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Vintage Day Out at Trinity Park

30/06/2022

Shoppers and classic vehicle enthusiasts, start your engines as Helen Rollason Cancer Charity invites vintage and retro lovers to roll back the years and dress to impress for their inaugural Vintage Day Out on Sunday 3rd July 2022! Celebrating all things vintage from a bygone era, Trinity Park in Ipswich, home of the Suffolk Show, plays…

Severe train disruption this Saturday due to strike

29/06/2022

Greater Anglia is urging people to avoid travelling on its trains this Saturday, as the rail service is due to be severely disrupted due to a strike by train drivers. Timetables are now available for this weekend’s Greater Anglia services. Over 90 per cent of Greater Anglia’s trains will not run on Saturday 2 July…

Insects galore at RSPB Minsmere

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…

Theatre in the Forest – Macbeth – Sutton Hoo

28/06/2022

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…

Community joins with hospice to mark Suffolk Remembers 2022

22/06/2022

As the sun went down, bringing a close to Suffolk Day 2022, the words ‘Suffolk Remembers’ were illuminated along Felixstowe seafront, as the community gathered to celebrate and remember loved ones as part of Suffolk Remembers, hosted by St Elizabeth Hospice. Every year Suffolk Remembers, sees 5,000 candles displayed along Felixstowe seafront as hundreds of…

Fete & Fun Dog Show

21/06/2022

Hollesley fete and fun dog show will have all the fun and entertainment you would expect from a local village fete this weekend. Lots of games for everyone to enjoy along with face painting and entertainment from Hollesley School. All the usual stalls: – books, toys, Jigsaws, bric a brac, plants and side shows including,…

Review: Paloma Faith, Newmarket Nights

18/06/2022

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…

Jubilee party at RHS

17/06/2022

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…

Greater Anglia warns of “severe disruption” – timetables for strike service now available

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…

Free as a Bird!

08/06/2022

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…