Suffolk Police have this afternoon
issued CCTV images of a man they would like to trace following an
armed robbery at Hopton Post Office this morning,...
Waveney District Council and Suffolk
Police are joining together to encourage businesses and
organisations across the county to support Suffolk
Special...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Residents have their last chance to
nominate local sports people for the fourth annual Suffolk Coastal
Sports Alliance Awards this week, celebrating sporting success,
dedication and improvement across the district.
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Felixstowe and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Following a recent Neighbourhood
Policing Meeting, Mid Suffolk Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area.
These...
Following a recent Public Priority
Setting Meeting, Beccles and Bungay Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Since reopening over the May Bank
Holiday weekend the Cliff Top Caf? in Felixstowe has been working
hard to prepare for the summer holidays.
A new outdoor festival for Suffolk
Coastal is being introduced this October to help people experience
the great range of activities on offer in the great
outdoors.
A volunteering events team is to be
established in Suffolk in response to the massive interest created
for volunteering by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
University Campus Suffolk (UCS) will be
home to a world-class biotech laboratory thanks to £500k funding
from Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development
Agency (EEDA).
Residents in the north of Ipswich are
being encouraged to ‘live smarter’ as a ground-breaking scheme
which helps people become more energy efficient, reduce waste and
save money is launched in the town.
Suffolk Police are appealing for British
holidaymakers who stayed at the Balito Beach Apartments in Gran
Canaria between Monday 28th June and Sunday 11th...
Skilled musicians from this year?s
Soundwaves project are carrying out their final sound checks ahead
of the Soundwaves Summer Tour.
Suffolk businesses are being offered the
opportunity to save money simply by having a free energy
audit.
ORGANISERS of Ipswich town centre’s
exciting summer season initiative have today released more detail
about the impressive line-up of activity.
The Home Office announced on Wednesday
3rd March, that Suffolk is to take part in a process, which allows
parents, carers, and guardians to formally ask...
Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
is hosting an Emergency Services Day on Wednesday 28th July on The
Severals, Newmarket from 2pm-5pm. The event...
Cllr Marianne Fellowes has been
appointed as Suffolk Coastal?s new Cabinet Member for Community
Health, replacing the outgoing Cllr Sherrie Green.
Police are again renewing appeals for
information following the rape of a 19-year-old Norfolk woman at
the Latitude Festival on Thursday night, 15 July...
Visitors can experience two exceptional
heritage sites this week for the price of one, as West Stow
Anglo-Saxon Village and Sutton Hoo, join forces to celebrate
Anglo-Saxon life.
Almost 100 vehicles have had their
exhausts tested for excessive noise in Suffolk following the
successful trial of a new device. Officers from the
Bury...
Suffolk Police Authority and Suffolk
Constabulary hosted a ?Building Confidence Together? seminar for
key public organisations on Friday 16th July at Police
Headquarters, Martlesham...
Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNT) are
working closely with Crime Reduction Officers during the next
fortnight to reduce the number of distraction
burglaries...
From Vegetable Games to a Fairy Play,
communities across Suffolk are gearing up to celebrate the two year
countdown to the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games by taking
part in Open Weekend 2010.
Police investigating following the rape
of a 19-year-old Norfolk woman at Latitude on Thursday night, 15
July, are following up several lines of enquiry...
Teaming up for the holidays in Bury St
Edmunds, Lowestoft and Ipswich
A rich variety of historical characters
will be visiting Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds on
Wednesdays in August, with fun packed activities for the summer
break.
The next meeting of Suffolk Police
Authority is to be held at West Suffolk House, Western Way, Bury St
Edmunds on Friday 23rd July at 9.30am.
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area...
The Tour of Britain, the country’s
biggest professional cycle race, and biggest free-to-attend
sporting event, will be visiting Suffolk for the first time on
Friday 17th September 2010.
Police are appealing for information
after a 19-year-old woman was raped at the Latitude Festival site
last night, Thursday 15 July. The 19-year-old,...
This month's concert at Milestones Jazz
Club on Sunday 1 August features the East Anglian master guitarist
leading his on band - The Phil Brooke Quartet.
The Suffolk Young People of the Year
(YOPEY) contest is to be held this year, rewarding young people in
our county for being positive role models who ?give? to their
families or communities...
Abbey transport is moving another large
boat from Oundle to the Haven Marina in Ipswich on Tuesday 24th
August, 2010. The boat which measures 5.60 M in...
A man has been fined £2,000 and forced
to pay a further £2,730 in costs after he attempted to rent
properties to people who were not legally allowed to rent
them.
Abbey Transport Ltd have notified their
intention to move another large boat from Oundle to The Haven
Marina in Ipswich on Tuesday 20th July, 2010. The...
Following a recent Public Community
Engagement Meeting, Kesgrave and District Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area....
On Saturday 10th July Newmarket Safer
Neighbourhood (SNT) took part in the Newmarket Carnival Tug Of War
and won the competition. The Newmarket Carnival...
Thirty vehicles were stopped and checked
during a multi-agency operation held at Barton Mills on Wednesday
14th July using Automatic Number Plate Recognition...
Suffolk Constabulary and Suffolk Police
Authority are asking the public to submit their views on the
opening hours of public enquiry desks at police
stations...
Young people in years 5 to 9 from across
the district put on an impressive performance at this year?s
Suffolk Youth Games competing in sports ranging from athletics to
skatepark skills.
An Ipswich Hospital team which helps
patients get fit to go home has today been applauded for getting
students fit for a step up the career ladder.
On Sunday 18th July Ipswich South West
Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) and Sanctuary Housing are holding a
BBQ event on the grassed area of Whitland Close...
Ipswich North East Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) have organised a ?Police Xtreme Challenge? on Friday
16th July to encourage engagement between students...
Work is due to start on Sunday 25th July
to remove the Duke Street roundabout in Ipswich and replace it with
a new signalised junction.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service are
still on the scene at the Wessex Foods site in Lowestoft and are
asking people to avoid the area if possible while the incident is
ongoing.
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Following a recent Priority Setting
Meeting, Ipswich South West Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Suffolk Constabulary is urging Facebook
users across Suffolk to add a new application to make them safer
online. The UK?s national law enforcement agency...
Suffolk Constabulary are appealing for
information after similar descriptions of a vehicle were given
following an attempted distraction burglary in
Ipswich...
A further chance to get involved with
the future plans of Felixstowe?s Seafront Gardens is on offer to
residents and visitors next week giving them the chance to shape
what the improved gardens will look like.
West Stow’s 5000 year past can be
enjoyed in a sweeping multi-period event at the Anglo-Saxon Village
on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July, when visitors can meet costumed
re-enactors of the Anglo-Saxon, Roman, Celtic, and Stone Age people
whose traces are found on the site.
Optua is celebrating after its
Disability Sport Showcase Days received the official London 2012
Inspire Mark.
As part of the London 2012 ‘Open Weekend
in Suffolk’ supported by Suffolk County Council, why not join in
with the fun and come along to Active Fest on Felixstowe Seafront
on Saturday 24 July 2010.
Residents in Easton have the chance to
elect two new parish councillors on Thursday, July 22 after four
people put themselves forward for the vacant seats.
Suffolk Coastal residents receiving a
reduction in their Council Tax bill because they are a single
occupant are being given the chance to check and update their
details before a data matching service is carried out later this
month.
With a weekend of predicted very hot
weather, it is important not to underestimate the effect of heat
and the strength of the sun, so NHS Suffolk is encouraging people
to stay cool and safe by following some simple advice.
Ipswich Hospital's stroke service is
today on a worldwide stage after a doctor travelled hundreds of
miles to share his knowledge with international
experts.
With the London 2012 Olympics and
Paralympics fast approaching local businesses are being given the
chance to find out more about how they can get
involved.
With the summer holidays fast
approaching there are still opportunities to keep children and
young people entertained thanks to the many holiday activities
planned by Suffolk Coastal.
The town pastor scheme in Suffolk
Coastal has received a further boost as the latest group of
volunteers prepare to take to the streets.
Officers and staff at Bury St Edmunds
Police Station have said a fond farewell to Police Chaplain Major
Glenys Askew, who is leaving the town. Major Askew...
Suffolk Constabulary are appealing for
residents countywide to help support and advise elderly and
vulnerable members of the community following a
distraction...
As part of a series of new attractions
being introduced to Felixstowe this summer, special falconry
displays are taking place to entertain visitors.
The search is on for 50 of the most
talented young people across the county to join the Suffolk Youth
Theatre Summer School this August.
Patients can today go online to find
up-to-date information about the quality of care they will receive
at Ipswich Hospital.
A new anti-speeding project to reduce
traffic speeds through villages in Mid Suffolk has been launched by
Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Constabul...
Two officers who tackled a blazing
inferno and rescued a pensioner have been nominated for a national
police bravery award. The officers, PC Keven Fuller...
With just over one week to go until
Latitude Festival 2010, local musician Cevanne is preparing for her
biggest performance to date - and to get her in the mood she has
decided to give one of her ponies a Latitude makeover.
Ipswich Hospital has today announced it
is extending its successful programme to help children and young
people fight obesity.
A dose of good giggles and some magic
medicine were prescribed to children at Ipswich Hospital when
clowns visited with get-well wishes.
Volunteers Needed
News supplied by: The Ipswich Hospital NHS
Trust
Published: 05 July 2010 14:09
Volunteers with listening ears are today
wanted by Ipswich Hospital to help patients tell their
stories.
History comes to life with knights,
archery and medieval crafts at Moyse’s Hall, Bury St Edmunds on
Saturday 10 July when the Feudal Archers make a welcome return
visit to the museum.
Suffolk Police and Babergh District
Council are pleased to report that there was no football-related
trouble in Sudbury during England?s World Cup cam...
Local licensees of pubs, clubs and bars
are being given the opportunity to brush up on their drug knowledge
to ensure that their establishments remain a safe and enjoyable
place this summer.
Officers from Babergh East Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are advising people not to jump from
Lemons Hill Bridge in Tattingstone into the Alton
Water...
This year’s 3 day music festival is
almost upon us – kicking off on 30th July to 1st August, at
Mutimers' Meadow in the village of Hacheston, near Wickham Market
(IP13 0DR).
Suffolk County Council’s Adoption Agency
is launching a recruitment campaign this month to raise awareness
about adoption in Suffolk and to highlight the urgent need for more
people to come forward and adopt a Suffolk child.
Forty-five vehicles were stopped and
inspected after police set up a vehicle checkpoint in Ipswich on
Friday 25th June, in a bid to target vehicles being...
On Thursday 10th June Ipswich South West
Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) hosted a ?Primary School Mini World
Cup Tournament.? Italy, represented by one...
Police Community Support Officers from
Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) asked young
children from Sandlings Primary School to help...
Suffolk Police and partners support week
long campaign against rogue traders and distraction
burglars..
Mildenhall Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) and partnership agencies will be holding a litter pick in Red
Lodge on Saturday 10th July between 12pm and 4pm....
The county has recently been basking in
beautiful sunshine, but Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service want to
remind people of the dangers of healthland and forest fires during
the hot summer months.
Around 300 people will make the most of
the good weather at Optua’s annual fun sports event for people with
disabilities at the Royal Hospital School in Holbrook on Thursday
(1st July).
Optua’s Community Transport Services are
looking for new volunteer drivers in the Mid Suffolk
area.
Anyone with unwanted weapons is being
invited to hand them in under a new amnesty being held in Lowestoft
from this Thursday, 1 July. The latest amnesty...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
A new service to reduce drug related
crime by ensuring offenders get access to effective treatment and
support is being launched in Suffolk from July 2010.
Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) are helping farmers to fight crime by holding a seminar on
Wednesday 30th June. Location and time are not...
Portable Sundials
News supplied by: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council
Published: 28 June 2010 13:47
First generation chronology will be
explored in a riveting illustrated lecture by Mike Cowham, member
of the British Sundial Association, who will be exploring portable
sundials and the decorative arts of the dial maker at Moyse’s Hall,
Bury St Edmunds at 2pm on Sunday 4 July.
Suffolk Constabulary are reassuring
members of the public after a resident contacted officers after
receiving a threatening email. The scam email was...
Thousands of adoring fans will soon
flood to the town centre to see international superstar ‘Pink’
perform, and they are reminded that pink travel will be ready and
waiting to take them there in style.
Suffolk County Council celebrated
success last night as it picked up a prestigious MJ Achievement
Award.
Suffolk Trading Standards have recently
intercepted a number of electrical items which pose serious risk to
members of the public.
Work starts on Monday 28th June on the
Ipswich Duke Street Improvement scheme which involves removing the
Duke Street roundabout and replacing it with a signalised
junction.
Suffolk Police and West Suffolk Hospital
are working together to keep hospital users and visitors safe and
more informed of crimes in the local area through...
Wickham Market has become Suffolk
Coastal?s Village of the Year, 2010 beating off tough competition
from other villages across the district.
On Saturday 19th June, Kesgrave Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) held a litter pick with partner agencies
and a police street meet from 12pm to 2.30pm in...
As the weather heats up and World Cup
parties get underway residents are encouraged to freshen up their
barbecue skills and consider their neighbours this summer so
everyone can enjoy the warmer weather safely.
Following a recent Neighbourhood
Policing Meeting, Mid Suffolk Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area.
These...
As part of National Breastfeeding Week
(21-27 June), Suffolk La Leche League are holding a drop-in session
on Thursday 24 June at the Wellington Children’s Centre, Ipswich
(10.00-12.00).
Fifty young people at the Wherry Hotel,
Lowestoft are to be presented with their Suffolk Children’s
University (SCU) special achievement awards for their successful
involvement in activities after school, at local clubs and other
community organisations.
An international conference celebrating
learning partnerships between Suffolk schools their French
counterparts will be held at Trinity Conference Centre at the
Suffolk Showground on 23 June.
For the past two years, during one week
in the school summer holidays, the area around Rock Barracks in
Sutton has echoed with the sounds of 60 young people having great
fun during Operation Camouflage.
Families can keep their youngsters safe
on the beach this summer thanks to the Kidzsafe wristband
scheme.
A multi-agency traffic operation to
target criminals using Suffolk?s roads and drivers presenting a
danger to other road users held today, has been
deemed...
Suffolk and Norfolk Initial Teacher
Training has been recognised by Ofsted this week as among the top
school-based trainers in the country.
Suffolk County Council’s Fostering
Service has received a substantial increase in new enquiries over
the last few weeks, thanks to the national ‘Foster Care Fortnight’
campaign. In the last two weeks of May, the service received over
110 new enquiries from people considering fostering.
It is today nearly time to take to the
saddle for an Ipswich mother cycling across Great Britain in honour
of the armed forces.
In celebration of the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games the Open Weekend is marked by two days
of alternative sporting activities in Felixstowe encouraging people
to try something new and enjoy an active lifestyle.
This weekend, many families across the
county will be celebrating Father’s Day. For some families in
particular this Sunday is even more special, as they could be
enjoying their first Father’s Day as a new adoptive
family.
Has your kettle run out of steam? Is
your TV facing the final credits? Many of us are already recycling
everyday items such as newspapers, cans and plastic bottles, but
did you know that old and unused electrical items can be given a
new lease of life?
A rogue trader has been issued with a
CRASBO (criminal anti-social behaviour order) by magistrates after
he cold called at a Newmarket house and demanded double the amount
of money agreed for the work.
Safer Neighbourhood Teams are supporting
Child Safety Week by holding events across Suffolk. Child Safety
Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust?s...
Following a recent Public Priority
Setting Meeting, Beccles and Bungay Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Abbey Transport will move a large boat
from Fairline Boats, in Oundle to the Haven Marina in Ipswich on
Saturday, 19th June, 2010. The load which measures...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Bury Rural North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Ipswich North West Safer Neighbourhood
Team ran five events to celebrate National Family Week for the
communities of Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill...
Cyclists in Suffolk will soon be
rewarded for travelling to work by bike as part of a national event
taking place next week.
While recognising that there is scope
for improvement, Suffolk Coastal?s Leader has robustly defended the
work of the Council?s planning service after it was strongly
criticised by three of the district?s parish councils.
Work by Suffolk County Council’s Adult
Community Services to establish a network of Care Farms throughout
Suffolk is beginning to reap rewards.
Mildenhall Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) will be attending this year?s Red Lodge Mid Summer Fair,
which takes place on Saturday 19th June at Red Lodge...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon
village on Sunday 20 June can join a fascinating antler carving
workshop and learn the skills their ancestors employed to transform
local raw materials into tools and weapons and other useful
household objects.
Enthusiasts of natural remedies can join
herbal expert Julie Dore as she leads a plant walk and indoor
herbal workshop at West Stow Country Park on Saturday 19 June from
11 to 4pm.
Kesgrave and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is holding a police street meet and
community litter pick on Saturday 19th June at Glanville
Place,...
Members of the public, along with the
media, are invited to join Candy Sheridan, Irish Traveller, Easter
Region GRTH Co-ordinator to open The Abbey Gardens in Bury St
Edmunds to Gypsy Roma Traveller History month
celebrations.
Police in Ipswich are urging people to
be on their guard against card skimming devices attached to bank
machines by fraudsters. The warning follows...
This Saturday (19 June) Suffolk County
Council is celebrating diversity in Ipswich by hosting another
Multi Cultural Day at Ipswich Library.
Suffolk Police officers are to be aided
in their attempts to identify and prevent payment card crime with
the help of a card crime guide, designed and...
Suffolk Trading Standards are urgently
recalling travel adapters sold in stores across the county as they
pose a risk to the public and were found to present serious risk of
electric shock or fire.
Suffolk County Council’s ‘Every Child a
Talker’ scheme (ECaT) is holding a Family Day at Trinity Park
Ipswich on Saturday 12 June (10:30 to 15:30).
The Great East Swim is now one of
Britain’s largest open water mass participation swims and takes
place at Suffolk’s Alton Water reservoir on Saturday 19 June 2010.
It may be only the second year for this event but it is expected
nearly 3,000 swimmers will be participating.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded
£100,000 for heritage traineeships to three Suffolk
museums.
The launch of the third Suffolk’s Big
Weekend took place at the Greene King Brewery recently, encouraging
Suffolk residents to discover the huge variety of attractions on
offer on their doorstep over the weekend of Saturday 19th and
Sunday 20th June.
Suffolk Circle
News supplied by: Suffolk County
Council
Published: 10 June 2010 16:45
An innovative new approach to our ageing
population in Suffolk has been agreed by the county council’s
Cabinet when it met on 25 May 2010.
On Saturday 5th June Ipswich Central
Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) held an event in Christchurch Park
in Ipswich as part of National Family Week. The...
On Friday 4th June 2010 Ipswich South
West Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) played a seven-a-side football
match against local young people from Chantry...
Today at Ipswich Crown Court, Mark Davis
has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for committing a series of
burglaries of businesses and community venues...
While the final consultation on Suffolk
Coastal?s recently agreed Core Strategy document has now been put
on hold, planners and developers have been told that its policies
should now be used to assess most new planning
applications.
The Bury East / West Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) has purchased two ?Carrera Fury? mountain bikes which
are made to police specifications. Police...
PC Will Wright from Haverhill Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has won the Constabulary?s internal Martin
Smith award for outstanding community policing....
Keen walkers and champions of a healthy
lifestyle are wanted to join the successful team of volunteer
health walk leaders in Suffolk Coastal.
School pupils across the district have
been keeping their schools litter free in order to compete for the
title of cleanest school in the district.
A Suffolk shop has accepted a 48 hour
ban which will mean they can not sell alcohol during England?s
first World Cup game on Saturday. The closure notice...
A Suffolk shop has accepted a 48 hour
ban which will mean they can not sell alcohol during England’s
first World Cup game on Saturday.
As part of the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) bid to refurbish the Felixstowe Seafront Gardens a public
exhibition is taking place to show residents and visitors the draft
outline masterplan for the area.
As part of the Creating the Greenest
Communities initiative, a free workshop is taking place on Saturday
(June 12) to help communities find out more about the role
community food enterprises can have in low cost, low impact food
production.
People with disabilities can get a free
swim at the launch of Optua’s new ‘Big Splash’ sessions at Crown
Pools in Ipswich this Thursday (10 June).
Suffolk homeowners are warned to be
extra vigilant when opening their doors to companies allegedly
offering home security systems for ‘free’.
Optua is holding a disability showcase
event this summer as part of London 2012 Open Weekend and to
celebrate the achievements of its Disability Sport Academy
Project.
Following the launch in March this year,
the Suffolk Libraries Feeling Well Project continues during June
with a host of events taking place throughout the
month.
More people from West Suffolk will
benefit from an additional £721,000 funding being offered by the
West Suffolk LSP in their latest round of grant
schemes.
Felixstowe and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is holding an ?Alcohol Awareness Day? on
Thursday 10th June from 9am to 3pm at the Triangle in
Hamilton...
Joint News release from Optua and Mid
Suffolk District Council People with disabilities in the Mid
Suffolk area are being invited to take part in the second meeting
of the new Disability Forum which takes place later this month on
16th June at 10.15 am at Stowmarket Rugby Club.
The important clock collection held by
Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, will be the backdrop for a
new series of lectures on horology, beginning at 2pm on Sunday 13
June with a talk by Ian Coote, member of the British Horology
Institute.
Late night nature lovers are in for a
treat on the evening of Saturday 12 June between 9.30pm and 11.30pm
when moth expert Tony Prichard shines a spotlight on the nocturnal
moth species that may be found in West Stow Country
Park.
A Hadleigh school now has its own
dedicated Safer Schools Officer after a partnership project to
promote greater links between the police, school and
community...
The Police, Babergh District Council and
our partner organisations in Sudbury are cracking down on
alcohol-related youth nuisance this summer, with a
raft...
Police are appealing for information
after a spate of criminal damage in Newmarket and Exning at the
weekend. Police received 26 telephone calls between...
Police in West Suffolk are appealing to
everyone to behave sensibly and appropriately when the Fifa World
Cup kicks off this Friday 11th June. Suffolk...
Ipswich South West Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) is holding a ?Word Cup? tournament for local primary
schools. Each school will be entered into a draw,...
Small and medium sized enterprises
(SMEs) in the district can take advantage of expert help to
understand their carbon footprint and help reduce the cost of their
energy bills.
With just over a week to go until the
first game of the 2010 World Cup kicks off Suffolk Constabulary is
appealing to everyone to behave sensibly and ...
Bury Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is holding a special Emergency Services day with Suffolk Fire
and Rescue, the Ambulance Service and Coastguard....
Following a thorough investigation by
Suffolk Police, there is no longer any evidence to suggest that the
15 year old female found on Hardwick Heath in...
Suffolk Coastal, Felixstowe Futures and
the Friends of Trimley station are continuing their hard work to
save one of the district?s historical landmarks and are now calling
on the community to help develop plans.
Suffolk Constabulary is distributing
leaflets to young people at the Suffolk Show this year, to provide
them with information on the negative effects of anti-social
behaviour...
A Bury St Edmunds Police Officer is
honouring a local airman killed in Afghanistan by setting up a
fundraising project in his memory. PC Simon Bourne...
The celebrated Suffolk Coastal Sports
Alliance Awards are returning for their fourth year recognising
sporting talent, dedication and achievement across the
district.
There will be a special transport
service from Leiston to Aldeburgh on Saturday 5th June to enable
people with disabilities or transport issues to
attend...
Following advice from Suffolk
Constabulary, the screenings of England matches in Chantry Park
this summer have been cancelled. Promoter GroupING
Events...
The 2010 Suffolk Show gets underway at
Trinity Park tomorrow, Wednesday 2 June, and police are reminding
motorists there may be some congestion in the...
Abbey Transport are planning to move
another large boat from Oundle to the Haven Marina in Ipswich on
Sunday 13th June, 2010. The load which measures 5.60...
Suffolk Police will be launching a
month-long Drink and Drug Drive enforcement campaign on Tuesday 1st
June. Alcohol or drugs were identified as a ...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Beccles and Bungay Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area....
Sudbury and Great Cornard Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is supporting the 'Kick For Children With
Cancer' campaign with a penalty shoot-out
competition...
Final preparations are now in hand for
Suffolk County Council’s stand at this year’s county show and
visitors can expect two days of activities certain to entertain and
inform across generations of families and friends.
Suffolk Trading Standards is backing the
new campaign by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which aims to
increase consumer awareness of online ticket scams and provide
ticket buyers with helpful and practical advice on how to avoid
being scammed.
A group of young people from Suffolk
were recently recognised for outstanding effort and achievement as
part of an innovative Department of Health project.
A modern and exciting youth centre
designed by young people in the heart of Bury St Edmunds will be
launched on 31 May, during half term week.
Councillor Ray Herring was re-elected
Leader of the Council last night (Thursday) for the 11th
consecutive year at the Annual Full Council meeting and immediately
pledged that the Council was ready to meet tough challenges over
the coming year.
After being a district councillor for
seven years Veronica Falconer is to become Suffolk Coastal Chairman
for the next 12 months taking over from Cllr Stephen
Burroughes.
The Leaders of Suffolk Coastal and
Waveney have warmly welcomed yesterday?s (Wednesday) announcement
by the Government that ?wasteful and unnecessary restructuring
plans? for councils in Suffolk are to be stopped
immediately.
To mark the start of food safety week
Suffolk Coastal District Council is reminding residents about the
importance of good food hygiene when having barbecues.
Babergh East Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) and Suffolk Fire and Rescue are inviting young people, aged
between 16 and 24 years, to attend a 'Learn and...
Another new attraction is due to open
this Bank Holiday weekend helping to give a further boost to
tourism at the seaside resort of Felixstowe.
Optua is holding two fun events for
young people with a disability or special needs next
week.
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
During March and April, Suffolk
Constabulary held a property marking campaign with a competition to
encourage pupils from Ipswich high schools to sign...
Safer Neighbourhood Teams are supporting
National Family Week by holding events across Suffolk. National
Family Week is the UK?s biggest annual celebration...
Young people in Haverhill and
surrounding villages will soon be getting their own mobile youth
project with a brand new truck, specially equipped
with...
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)
Tracey Mason of Southwold and Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) paid a visit to the 1st Southwold Scout...
If you are looking for a reliable
builder, plumber or electrician, then look first for a ‘Trusted
Trader’ from Suffolk County Council Trading Standards.
The new Robins Children’s Centre in
Needham Market will be celebrating its opening on Friday 28
May.
The Suffolk County Council Trading
Standards team have taken Capel Mushrooms Ltd to Ipswich
Magistrates Court this week for driving an overloaded vehicle full
of chicken manure.
Junior Road Safety Officer
Awards
Official opening of ‘The Vinefields’
short break service for adults with learning
disabilities.
Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet gave
the go ahead yesterday (25 May) on proposals for schools in the
Sudbury and Great Cornard area.
Woodbridge and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is urging people to ensure their vehicles
are secure and that no valuables are left on display
this...
A survey of 100 local businesses in the
Suffolk Coastal area has concluded that most are confident about
the future but would be happier if issues regarding the internet
and the skills of potential employees were addressed.
A company that has been illegally using
land in Thorington to store materials for much of the last decade
was fined last week by Lowestoft magistrates for failing to comply
with a Suffolk Coastal order to clear up the site.
Potential parish councillors have until
Noon on Thursday (May 27) to submit a completed nomination form if
they want to fill one of two vacancies on Walberswick Parish
Council.
Suffolk Police are warning nighthawkers
that they will be arrested and have their equipment confiscated,
after an illegal metal detectorist was arrested...
Safety first this Bank
Holiday!
Lowestoft Central Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) will be attending the opening of a new Youth Caf? at the
Kirkley Centre, 154 London Road South, Lowes...
This year’s Suffolk Show will see The
Suffolk Foundation celebrate its 5th Birthday.
Police in Suffolk are urging residents
not to give out personal information, particularly bank details or
passwords that could be used to access bank account
information...
Families are invited to make a timely
visit to Moyse’s Hall, Bury St Edmunds on Wednesday 2 June to
discover how sundials work and make one to take away.
Families visiting West Stow Anglo-Saxon
Village on Wednesday 2 June will have the opportunity to discover
and practice hands-on archaeology through a variety of
events.
New bins installed across the district
are making it even easier for residents to do their part for the
local environment and recycle while on the go.
You can’t help but notice all the
publicity surrounding the digital switchover, but are you ready for
the change?
Successful charity Optua can be found at
the Suffolk County Council stand during the Suffolk Show
highlighting the fantastic opportunities and wide range of services
they provide to disabled people across Suffolk.
A group of enthusiastic environmental
volunteers will be given the chance to be trained as Suffolk Master
Composters, to help promote the many benefits of home
composting.
Police in Suffolk are reminding the
public to be extra vigilant and consider the security of their
property at all times...
Saxmundham and Framlingham Safer
Neighbourhood Team?s (SNT) Kill Your Speed - Not Me campaign comes
to a close this week with the announcement of 9 year...
Suffolk Police Authority approves
changes to police station opening times
PC Barry Abbott of Stowmarket Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has raised ?1200 for Help The Aged by
running the London Marathon. Barry completed the
event...
Over 20 local not-for-profit groups and
organisations have been given a financial boost thanks to this
years revenue grants fund.
Suffolk Constabulary is on the hunt for
a playful puppy that could have the ability to become the next
fully-fledged police dog...
Police are appealing for information
following an armed robbery at Blockbuster Video in Ipswich this
afternoon...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Chairman of Suffolk County Council,
Joanna Spicer, today presented the Alzheimer’s Society with a
cheque for £6,309.00.
Suffolk Police have issued an EFIT
likeness of a man they want to speak to after a rogue trader took
money from an elderly man in Claydon earlier this...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Ipswich South East Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area....
Police are appealing for information
after a distraction burglary at an address in Chepstow Road in
Felixstowe yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 19 May. A...
A shop in Suffolk has been served a
notice which could see their license to sell alcohol being revoked
for 48 hours.
The Suffolk County Council Fostering
Service hosted a celebration on Sunday 16 May at Ipswich Town
Football Club to recognise the achievements of 11 Foster families;
between them they have provided over 100 years of fostering service
for the County Council.
This summer, a dedicated team from the
Museum of East Anglian Life (MEAL) will be on hand at the Suffolk
Show to celebrate Suffolk’s rich heritage and the members of the
community that help keep our past alive.
A new play by Suffolk writer Danusia
Iwazko is set to go on tour across the county to inform and raise
awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
The Suffolk Coastal Community Safety
Partnership (CSP) and the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) were out
in Felixstowe last week to promote awareness of car crime and give
advice to residents.
The Suffolk Coastal Community Safety
Partnership (CSP) along with the Suffolk Constabulary drug
specialist is offering training to local licensees in the district
to equip them with practical knowledge and skills to deal with drug
misuse on their premises.
A shop in Suffolk has been served a
notice which could see their license to sell alcohol being revoked
for 48 hours. Trading Standards officers served...
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)
Sue Kershaw of Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
attended Corton and Gunton primary schools in
Lowestoft...
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)
Nic Kegge of the Mid Suffolk North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
and concerned resident Susan Sidle teamed up...
Center Parcs at Elveden Forest has
teamed up with Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to match fund
a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) to patrol...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Alison Calvesbert was the winner of the
Suffolk Open Studios’(SOS) Best Overall Prize presented on Friday
14 May 2010 at the SOS Showcase Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn,
Rougham, Suffolk.
Keen gardeners with a longing to start
‘growing their own’ should make a visit to the Suffolk County
Council stand at this year’s Suffolk Show.
As part of a project to help parish
councils and planning groups, the Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic
Partnership (LSP) is hosting an information conference to help them
implement their Parish Plan.
Suffolk Police are asking parents to
stay calm but be vigilant following reports of a male in a vehicle
acting suspiciously near schools. Two incidents...
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)
Ailsa McNamara of Lowestoft Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has taken one of four new Migrant Community...
Leading children’s charity ‘Out &
About’ will be at the Suffolk Show this year promoting the
fantastic voluntary work they do all year round and encouraging
others to get involved.
Andrew Bingham Independent Funeral
Service are holding their annual charity car wash in Stowmarket
next week.
As part of the heathland restoration
project at Sutton Heath near Woodbridge, a specialist contractor is
taking action to safeguard a significant area of sweet chestnut
trees using traditional coppicing techniques.
The Bobbies on bikes, a group of 28
Suffolk police officers and friends, will be out in full force in
May, taking to their saddles to raise funds for Help for
Heroes..
Young parents age 20 or under can
receive up to £160 a week towards their childcare costs while they
continue learning, thanks to the Government’s ‘Care to Learn’
scheme.
Local historian Ron Murrell will unravel
fact from fiction in an illustrated lecture about the infamous Red
Barn Murder, at 2pm on Thursday 27 May at Moyse’s Hall, Bury St
Edmunds, rounding off the series of crime and punishment
lectures.
With World Metrology Day swiftly
approaching, the Trading Standards team at Suffolk County Council
are celebrating the world of weights and measures.
Prospective adoptive parents in Suffolk
can look forward to a speedier application process as Suffolk
County Council’s Adoption team continues to significantly reduce
the time it takes to approve adopters.
A reward of ?5,000 is being offered for
information as the investigation continues into an armed robbery at
Capel St Mary Post Office earlier this month. Post...
Suffolk Constabulary and BT are
sponsoring a ?Suffolk Town Pastors Event? on Saturday 22nd May at
BT Adastral Park in Martlesham, to highlight and
celebrate...
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Work should get underway on Monday (May
17) to put in place some emergency measures to help safeguard homes
in North End Avenue, Thorpeness which have seen their local beach
levels drop by over five feet this month.
Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is targeting HGVs that continue to ignore the 7.5-tonne
weight restriction in place on the C714 Valley Road...
Stowmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) seized another car last month after the driver received two
section 59 warnings in less than 12 months. The...
As part of the 2009 Big Draw event the
dramatic skyline of Thorpeness was brought to life in a 70 piece
patchwork collage and it has now found a new home for the community
to admire it.
Senior officers at Suffolk Constabulary
have presented the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer with a cheque
for ?2000 following successful fundraising...
Suffolk Constabulary is asking members
of the online community to join its new Facebook page. The page,
called ?Suffolk Constabulary Official Page?,...
New figures released today show that
Ipswich Hospital is winning its battle against
super-bugs.
Suffolk Constabulary has become one of
the first forces in the country to launch a new education course
for motorists who are caught using a hand-held...
The mother of Luke Durbin and police
have made a new appeal for any information about his whereabouts,
four years after the 19-year-old went missing after...
As part of a joint project with other
councils in Suffolk, Suffolk Coastal has produced a guide for
residents planning to extend or make alterations to their
home.
Bury Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is launching a crackdown against shoplifters in the town
centre. Officers will be working closely with shop...
Southwold and Halesworth Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) surveyed 58 individuals and found that
70.7% of local people felt there was not a problem
concerning...
Police Community Support Officer Dawn
Rowan from Mildenhall Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has helped the
Red Lodge Brownies to gain their Crime Prevention...
Local school children have been getting
creative by designing posters to encourage people to be responsible
and clear up after their pets.
Cells which help patients recover from
cancer can now be frozen and used for future treatment thanks to
new state-of-the-art equipment.
A dispersal order introduced in
northwest Ipswich in October 2009 has been extended for a further
six months. Suffolk Police together with Ipswich
Borough...
From 1 May 2010, young people across
Suffolk can apply for up to £5,000 from the Youth Opportunity Fund
(YOF) and Youth Capital Funds (YCF) each to run projects and make
improvements in their area.
Hands-On Heritage
News supplied by: Suffolk County
Council
Published: 11 May 2010 14:25
For a unique opportunity to share
expertise, receive training, develop new skills and help young
people learn more about their heritage, then look no
further.
Seven Suffolk streets provided a snap
shot of recycling in the county as part of an innovative project to
increase the rate of recycling.
Local residents are being encouraged to
have their say on new plans drawn up by the Landguard Partnership
designed to improve the Landguard Peninsula in
Felixstowe.
Suffolk Police have issued an image of
the type of car a man used to leave the scene of an armed robbery
at Capel St Mary Post Office on Wednesday 5th...
The mother of Luke Durbin and police
today made a new appeal for any information about his whereabouts,
four years after the 19-year-old went missing ....
Saturday 22 May will see a Victorian
Gaoler in the galleries at Moyse’s Hall with family activities and
demonstrations between 11am and 4pm.
Making Felixstowe an even better
attraction for visitors is a top priority for Suffolk Coastal who
despite its financial constraints is putting on even more
activities this year to help attract more tourists.
An afternoon tea event to celebrate the
launch of a second vehicle for the (RCCIP) Rural Coffee Caravan
Information Project .
Due to a data centre shut down, some
council services this weekend may be affected.
Having narrowed the field from 13
companies to two last year, Suffolk County Council has today
announced that Sita UK Limited has been chosen as its preferred
bidder to build an Energy from Waste facility at the Highways Depot
site at Great Blakenham.
‘You’re never too old to learn’ is the
message from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Suffolk Trading
Standards as Adult Learners’ Week begins.
Felixstowe and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) along with the Community Safety
Partnership is holding a Vehicle Crime Awareness day,
reminding...
Residents in the Kesgrave East division
are being asked to return to their local polling station between
7am and 10pm on Thursday, June 3 to fill a vacant seat on Kesgrave
Town Council with two candidates vying for their votes.
Young people in years 5 to 9 are being
given the opportunity to get some expert training ahead of this
year?s Suffolk Youth Games.
The voters of Suffolk Coastal made
history when, with the election of Therese Coffey, they returned
the first ever woman MP to represent a seat in Suffolk.
Officers at Beccles and Bungay Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have been engaging with multi-racial
migrant workers at the 2 Sisters Chicken Plant in
Flixton,...
More than 900 motorists were caught
speeding in Suffolk during a week-long European speed enforcement
campaign in the county between Monday 26 April and...
Felixstowe and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) welcome Police Community Support Officer
(PCSO) Julie Hinton who will be patrolling the
parishes...
Police Constable Simon Green and Police
Community Support Officer Gemma Loades from the Southwold and
Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) took to...
Leading disability charity Papworth
Trust is creating forty new jobs for Support Workers in
Suffolk.
Optua has recently welcomed a new member
of staff to lead an exciting new project to provide a range of
social and leisure activities and events for young disabled people
across Suffolk.
SUCCESSFUL Suffolk - born musician
Cevanne has this week been picked as one of three local acts to
perform on the BBC Introducing Stage at Latitude Festival this
summer.
‘Wash ‘em, squash ‘em and recycle ‘em’
that’s now the routine in many Suffolk homes as local residents
take advantage of the improved recycling facilities for cardboard
based food and drink cartons such as Tetra Pak.
Next week the Suffolk Broadband
Partnership steps up its campaign to secure better and faster high
speed broadband infrastructure for Suffolk by hosting the first
countywide broadband conference.
Kesgrave and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is launching an initiative against car
crime and will be conducting vehicle security checks for
every...
Suffolk Police have issued CCTV images
of a man they would like to trace following an armed robbery at
Capel St Mary Post Office this morning, Wednesday...
Work by Babergh?s Community Safety
Partnership (CSP), and other agencies, is having a positive effect
on the number of crimes recorded ? according to
latest...
An open air production in the Cathedral
Garth, Bury St Edmunds
Several hundred people will take to the
water this Sunday 9th May as the fifth East Anglian Dragon Boat
Festival in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) returns
to Oulton Broad at Nicholas Everitt Park in Lowestoft.
As part of the national ‘Museums at
Night’ week, West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Moyse’s Hall Museum
in the centre of Bury St Edmunds are holding nocturnal
events.
Ever wondered what life was like in gaol
during the Victorian period?
Police are urging visitors to Sudbury
Town Centre to be vigilant following nine thefts from shoppers
during April. The majority of these thefts have been...
Land in Westerfield is now being tidied
up after a resident admitted failing to comply with a planning
enforcement notice from the Council and was fined ?3,500, with ?600
costs by magistrates at Ipswich.
The Tripod Competition held in April
between Framlingham, Halesworth and East Ipswich Clubs was a hard
fought battle.
A new tourist attraction is preparing
for a busy summer season allowing residents and visitors to try a
new way of getting around.
Police are urging members of the public
and landowners across Suffolk to report any suspicious activities
in the run up to and during the May Bank Holiday...
Following the launch in March this year,
the Suffolk Libraries Feeling Well Project continues during May
with a host of events taking place throughout the
month.
There will be more help on hand for
communities in Suffolk Coastal that want to take action that will
help residents to save energy and water, prepare for extreme
weather events and help protect the environment.
Local residents and groups have shown
their commitment to the district by embarking on litter picks as
part of this year?s Spring Clean and Radio Suffolk?s Don?t be a
Tosser campaigns tackling areas in their community ensuring that
they remain somewhere to be proud of.
Bury East / West Neighbourhood Team was
overwhelmed with the public response to the inaugural Residents
Association Meeting at Horringer Court, Bury St...
One hundred percent of door supervisors
checked during a joint operation in Ipswich town centre were found
to be fully licensed to the required Security...
Enthusiastic bird watchers are in for a
treat at West Stow Country Park on Sunday 9 May when our resident
natural history expert, Chris Gregory, leads a guided walk in
search of Spring birds.
Paws in the park!
News supplied by: Suffolk County
Council
Published: 29 April 2010 12:50
The grounds of Brandon County Park will
soon be filled with hundreds of wagging tails as local dogs and
their owners enjoy an afternoon of fun at a ‘Family Pet Dog Show’
on Saturday 8 May.
Babergh East Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is continuing to tackle anti-social and illegal use of motor
vehicles and have as a result seized three bikes...
A series of actions to tackle
anti-social behaviour in West Ipswich have been hailed a success
this month. Officers from Ipswich West Safer
Neighbourhood...
Outdoor lovers are encouraged to take a
stroll around Clare Castle County Park this Bank Holiday Sunday for
an afternoon filled with fresh air, rich history and
wildlife.
Owners of boats with outboard engines
are being urged to protect their property - and being offered the
opportunity to purchase a new security device at...
There’ll be at least one coach of
football fans from Suffolk heading to Wembley stadium in
May!
The South West Ipswich Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have moved to a new base in Birkfield
Drive, Ipswich, IP2 9HF, adjacent to Chantry High School
Sports...
The launch of the Martello Coast Path
has now been finalised celebrating the linking of Felixstowe?s
coastal pathway from Landguard Point to The Ferry with 38 pictorial
discs, designed by artist Lizzy-Jane Grose, allowing residents and
visitors to walk or cycle the whole length of the town.
Ipswich Police are appealing to both
Ipswich and Sheffield United supporters to enjoy the game this
season, which is due to take place on Sunday 2nd May...
The May bank holiday is, for many, a
great opportunity to have a clear up both indoors and out and it’s
a busy time at the council’s household waste recycling centres
(HWRCs) so the county council is offering timely advice to
householders.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service support
Red Cross Week
Communities across Suffolk are being
urged to sign up to a new campaign designed to help local people be
prepared for emergencies.
Communities across Suffolk are being
urged to sign up to a new campaign designed to help local people be
prepared for emergencies.
This year’s 3 day music festival will be
held from 30th July to 1st August, at Mutimers' Meadow in the
village of Hacheston, near Wickham Market (IP13 0DR).
Plans to create a world-class centre for
young people in the heart of Stowmarket reached a major project
milestone this week with the submission of the official planning
application.
Suffolk residents will soon have the
chance to pick up some free soil-improver, grab a bargain compost
bin and discover how to make compost at home during National
Compost Awareness Week from 1 – 8 May 2010.
Life in the hall
News supplied by: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council
Published: 27 April 2010 10:51
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon
Village on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 May will have the chance to
experience the bustle of life as it might have been for the
original occupants of the village 1,500 years ago.
A Suffolk Police dog handler has come
first in this year?s Eastern Region Police Dog
Trials...
Officers from Suffolk Police Safer
Neighbourhood Teams received cycle training from Suffolk County
Council?s Road Safety Team at Police Headquarters in...
Abbey transport is moving another large
boat from Oundle to the Haven Marina in Ipswich on the 26th May
2010. The Boat which measures 5.23M in width, 5.90M...
Colin Spence has been elected as the new
Chairman of Suffolk Police Authority....
Suffolk police will be targeting
motorists who risk lives by speeding next week, as part of a
week-long enforcement campaign. The campaign, led by
TISPOL,...
The Trading Standards team at Suffolk
County Council has today confiscated highly dangerous toy guns from
an Ipswich market stall.
Compost Awareness Week returns this May
to encourage local residents to take advantage of the great
benefits of home composting.
Local community arts groups and artists
have received support towards their artistic goals thanks to grants
from the Suffolk Coastal Arts Network (SCAN) DIY Small Grants
Fund.
Suffolk County Council’s Fostering
Service is facing growing challenges in recruiting more carers.
Over the last year, significantly less people applied to foster and
the Council is determined to turn this situation around in
2010.
A multi-agency strategy is to be
launched on the 23 April 2010 in an attempt to improve the lives
and wellbeing of Young Carers, Young Adult Carers and their
families in Suffolk.
Suffolk Constabulary has increased
partnership working in Kirkley Community High School by introducing
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Norman Drew...
A drop-in centre in Woodbridge that
offers a place for young people to meet and get information will
work hard with its partners to tackle anti-social behaviour, with a
review in three months time to check on progress.
Organisers of a major motorcycle event
in Lowestoft have reluctantly conceded that they will not now be
able to arrange a ride-out for bikers to the town this
year.
Voters can now see the final line-up of
candidates for their constituency in the General
Election.
Suffolk County Council and Age Concern
Suffolk are advising vulnerable residents of the county to remain
alert when answering the door or taking telephone calls from
companies selling disability equipment.
Following a number of deliberately set
fires, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Suffolk Constabulary
have joined forces to warn people about the dangers of starting
fires.
This month’s concert at Milestones Jazz
Club on Sunday 2 May once again features something different with a
respected trumpet player pushing jazz into uncharted areas – Loz
Speyer’s Inner Space Music.
Five candidates have put their names
forward to stand for the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency
on Thursday, May 6 when 67,212 people are entitled to cast their
vote.
Following a number of deliberately set
fires, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Suffolk Constabulary
have joined forces to warn people about the dangers...
The views of local communities and
businesses are being sought on the latest proposals for the future
of Lowestoft?s waterfront.
Crime and punishment through the ages is
the subject of a new series of lectures at Moyse’s Hall, Bury St
Edmunds, which begins on Thursday 29 April at 2pm by examining
children who murder other children.
With the latest national figures showing
that 61% of us are currently overweight or obese, commuters in
Suffolk are being urged to walk their way to a healthier lifestyle
during national Walk to Work Week.
Work is being carried out later this
week to extend the central island on Fred Archer Way to prevent
vehicles turning right out of the Waitrose car park in
Newmarket.
Noisy neighbours are being targeted this
summer with Waveney District Council?s successful ?out of hours?
hotline for reporting noise nuisance.
Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is warning motorists they will face prosecution if they drive
down a prohibited section of Dogs Head Street...
Police are inviting burglary victims
from Haverhill and the surrounding areas to get in touch with them
after items of property including power tools and...
The agenda for Waveney's Development
Control meeting today has changed following the withdrawal of three
planning applications for wind turbines.
Crime in Suffolk is at its lowest for
almost a decade, according to the latest annual performance figures
released today, Monday 19th April...
Police in Suffolk are taking part in a
national targeted amnesty for anyone in possession of an Olympic
.380 BBM revolver. This follows an announcement...
A campaign launched by Bury Central
Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to target illegal parking in the
town centre is being hailed as a success...
Suffolk Constabulary, along with its
partner Trading Standards, is taking positive action in response to
new Home Office legislation banning the drug
mephedrone.....
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Bank Holidays are always special in
Felixstowe but the May Day one this year promises a real treat as
the resorts rich history is celebrated with events to mark a new
coastal path.
The Suffolk County Council’s Sure Start
Children’s Centre programme, for families with children from birth
to five, has just passed a significant milestone.
Waveney District Council Leader Mark Bee
has paid tribute to Councillors retiring and standing down after
the forthcoming election.
Waveney District Council would like to
give notice of the temporary closure of Jubilee Promenade,
Lowestoft, for essential repair work.
Residents in Suffolk are being advised
to be vigilant when answering their doors.
Suffolk LINk has been established to
help local people influence and change the way their local health
and social care services are delivered.
Lease available for East Point
Pavilion
Suffolk Police Authority has helped
Beccles and Bungay Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to tackle
burglaries in Bungay by granting money through its Partnership
Fund...
Leechcraft
lecture
News supplied by: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council
Published: 13 April 2010 12:46
Visitors to West Stow can join Old
English specialist and author Stephen Pollington on Saturday 24
April between 10.30am and 12pm for a fascinating lecture on
Anglo-Saxon charms, plant lore and healing.
‘Open Morning’ and Anniversary
Celebration at West Row Pre- School, Beeches Road, West Row,
Suffolk IP28 8NY
Partnership agencies across Suffolk held
an ?Impact Day? in Queensway, Ipswich on Wednesday 24th March which
resulted in one car being seized due to no...
Local villagers in the Babergh area have
launched a Community Speed Watch scheme with the assistance of the
Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT). The...
Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
are urging residents to be on the look out for suspicious people
hanging around empty or derelict properties and...
Suffolk Police Authority is looking for
members of the public from the North East of the county to
volunteer as Independent Custody Visitors...
More young people will be able to take
to the water and learn to sail in land-locked West Suffolk, thanks
to funding from the West Suffolk LSP.
The Suffolk County Music Service invites
local music lovers to indulge in a night of high quality orchestral
and wind band performance at a Spring Concert later this
month.
Waveney District Council is advising the
public that it has temporarily closed the seawall in Corton,
following the slippage of masonry.
Attempts to set up a new farm in
Chediston have been given a further boost by Suffolk Coastal after
councillors agreed to give a temporary three-year approval for
someone to live on the site.
An unused five bay timber framed barn in
Brightwell can be converted into a new home after councillors
agreed that the failure to find alternative uses for it meant that
it would otherwise remain empty.
After more than 50 years since the last
donkey rides took place along Felixstowe beach they are once again
returning to the shoreline to entertain visitors both young and
old.
Information about Suffolk Constabulary's
anti-Social Behaviour Minimum Standards
The children of Woodman’s Place
Children’s Home, together with the staff, recently raised £150 for
the Haiti Earthquake appeal.
Elections to 16 of Waveney District
Council?s 48 seats will take place on Thursday May 6 and
nominations have now been published.
Ten new homes, half of which would be
affordable for local residents, are set to be built by the Flagship
Housing Group on a site at Mill Hoo in Alderton.
Tourists looking for somewhere different
to stay have been given a boost with the news that ten new log
cabins near Witnesham with views across the district?s countryside
have been given the go-ahead by Suffolk Coastal.
While the rest of the district waits for
nominations to officially open for the General Election, those
voters living in the Aldeburgh and Leiston division of Suffolk
County Council now know who could be their next county
councillor.
Plans for an unusual two-bedroom home in
the back garden of an Aldeburgh home has caused such local debate
that councillors will pay a site visit before deciding what should
happen to the application.
After five years of preparation, a
scheme has been given the go-ahead by Suffolk Coastal that could be
the recipe for successfully regenerating Saxmundham by bringing
more shoppers and jobs to the market town.
A day of activities is on offer to all
members of the family this Easter holidays as Forestfest returns to
Rendlesham Forest encouraging residents to enjoy the great
outdoors.
Suffolk Police Authority has issued its
Three Year Plan for 2010-13, setting out the priorities for
policing Suffolk for the next three years...
It’s a year to the day since Suffolk
Trading Standards launched No Cold Calling Zones (NCCZ) in the
county and residents now feel a lot safer in their
homes.
Suffolk Trading Standards has
successfully prosecuted a company following an animal by-product
spillage on the highway.
Children from ten local schools have
been working alongside the Saxmundham and Framlingham Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to create road safety
posters...
Visitors to West Stow on Sat 10 and Sun
11 April can enjoy a glimpse of family life as it might have been
for the people of East Anglia who lived under Roman Rule over 1500
years ago.
Officers from the Newmarket Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have been dealing with speeding motorists
over the past four weeks as one of their prioriti...
Three Suffolk councils have pooled their
resources to provide financial support to the market town of
Stowmarket.
The first year of the Newmarket Town
Pastors Scheme has been hailed as a success by organisers. During
the past year the Newmarket Town Pastors, with...
Disability charity Optua has set up an
online panel for disabled people to have their say on a wide range
of issues.
Work on a new road on Grange Lane starts
on Tuesday 6th April 2010 as part of a Suffolk County Council
improvement scheme.
Gulshan Kayembe has announced that she
will be standing down as Chair of Suffolk Police Authority, ending
her term at the annual meeting of the Authority to be held on
Friday 23rd April...
The spotlight at last Friday?s Alde and
Ore Futures community conference was firmly on all the work so far
of the local working groups that have been looking towards the
future of the area.
Waveney District Council and Waveney
Norse would like to make residents aware that there are NO changes
to waste collections over the Easter holidays.
Officers at Beccles and Bungay Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have focused on engaging with multi-racial
migrant workers at the 2 Sisters Chicken Plant...
A PCSO from The Suffolk Coastal District
Mobile Police Station has received a new bike thanks to the support
from local business Street Life Cycles in...
Flooding in Beyton should soon be a
thing of the past as Suffolk County Council is about to begin the
first phase of work to alleviate this long-standing
problem.
Suffolk County Council is today
launching its ‘Make the Time’ volunteering scheme aimed at
encouraging its employees to volunteer, and for managers to be
flexible with staff who wish to volunteer.
The finalists of this year?s Soundwaves
Ultimate Bands contest are warming up for performances of a life
time as they take to the stage to compete for the coveted
title.
Suffolk Constabulary is reminding
motorists, particularly motorcyclists to stay safe on Suffolk?s
roads this bank holiday weekend. With the weather...
Visitors to the fifth East Anglian
Dragon Boat Festival taking place at Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton
Broad, Lowestoft on Sunday 9th May will be scanning the skies, as
organisers, Gable Events, have secured a spectacular flypast by a
World War II Royal Air Force Dakota of the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight.
Young people from Beccles and Bungay
have gained a taste of what it takes to be a firefighter on a
course aimed to help develop their leadership, sense of
responsibility and communication skills.
Early morning commuters can Park and
Ride into the summer months for just £1 per person per
car.
Mike Brookes has been appointed Chairman
of The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust by the Appointments Commission,
for a further four-year term of office.
Schools in the Ipswich, Lowestoft and
Haverhill areas are set to benefit from around £3 million of
additional investment following an independent review of National
Challenge Schools in Suffolk.
Those incorrectly claiming ?single
occupier? Council Tax discount can update their details before a
data matching exercise begins in early April 2010.
A cavalcade of historical characters
will be visiting Moyses Hall museum in Bury St Edmunds this Easter,
with fun packed activities for the Easter holidays.
Suffolk Constabulary and its partners
are starting to make use of a new tool to protect the public from
those who misuse alcohol, whilst helping the
individual...
On Monday 29th March at Ipswich Crown
Court, Lee Sparks and Michael Sheldrake were sentenced following
their conviction for causing grievous bodily harm...
The next concert at Milestones Jazz Club
on Sunday 4 April features the return of an exciting alto
saxophonist with an all-star band – The Tommaso Starace
Quartet.
Young people across Suffolk can find
things to do in their holidays like kite boarding, music, crafts or
sport at www.thesource.me.uk/freetime
A new scheme to encourage owners to
clean up after their dogs will be launched in Sudbury and Great
Cornard on Wednesday (31st March). The scheme has...
Residents of King George's Avenue,
Leiston, have been setting a green example for the rest of the
district by taking part in a two-week experiment this month to
minimise their waste and succeeding in cutting nearly a third of
it.
West Suffolk is seeking more people to
train as befrienders and more people to make themselves known as
potential befriendees, through a new scheme being run by the
Volunteer Centres in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Forest Heath
and funded by the West Suffolk LSP.
As Spring is upon us and Summer is
approaching Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has issued timely
advice to all would be D.I.Y. enthusiasts.
On Tuesday 6th April Police Community
Support Officers (PCSOs) Becky Simpson and Dawn Rowan will be
embarking on a tour of villages with the Mobile
Police...
Work has now been completed bringing the
final stages of restoring Hamblin Road car park to a close after
Anglian Water installed specialist drainage tanks last summer to
prevent flooding.
The Suffolk Coastal Resource Network
(SCRN) is once again providing valuable help to local voluntary
community groups and organisations by offering a free half-day
funding workshop in Yoxford.
New strategic direction and values for
council
Young people aged 13 to 25 from across
Waveney district are being invited to take part in a special music
event being held at Nicholas Everitt Park in...
Suffolk Coastal?s purpose built Port
Health Interactive Live Information System (PHILIS) has gone online
to help improve the service offered to those using the Port of
Felixstowe.
From April 1st 2010, Young people across
Suffolk can apply for up to £5000 from the Youth Opportunity Fund
(YOF) and Youth Capital Funds (YCF) each to run projects in their
area.
Blankets of love
News supplied by: The Ipswich Hospital NHS
Trust
Published: 26 March 2010 11:29
A hospital nurse turned craft expert is
sewing comforting quilts as mementoes for women who have lost a
baby.
Woodbridge and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has a set a new priority to tackle the
problem of illegal off-road motorcycling in forests and
heaths...
The Four Towns community bus will be
visiting Wrentham later this year, thanks to generous funding from
the owner of Southwold Pier, Stephen Bournes, and...
Waveney District Council was a runner-up
in its category at this year's LGC Awards Ceremony.
Enthusiastic supporters of disability
charity Optua will be pedalling for pounds in a great cycling event
in May.
The layout at the Household Waste
Recycling Centres (HWRC) in Portman Walk, Ipswich and Stowmarket
are being re-arranged over night next week on the 30th/ 31st March
2010 to make the sites easier to use and reduce the need to close
the centre for containers to be emptied and compacted.
Suffolk Coastal?s Core Strategy, the
document which sets out the way the district will grow and be
protected over the next 15 years, has been given an official stamp
of approval by a Full Meeting of the Council.
Reporters and journalists are invited to
join Dr Peter Bradley, NHS and Suffolk County Council’s Director
for Public Health, together with representatives from Suffolk
County Council, the NHS, community projects and voluntary
organisations, as they celebrate the launch this year long festival
promoting health and wellbeing in Suffolk Libraries.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service are
recommending people to check their smoke alarms as they turn their
clocks forward this weekend to welcome the arrival of British
Summer Time.
The Creating the Greenest County Awards
were given out to an incredibly innovative range of Suffolk’s
schools, businesses and communities at an exciting award ceremony
at Wantisden Valley, Woodbridge on Thursday 18th March
2010.
Shoppers could get a significant boost
following the approval of a proposed new superstore selling bulky
goods at Martlesham Heath on land behind the BP garage and the
KFC.
Two days of fun Easter activities are
being held in Ipswich for young people with disabilities and
additional needs.
Anglo-Saxon Easter celebrations and
craft market
A new award is being launched to help
highlight and celebrate the quality of designs across Suffolk
Coastal, with nominations now wanted for those that helping make
the district even more special.
Open Space Theatre Company presents
Turning the Tide, a carbon fantasy in one act by Peppy
Barlow.
This Saturday, March 27 is Earth Hour
and District Council Leader Mark Bee is asking the communities of
Waveney to take part.
From Monday 19th April 2010, response
officers will be briefed at nine police stations countywide as part
of wide-reaching changes to the way Suffolk ...
The work of Brandon Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) and the Brandon Full Gospel Church has been short listed
for the new Suffolk Community Partnership of...
It is now over seven months since the
death of Richard Clarke in Eye in August 2009, and police still
require witnesses to come forward who may be able...
The last of Suffolk Coastal?s 58,000
homes are being linked this week to the district?s improved
recycling service which has helped see the proportion of household
waste diverted from landfill rise to over 50 per cent.
Tough negotiations by Suffolk Coastal?s
planning team has helped preserve a popular woodland in Kesgrave?s
Grange Farm from having five new luxury homes built in the middle
of it.
A General Election will be held on a
Thursday between April and June 3 once the Prime Minister decides
when it will be, although the most likely date appears to be May
6.
Suffolk Sport, the local physical
activity and sports partnership, has become one of only 10 projects
in the country to receive special funding to improve participation
in sport in rural areas.
Latest figures show Suffolk
Constabulary's Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB) continues to make a
significant impact on operational officer workload...
Aldeburgh?s Tourist Information Centre
(TIC) will be the platform for another new service when from next
week people will be able to buy a range of train
tickets.
Thanks to a resident from Melton and BBC
Radio Suffolk, extra steps are being taken to ensure that Suffolk
Coastal?s fleet of refuse and recycling vehicles are not the
unintended causes of litter in the district.
Three more small sites are set to be
developed to increase the amount of affordable homes in the
district after the go-ahead was recently given by Suffolk Coastal
to the plans.
Thirty-seven vehicles were stopped and
checked during a multi-agency operation held in Haverhill on
Thursday 18th March using Automatic Number Plate R...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Kesgrave and District Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area....
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Mid Suffolk South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
A Chief Officer from Suffolk
Constabulary is to return to his old primary school in Ipswich on
Friday, 19th March...
Long Service awards and Chief Constable
Commendations were presented to police officers, police staff and
specials during a ceremony held at Suffolk Police...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area....
Youngsters at schools and sixth forms
across the county are getting a lesson on road safety from Suffolk
Constabulary...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These are:
1...
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Stowmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Suffolk Council has been judged the best
County Council in Britain to work for in the Sunday Times ‘Best
Companies’ Survey.
Three different Engineer Parachute
Squadrons based at Woodbridge will be helping the Disability Advice
Service (East Suffolk) by completing a 24 hour sponsored
step.
The Government recently approved Suffolk
Coastal?s 2009 Updating and Screening Assessment Report, which
looks at air quality for the entire district, together with the
draft Air Quality Action Plan for the busy road junction of Lime
Kiln Quay Road, Thoroughfare and St. John?s Street in
Woodbridge.
Following a call for help by users of
Beccles Skatepark, a consultation event is being held on Wednesday
7 April.
Felixstowe?s closed circuit television
(CCTV) system is extending its reach with four more cameras being
added and bringing the total up to nine that are helping the police
tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
The
Eco-Saxons!
News supplied by: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council
Published: 16 March 2010 12:20
To celebrate National Science and
Engineering Week visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village can join
forces with Experimental Archaeologists on Saturday 20 and Sunday
21 March as they investigate how eco-friendly the earliest English
were.
Staff from a number of organisations
across the county, will be giving up their lunch time and coming
together on Friday 19th March to take part in a 6-A-Side World Cup
Tournament for BBC’s Sport Relief Day.
Journalists and photographers are
invited to join Councillor Rosemary Clarke, Suffolk County
Council’s portfolio holder for Sport, Culture, Diversity, Health
and Wellbeing, together with members of staff and other library
users, for an event to celebrate the official opening of the new
Woodbridge library.
On Thursday March 11th 2010, the
Enterprise Manager of The Suffolk Scrap Store, Anthony Gibbings,
announced the re-branding of their Social Enterprise under the new
name of CREATE at the official launch party held at The Last Anchor
Ipswich.
This year’s 3 day music festival will be
held from 30th July to 1st August, at Mutimers' Meadow in the
village of Hacheston, near Wickham Market.
Work is underway to enhance the look of
Adastral Close in Felixstowe to help maintain the area and improve
the green spaces around homes closest to the Port of
Felixstowe.
Anyone wanting to get free internet
access for job applications, emails or general surfing will now be
able to use new laptops at the Haverhill Internet Bistro, thanks to
funding from Haverhill Town Council and West Suffolk
LSP.
Ipswich Hospital has new separate male
and female sleeping and toilet areas to improve patient
privacy.
‘Peaceful Bury St Edmunds’ hides a far
less tranquil past than most people realise.
Volunteers in West Suffolk have a chance
to get free training thanks to a new project being run by Bury St
Edmunds Volunteer Centre and West Suffolk College with funding from
the West Suffolk LSP.
Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
held two successful impact days last Friday and Saturday, clamping
down on the issue of drink and drugs in the night-time
economy....
PC Barry Abbott of Stowmarket Safer
neighbourhood Team (SNT) is running the London Marathon in April in
support of Help The Aged...
Suffolk Constabulary is joining together
with businesses in the west of the county to crack down on theft
and return more stolen goods to their rightful...
Six student police officers and their
tutors have been supporting the Central Ipswich Safer Neighbourhood
Team and the Night Time Economy Team on foot...
Waveney District Council Leader Mark Bee
has confirmed his intention to commission an independent review of
the Waveney Campus project.
After consultation, a report will be
presented to Waveney's Cabinet recommending revised proposals for
work at Southwold Harbour.
With the clocks going forward in a
fortnights time (Sunday 28th March), Suffolk Police is urging
residents to keep their property safe...
Woodbridge and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are assisting with a Neighbourhood Watch
event in Wickham Market after requests from local
residents...
As part of improvements being made to
Hamilton Road in Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal has created 19 new
free 30 minute car parking spaces to help residents and visitors
shopping in the town and businesses get through the worst of the
current harsh economic times.
A PCSO from the Lowestoft South Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is set to cycle on his beat from now on,
thanks to the support from Suffolk County Councillor...
People across Suffolk now have access to
more information than ever before about their risk from crime and
anti-social behaviour, the performance of Suffolk...
The ongoing efforts to get the community
fully involved in the campaign to refurbish Felixstowe?s Seafront
Gardens has seen a consultancy team appointed to help ensure that
local views are at the heart of any new designs.
The HPFA with the support of Waveney
District Council is asking Halesworth and its surrounds what sports
facilities they would like to see.
Waveney District Council and Lowestoft's
SNTs will be working together to target the issue of dog owners not
cleaning up after their pets.
Licensed premises and vulnerable shops
in Stowmarket are to receive ShopSafe radios thanks to funding from
the Community Safety Team at Mid Suffolk District...
The Mildenhall Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has a new base in...
Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) and Suffolk Police?s Consultation Team along with the
Lowestoft Resource Centre joined forces last
Thursday...
The Suffolk Broadband Partnership is
asking for one more push from the people of Suffolk to register for
better broadband on the EREBUS site.
Announcing a ?significant achievement?
for the Council, an independent watchdog has praised Waveney for
improvements to its internal audit function.
Following a successful recruitment
campaign, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is pleased to announce
that Mark Hardingham has been appointed Deputy Chief Fire
Officer.
Following a recent Priority Setting
Meeting, Ipswich North East Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
A number of drop-in sessions have been
arranged around the county for people to gain further information
on the current public consultation which explains the work Suffolk
Fire and Rescue Service are intending to start over the next year
to improve their services.
With a list of over 20 conditions
intended to control and mitigate the impact of the development on
the neighbouring area, Suffolk Coastal gave a provisional go-ahead
to plans to create 8,000 square metres of business units in
Melton.
One of Suffolk Coastal?s latest
Community Safety Partnership supported projects, the Felixstowe
Town Pastors scheme, is set to benefit next week from additional
help as part of a joint training event.
Suffolk Constabulary is supporting
Operation Liberal?s national distraction burglary awareness
campaign, launching on Friday 5th March 2010.
Journalists and photographers are
invited to join The Worshipful The Mayor of Ipswich Councillor
David Goldsmith and delegates from Suffolk County Council as well
as Suffolk Scrap Store employees, for afternoon tea at the CREATE
launch party.
Next Tuesday, Suffolk County Council is
holding a celebration event, open to the public, to mark
International Women’s Day.
An Ipswich Hospital colleague who works
on wards by day is writing children’s books to help save Tasmanian
devils in her spare time.
Preview event to give councillors and
invited guests a tour of the new Woodbridge Library and its
facilities.
Next week sees the launch of a service
that builds on the work of the Racial Harassment Initiative. After
10 years of support for victims and families...
Children from Yoxford Primary School
have been putting their writing skills to the test, with the help
of a mocked-up UFO crash site within the school...
Waveney District Council has announced
dates for a number of public exhibitions relating to its Local
Development Framework documents.
New computer technology created at
Ipswich Hospital to manage millions of pieces of data collected
each year is set to be rolled out to other UK
hospitals.
Mildenhall Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) are assisting the Red Lodge Conservation Group, along with
other partnership agencies, to litter pick the Red...
The Home Office has announced today,
Wednesday 3rd March, that Suffolk is to take part in a scheme,
which allows parents, carers, and guardians to
formally...
Suffolk Constabulary has been praised
after improving the quality of service it offers local
people...
Suffolk Coastal has agreed a budget that
will mean only an eight pence increase in the weekly cost of its
services to an average Band D home while bringing its total of
efficiencies made since 2001 to over ?10 million.
The 2010 Meet the Buyers event has been
heralded a huge success by delegates and organisers alike. Suffolk
County Council, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and Ipswich &
Suffolk Small Business Association (ISSBA) joined forces to host
Suffolk’s second event at Endeavour House this month to host 750
buyer to supplier business surgeries.
Much loved book character Kipper will be
visiting five Suffolk Libraries this week to celebrate World Book
Day which falls on 4 March this year.
Next week sees the launch of a service
that builds on the work of the Racial Harassment
Initiative.
Felixstowe Fire Station is to be
officially opened following its recent refurbishment.
Moyse’s Hall, Bury St Edmunds looks
forward to taking mums on a highlight tour of the museum in
celebration of Mother’s Day.
Schools across Suffolk will again be
encouraged to grow their own vegetables for use in school lunches
or the classroom thanks to Suffolk County Council.
Public notices which set out proposed
changes for schools in the Sudbury and Great Cornard area were
published on 26 February.
Kesgrave Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
are assisting a group of adults with learning disabilities from the
Rushmere Community Resource Unit on Humber...
Following approval of the Council?s
2010/11 budget, council tax rates for 2010/11 have been
set.
Stowmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) seized a car after the driver received two section 59
warnings in less than 12 months. The car was seized...
Businesses in north Suffolk are to be
given the opportunity to hear about how they can bid for contracts
for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Police Constable (PC) Kevin Green from
Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is due to retire on
Tuesday 9th March 2010 after 30 years service with...
Two of Suffolk’s Household Waste
Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are being improved in the coming weeks to
help us recycle even more.
Now in its third year, this year?s BBC
Radio Suffolk campaign is set to tackle more than just rubbish.
With the backing of Suffolk Constabulary and...
Prosecutors in Suffolk?s Crown
Prosecution Service (CPS) are adopting a new approach to give
communities more say in the way justice is delivered in
their...
Ipswich North East Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) is issuing a photograph of a number of bicycles
recovered in the town in the hope that their owners
will...
In late 2008 Suffolk Constabulary
founded the Safer Suffolk Foundation, a grant giving
trust...
Disability charity Optua has places
available on a new archery course in Woodbridge.
Andrew George, a lawyer, has been
appointed as a non-executive director of The Ipswich Hospital NHS
Trust.
A company has today been fined £1,000
and ordered to pay costs of £1,265 after Trading Standards
prosecuted them for selling an electrically unsafe chandelier in
Suffolk.
The 2010 edition of Choose Suffolk
Coastal, the district?s holiday guide, is set for its official
launch promoting a picture of holiday perfection enticing visitors
wanting a short break or longer vacation in fantastic
surroundings.
2010-11 Budget approved by
Council
Lowestoft South Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) will be dealing with road safety and parking issues occurring
as a result of the Kessingland Car Boot Sale...
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Felixstowe and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Tesco Stores Limited was today (Monday)
found guilty of a number of serious offences relating to its store
in Anson Road, Martlesham after Suffolk Coastal?s food safety team
reported a catalogue of problems there in 2007.
Following a recent Neighbourhood
Policing Meeting, Mildenahll Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Amputees who are keen to play football
can take part in trials for an elite squad for the East of England
next weekend.
Children in Ipswich are gearing up for
‘Bikeability’, the new cycling proficiency, which is being promoted
in the area’s schools this year.
We’ve all seen the adverts where
supermarkets compete on price, but are they really doing all they
can to give their customers the best value for money?
Over 100 people were issued with Fixed
Penalty Notices as Suffolk police took part in a week-long European
seatbelt enforcement campaign. Between Monday...
Knives which were handed in during the
two-week knife crime awareness campaign in Sudbury are to be
disposed of safely at Sackers Recycling in Great B...
Today at Ipswich Crown Court, Andrew
Rowlands has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of
Lewis Watson. Senior Investigating Officer,
Detective...
Today at Ipswich Crown Court, Andrew
Boyd has been given a 12 month custodial sentence following a road
traffic collision in Hadleigh in September 2009...
Anyone who has ever imagined writing
with a quill pen made from a feather found on a country walk will
have the chance to do just that at a workshop at West Stow
Anglo-Saxon Village between 11am and 1pm on Sunday 14
March.
Disability charity Optua is holding
another ‘raise a tonne’ second-hand clothing collection next month
and is appealing for items to help raise much needed funds to help
run its services for disabled people.
The high speed broadband campaign for
Suffolk has got off to a flying start thanks to the amazing support
from the people of Suffolk!
As the country prepares itself for the
possibility of more snow, Suffolk has been reflecting on The Big
Freeze workshop held on 5 February.
Young People interested in politics and
public speaking should be thinking about applying for the UK Youth
Parliament (UKYP).
Waveney District Council is seeking
final comments on its Local Development Framework prior to
submission to the Secretary of State.
Norfolk and Suffolk Police Authorities
have taken a significant step forward in working together with the
signing of the contract...
Suffolk Coastal District Council and the
Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership (SBP) are leading the way in
protecting the future of the local green environment as part of a
series of community projects funded by the Suffolk Coastal Local
Strategic Partnership (LSP) promoting biodiversity in local green
spaces.
Adult social care staff, customers and
partner organisations alike will be celebrating this year’s Dignity
Action Day on 25 February with a host of fun events and
activities.
Local group V4GCL (Voices For
Gainsborough Community Library) continues to support their local
library.
Fashionistas and bargain hunters will be
first in line for a clothes and accessories swap at Ipswich
Hospital this Saturday, 27 February.
Suffolk Police Authority has today,
Monday 22nd February, set a budget of ?113.5 million for policing
the county in 2010/11.
Woodbridge Library has temporarily
closed to help get ready for the move across the road to its new
location within the former primary school.
This week sees the launch of the
national campaign to get people to tell their council if a child is
being cared for under a private fostering arrangement. People in
Suffolk should have great confidence in the county council’s
service to support these children, as Suffolk’s services are judged
“Outstanding” by national inspectors Ofsted. Private fostering
applies to children under 16 (or 18 if they have a
disability).
Sergeant Mark Beresford has recently
been appointed as the new Sergeant for Leiston and Aldeburgh Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT). He replaces Sergeant...
Drivers in Bury St Edmunds are being
urged to comply with the parking regulations, to ensure that
traffic flows freely through the town centre, and
pedestrians...
An ear, nose and throat surgeon at
Ipswich Hospital has won a top national medical prize handed out
just once every five years.
Children and young people in Suffolk
Coastal can now get around to evening and weekend events as the
Going Somewhere youth transport service is offering much needed
transport across the district.
Following a recent Community Priority
Setting Meeting, Lowestoft South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Bury St Edmunds Police Constable Simon
Bourne is hoping to inspire a new generation to take part in sport
and get active with his new role as a Sporting...
Following a recent Public Tasking
Meeting, Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1. To
focus...
Suffolk Police are cracking down on
noisy exhausts with a new device being trialled in the west of the
county. Officers from the Bury Roads Policing Unit...
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Grants of up to £5000 are available for
Suffolk’s community groups from the Grassroots grants programme and
The Suffolk Foundation, in conjunction with Suffolk County Council,
is seeking applications to the Council’s Single Gateway grant
giving programme. This is a reminder that the closing deadline for
Suffolk Single Gateway grants is 16th March 2010.
Don’t miss the opportunity to explore
history on your doorstep when Moyse’s Hall and West Stow, Bury St
Edmunds will be offering a free weekend for all to come along and
find out about the current collections and activities.
Following a recent Public Priority
Setting Meeting, Ipswich South West Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Waveney?s two Fairtrade Towns, Beccles
and Lowestoft, are getting behind Fairtrade Fortnight's Big
Swap.
Waveney District Council is hosting a
forum for landlords operating in Waveney to help support and
maintain this valuable source of housing.
Two licensed premises sold alcohol to
under 18s during an operation run in the Sudbury area last Friday,
12th February. Trading Standards Officers and...
Suffolk?s Community Speed Watch
initiative is enjoying continued success as the scheme launches in
Westleton in Saxmundham this month. The parish has...
Suffolk-based disability charity have a
new guide to all their leisure and sporting activities from
February to July 2010.
Journalists and photographers are
invited to meet four young athletes from The Ashley School in
Lowestoft as they are presented with a Suffolk County Council
SportsAid scholarship by Cllr Jeremy Pembroke.
Large boat on the move...
SUCCESSFUL Suffolk - born musician
Cevanne Horrocks Hopayian has received the Arts Council Funding
that will help launch her debut album ‘BIG EARS’ this
March.
A Newmarket Police Constable is in
training for this year?s London Marathon ? but after finding love
five years ago, PC Nik Chapman is going it alone in...
Members of Suffolk?s Special
Constabulary spent over one thousand hours making the county?s
roads safer as part of National Specials Weekend. The
weekend,...
Officers from the St Edmundsbury Rural
North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are due to brave the needle to
give blood at a donor session at Ixworth village...
Takeaway
Racism
News supplied by: Suffolk
Constabulary
Published: 15 February 2010 13:47
Police in Ipswich are re-launching a
poster campaign in an attempt to deter/reduce racist incidents at
takeaway food outlets. The campaign was initially...
A hospital worker is to cycle the length
of Great Britain in honour of her hero son and his comrades caught
up in an explosion in Afghanistan.
Over 130 vehicles were stopped and
checked during a multi-agency operation held in Suffolk on Thursday
11th February using Automated Number Plate
Recognition...
Acting Sergeant Barry Abbott is a new
addition to the Stowmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT). Barry is
primarily going to be covering Sergeant Neil...
Officers from Southwold and Halesworth
Safer Neighbourhood (SNT) are continuing to crackdown on speeding
in Southwold Road in Wrentham as one of the team?s...
Following a recent SNT Tasking Meeting,
Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood team (SNT) has set new policing
priorities for the area. These are: 1. Address...
This year Suffolk County Council is
encouraging residents to indulge themselves on Shrove Tuesday and
use up all the food they won’t be eating over the next few weeks
during Lent.
Haverhill Family Fun Day - 19 February
2010
Firefighters across Suffolk will be
putting down their hoses and picking up a bucket and sponge this
weekend in order to raise money for the people of
Haiti.
Following a recent Public Tasking
Meeting, St Edmundsbury Rural South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Bird lovers can enjoy a close encounter
with their feathered friends at West Stow Country Park on Sunday 22
February between 9am and 11.30am when local experts will be
catching, examining and ringing a variety of wild birds that live
in and visit the park.
You’ve got the eggs. You’ve got the
flour. You’ve got the milk. You’re all ready to make hundreds of
pancakes for those small hungry mouths who have been bugging you
all week about them.
Waveney?s tourist industry is positive
about the prospects for 2010 and looking forward to capitalising on
a successful 2009.
WDC has been looking for ways to improve
the service it provides to its customers and has introduced a new
process for bus pass renewals.
To celebrate Chinese New Year, East
Anglia’s Children’s Hospices has launched the fifth East Anglian
Dragon Boat Festival.
The Government?s announcement today
(Wednesday) that no changes will be made to local councils in
Suffolk until after a special countywide meeting is held to agree
the way forward has been attacked as causing even more
uncertainty.
High Sheriff of Suffolk James Buckle
visited Deben High School and Orwell High School on Tuesday 9th
February to see how Suffolk Constabulary is engaging...
Following a recent Public Community
Engagement Meeting, Kesgrave and District Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area. These
are:
Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is working in very close partnership with local businesses
and the town?s Business Improvement District...
Motorists and passengers who do not wear
seatbelts are to be targeted in a countywide police crackdown. Next
week (Monday 15th February ? Sunday 21st...
In its first year alone, over 600 people
with learning disabilities in Suffolk have received Health Action
Plans to help improve and maintain their health.
Waveney District Council is asking the
people of Gunton what improvements they would like to see made to
Wissett Way?s pond.
The price of love
News supplied by: Suffolk County
Council
Published: 10 February 2010 14:44
If cupid hasn’t quite got it right for
you just yet then on the most romantic day of the year you may be
thinking about signing up to an online dating agency.
The humble chip is one of Britain’s most
traditional and loved foods and therefore it has been given its own
mark of recognition with ‘National Chip Week’ running from 15-21
February 2010.
Children at Rougham Primary School in
Suffolk had two very special visitors this week - Tankers Town, a
beautiful 15 year old chestnut gelding with his owner, Suffolk
Olympian Sharon Hunt.
Suffolk Constabulary has increased
partnership working with two schools - Stowupland High and
Stowmarket High - with the introduction of Police
Community...
The Hachfest committee would like to
extend their thanks and gratitude to everyone who supported &
contributed to the huge success of Hachfest in 2009.
Are you someone who has a passion for
Jazz Orchestra? Then Suffolk County Music Service’s ‘An Evening of
Big Band Jazz’ must be for you.
As part of a heathland restoration
project tree thinning will be taking place at Sutton Heath near
Woodbridge this month.
Reports that an “Orc” has been spotted
at West Stow Country Park were confirmed today when a member of
West Stow staff managed to capture the creature on camera.
Identified as “Stowbag”, the Orc is thought to be visiting from
Mordor to stake out his patch in the run up to the Ring Quest event
this February half term.
Families with a taste for adventure can
discover the secrets of wilderness survival with bushcraft expert
Rob Bevington at West Stow Country Park from 10am to 4pm on
Wednesday 18 February.
Return of Ring
Quest
News supplied by: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council
Published: 09 February 2010 15:47
Families looking for fun-filled
activities to enjoy during half-term can journey to Middle Earth
and take part in Ring Quest, an exciting challenge event for fans
of Lord of the Rings at West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon
Village and Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds between Saturday
13 and Sunday 21 February.
If you are planning a romantic meal for
a loved one on St Valentine’s Day you may get some inspiration from
some food waste “cupids” on February 12th who will be handing out
recipe ideas across the county.
One hundred and eighty eight knives have
been handed in during the two-week knife crime awareness campaign
in Sudbury which finished yesterday, Monday...
Young people in West Suffolk who care
for adults with illnesses or addictions will be able to get more
support, and even a few days away, thanks to a new round of funding
from the West Suffolk LSP and National Lottery.
People in West Suffolk are being invited
to come along to a new round of health roadshows being held in
their towns for free health advice and exercise
demonstrations.
Suffolk Constabulary is supporting local
charity Tools With A Mission (TWAM), by collecting tools seized as
a result of crimes in our county...
Following a recent Public Community
Engagement Meeting, Kesgrave and District Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area....
Suffolk County Council Leader, Jeremy
Pembroke yesterday hosted a special event at Endeavour House for
apprentices who have benefited from the council's apprenticeship
scheme, in recognition of their contribution to the
council.
From 4 February, you will be able to
visit your local Suffolk Library (including mobile libraries) and
borrow an energy monitor for free.
During last weeks Suffolk READS
conference, Jonathan Douglas, director of the National Literacy
Trust, announced that Suffolk is set to benefit from government
funding to promote family reading and literacy within the home for
the coming year.
A number of licensed premises in Sudbury
are being issued with metal detecting wands by Suffolk Police, as
part of the current knife crime awareness campaign...
Councillors have reiterated their calls
on the Government to ensure that Suffolk Coastal?s communities have
a chance to make their local voice heard on the possible building
of a new nuclear power station at Sizewell.
Inaugural meeting of Partnership
Board
Residents of Reydon, particularly
children, are being asked to suggest the improvements they would
like to see at the Winston Road play area.
Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet has
today (2 February) approved the publication of proposals for the
future of schools in the Sudbury and Great Cornard
area.
Suffolk Police Authority is appealing
for more Suffolk residents to become involved in policing matters
by joining the Independent Advisory Group (IAG). The...
Children in two more rural Suffolk
schools are assisting the Saxmundham and Framlingham Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) in the ?Kill Your Speed ? Not
Me?...
This week a brand new team of trained
officers are on the roads of Suffolk to reach the most vulnerable
people in their homes.
WDC is to consult local residents,
businesses and harbour users on its preferred scheme for
stabilising the North Dock Wall at Southwold Harbour.
Officers from the Southwold and
Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are recycling police
jumpers by donating them to a community-based
initiative...
People living and working in west Bury
St Edmunds have a new place to meet their Safer Neighbourhood Teams
and gain assistance with other policing inquiries...
Suffolk Constabulary is boosting its
drug-busting activities by purchasing a new drug detection device
with funding from the West Suffolk and Babergh East
LSPs.
It won’t just be football fans who will
benefit from the new facilities opening this spring at the AFC
football ground in Sudbury.
The Ipswich Hospital clobber swap is
back.
The Sudbury and Great Cornard Safer
Neighbourhood Team and Babergh District Council will be speaking to
members of the public about their feelings of safety...
The Ipswich Central SNT are reminding
drivers that Lloyds Avenue in the town centre has no access for
cars and motorbikes between 9.30am-4.30pm Monday to Saturday except
for taxis and loading by lorries.
Ipswich Town Community Trust are
launching their brand new holiday football course ITFC SCORE this
February Half-Term, kicking-off at venues in Bury St. Edmunds,
Framlingham, Thetford, Elmswell, Felixstowe, Saxmundham, Woodbridge
and Ipswich.
The Chief Constable, Simon Ash, and
officers and staff at Suffolk Constabulary are supporting the ?Help
for Heroes? charity, by wearing the charity?s Police...
Suffolk Coastal District Council is
continuing to put hard cash to work to help sustain the local
economy and support business projects in its market
towns.
Teenage Rheumatology patients at Ipswich
Hospital are benefiting from new transition sessions to help smooth
the move between paediatric and adult care.
Suffolk Constabulary is boosting its
drug-busting activities by purchasing a new drug detection device
with funding from the West Suffolk and Babergh East...
Around 150 members of Suffolk?s Special
Constabulary will be joining their regular colleagues between on
6th and 7th February, to help make the county?s...
At Ipswich Crown Court today, Phil
Collins, was found guilty of the rape of a 17-year-old female in
Gippeswyk Park on Sunday 14th January 1990. Collins...
Suffolk disability Charity Optua is
celebrating after completing a clean sweep of ‘excellent’ ratings
for its services.
Half term is fun packed at Moyse’s Hall
Museum in Bury St Edmunds with activities throughout the week for
all the family. Ring Quest continues with a task to reclaim the
hidden rings within this ancient site as well as other exciting
riddles and activities.
On Sunday 9th May the East Anglian
Dragon Boat Festival returns to Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad
in Lowestoft for what promises to be the best year yet!
Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is set to tackle crime this year with their unique, all
female team. Sergeant Liz Ireland says, ?It?s a...
Police are urging members of the public
to be cautious when dealing with callers after receiving reports of
a man ringing up and asking residents if they...
An evaluation of the Suffolk Rural
Economy Scheme (RES) has revealed that businesses assisted through
the scheme have increased turnover, developed new supply chains,
increased positive feedback and want to join with other rural shops
to form a virtual support network. The scheme has also created or
safeguarded 31 jobs; created 4 new businesses and helped a further
27 to improve their performance.
Family carers in Suffolk who need a
break from their important caring roles will be invited to develop
exciting new opportunities to do just that with the help of over
£1million secured from the Department of Health and Suffolk County
Council.
Waveney sets a balanced budget thanks to
a robust programme of savings and efficiencies across the
authority.
The Museum of East Anglian Life (MEAL)
in rural Suffolk has been declared a shining example of UK best
practice in a new report from the Commission for Rural Communities.
It has been recognised for its efforts to take a fresh look at
heritage assets winning a place at the heart of their community and
contributing to the regional economy.
Following a recent Community Panel
Meeting, Felixstowe Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1.
Reduce...
Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet will
next week (February 2nd) discuss its response to the National
Grid’s consultation programme on four alternative route corridors
for a new 400kV overhead line between Bramford and Twinstead in
Essex.
Businesses and members of the public are
being urged to be vigilant and report any suspicious persons or
vehicles to the police, following a number of...
LGBT History Month takes place every
February to celebrate the lives and achievements of LGBT people and
the LGBT community. This year Outreach Youth...
Following a successful pilot in
Woodbridge town centre, the cashless parking service RingGo is
being rolled out to Suffolk Coastal car parks in Felixstowe from
Thursday, January 28, making it more convenient for motorists to
pay for car parking.
Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is warning drivers that they will face being issued with a
Fixed Penalty Notice of ?30 if they park illegally...
Following a recent Public Community
Panel Meeting, Southwold and Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood team
(SNT) has set new policing priorities for the area....
Marshall Vehicle Engineering Limited,
part of the Cambridge based Marshall Group of Companies, has kindly
donated 20 high visibility jackets to Mildenhall...
Suffolk Constabulary and Babergh
District Council have launched a two-week campaign aimed at
educating people about the consequences of carrying knives.
The...
Suffolk Police Authority is helping
Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) across the county to support
much-needed community projects....
Sergeant Ian Watson has recently been
appointed as the new Sergeant for Sudbury and Great Cornard Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT). He replaces Sergeant...
This week marks Holocaust Memorial Day
2010 and in commemoration Suffolk County Council are inviting
people to come to a “The Legacy of Hope” exhibition and
event.
Police are again urging anyone
considering buying a dog via the internet to be alert
after...
Babergh East Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) are holding a meeting to discuss one of their current
priorities of anti-social and illegal use of motor
vehicles...
A campaign to improve broadband speeds,
launched by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has been
backed by Suffolk Coastal. The council is urging local businesses
and residents to voice their frustrations about the speed of the
local information highway.
Suffolk Police Authority is supporting
the National Awareness Campaign of the Association of Police
Authorities (Jan 25th-26th)..
Big
Freeze
News supplied by: Suffolk County
Council
Published: 25 January 2010 09:27
The Big Freeze has thawed, but the
severe weather over the past few weeks impacted on everyone in the
county and Suffolk County Council wants to make sure we capture all
the sterling work that was carried out to keep the county going in
the severe weather conditions.
Suffolk County Council is holding a
Suffolk READS Conference on Wednesday 27 January 2010, in the Bobby
Robson Suite, Ipswich Town Football Club, Ipswich from 9 am to 5
pm.
Approximately 100 students from schools
along the Suffolk Coast will be taking part in an emergency
planning exercise on Tuesday.
wounding Ipswich - poster
appeal
Following a recent Neighbourhood Public
Forum, St Edmundsbury Rural South Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has set new policing priorities for the area....
Abbey transport will move a large Yacht
from Fox's Marina in Ipswich to Hoveton in Norfolk on Sunday 31st
January, 2010. The load which measures 18ft...
Officers from the Ipswich Central Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are learning Polish, to help them better
understand and communicate with the Polish c...
Suffolk Police are continuing to appeal
for anyone who was at the Caribbean Club or in the vicinity in the
early hours of Saturday 19th December 2009 to...
Waveney will mark this year?s Holocaust
Memorial Day (Wednesday 27 January) with a number of special
events.
Waveney's manufacturing businesses are
invited to a Delivery Performance Workshop at the OrbisEnergy
Centre on 27 January
Repair work is to be carried out to a
section of path used by wheel chair users and residents with prams
and pushchairs connecting Hamilton Gardens and Felixstowe Seafront
Gardens.
Suffolk Police has once again been
ranked in Britain?s top 100 employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual
staff, improving its position from 2009 by 34 p...
Following a recent SNT Tasking Meeting,
Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood team (SNT) has set new policing
priorities for the area. These are: 1. Tackle...
Recycling in Suffolk is about to get
even easier.
The Government?s John Denham has been
told by Suffolk Coastal that he should throw out the
recommendations given to him for the future shape of local councils
in Suffolk because they are fatally flawed.
Suffolk County Council has reaffirmed
its desire to make Suffolk the greenest county by pledging to
reduce its emissions by 10% and wants everyone in Suffolk to sign
up too.
Following a recent Neighbourhood Public
Forum, Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Starting today (Tuesday, January 19)
minor works are being carried out to repair lanterns and lighting
columns in the Felixstowe Seafront Gardens.
Crime fell and the number of alcohol
related arrests dropped during the festive season after Suffolk
Constabulary launched its Stay Safe campaign. Total...
Suffolk Constabulary, Babergh District
Council and its Community Safety partners are joining together to
say no to knife crime, with a two-week campaign...
Licensees of pubs and clubs in Leiston
are being given the opportunity to access training to help improve
their knowledge of drugs and how to tackle problems of misuse in
their establishments.
The Southwold and Halesworth Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are teaming up with Suffolk County
Council?s Mobile Library under a new initiative. The...
Waveney District Council has smashed a
key target by bringing a wave of empty properties back in to use as
much needed homes.
An award-winning, ?energy efficiency
detecting? vehicle will help Lowestoft's homeowners pinpoint
escaping heat in their homes.
Following a recent Neighbourhood Public
Forum, Newmarket Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has set new
policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
The Envirotrade Event in Lowestoft will
focus on the future of the renewable energy sector in the
region.
Leiston Lynx Basketball Club is holding
its first Community Basketball Open Day on Sunday January 31 at
Leiston Leisure Centre when youngsters and adults can come along,
pick up some tips and play or watch some games.
One of the region’s busiest hospitals is
relaxing its ban on visitors this weekend. Visiting has been
strictly limited this week at Ipswich Hospital to protect patients
and staff from infections including the winter sickness
bug.
Dementia sufferers in Suffolk and the
people who care for them are receiving better care, advice and
information thanks to a range of new support services across the
county.
Three new Sergeants are joining Safer
Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) in Lowestoft. Angie Egmore, Andy Green
and Penny Jones are taking up posts at the Central,...
Mid Suffolk South Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) will be holding a monthly movie night at Newgreen
Community Centre in Thurston, starting on Tuesday
19th...
Following a recent Public Priority
Setting Meeting, Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Motorcyclists across Suffolk are being
urged to sign up to a course to improve their skills in a bid to
decrease the number of motorcyclists being killed...
Despite claims in the local and national
media, there have still been no confirmed reports of anyone having
taken sand off any of Felixstowe?s beaches during the recent
wintery conditions.
A local dog training club in Felixstowe
is taking to the streets cleaning up other owners? dog mess as well
as their own in an attempt to help keep the town mess
free.
This Christmas Suffolk has seen a
reduction in the percentage of people recorded risking their lives
and the lives of others by drink driving. The
results...
Dutch Voices in Offton
Church
Local young people have been refreshing
their knowledge about alcohol awareness this week as the Suffolk
Coastal Community Safety Partnership (CSP) raises
awareness.
The sterling efforts of the district?s
refuse and recycling teams will mean that from tomorrow (Thursday,
January 14) all collections should be back to normal, with people
once again able to put out their brown wheelie bins as
well.
Voluntary groups that are resolving to
get even better in 2010 can get a helping hand at a free advice
session in Felixstowe.
Ipswich Hospital has won a leading
industry award for appointing top doctors into crucial
decision-making roles.
Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
has welcomed Christian Chisnall as its new Sergeant. Sergeant
Chisnall joined the team this month, moving on...
Waveney District Council is hosting an
Information Market in Beccles with a wide range of local support
agencies available to answer questions.
The Suffolk Culture and Sport
Partnership is teaming up with the Community Cohesion and Inclusion
Delivery Partnership to increase the support being offered for
groups planning to hold 2012 Open Weekend events.
Following a recent Neighbourhood Public
Forum, Ipswich South East Safer Neighbourhood team (SNT) has set
new policing priorities for the area. These are: 1....
Following a recent Community Panel
meeting, Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood team (SNT) has
set new policing priorities for the area. These...
Waveney's green bin collections, due to
take place on Tuesday 12 January, have been suspended to enable
crews to catch up with collections.
The final phase of Suffolk Coastal?s
greener waste collection services is set to be rolled out to
remaining homes in Suffolk Coastal this March, seeing every
household in the district benefitting from improved recycling and
waste collection services.
Another chance to see local musical
talent is on offer as a new event, Bands in the Bar, showcases
local bands in a series of evening gigs.
Disability Charity Optua has set the
date and theme for its 25th annual ‘Share’ day of fun arts
activities and is on the lookout for people willing to be
volunteers.
Suffolk Constabulary would like to
ensure the county?s residents stay safe during the current adverse
weather conditions. There has been an increased
demand...
The weather is forecast to remain
extremely cold over the coming days so Suffolk County Council will
extend its usual customer service helpline to
operate...
Waveney's green bin collections have
been suspended for Friday 8 January.
Members of the Suffolk Resilience Forum,
including Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Constabulary, NHS
Suffolk, and district and borough councils, are
working...
All football fixtures on council-run
pitches in Waveney have been postponed because of snow and
ice.
Issues with snowfall and ice have
delayed refuse collections, but the crews in Waveney are battling
to make collections across the district.
Businesses based in Suffolk are invited
to a special event, where a range of local buyers are looking for
new suppliers.
Following a successful run of taster
sessions organised by Suffolk Coastal a new athletics club, Coastal
AC, has been formed to give youngsters interested in athletics the
chance to develop their skills.
There will be a commemorative service at
Lowestoft Railway Station on Wednesday 27th January from 10:30 -
11am
Waterlane Leisure Centre in Lowestoft
has introduced ?Little Kickers? sessions, to help young football
fans develop their skills.
Adults with learning disabilities will
be finding out more about leading a healthier lifestyle, thanks to
a new course of Healthy Eating Workshops being organised by the
Suffolk Befriending Scheme and funded by the West Suffolk
LSP.
The Woodbridge and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is launching a campaign against illegal
parking in Woodbridge town centre. From January,...
Abbey Transport will be moving another
large boat from Fairline Boats in Oundle to the Haven Marina in
Ipswich...
Ipswich South West Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) has set a new priority after public consultation at
local police surgeries and forums. The team will...
Christmas might be over for this year
but New Year celebrations are yet to come, so Suffolk Constabulary
is issuing a reminder to party-goers to have a...
Following the busy Christmas period
residents are being asked to cut down on their waste and go greener
for the New Year.
Police would like to warn members of the
public that pavements and minor roads remain hazardous in places
today with icy conditions still present. The...
Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) is reminding cyclists to ride safely in the town centre
during this busy time of year and that cycling is...
Suffolk Police are continuing to appeal
for anyone who was at the Caribbean Club or in the vicinity in the
early hours of Saturday 19th December 2009 to...
Two people have been rewarded for taking
part in Brake Week in Suffolk. Brake Road Safety Week ran between
Monday 23rd and Sunday 29th November and was...
Suffolk Constabulary is reminding
motorists to be aware of the one-way system in effect in Angel
Lane, Woodbridge. Angel Lane became a one-way street...
Lowestoft Charter Trustees is asking the
people of Lowestoft to play a role in setting its budget for
2010-11.
Individuals selling dangerous vehicles
from the district?s verges have been caught thanks to a crackdown
by a partnership of local agencies.
The Southwold and Halesworth Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) were out in force last Saturday as they
took to the streets of Southwold town centre with
the...
Waveney District Council has been
recognised by making the shortlist of the leading local government
awards scheme in Britain.
The Sudbury and Great Cornard Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will be out in the community this
Christmas, reminding residents to act responsibly
while...
PC Charly Lingwood has embarked on a new
role for Suffolk Constabulary, working as its first Retail /
Business Commerce Officer. PC Lingwood is attached...
The efforts of local campaigners hoping
to preserve a historical landmark have been successful and a
decision on the future of Trimley St Mary railway station building
has been postponed.
Newmarket is welcoming a new sector
commander. Inspector Neil Ireland replaces Inspector Simon Clifton
who will in the new year become the Area Support...
Suffolk Police can confirm that the
43-year-old man, arrested on Saturday 22nd August 2009 on suspicion
of the murder of Richard Clarke, answered bail...
Reflective wristbands are being given
out to partygoers in Bury St Edmunds this Christmas and New Year,
as part of Suffolk Constabulary?s Staysafe cam...
Mid Suffolk is welcoming a new district
commander....
Suffolk Constabulary?s commitment to
keeping communities updated on how local issues are being tackled
is being strengthened this month with the launch...
The Waveney Campus project partners met
on 17 December and moved to end a period of considerable
uncertainty surrounding the project.
Suffolk Constabulary, as part of the
Suffolk Resilience Forum, is working with partners such as Suffolk
County Council, NHS Suffolk, and district and
borough...
Expert Wound
Nurses
News supplied by: The Ipswich Hospital NHS
Trust
Published: 18 December 2009 11:36
Expert wound nurses at Ipswich Hospital
are on the move - leaving their treatment unit and taking care
direct to patients on wards.
Glynis Mackay has joined Suffolk
Constabulary as a Police Support Volunteer (PSV), working at
Haverhill Police Station as part of Haverhill Safer
Neighbourhood...
Suffolk Police remind people to be alert
and take extra care on the county?s roads after the evenings
weather conditions. The low temperatures and snow...
A service that helps elderly or disabled
people overwhelmed by the prospect of repairing or adapting their
homes is proving handy to Suffolk Coastal?s most vulnerable
residents.
Suffolk Police are urging motorists to
be alert and take extra care on the county?s roads as winter
approaches. Darker days and deteriorating weather...
Waveney District Council will be open
over Christmas and the waste collection timetable will be brought
forward so everybody receives a collection.
Suffolk Coastal residents can continue
as normal this Christmas with the council offices at Melton Hill
being open for two days during the Christmas period and more
services than ever available online.
Waveney hosted the Energy Challenges
seminar to provide its decision makers with the knowhow to access
quality information on renewable energy.
Suffolk Coastal?s Community Safety
Partnership (CSP) in collaboration with the Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) will be out in the community this Christmas reminding
residents to act responsibly while enjoying themselves during the
festive season.
Suffolk Constabulary is working in
partnership with Chantry High School to introduce Police Community
Support Officer (PCSO), Emma Billett, into the
school...
Even more residents are now able to
ensure a cosy New Year thanks to a new pilot scheme to help ensure
eligible residents can take advantage of free loft
insulation.
After 30 years service, Police Constable
(PC) Raoul Pidgeon, who has responsibility for Trimley St Martin
and Trimley St Mary, is to retire on Wednesday...
Kesgrave and North East Ipswich Safer
Neighbourhood Teams (SNT) and the Consultation Team from Suffolk
Police joined forces to organise a two-hour workshop...
The ?fantastic contribution? which a
Police Community Support Officer has made to helping everyone using
West Suffolk Hospital feel safe and secure has...
Skin cancer patients at Ipswich Hospital
will be the first in the UK to be treated by new state-of-the-art
equipment.
Suffolk Constabulary is launching a
Christmas campaign against domestic violence as the festive season
approaches...
Suffolk police are urging residents
across the county to help keep their Christmas presents and
valuables safe and secure over the festive period. ...
As National Tree Week draws to a close
Suffolk Coastal?s Parish Tree Scheme celebrates continuing to make
a green difference across the district.
Shoppers in Copdock will be given advice
on keeping themselves and their property safe this Christmas, with
two crime reduction sessions being held at...
Youngsters in Great Barton are getting
an early Christmas present this year as new equipment is being
installed in their playground this week, thanks to funding from the
West Suffolk LSP, the Parish Council, Havebury Housing and
others.
Thanks to local support for one of
Suffolk Coastal?s oldest train stations its future is starting to
look a little brighter as it receives backing from the community
and high profile organisations.
Working together has proved to be a
recipe for success in Suffolk. The county is the only one in the
country to be awarded three green flags as part...
Waveney is a better council, making
clear improvements according to the first ever ?Organisational
Assessment? by the Audit Commission.
Moyses Hall, the local museum in the
historic centre of Bury St Edmunds, has been awarded national
accreditation by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
(MLA)
On the third anniversary of the murder
of 24-year-old Jimoh Plunkett at Ipswich?s Zest nightclub Suffolk
Police are again renewing appeals for information...
Waveney District Council has announced
new powers to recover unpaid Council Tax.
The Council continues to monitor low
beach levels over the North Denes frontage in
Lowestoft.
Suffolk Police have donated 102
Christmas present shoebox parcels for the Samaritan?s Purse
Operation Christmas Child this year compared to 93 that
were...
- Over the last three years Town Pastors
have been on the streets of various towns in Suffolk providing a
Christian response to local problems. - They...
Suffolk Police is asking members of the
public to send in nominations for the Constabulary?s top
award.
Local people are being encouraged to get
involved with the protection and preservation of the district?s
green spaces, helping them to stay at their best for many years to
come.
The third and final heat of this year?s
Soundwaves Ultimate Bands contest saw the last group of bands and
artists performing for a sought after place in the
final.
Police in Lowestoft are to feature in a
new three-part ITV 1 documentary that will be screened from
tomorrow, Tuesday 8 December. Coastline Cops is...
As Christmas approaches, Suffolk Police
is launching the Staysafe campaign to remind pub, club and
partygoers to have a night to remember rather than a...
Following the usual tradition, Santa
will again be taking up residence in his grotto in Moyse’s Hall,
Bury St Edmunds
Senior schools across the district are
being urged to take part in a special emergency planning exercise
being held next month which will be based around a major coastal
flooding incident at Felixstowe.
Because over 1,100 individual comments
were received on the recent consultation on the distribution of
housing across the district, Suffolk Coastal has decided that it
needs more time to fully assess them and has postponed its
scheduled meetings about the Core Strategy.
A CCTV system in Felixstowe town centre
has been hailed a success thanks to the dedication and commitment
of police volunteers donating their time..
Today, Thursday 3rd December, at Ipswich
Crown Court, Daniel Fiddes, Paul Stevenson, Daniel Pugh, Tom
Nicholls and Paul Watchman have been sentenced for...
A course helping overweight children
improve their fitness and overall health is rolling out across the
county’s schools and leisure centres.
The Active Waveney Sports Partnership is
launching a new Disability Sports Forum to promote opportunities in
the Waveney area.
Waveney District Council has received
recommendations in respect of Members Allowances for the period 1
April 2010 to 31 March 2011.
Staff from the north-east Suffolk Victim
Care Centre, supported by Waveney Domestic Violence Forum, will be
at the Britten Centre in Lowestoft today,...
Suffolk's residents who want to see
three unitary councils in the county will not have their case heard
by the organisation parachuted in to carve up local government
following today's Appeal Court judgment which has set aside an
earlier ruling.
Following a typical increase for this
time of year in reports of winter vomiting disease caused by
Norovirus Suffolk Coastal?s food and safety team are advising food
businesses in the district to take extra precautions and maintain
high levels of food hygiene to help prevent its spread.
Council leaders say residents' voices
will be heard, despite today's Appeal Court judgment which has set
aside an earlier ruling.
Exhibition News
News supplied by: Bury St Edmunds Art
Gallery
Published: 02 December 2009 10:20
Exhibition News
Two Police Community Support Officers
from Ipswich (and Father Christmas) are hoping to lift the spirits
of children again this year at The Ipswich Hospital...
WDC is asking the people of Lowestoft to
take part in the development of Community Boards and get involved
in local decision-making.
Residents and visitors looking for a
local Christmas shopping experience this year can take again
advantage of free parking at Suffolk Coastal?s Melton Hill car
park.
Woodbridge and District Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) checked almost 350 vehicles during a
crackdown on speeding on Thursday 26th November. The
day,...
Suffolk Constabulary is launching a
hard-hitting radio and poster campaign in support of National Rape
Awareness Week (Monday 30th November ?...
Cadets who serve with the 2470 (Sudbury)
Squadron Air Training Corps will be boosting their first aid
training, thanks to funding from the West Suffolk LSP.
Two specialist heart nurses are
developing cardiac services at the hospital by helping inpatients
on wards. Rob Fiddy and Sue Lawrence are the hospital’s new acute
coronary syndrome (ACS) nurse specialists – helping patients on all
the wards with suspected or diagnosed heart conditions.
An ambitious investment programme
targeted at improving all aspects of life across the whole of the
district which has been agreed by the Suffolk Coastal Local
Strategic Partnership (LSP) was outlined recently at its annual
forum.
Residents in Suffolk Coastal are using
their green-fingered skills to take part in a Guinness World Record
attempt during the special Tree O?Clock event designed to help the
environment and increase the number of trees in the UK.
The East of England Development Agency
is urging people to register their demand for faster broadband
services.
The Volunteer Centre Mid Suffolk is now
holding outreach sessions every Thursday morning at Elmswell
Library for local people who may want to find out about
volunteering in their community.
More programmes to help victims of
domestic violence will soon be available across west Suffolk,
thanks to funding from the West Suffolk LSP.
This month’s concert at Milestones Jazz
Club on Sunday 6 December features punchy jazz from the next
generation of jazz musicians - The Steve Gilbertson
Quartet.
Major improvements to Deben Swimming
Pool in Woodbridge, means that the pool will be closed to swimmers
for four weeks from next Monday.
Council Leader Cllr Mark Bee is calling
for two central Government departments to ?work with Waveney? to
protect jobs and communities.
WDC has announced periods of free
parking across the district in the build-up to Christmas and
further changes, which will bring added benefits.
Waveney District Council has achieved
the coveted ?gold standard? Charter Plus Award for Elected Member
Development.
WDC provides additional grant aid
support to the North East Suffolk branch of the Citizen?s Advice
Bureau (NESCAB).
Suffolk Constabulary has joined a
nationwide campaign to make the public aware of the standards of
service they can expect from their police. The
Justice...
Suffolk Constabulary?s Chief Constable,
Simon Ash and Suffolk Police Authority members attended the Suffolk
Police and Anglian Home Improvements Young People of the Year
Awards....
The Central Lowestoft Safer
Neighbourhood Team are beginning a campaign in the run up to the
Christmas season to crack down on purse thefts and shop
lifters...
Suffolk?s Community Speed Watch
initiative is enjoying continued success as the scheme launches in
the St Edmundsbury Rural North area this month.
Local...
In celebration of the first European
Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) the Suffolk Waste Partnership is
promoting the Love Food Hate Waste campaign and will be visiting
Suffolk Coastal to help residents cut down on waste.
Three new priorities have been set by
Woodbridge and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) following
feedback from members of the public. The new...
Dell Primary pupils saw the benefits of
their recycling efforts, when they received a cheque for taking
part in the Recycle for Schools scheme.
Elmswell WON!!!
News supplied by: ELmswell Parish
Council
Published: 24 November 2009 13:59
We Won!!!
Moving
on
News supplied by: The Ipswich NHS Hospital
Trust
Published: 24 November 2009 13:37
Ipswich Hospital has been selected as
one of just 12 hospitals in the UK to look at new ways of improving
care for patients who are completing cancer treatment.
Doctors and nurses are swapping their
stethoscopes for training shoes to raise money for a children's
heart scanner at Ipswich Hospital.
Chills and thrills are on the menu at
Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 6 December at 2pm.
Join a Victorian gentleman to hear two classic M.R. James ghost
stories; ‘The Mezzotint’ (1904) and ‘Casting the Runes’
(1911).
The district?s newest play area, the
final local project to be funded by the BIG Lottery Fund is now
complete and ready for action.
As the Home Office launches its latest
Policing Pledge campaign this week, latest figures from Suffolk
Constabulary show that the introduction of a new...
Residents are being warned to be
cautious of bogus telephone callers contacting residents and
businesses in the district claiming that they are entitled to a
Council Tax or national non-domestic rate (business rate)
rebate.
Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart
Gull is to be awarded the Queen?s Police Medal at a ceremony to be
held at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 24th November...
On Wednesday 25th November, Romanian
policing, Refuge and social care professionals will be visiting
Suffolk as part of the Tranzit-Domestic Violence
Programme...
The Suffolk Coastal Resource Network
(SCRN) is continuing to take its services on tour with a special
lunchtime networking event next week in Saxmundham.
Suffolk Coastal is trying to contact
family members of anyone buried in its Aldeburgh, Leiston,
Saxmundham or Woodbridge cemeteries between 1974 - 1984 where the
plots have been purchased under an exclusive right of
burial.
Disability charity Optua has a few
places available for its trip to Bluewater shopping centre next
Thursday (26 November).
As part of Brake Road Safety Week
(23rd-29th November) drivers in Felixstowe with a Section 59
warning are being urged to attend a Learn and Live
presentation...
Suffolk Police Constable Dave Solomon
will be undertaking an unusual commute to work on Friday 20
November all in aid of Children in Need. Dave, a
Driving...
Local youngsters can now start their
journey to becoming the Olympic stars of tomorrow by trying their
hand at track and field events at one of two upcoming athletics
taster sessions.
Surprised and disappointed was the
reaction of Suffolk Coastal to the decision last Friday (November
13) by Ipswich Crown Court that resulted in charges against three
defendants for causing and executing unlawful works to Darsham
House not being allowed to proceed.
WDC?s Building Control Team sprang into
action this weekend, when strong winds hit Lowestoft, affecting
over 200 buildings and structures.
Road Safety Week in Suffolk is being
launched with a Road Safety Awareness day at the ARC shopping
centre in Bury St Edmunds between 10am and 2pm on
Sunday...
Four officers from Newmarket have raised
?736 pounds for the ?Make A Wish Foundation? charity, after
fearlessly sky diving. PCSO Nicola Amey, PCSO Hannah...
Tourist Information Centre?s (TIC?s) in
Lowestoft and Southwold, were celebrating following the results of
the National TIC Mystery Shopper Campaign.
Smaller clubs and organisations will be
better able to host events in Haverhill thanks to the Town Council
paying for an entertainment licence with funding from the West
Suffolk LSP.
People who are blind or visually
impaired can now get free home safety checks thanks to funding from
the West Suffolk LSP.
Young people from across Waveney will
take part in a national safety initiative aimed at Year 6 Middle
School pupils.
WDC is hosting an Information Market,
bringing a wide range of local support agencies under one roof to
offer advice and answer your questions.
Hundreds of purse alarms will be handed
out in Bury St Edmunds from Wednesday 25th November, as police in
the town begin a high-profile anti-purse theft...
If you live in the north of the Mid
Suffolk District, you are almost certain to have a Neighbourhood
Watch Scheme in your area. Recent figures have
revealed...
Children who need help with their
emotions or behaviour will now be able to benefit from new play
therapy sessions available through the Kernos Centre, thanks to
funding from the West Suffolk LSP.
Teenagers in Sudbury will now be
enjoying high definition sports and movies at the new ScreenZone,
thanks to funding from The Baxter’s Foundation and the West Suffolk
LSP.
Children in two rural Suffolk schools
are to help the Saxmundham and Framlingham Safer Neighbourhood Team
(SNT) launch the ?Kill Your Speed - Not Me? campaign...
The Children’s Weight Management Team is
a new project to help children and young people aged 2 – 19 in
Suffolk tackle any concerns they have about being
overweight.
Moyse’s Hall Museum is to throwing open
its doors for free to welcome shoppers to its third special
historical Christmas market being held from 10am to 6pm on Friday
27 and Saturday 28 November and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday 29
November.
Ipswich Hospital patients who have
keyhole surgery to remove their gall bladder are set to benefit
from a new programme to treat them as day cases.
Bird lovers can enjoy a close encounter
with their feathered friends at West Stow Country Park on Sunday 22
November between 9am and 11.30am when local experts will be
catching, examining and ringing a variety of wild birds that live
in and visit the park.
The second edition of the Suffolk
Coastal Arts Directory has just been published and promises to be
another valuable boost to the local arts community.
WDC's tenants are being urged not to
?suffer in silence? and contact the Housing Team if they allow rent
arrears to build up.
WDC is exploring the benefits of
on-shore renewable energy and, more specifically, ?wood as a
sustainable and renewable fuel?.
Three new priorities have been set for
Southwold and Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) following
feedback from members of the public and local...
Over ?700,000 worth of drugs was seized
and 60 people were arrested during a week-long covert operation to
tackle the supply of controlled drugs in Su...
The decision for planning application
C09/1119/FUL, submitted for the development of log cabins in
Wenhaston, has been postponed to allow further
consideration.
The first step in the development
control process has been taken for a major planning application in
the Walton area near Felixstowe expected to be submitted by agents
for landowners Trinity College.
Young people up to the age of 18 will be
limbering up to take part in the first ever Young People’s Music
Festival in Haverhill on Friday 20 November, thanks to funding from
the West Suffolk LSP, Haverhill Town Council, Tesco and
others.
Join in an upbeat extravaganza of local
talent and celebrate Christmas in exuberant style!
POLICE WARN PUBLIC TO BEWARE OF
DISTRACTION BURGLARS Police are warning members of the public to be
vigilant against distraction burglaries..
Local communities are one step closer to
living a sustainable life thanks to training sessions giving advice
on how to reduce dependency on dwindling fossil fuels.
A Joint Cabinet Task Group is set to be
created to help Suffolk Coastal and Waveney work closer together
and make their services more efficient.
Special constables from across West
Suffolk have been rewarded for their dedication and hard work over
the past year, at an assembly at the British Sugar...
It's the end of an era at Bury St
Edmunds Police Station, as one of the mechanics based there retires
this month. The trio of Tony Armstrong, 60, Norman...
A joint project between local Councils
and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has focussed on hand car
washes in the district to ensure they comply with health and safety
legislation.
A dispersal order in the Queensway area
of Ipswich has been extended until May 2010, following a
consultation with local residents. On 2nd November...
Lukeswood - Elmswell's community
woodland project - has been chosen for the final of the People's
Millions TV competition.
Abbey Transport have notified us of
their intention to move another large boat from Fairline Boots in
Oundle to the Haven Marina in Ipswich. The load...