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Ipswich: It’s a double celebration for inspirational Brooke Lawrance
Thank you for all of your support.
Those were the words from brave Brooke Lawrance at a party held to thank everyone who helped fund her life-changing operation in America.
Gallery: Fire devastates Memorial Hall in Trimley St Martin: Second blaze in two nights – police treating as suspicious
Crews tackled a blaze which destroyed a village hall overnight – the second major fire in as many days which has rocked a Suffolk village.
Grundisburgh: Medal campaign for Woolwich angel Ingrid Loyau-Kennett
A petition to award Britain’s highest civilian honour to the woman who confronted one of the suspected terrorists accused of murdering soldier Drummer Lee Rigby, has been presented to Downing Street.
Ipswich: Work on £30m flood barrier across New Cut due to start in July
Work on the new flood barrier for Ipswich is due to start next month.
Ipswich: Radio presenter Terry Baxter announces he will leave role
BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Terry Baxter has announced he will leave the role.
- Ipswich: Man arrested on suspicion of rape following Tavern Street incident
- Update: Fuel spillage on A14 cleared
- Video: Publican fled to safety after blaze engulfed barn at The Three Mariners pub in Trimley St Mary
- Video: Arson probe after blast rocks historic Three Mariners pub in Trimley St Mary
- Suffolk/Essex: MPs call for ambulance service board members to resign after damning report
- Suffolk: Almost £200k of office and computer equipment stolen from county council in three years
- Thurston: Family win in education tribunal fight against Suffolk County Council
- Woodbridge: Couple with Royal ‘connection’ welcome their baby daughter into the world
- Suffolk: Visit East Anglia wins new contract to promote county
- Ipswich: Group set up to fight terrorism and promote peace in wake of killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich
- Suffolk: Project to boost region’s coastline gets lottery funding windfall
- Suffolk Coastal: Leiston, Saxmundham and District Citizens Advice Bureau seeing increasingly more complex cases
- Ipswich: Council bosses aim to help first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder
- Ipswich: Jade Bagley, whose body was found at her Ipswich home, died of a drugs overdose
- Gallery: Open day at Bentwaters Cold War Museum draws the crowds
- Gallery: Families out in force for the Woodbridge Cycling Festival
- Felixstowe: First-time buyers to build dream homes
- Ipswich: Orwell Walk stalwart raises £15,000 taking part for 35 years
- Hollesley/London: Prisoner is recaptured after going on the run
- Ipswich: Teen is attacked in attempted robbery
- Ipswich: Debate over hosting of Pearl Izumi Tour Series continues
- Ipswich: Footpath row heading for ombudsman
- Ipswich: Tribute paid to man who was found dead in his Ipswich home
- Suffolk: Fears tough exam could hamper university hopes
- Suffolk: Accomplice of Suffolk prison escapee is jailed for 10 years
- Ipswich: Murder victim Christopher Thompson was strangled after being put in a headlock, court heard
- Great Blakenham: 100 tonnes of rubbish go up in flames at Mason’s landfill site
- Ipswich/Woodbridge: Two teenagers arrested for possession of firearm at Suffolk New College
- Suffolk: European criminals still allowed to hide history of offences upon entering UK, one year on
- Suffolk: Police sergeant admits charge of harassing a colleague
- Woodbridge: Work starts on multi-million-pound investment at Seckford Hall Hotel
- Suffolk: Hottest day of the year expected tomorrow – but no sun
- Ipswich: Chairman hails performance of Waitrose and John Lewis at home stores at Futura Park
- Ipswich: Major traffic delays on A12/A14 at Copdock as lorry overturns
- Gallery: Children enjoy open day at Eye Castle after restoration project
- Suffolk: Worrying drop in number of honey bee colonies
- Elmswell: Little girl is visited by a large four-legged friend after her operation
- Sudbury: Cinema bid gathers pace
- Suffolk: Motorists warned over driving while tired as new figures reveal extent of fatigue-related accidents
- Colchester: Cyclist in serious condition as police appeal for witnesses to crash
- Eye: Concern development plans for airfield will turn businesses away
- Update: Man dies after his car hits tree in Ipswich
- Stonham Parva: Police appeal to trace missing man Stuart Compton after welfare concerns
- Leiston: District council land sale could pave way for supermarket
- Ipswich: Light-pawed moggy is prolific cat burglar
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Update: Police investigating death of man, 34, in Ipswich
Police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man.
- Update: Man dies after his car hits tree in Ipswich
- Poll: Ipswich traders up in arms over Tour Series cycle race “disaster” for business
- Video: Publican fled to safety after blaze engulfed barn at The Three Mariners pub in Trimley St Mary
- Ipswich/Woodbridge: Two teenagers arrested for possession of firearm at Suffolk New College
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Coast path missing link is a big loss for seaside town
One of the poorest decisions made in recent years was not to complete the walkway along the coast from Felixstowe Ferry to Landguard.
- New visitor centre could be a real asset for resort
- Charity shops provide real diversity in town centres
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Cowardly critics hide behind anonymity to attack our town
It’s time to get off my chest a real bugbear I’ve been feeling for some time now – and if it makes some of my readers feel uncomfortable then tough. It’s aimed at you!
- Ipswich: Planning law must not be allowed to put a brake on town’s development
- Money is needed to boost school results
- Question Time sparks equal marriage debate
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Ipswich: Fundraising milestone means work can start on Talitha Koum accommodation block
A charity aiming to build a sanctuary for women battling addiction can now start work on the centre’s accommodation block, thanks to funds raised by individuals and organisations.
- Gallery: Good luck to all of those runners taking on the Virgin London Marathon 2013
- Felixstowe: Runner ready for first-ever marathon
- Sudbury: BBC Sport to follow weight-loss marathon runner who shed eight stone in a year
- Felixstowe: Richard ready for big race after cancer fight
- Capel St Mary: Mum running for family in capital
- Yoxford: Runner hopes London Marathon could spark paralympic dream
- Suffolk: Running community defiant over London Marathon despite tragedy of Boston
- Video: Police review security around London Marathon route as relatives await news on loved ones in Boston
- Update: At least two confirmed dead as explosions hit Boston Marathon in US
- Ipswich: Four-legged friend is helping marathon runner through training sessions
- Stowmarket: Striders stepping up for marathon challenges
- Suffolk: Marathon runners slow the pace ahead of big race - but your support could spur them on
- Mildenhall: Slimmer loses 8st to run London Marathon
- Ringsfield: Minister and his son preparing for marathon challenge
- Ipswich: Words of support spur runners on in final days before London Marathon
- Essex: Husband limbers up for London Marathon while wife prepares for zumbathon
- Braintree: Milkman has bottle for run
- Purdis Farm: Marathon runner will be thinking of her grandmother during gruelling 26.2mile race
- Sudbury: Team attempts to run all the way around the Earth
- Bury St Edmunds: Teacher aims for marathon success
- Wivenhoe: Marathon challenge for charity worker
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Review/Gallery: A pleasant family holiday with young children doesn’t have to be fantasy - as the Gaw family discovered in Woolacombe
The phrase “family holiday” has always seemed like a contradiction in terms. With children aged two and four, the idea that any departure from home and its inbuilt arsenal of coping mechanisms could lead to leisure and relaxation, smacked of fantasy.
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