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Discover untold stories of Ipswich men in WW2

This year we celebrate 80 years since VE Day. To mark this historic occasion, the Suffolk Archives are hosting an event on Saturday 8th November ‘80 years since VE Day – Ipswich men who fought in World War 2’.  Join us in honouring the Ipswich men who fought and fell during World War Two. The…

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Ipswich News

Exhibition charts Ipswich’s criminal past

Was Margaret Catchpole a criminal or a woman charting her own path? Decide for yourself when her personal letters written to friends and family during her Australian exile go on show in the UK for the first time. On loan from the National Library of Australia, and the State Library of New South Wales, the…

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Fireworks Spectacular

Ipswich’s annual fireworks event will take place in the town’s historic Christchurch Park on Saturday 1st November 2025.  Don’t miss out on the bonfire, fire performances and street artistes as well a host of other attractions that await you during an evening filled with excitement and entertainment at the biggest and most renowned fireworks event…

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Free Parking for Remembrance Events

Parking charges will again be lifted for Remembrance Sunday events in communities across East Suffolk. As in previous years, free parking will be provided in many East Suffolk Council car parks to support commemorations on Sunday 9th November. Parking charges will be suspended for a period of five hours – either between 8am and 1pm,…

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Hop It auction raises £250,000

After a summer of colour and creativity across Suffolk, St Elizabeth Hospice’s Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 art trail ended in style with a fundraising auction that raised more than £250,000 for the independent charity. Running from 21st June to 29th August, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 was the hospice’s fourth art trail, featuring more…

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Review: Don’t Look Now

Don’t Look Now, currently on stage at Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre, is based on the 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier. Du Maurier was a brilliant author and playwright — and when you see her name attached to a story, you just know you’re in for a treat. Think of The Birds, Rebecca and Jamaica Inn — all famously…

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