‘Ipswich News’ Archives
Cheaper car parking in Ipswich
Thousands more visitors to Ipswich are taking advantage of cheap parking deals in the town centre, it has been announced. The Borough Council has slashed the price of its short-stay shopper car parks to £1 per hour and figures show nearly 20,000 extra customers are using [Read More]
Head to Fore St this weekend….
Ipswich’s Fore Street Food, Fashion & Flowers Market will be held this Sunday, 3rd March, from 10am to 4pm. There will be food stalls, which will include cheese, preserves, pies and cakes. Fashion stalls will display clothing, jewellery, accessories, pictures and [Read More]
Be part of Waterfront Food Festival
The Waterfront Food Festival will be held at Orwell Quay on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May, and local businesses can be involved and get a discount of trading pitches. The festival will feature a line up of regional, national and international hot and cold [Read More]
Mo-ve over Mo Farah
While Mo Farah is breaking records elsewhere, participants of the the free community event, Ipswich Parkrun, have broken the long distance tape in just 22 runs in Chantry Park. Starting on Saturday 2nd March, organisers of the 5k runs are sending participants on tour, to [Read More]
Singers help Brooke
Suffolk Soul Singers, the Ipswich-based community choir that specialises in soul and gospel music, have raised £200 towards the Brooke’s Wish To Walk Appeal. The choir raised the funds by doing a busking gig at Tower Ramparts and Buttermarket Shopping Centres in Ipswich. [Read More]
Keeping warm advice
Help and advice on keeping warm is available at a special roadshow organised by The Warm Homes Healthy People initiative who provide advice for older or more vulnerable residents to receive support and guidance on a range of issues. Included in the free help on offer is [Read More]
Hospital Radio Ipswich Open Day
Have you ever wanted to visit a radio station? Well today (Saturday 23rd February) Hospital Radio Ipswich is holding an Open Day. The station broadcasts to patients of the Ipswich Hospital on Heath Road as well as via the internet on it’s website www.hri.org.uk. [Read More]
Beds for rough sleepers
With the temperatures set to fall again this week, Ipswich Borough Council has announced it is to re-activate it’s emergency beds scheme for rough sleepers from tomorrow (Tuesday 19th February) until further notice. There are 12 cold weather beds which are provided in [Read More]
Councillor resigns
Ipswich Borough Councillor Ken Bates has resigned from the Council with immediate effect, citing medical concerns. He represented Alexandra Ward for the Liberal Democrats since May 2010. [Read More]
Mike the Knight comes to town
Popular children’s character, Mike the Knight, will be making a special visit to meet some of his friends at Tower Ramparts shopping centre in Ipswich this half term. There will be five opportunities for families to see Mike the Knight as the character makes special [Read More]
