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05/11/2025
Felixstowe News
Many people growing up in the 60s still remember the pirate radio stations that were anchored off the Suffolk and Essex coasts. In particular the name Radio Caroline which was the first ship to drop anchor just off Felixstowe. A Facebook group, Felixstowe and Offshore Radio is testament to the continuing interest in the pirate…
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Theatre Reviews
How do you solve a problem like Maria? Hot foot it down to the New Wolsey Theatre to find out with CTC’s latest production The Sound of Music. Based on a true story, the much-loved tale of singing family, the Von Trapps is well known and much loved around the world. Maria is scared…
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News
Visitors are being invited to explore the wonderous and sometimes gory world of insects at RSPB Minsmere’s ‘Digger Alley’ during July. Digger Alley looks like a very unassuming site, gaining its name from the large number of burrowing insects that breed and live along this short stretch of sandy path on the Suffolk coast nature…
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Entertainment
This summer, Red Rose Chain will transform Sutton Hoo into great Birnam Wood as one of Shakespeare’s blood thirstiest tragedies, MACBETH, takes centre stage at Suffolk’s BIGGEST and BEST LOVED outdoor theatre event. A breath-taking production in a stunning and atmospheric new setting sees the meeting of two icons of Suffolk’s culture,Theatre in the Forest…
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Entertainment
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of local am-dram/musical theatre group The Company of Four, well-known for their annual pantos and summer shows at The Riverside in Woodbridge, to celebrate their special year they are this week presenting “Thank You Very Much” featuring, as you would expect, lots of musical and dance numbers. The question…
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Featured
Heading to Newmarket at the end of a sweltering summer day, was lovely, catching the last two races of the evening while the sun slowly descended. People beginning to switch from watching the jockeys to staking their claims for the best spots to watch Paloma Faith on a stage overlooking the finishing post. A quick…
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Ipswich News
The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook, Ipswich, finished their month-long celebrations for HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by hosting a weekend of nautical activities for their Festival of the Sea event. As part of the Festival of Suffolk’s Jubilee Celebrations, The Countess of Euston, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk, invited the school to host the…
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Featured
Timetables are now becoming available for the very limited Greater Anglia rail services which are due to run should a national rail strike go ahead next week. The RMT union is holding three 24-hour strikes on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June, with members of the train drivers union ASLEF also striking on…
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News
At the beginning of May, the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary was able to resume it’s exciting flying displays, after the lifting of avian flu restrictions. During the period of ‘bird lockdown’ displays had been suspended and bio-security measures put in place to help to prevent the spread of avian flu in the local area. This also…
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