A PRIVATE grant of £500,000 has been made to DanceEast which will help to make the dance house on Ipswich's Waterfront a reality.

A PRIVATE grant of £500,000 has been made to DanceEast which will help to make the dance house on Ipswich's Waterfront a reality.

The cash has come from The Jerwood Foundation, which is independent and privately financed, and has backed some of the UK's most prestigious arts and education organisations.

See tomorrow's Evening Star for the full story.