Ipswich Town chairman and CEO Mark Ashton and superstar Ed Sheeran joined forces in New York to raise $1 million (~£750k) in a single evening for underprivileged children and young people across Suffolk.
Police say there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the death of a 20-year-old man found in the River Orwell near Stoke Bridge, as the investigation into the circumstances continues.
And it was rather grand, too.
A man wanted by police for multiple shop thefts across Ipswich was arrested on Carr Street on Friday, 16 October, after refusing to give officers his details, police said.
A man was arrested at Ipswich Police's Princes Street front desk on Friday, 16 October after turning up holding a screwdriver and a pool ball tied in a sock, police said.
A man has died following a collision on the A14's Orwell Bridge in the early hours of Friday, 16 October, with the road closed in both directions while investigations continue.
A common dolphin has been found dead in the River Orwell, a day after firefighters and marine rescuers cut it free from netting wrapped around its beak and fins.
Suffolk County Council has backed a motion to explore holding a countywide referendum on housing asylum seekers, with 60% of councillors voting in favour. The decision followed a heated debate which exposed sharp divisions over cost, legality and motive.
Ipswich Borough Council has the legal powers to force owners to clean up neglected buildings in our town, but it hasn't used them on a single commercial property in at least five years. Ipswich.co.uk asks why.
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.
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Six fire engines are battling a large blaze engulfing the roofs of two semi-detached houses on Henniker Road, Ipswich, since the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning.
Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and a spectacular car chase have put Suffolk back on our TV screens. But with a new international film festival coming to Ipswich and a growing creative industry, could Ipswich become a bigger player in the world of film and TV?
A 20-year-old man from Ipswich has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to making and distributing indecent images of children, Ipswich Crown Court heard on Thursday, 8 October.
Residents now count the costs and look to the council's scrutiny committee to tell them what went wrong.
Noah Akhlak’s dad, Mal, has thanked Griff Rhys Jones for Happy Christmas Ipswich, saying the family is “extremely grateful” for the comedy and music show, which raises money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), where his 16-year-old son receives care.
Parents and carers in Suffolk have until Saturday, 31 October, to apply for a secondary school place for children starting Year 7 in September 2027. The county council warns that late applications could prevent families securing their first choice.
A 62-year-old football supporter who fell from the upper tier at Portman Road during one of the FA Cup's greatest upsets has been cleared of assault. Almost three years after the incident, a Crown Court jury has delivered a verdict that raises a question: how did this become a criminal prosecution?
Covid-19 infections are rising across England as the country heads towards winter, with a variant nicknamed 'American Covid' attracting attention. But health officials say there is currently no evidence that the strain causes more severe illness than other variants.
Suffolk County Council will begin a major package of highway improvements on Main Road, Martlesham, from Monday, 19 October, focusing on the stretch between the A12 and Nunn Close.
A man was arrested on Tuesday, 13 October, after police say he ran out of the back door of an Ipswich town centre shop carrying a suitcase full of illicit tobacco worth an estimated £4,000.
An unexpected visitor to the River Orwell caused quite a stir this afternoon when a dolphin was spotted near the Sir Bobby Robson Bridge, prompting a response from the fire service.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has unveiled 11 new fire engines as part of a £3.6m investment that will replace some of the service's oldest appliances.
Trumpton, Chigley, Camberwick Green and Play School. How a boy from Ipswich became one of the most loved voices in British television history.
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott is urging the town’s pubs and hotels to have their say on how they are valued for business rates before an independent review closes to evidence at 23:59 on Friday, 16 October 2026.
Plans have been submitted to demolish two Victorian blocks at the former Cranfield Mill site on Ipswich Waterfront, which the applicant says cannot be saved and must come down to enable long-awaited repairs to The Mill tower.
Schools from across the UK will arrive at St Joseph's College this weekend for the 40th National Schools Rugby Festival, with four competitions across three days and a first U18 girls' title up for grabs.
An Ipswich-born drummer helped shape the sound of one of prog rock’s biggest bands, then vanished so completely that even Genesis couldn’t find him. This is the extraordinary story of John Mayhew.
She has survived a bomb strike, a brief spell as a strip club and being abandoned in the Channel. Now a newly formed trust has launched an urgent £100,000 appeal to keep the 1895 sailing barge Victor in Ipswich, as her skipper of more than 20 years prepares for his last trip in charge.
Suffolk Police are appealing for information after a white Nissan Qashqai was stolen from St Nicholas Street, Ipswich, in the early hours of Sunday, 4 October.
Drivers are ignoring newly installed bollards on Queen Street, with multiple vehicles seen driving through a wide gap in the barriers to park outside shops on the pedestrianised street.
A man convicted of 14 shop thefts across Ipswich, including £300 of chocolate in a single raid, has been handed a suspended sentence and banned from six Co-op stores.
Less than a year after construction began on a reservoir near Ipswich, the floating solar project supplying Suffolk Fresh's glasshouse has picked up a top national industry award.
A new "digital street hub" has appeared outside Chopstix on Tavern Street, bringing the controversial advertising screens to Ipswich's main high street.
Primary school children in Ipswich could win two tickets to see a Premier League game – and have their artwork seen by thousands of fans – by drawing a picture about keeping the town tidy.
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