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University of Suffolk for the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2022

21/04/2022

The University of Suffolk has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCA), the leading higher education awards ceremony based solely on student choice. Each year, the WUSCA team receives approximately 35,000 verified reviews from on-campus visits across the country and online submissions via the whatuni.com website. The student-led approach…

New community play area is officially open

A new play area in Grundisburgh, created by the local community, has been officially opened. Supported in part by community fundraising, historic Section 106 contributions and funding from the Kesgrave, Martlesham and villages Community Partnership, the creation of the new Grundisburgh Community Play Park has been a community effort with involvement from across the village,…

Discounted rail tickets

19/04/2022

More than 90,000 discounted rail tickets for journeys on the Greater Anglia network are on sale from as little as £3 as the Great British Rail Sale gets underway today. From 19 April to 11.59pm on 2 May, customers can save up to 50% off selected advance tickets on thousands of journeys across the whole…

National Trust’s Easter egg trails

08/04/2022

Bring the whole family together this Easter and treat your loved ones to the magic of an Easter egg trail with the National Trust. Get ready for a long weekend of fun and discovery as you spot the signs of spring, and experience nature bursting into life at the special places the National Trust looks…

Group shot of attendees to the launch of the Anglia Business Exhibition

Anglia Business Exhibition Launch

28/03/2022

Local businesses recently gathered at Fynn Valley Golf Club & Terrace to launch Anglia Business Exhibition 2022. The sponsor launch event is an exciting part of the build up to the exhibition which takes place on Wednesday, 11th May at Trinity Park. Graham Barton, ISSBA Chair, added ‘Since it began 26 years ago, the annual…

Messages for Ukraine projected on Tide Mill

18/03/2022

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music has completed a trio of winter light art and music events around Suffolk by projecting messages for peace in Ukraine, from Suffolk people, onto the Town’s 300 year old working Tide Mill. Thursday night’s event saw messages of empathy for Ukraine from Woodbridge and surrounding communities. Local resident Doreen contributed the…

‘Magic’: Felixstowe Triathlon awarded national recognition by sport’s governing body

17/03/2022

Organisers of Felixstowe Triathlon are celebrating an ‘incredible’ national recognition for the endurance event – in only its first year. Felixstowe Triathlon was named Large Event of the Year at the 2022 HUUB Triathlon England Awards – after already having received the honour for the East Region. The awards were announced on Friday 11 March…

Run the Felixstowe Triathlon

16/03/2022

Entries are now open for the second Felixstowe Triathlon – this August Bank Holiday weekend. Individuals and teams of all abilities can sign up to take part in the award-winning event, organised by Suffolk Tri with the support of East Suffolk Council and Felixstowe Town Council. The second Felixstowe Triathlon sets off from the town’s…

Recreating Sutton Hoo’s ship

Over in Woodbridge, the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company continues to make good progress building the replica of the Anglo-Saxon ship that was unearthed at Sutton Hoo in 1939. Recent activity has included fixing the stem and stern posts at each end of the keel to complete the ship’s backbone. Each of the five sections of…

Winter Light at Woodbridge Tide Mill

Following a series of winter collaborations around Suffolk in Saxmundham, Ipswich and Felixstowe, Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music brings it’s winter programme back to Woodbridge Tide Mill for St Patrick’s night; with mapped projections on the 300 year old working Tide Mill and messages of peace for Ukraine from the public. The event is…