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Warning issued after disposable barbecue sets bin on fire

A warning has been issued after a disposable barbecue set fire to a bin in a seaside town.  Firefighters were alerted to a blaze in Aldeburgh at about 4.45pm on Saturday.  The bin fire is believed to have been caused by a disposable barbecue

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Man, 30, sentenced for attacking woman with baseball bat in row

A 30-year-old Colchester man who attacked a woman with a baseball bat during an argument has been given a suspended prison sentence. George Mitchell had grabbed hold of the woman’s arm causing scratches and when she laughed at him he had picked

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Summer beer and cider festival coming to three Suffolk pubs

A summer beer and cider festival is coming to Suffolk pubs next month.  Pub group Chestnut is hosting the event on weekends at three of its venues across Suffolk.  Guests will be able to savour a selection of beers, ales and ciders using pre-paid

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'The best so far' - Three day carnival celebrations to mark event's 80th anniversary

With less than a month to go, the countdown is on ahead of one of Suffolk's most historic carnivals turns 80. The aptly named "Anything 80!" is the theme for this year's Aldeburgh Carnival which started all the way back in 1944. The three day

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Felixstowe man fined after conviction for stalking

A Felixstowe man who "bombarded" a woman with messages and turned up of at her place of work has been convicted of stalking. Mark Payne, who is of Langer Road in the east Suffolk resort, appeared before Suffolk Magistrates' Court in Ipswich.

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Morsy nets crisp winner as Town beat Shakhtar Donetsk in Austria

Sam Morsy scored a crisp winner from outside the box as Ipswich Town started their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk in Austria. Morsy ran onto a fine Wes Burns lay-off to drill the ball into the bottom corner from the

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Animal feeding at farm resumes after E.coli outbreak

Animal feeding has resumed at a farm which was forced to temporarily close after members of the public fell sick.  Visitors will be able to feed animals at Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm once again after a new animal contact zone was put in place

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Seafood restaurant named among best UK places to eat on the coast

A fish restaurant has been named one of the best places to eat in the country.  The Good Food Guide shared its favourite restaurants and cafes to eat at on UK beaches with Sole Bay Fish Company in Southwold making it onto the list.  The restaurant

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Matchday Recap: How Town's 1-0 friendly win against Shakhtar Donetsk played out

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See inside new restaurant selling unlimited wood-fired pizza for £12.50

A new restaurant serving bottomless wood-fired pizza has opened in a Suffolk town. Slices, a bottomless pizza restaurant, opened at the former premises of Dough&Co in Abbeygate Street in Bury St Edmunds at 12pm on Friday. Some of the unlimited

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'We have lost a great ambassador for wildlife'

Renowned Suffolk naturalist Steve Piotrowski has died at the age of 72. Steve, who I first met in 1978 at his beloved Landguard Point near Felixstowe, was, quite simply, a force of nature and a force for nature. That meeting was the beginning

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Site that had been earmarked for new Wetherspoon pub now under offer

An offer has been made for a site in a Suffolk seaside town that had once been earmarked for a new branch of pub chain Wetherspoon. Land at 201 Hamilton Road in Felixstowe is currently on the market with estate agents Savills with a list price

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Search after hit-and-run strikes walkers and dog

A search is continuing for a driver after a hit-and-run struck a group of walkers in a village on the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border. A man and woman were walking with a seven-year-old child and a dog when a small white hatchback mounted the pavement

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What does a Labour government mean for the rural sector?

William Hargreaves from Savills discusses what the new political landscape means for farmers and landowners. At the start of the year the Labour party said a new deal for farmers had to be delivered, as more than 6,000 agricultural businesses had

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Would you buy an Alfa Romeo from Jeremy Clarkson? A Suffolk man hopes so

TV motor show presenter Jeremy Clarkson once said that you're not a true petrolhead until you've owned an Alfa Romeo. Now Felixstowe resident Angus Thody is trying to remind car enthusiasts of the former Top Gear presenter's sales pitch by using

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Row over bid for blue plaque to mark gig by The Clash which caused 'mayhem'

An historic society has opposed a bid for a blue plaque to mark a punk gig that caused "mayhem" in a Suffolk town.  The Bury Society will not back calls for a blue plaque at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds, currently a Wetherspoon pub, to

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‘Persistent’ sex offender who tried to groom boys jailed

A sex offender who attempted to groom three teenage boys has been jailed for three years. John Paul Card, 76, admitted breaching a previous sexual harm prevention order on three separate occasions and approaching the boys to start “unsettling”

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Person comes forward after art trail sculpture is vandalised

Charity bosses have confirmed a person has come forward after one of its sculptures, which forms part of a trail, was vandalised.  An Ipswich Town-themed eagle owl statue in Eye was destroyed in an act of vandalism on Thursday night. The statue

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Tech firm apologises as businesses caught up in global IT outage

The chief of a US tech company has apologised after Suffolk and north Essex businesses were affected by a global IT outage caused by a software update. George Kurtz, chief executive of CrowdStrike, the firm at the heart of the global IT outage

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All you need to know about Town's pre-season ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk friendly

Ipswich Town are set to play their first pre-season friendly this afternoon as they prepare for the upcoming Premier League campaign. Alex Jones shares everything you need to know about the five games... Town will face Shakhtar Donetsk in their

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Former Blue Peter presenter acts as celebrity judge at dog show

A Suffolk dog show drew crowds with a celebrity judge and a variety of unique categories. The annual event took place at Foxearth Lodge, in Woodbridge, with revered Blue Peter presenter and Crufts commentator, Peter Purves, stepping in as judge