Summary

  • Updates for Wednesday, 21 June 2017

  • The first ever Suffolk Day is here!

  • Kids in wigs: Students mark Suffolk Day by dressing as Ed Sheeran

  • More than 6,000 people take part in Bury St Edmunds plan consultation

  • An Ipswich woman is fined £200 for discarded fag end

  1. Two hurt in pub burger van blastpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 23 August 2020

    A gas cylinder leaked and exploded near Stowmarket railway station, sending shards of glass in the air.

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  2. Train station evacuated after explosionpublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 22 August 2020

    Two people are treated for minor injuries after being hurt in the blast in Stowmarket.

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  3. Body of young whale washed up on beachpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 22 August 2020

    Marine investigators say they will try to find out how the juvenile Sowerby's beaked whale died.

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  4. Boss loses post as 250-year-old store cuts 90 jobspublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    The chief executive is made redundant as the group axes jobs in "Covid-related" cuts.

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  5. Brewery boss 'rose from cleaner to chief exec'published at 11:18 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Karen Hester began as a part-time cleaner in 1988 and is now responsible for 500 staff.

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  6. Troubled Wigan start season at Ipswichpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 21 August 2020

    Relegated Wigan Athletic - currently in administration - will start their 2020-21 League One campaign away at Ipswich Town.

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  7. Fire crews tackle recycling centre blazepublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 19 August 2020

    Staff at the facility use diggers to help firefighters remove burnt and burning waste.

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  8. EFL Trophy group stage draw madepublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    The 16 groups for the 2020-21 EFL Trophy are drawn, with Manchester United's Under-21s in the same group as Salford City.

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  9. Barrow go to Derby in EFL Cuppublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 18 August 2020

    Norwich City face Luton and newly promoted Barrow take on Wayne Rooney's Derby in the EFL Cup first round.

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  10. Ipswich sign Ward, Hawkins & Cornellpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 17 August 2020

    League One Ipswich Town sign Stephen Ward, Oli Hawkins and David Cornell on free transfers.

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  11. Leaving party for transplant lockdown dadpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 14 August 2020

    After seven months in hospital organ transplant patient Richard Priest goes home to his family.

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  12. Overheated machines cause airfield fire explosionspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 14 August 2020

    At its height, 13 fire crews were tackling the massive blaze at an industrial unit on Thursday.

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  13. Arrest over £110k Covid small business loan fraudpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 14 August 2020

    A woman was arrested in Ipswich after the crypto-currency fraud was discovered.

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  14. 'It's like someone's hammering your bones'published at 00:06 British Summer Time 14 August 2020

    Coronavirus is making life even more difficult for people with sickle cell disease.

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  15. Man died after 'rapid and vicious' street attackpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Richard Day suffered fatal injuries "within seconds" of the beating in Ipswich, a court hears.

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  16. Explosions heard at industrial fire on airfieldpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Thirteen fire crews are tackling the blaze at an industrial unit.

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  17. Smoke billows from industrial unit after explosionspublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Video shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the scene of an industrial fire.

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  18. Skater with 'catastrophic' head injury back homepublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Sid Hudson, 16, was put in an induced coma after he fell at his local skate park in Bury St Edmunds.

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  19. A selection of photos from Cromer beach...published at 18:23 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    This is what you get when a former plasterer and damp-proofer puts his skills to building sandcastles.

    Chris Rammell, from Surrey is up in Cromer for a week with his family, and says it will have taken three hours to complete.

    sandcastle

    Come on, drop some chips or we'll have to dive-bomb you...

    Gulls on a roof

    The Glide School teaches people how to surf safely...

    Glide School in Cromer

    RNLI Lifeguard Rob Riches is planning a cycle ride to raise funds for the Cromer Surf Lifesave Club and the mental health charity Mind.

    He intends to pedal from Land's End in Cornwall to to Ness Point at Lowestoft, and then on to Cromer.

  20. 'We're super busy' says beach-side fish and chips cafepublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    Flora Tea Rooms, DunwichImage source, Google

    "I'd say business is up and the beaches are busier than ever," says the owner of a Dunwich cafe that is well-known for its fish and chips.

    Christian Elsley, co-owner of Flora Tea Rooms next to the beach, said its car park is usually full by lunchtime and recently every day had been "like August Bank Holiday".

    "We lost three months' income during lockdown, but I think we've had a good summer so far.

    "I can't compare it to last year as there's two of us running it this year, but I feel like it's busier because we've had a good run of hot weather, just scorching, and we're super busy."

    Today, lots of people are taking advantage of the half price Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, but social distancing means only half his 23 inside and 16 outside tables are available, while others pick up takeaways and head to the beach.