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. 'Third-time lucky' festival hopes for Snow Patrolpublished at 04:17 British Summer Time 18 July 2020

    The band were hit by personal health issues in 2019 and the festival has been cancelled this year.

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  2. Why a cancelled music festival leaves a 'big void'published at 14:19 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Haim, Liam Gallagher and The Chemical Brothers were due to play at Latitude this weekend.

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  3. Capaldi and Snow Patrol to play Latitude 2021published at 09:15 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    The event, cancelled this year, is due to take place in Suffolk in July next year.

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  4. Financial losses cause elderly charity to foldpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Age UK Suffolk is to close with the loss of 145 jobs.

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  5. 'Economics not good' - Vaughan to quitpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Trainer Ed Vaughan cites reduced prize money as he reveales plans to give up his British licence.

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  6. Black couple's quizzing by police to be probedpublished at 02:12 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi was accused of "jumping on the bandwagon" when she complained to officers.

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  7. Ed Sheeran erects 'drive safe' signspublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    The singer whose hit single features the lyric "driving at 90" is erecting safety signs around his home county.

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  8. New 2021 date for Covid-hit Latitude Festivalpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 15 July 2020

    The annual music and arts festival, held in Henham Park, Southwold, will return in July 2021.

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  9. Out of county knee and hip ops 'disappointing'published at 19:37 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    An MP is unhappy that a £44m orthopaedic centre will treat patients from two hospitals.

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  10. Error delays children's centres shake-up decisionpublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    Opposition councillors say plans to revamp 38 children's services are "a shambles".

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  11. Government's £170m pledge on flood defencespublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    More than half the funds will go to schemes across Yorkshire and on the Suffolk coast.

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  12. Courgette seeds recalled after growers fall illpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    People who ate the highly bitter courgettes say they had cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting.

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  13. Owners film empty pub after lockdownpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 14 July 2020

    The owners of a village pub have pleaded for customers to return.

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  14. Teenagers deny murdering man outside takeawaypublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 13 July 2020

    The 45-year-old victim was found injured after a night out to see his brother's band.

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  15. 'It's time the voices of the voiceless are heard'published at 10:26 British Summer Time 11 July 2020

    An 18-year-old says he wants to inspire other young people to "go out there and make their mark".

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  16. What the papers are saying in Suffolkpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 10 July 2020

    • The rate of coronavirus infection in Suffolk has risen slightly, according to new public health data – but remains one of the lowest in England, the East Anglian Daily Times, external reports
    • A popular independent cinema is back open after three months of no business, reports the Bury Free Press, external
    • A building occupied by Hope Church is likely to be demolished and replaced by new council homes when worshippers move to the former Odeon cinema next year, the Ipswich Star , externalreports
  17. Thieves steal 17 dogs from kennels 'for breeding'published at 16:31 British Summer Time 10 July 2020

    Among the stolen dogs were 13 Lhasa apso and Labrador puppies.

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  18. How libraries provided a lifeline in lockdownpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 10 July 2020

    Libraries kept in touch with customers via various acts of kindness as the coronavirus pandemic hit.

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  19. A14 bridge 'needs more cameras' to stay open in high windspublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 10 July 2020

    Jason Noble
    Suffolk Local Democracy Reporter

    The Orwell Bridge, external could stay open in high winds as long as a 40mph speed limit can be enforced with more speed cameras, Highways England told Ipswich Borough Council, external’s scrutiny committee last night.

    Simon Amor, Highways England, external’s head of planning and development, said final wind tunnel testing for validation of the new design is expected to last about four weeks.

    Orwell BridgeImage source, Highways England

    But Mr Amor confirmed that while the existing average speed cameras for the bridge (used to enforce the general 60mph limit) could be used, more speed cameras were needed.

    He said: "The design itself hasn’t been affected by coronavirus so we have managed to progress that.

    "We can’t have a lower speed limit if you can’t enforce it, and how we enforce it is quite crucial to that."

  20. Tributes paid to former football club directorpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 9 July 2020

    Ipswich Town said Philip Hope-Cobbold's family had been "synonymous" with the club since 1878.

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