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20/05/2022
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…
Read More about Riders wanted for Suffolk cycle challengeSuffolk Libraries is marking Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in May by inviting parents and parents-to-be to join in with a sponsored pram push and toddle round in Elmhurst Park in Woodbridge. The event is a great chance to meet other new parents or those who are expecting. The event aims to raise awareness of…
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Woodbridge Tide Mill is welcoming more and more children and families these days but sometimes, when it is busy, it may be an overwhelming or even stressful experience for individuals with sensory processing disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Heather Sheehan The Tide Mills Education Lead says “The backpacks are free to use and…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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A charity fun run is set to return to a military base near Woodbridge next month in support of the armed forces community, past and present. The third Honour Run, organised by East Suffolk Council and the Suffolk branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL), will set off from Rock Barracks on Sunday 13th March….
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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 discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939, not only stunned the archaeology world but set the scene for further exploration. Later archaeological digs solved further mysteries and now, with the help of Time Team, new archaeology investigations will use the latest advancements in technology. Seven years after the last episode of Channel…
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