media was doing to his sons that pushed him to build something different.

Ipswich teen to drum alongside global artists

Darell Chipuru, 17, from Ipswich, has been awarded a bursary place at the Wooden Roots Experience, a West African drum and dance weekend that draws students from around the world to Snape Maltings.

How Jimmy's Farm is giving Ipswich students a start in media

A growing collaboration between Jimmy's Farm and Suffolk New College is giving local students hands-on experience in TV and media, with the attraction pledging at least three student-led projects every year.

The 18-year-old turning community spirit into action

Five years after cycling from London to Brighton at 13 to raise money for a family friend's widow and four daughters, Logan Mashongamhende is at it again — this time organising his own charity football match for Inspire Suffolk.

When will The Thrasher reopen, and what's changing?

Regulars of The Thrasher on Nacton Road should note their local has closed today for refurbishment works, with a reopening planned for next month following a six-figure investment.

'A culture of inclusion pervades the school': Alderwood Academy earns strong Ofsted ratings

An Ipswich alternative provision academy that supports some of the town's most vulnerable young people has been praised by Ofsted for its inclusive culture and the "clear moral purpose" of its leaders.

Popular Portman Road cake stall granted trading licence

A popular cake stall has been granted a year-long licence to trade outside Ipswich Town's Portman Road ground, as the club prepares for its return to the Premier League.

The Suffolk factory making the 'shells' that house the UK's warehouses and data centres

You may never have heard of insulated sandwich panels, but chances are you have been inside a building that depends on them. Now they are being made just outside Stowmarket.

Why football players cut their socks and the local medical innovation it inspired

When Carl Brown noticed England players cutting slots into the backs of their socks, he asked why. The answer led the Ipswich-raised entrepreneur to develop a patented medical sock that has been worn by hundreds of NHS patients and professional athletes alike.

Could this little-known law be the key to unlocking the regeneration of Ipswich's town centre?

Boarded-up shops have become part of the furniture in Ipswich town centre. A little-known law could be about to change that, and for the first time, the council looks ready to use it.

Ipswich cannot regenerate its town centre while treating its car parks as a cash machine

Ipswich Borough Council's strategy promises to make the town centre "vibrant, inclusive, and a great place to live, work, and visit." Its parking strategy is to charge a little more every year. At some point, it needs to address the obvious contradiction.

Ipswich breakfast clubs invited to enter £1,000 awards

The staff, volunteers and pupils behind Ipswich breakfast clubs have until Friday, 29 June to enter this year's Kellogg's Breakfast Club Awards, with a £1,000 grant and recognition at the Houses of Parliament up for grabs.

Ipswich Town chairman surprises 550 pupils at Gusford Primary

Ipswich Town CEO and chairman Mark Ashton made a surprise visit to Gusford Primary School on Monday, 8 June, bringing the club's 2025/26 Championship promotion trophy and raising money for local charities, including his own Lentonbrook Foundation.

Over 1,000 Suffolk families missing out on £1m in Healthy Start payments

More than 1,000 eligible families across Suffolk are failing to claim Healthy Start support, leaving an estimated £1 million in food and vitamin payments unclaimed, even as weekly payment rates rise.

College students win top two in national massage competition

Two beauty therapy students from Suffolk New College have taken first and second place in a national massage skills competition, beating 15 rivals from colleges across the UK.

Council set to increase town centre parking charges again

Ipswich Borough Council is proposing to increase parking charges across its off-street car parks and on-street bays from 20 July 2026, with hourly rates set to rise by 10p. It follows a similar increase to last year.

Fundraisers aged 12 to 82 brave the drop for Ipswich Hospital

From a 12-year-old to an 82-year-old, fundraisers of all ages conquered their fears this weekend to descend Ipswich Hospital's tower in wet and windy conditions, raising more than £60,000 for patients and families across the region.

A travel writer from The Independent just fell for Ipswich – it's time more of us did the same

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.