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Greater Anglia welcome back customers

16/07/2021

Greater Anglia is welcoming back customers – and giving them advice about how to travel safely in the latest stage of the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. From Monday 19 July, the Government is lifting most remaining lockdown restrictions including social distancing and limits on the number of people who can gather indoors or outdoors, as…

Town Hall kitted up for Euro 2020 final

10/07/2021

Ipswich Town Hall is donning St George’s flags and lighting up red this weekend in support of the England team’s Euro 2020 final on Sunday night. The Mayor of Ipswich, Councillor Elizabeth Hughes, said: “It is nearly 55 years since England’s men’s team last played in a major football final on 30th July 1966 and I’m really…

Weekend rail services increased

02/07/2021

Greater Anglia has increased weekend services on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street intercity service in response to customer feedback. A total of 21 extra services are being added to the intercity service timetable on Saturdays and Sundays. This follows increases to weekday services last month. The reinstated extra services are:Saturday: Norwich to London Liverpool…

Royal Thanks Hospital Radio Ipswich

30/06/2021

HRH The Prince of Wales has thanked Hospital Radio Ipswich and other community radio volunteers. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, has recorded a special programme to say thank you to members of hospital, health and wellbeing radio stations for their work in keeping communities connected and patients entertained during the Coronavirus pandemic. The…

Online fraud scam

Police are reminding people to be wary of online sales following a scam where a man from Ipswich was conned. The victim, a male in his late 20s, put a graphics memory card on a Facebook site for sale and a male agreed to buy it on Monday 28 June. The male attended the address…

Smarter entertainment: How full fibre can transform our downtime and upgrade our lives

Rapid growth of home broadband has changed all of our lives and has had a transformative impact on the entertainment we consume. Netflix, which started life as a home DVD rental company, realised that with speeds continuing to get faster they could empower people to stream directly onto their screens. Now, Netflix is an industry…

Over 80 vehicles checked and one arrest made during multi-agency day of action

24/06/2021

One person was arrested and over 80 vehicles were checked during a multi-agency day of action in Ipswich this week. The operation took place on Monday 21 June, with the aim of disrupting and frustrating the activities of criminals, including organised crime groups, who commit offences across county borders whilst using the road network. Vehicles…

IBC consults on Dog Control & Fouling

23/06/2021

Ipswich Borough Council are inviting residents to give their views on a new borough-wide Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that will strengthen dog control powers and tackle dog fouling in public places. The Order will give the Council and the Police the relevant powers to intervene when someone is failing to comply with the rules…

Make it a summer to remember for the right reasons

21/06/2021

As life continues to return to normal after the lockdown of the past few months, Suffolk police is urging everyone to ensure they enjoy themselves responsibly this summer. With the Covid restrictions having eased considerably over the past six months, there has been a gradual return to socialising both indoors and in our open spaces….

Volunteers in Ipswich take part in the Great British Spring Clean

17/06/2021

During Friday 28th May to Sunday 13th June 2021, volunteers in Ipswich took part in their own community litter picks as part of the national campaign Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean. Almost 100 litter pick kits were loaned out by Ipswich Borough Council for litter picks all over Ipswich, with residents, schools and…