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24/05/2022
There is reason for celebration in Stowmarket this week, as Sunday (22nd May) marked 50 years of Dulux paint production at the iconic paint factory. The factory, located on Needham Road, has been an integral part of the Dulux family of factories since 1972, and is renowned for producing the majority of the Dulux white and…
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Children’s charity Action Medical Research is encouraging people in Suffolk to sign up for the RIDE Suffolk Sunrise cycle sportive. The event will take place on 15th May 2022, and all routes, ranging from 42 to 102 miles, set out from the historic Framlingham Castle. Participants will ride through the quiet coastal lanes of Suffolk, passing…
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Hundreds of Suffolk schoolchildren received potentially life-saving advice on staying safe around electricity at Trinity Park in Ipswich today (28th April). Safety advisors from UK Power Networks, which distributes electricity across the East of England, were at the Suffolk School Farm and Country Fair, as part of a wider education event. Around 3,500 Key Stage…
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As the days get longer and the temperature rises, the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary welcomes visitors back to its spacious landscaped grounds. Over the winter months, the falconry team have taken the opportunity to renovate and develop the site, with impressive new aviaries and flying facilities. As an ecologically aware charity, keen to raise the profile…
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Fare dodgers and fraudsters paid over £4 million to Greater Anglia in 2021 in fines from fare evasion and repayments for claiming compensation or refunds for journeys they didn’t make. The company’s revenue protection officers – ticket inspectors – issued over 54,000 penalty fares in 2021, to the value of £1.63 million. Penalty fares can…
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The Christmas decorations are up, and the shops are busy getting ready for the Christmas rush. Come along to Stonham Barns Park and see what perfect gifts you can find for your loved ones. There are a large variety of shops to choose from selling gifts, crafts, books, pictures and frames, paddle boards, crystals, clothes,…
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Two new area teams dedicated to community engagement and responding to emerging neighbourhood crime are now up and running. The Neighbourhood Crime Proactive teams or ‘Kestrel’ teams will play an important role in supporting the force’s capability to dynamically deploy into particular areas for a period of time to target crime and engage with…
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One of the biggest trivia events in the region is making a welcome return to help raise money for this year’s BBC Children in Need Appeal. The Hearing Care Centre, a family-run hearing care company with 24 centres across East Anglia had up until last year, been organising charity quiz nights twice a year, raising…
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Over 200 cyclists from around the county and beyond, gathered at Trinity Park near Ipswich yesterday (Sunday 5th September) for the inaugural Ride for Helen Suffolk cycle ride organised by Helen Rollason Cancer Charity raising over £7,000. The event offered cyclists the chance to sign up for either 65 or 35 mile routes through some of the beautiful Suffolk countryside. Social distancing measures were put in…
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Train operator, Greater Anglia, has launched a new online ‘green hub’ which includes a new carbon calculator to help travellers see how much they could help the planet by switching from car to train. The hub at greateranglia.co.uk/GreenerAnglia offers information about why it’s more sustainable to travel by rail and lets people calculate the environmental…
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