Week 2: Ipswich.co.uk officially launches

The stats

Here's our key stats for the week starting 05 August 2024:

• 763 average visitors per day

• 1k+ visitors for two consecutive days for the first time

• 227 new subscribers to our daily roundup

The stories

We published 37 articles in what was another busy week. The stories we covered included:

• The tragic murder of Courtney Mitchell – we broke the story, and covered events throughout the evening, and our images were used by The Mail, The Sun and Channel 5

• An Ipswich kickboxer hoping to reclaim his world title

• Sad news of Dr. Albert Grant OBE's passing

• Suffolk diagnoses of depression reaching record highs

• The council's response to the Sunnica solar farm project

• News that Ipswich's housing target was set to increase by over 60%

This week

Keep an eye out for our street team and mobile billboard later in the week.

You'll see us at the train station and various other locations on Thursday, the town centre on Friday and at Portman Road on Saturday as Town kick off their Premier League season against Liverpool.

COYB!

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