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19/12/2025
Train operator, Greater Anglia, is launching special Winter ‘Hare Fares’ from just £10 return for a limited time. The new ‘Hare Fares’ offer passengers off-peak returns across the Greater Anglia network with three zones and three simple return prices: £10, £15 and £20, with children travelling for just £2 return each. There is no limit…
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Passengers are being advised to avoid travelling with Greater Anglia, and to check before they do travel, if they do need to make a rail journey on 1 and 3 February, when strike action will affect train services. Members of the train drivers’ union ASLEF and train drivers who are members of the RMT union,…
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Police in Suffolk made 157 arrests during the annual Christmas campaign highlighting the dangers of driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs. The month-long initiative ran between Thursday 1 December until Sunday 1 January, in conjunction with a UK-wide operation organised by the National Police Chiefs’ Council. This year the Constabulary combined with…
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Father Christmas will be making an appearance at Felixstowe’s Landguard Fort during his busy festive schedule this December. The historic site will welcome a visit from Santa on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th December for Felixstowe’s ‘Big Festive Family Treat’. The yuletide festivities will take place from 11am-5pm each day and include Christmas themed rooms…
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Greater Anglia is reminding passengers that there is a rail strike this Saturday – and advising them that a further eight strike dates have been announced for December and January. Train drivers’ union ASLEF is striking this Saturday 26 November, with Greater Anglia only running trains between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, Colchester and Southend…
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As the clocks go back this weekend and the nights get darker, Suffolk police is urging the public to increase their vigilance around home and vehicle security. To prevent the seasonal increase in burglaries and theft from motor vehicles, the force is encouraging householders and motorists to follow some simple crime prevention advice to keep…
Read More about Stay vigilant as clocks go backMonday next week will mark the 23rd anniversary of the disappearance of a teenage girl from Trimley St Mary, as a dedicated team of detectives and police staff continue to investigate her murder. Victoria Hall, aged 17, was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday 19 September 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary….
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Schoolchildren from a Suffolk primary school took a trip by rail to find out the benefits of travelling by train. Thirty pupils and ten teachers from Rose Hill Primary School boarded a Greater Anglia train from Derby Road, Ipswich, to Felixstowe on 6th July and enjoyed a day out at the coast, sponsored by the…
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Felixstowe’s Seafront Gardens has once again been officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks after receiving a Green Flag Award. The serene Victorian cliffside site was today awarded the international quality mark for parks and green spaces for the seventh successive year. This uninterrupted string of awards followed East Suffolk Council’s four-year restoration…
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Witch puppets from the award-winning company who created the puppets for Life of Pi! will take centre stage at Theatre in the Forest’s Macbeth at Sutton Hoo. 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…
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