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Almost a year ago, Emma Adams shared with us a vision for an app that did not yet exist. In the months that followed, she and co-founder Mandeep Birdy built a movement that broke a world record and gave hundreds of people a place to belong.
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Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has opened applications for his 2026 summer school, a free fortnight of workshops, campaigning and Westminster visits for young people aged 18 to 24.
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St Elizabeth Hospice's Midnight Walk pulled in over £100,000 from more than 1,000 costumed walkers on Saturday night – nearly £30,000 more than last year, with donations still coming in.
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Sizewell C has signed its third and final Memorandum of Understanding with further education providers, formalising a fresh agreement with Eastern Education Group at One Sixth Form College in Ipswich.
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Four men from the Suffolk construction industry will walk more than 20 miles and play four full rounds of golf in a single day next month, all in aid of three charities supporting people with life-changing illnesses.
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Melissa Matthews, who grew up in Suffolk and has built a 14-year career using creativity as a catalyst for social change, has been appointed Programme Director of Ipswich's £750,000 IP-Switched programme.
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Quick-thinking staff at a Museum Street support centre disarmed a woman pouring ethanol across the floor and threatening to "light them all up", police have revealed, as she was jailed for four years.
Reform UK has selected Michael Hadwen as its candidate for Leader of Suffolk County Council, choosing a former party staffer with no elected experience over 14-year council veteran, Christopher Hudson.
A behind-closed-doors leadership battle is underway at Suffolk County Council, with three Reform UK councillors understood to have put their names forward. Ipswich.co.uk examines who they are, what they bring, and what each could mean for the county.
Reform UK will now control Suffolk County Council, but the levers of power do not all pivot instantly. We examine what the new administration can change quickly, what it cannot, and the pressure now bearing down on a group of councillors who, until last week, had mostly never held office.
Shayne Pooley, the chairman of Reform UK in Ipswich, has publicly stated that the party's new councillors will not be speaking to the media, just hours after Reform won 10 of 16 seats on the borough council and took majority control of the county council.
Five years ago, Reform UK did not field a single candidate in Suffolk. On Thursday, the party took outright control of the county council and became the largest single winner among the seats contested in Ipswich — reshaping the political geography of the county in a single day.
As polling stations open across Ipswich and Suffolk, a detailed pre-election projection points to a dramatic political shift at Endeavour House — but the modellers behind the numbers are the first to flag the limits of what they can tell us.
With polling day just two days away, voters in Ipswich face a choice between five parties offering sharply different visions for the town and county. Here is where each one stands on the issues likely to decide how Suffolk is run for the next two years.
As a torrent of personal attacks plays out beneath candidate interviews on social media, serving councillors warn that good people are walking away from public life — and that the town will pay the price.
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A 55-year-old man who groomed a 13-year-old girl by buying her cigarettes in exchange for sex has been sentenced to seven years in prison following a trial at Ipswich Crown Court.
Ipswich town centre's two-week food festival is back for 2026, with more than 50 deals running across pubs, restaurants and cafés until Sunday, 31 May. From £3.60 tacos to £45 steak dinners for two, here is what is on the menu this Forknight.
A participatory artwork opening at The Ancient House this week will host a daily "Shoplift-o-clock" hour where pinching items is playfully welcomed – provided thieves are willing to discuss the ethics of theft and have their portrait drawn for the Thieves Gallery.
People across Suffolk are being invited to take part in Creativity and Wellbeing Week this week, with organisers framing the arts as essential to tackling the region's health challenges.
A small crowd gathered along Neptune's Quay this morning to watch the Mariners restaurant boat – a Waterfront landmark closed since the festive period – be towed away by two vessels for maintenance at Pin Mill.
A spirit distilled in Suffolk has been crowned the highest-scoring spiced rum at this year's London Spirits Competition, beating entries from more than 30 countries – despite not being legally classified as a rum at all.
Local businesses, makers and food producers have until 1 June to register for a place at The Buttermarket Ipswich's Suffolk Day Fayre on Sunday, 21 June.
Reform UK's Michael Hadwen is set to mark his first act as leader of Suffolk County Council with a call for a judicial review of the Government's Local Government Reorganisation decision – a move that has attracted widespread criticism.
A student-led day celebrating identity and heritage took over Suffolk New College's Ipswich campus, with young people from across the world sharing traditional clothing, dance and food with their peers.
Supporters can still sign up on the day for St Elizabeth Hospice's Midnight Walk this Saturday, 16 May, with on-the-day tickets costing £35 for adults and £15 for children.
The Oak Tree Community Farm in Rushmere St Andrew is hosting a free family-friendly open day on Sunday, 17 May, from 14:00 to 17:00, featuring farm tours, pond dipping, crafts and refreshments.
Suffolk Police are appealing for help to locate 42-year-old Benjamin Jarrett, who is wanted for failing to appear at court and in connection with sending communications threatening death or serious harm.
Researchers are urging health bosses to roll out a standardised training programme across libraries, community groups and pharmacies after a Suffolk pilot helped thousands of patients use the NHS App.
Meet the designer behind Ipswich.co.uk's newsroom. After 20 years in finance, Jenny Calthorpe retrained as an interior designer. Now she's transforming homes and workspaces across Suffolk and Essex.
Beneath a portrait of Winston Churchill in a Mayfair townhouse, four students from an Ipswich school made history by winning a national debating title that has been contested since 1957.
A 34-year-old man with links to Ipswich and Felixstowe who was wanted on recall to prison has been arrested in North Wales.
Reform UK has selected Michael Hadwen as its candidate for Leader of Suffolk County Council, choosing a former party staffer with no elected experience over 14-year council veteran, Christopher Hudson.
A behind-closed-doors leadership battle is underway at Suffolk County Council, with three Reform UK councillors understood to have put their names forward. Ipswich.co.uk examines who they are, what they bring, and what each could mean for the county.
Two vacant commercial units at Merchants Yard on Grafton Way could soon be occupied, as a Suffolk brewery and a convenience store operator each submit separate applications.
Freeport East has launched a new "Investment Concierge Service" aimed at attracting £500 million of additional private sector investment to the East of England, after helping to secure £450 million across the region to date.
Xenia Zimmermann, the Ipswich-based BT engineer, has been named the country's best apprentice, scooping the Apprentice of the Year prize at the 2026 Apprenticeship Guide Awards in Leeds, winning out of more than 100 entries.
Suffolk County Council has opened applications for a Programme Director to deliver the abolition of six councils and the creation of three new unitary authorities by 2028 – one of the most significant public sector change programmes the county has ever undertaken.
Twenty years after a 19-year-old from Hollesley vanished from central Ipswich, detectives reviewing the case believe local people still hold the answers. On the anniversary of his last sighting, they are asking those people to come forward.
Suffolk Constabulary is asking the public for help to find 34-year-old Daryl Taylor, who is wanted on recall to prison and has links to Ipswich and Felixstowe.
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