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Firefighters tackled a storage-container blaze at a scrap yard near Red Lodge, Suffolk, after being called at 6.58am on Saturday. Three appliances from Mildenhall and Newmarket attended as a large plume of smoke rose…
Bury St Edmunds Christmas Market has been ranked ninth among the UK’s lesser-known festive markets in a list compiled by Idealo Magazine. The ranking assessed factors including how many days each market operates…
Firefighters from Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell and Newmarket extinguished a machine press fire at a commercial premises in Bury St Edmunds on Friday evening. Crews arrived at about 5.30pm and found the blaze confined to…
Christopher Cooke was jailed for 11 years after using a mobile phone game while driving his lorry and causing a fatal crash on the A14 in Suffolk. The collision killed 53-year-old Paul Cobbold, whose van was struck as…
Suffolk farmers are being thanked for their work as drought reduces crop yields, in a reflection by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. She describes a plentiful courgette harvest in her own garden despite the…
The US Air Force said personnel responded to suspected unauthorised drone activity over RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on Friday. The service said no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, and Conservative MP…
Bogdan Gasparov was arrested after police linked him to cash-trapping thefts at at least 180 ATMs over five months, with more than £16,000 stolen. The 40-year-old targeted machines in towns including Bury St Edmunds…
Developer Jaynic has submitted plans to West Suffolk Council for Stanton Business Park, a proposed 36.8-hectare development near Bury St Edmunds that could create more than 1,600 jobs. The scheme includes nearly 105,000…
Stewart Mewse, a former RAF Regiment sergeant from Bury St Edmunds, has secured a job with UK Power Networks after completing its two-week work-experience programme for military leavers. Nine people took part in the…
Therapist Jacqui Sinclair has taken over Fornham Functional Movement at Moseley’s Farm Business Park and is expanding the centre’s inclusive services. Recent upgrades include accessible toilets, improved equipment and…
Schools, children and families across Suffolk took part in BBC Children in Need fundraising activities on Nov. 13. Pupils at Stanton Primary School wore yellow and spots and brought donations from home, while students…
Greene King has become a community partner in the Abbey of St Edmund, Reborn project in Bury St Edmunds. The three-year partnership will support community activities as a £9.83 million scheme conserves the abbey ruins…
Eastern Education Group will hold a free Christmas market on November 21 at its University and Professional Development Centre in Bury St Edmunds. Visitors can make cards and decorations, browse stalls, enjoy food and…
Fourteen-year-old Alfie Irvine from Walpole Highway has won the 2026 Junior Rotax Club Championship at Red Lodge Karting in Suffolk. In his second season in the class, he improved on last year’s fifth-place finish to…
Surgeon Krashna Patel and strongwoman Jade Skill lifted a combined 100,000 kilograms during a charity challenge at Moreton Hall Health Club in Bury St Edmunds on Nov. 7. Each lifted 50,000kg to raise money for My WiSH…
Nine-year-old Emilia Ruddom from Honington has raised more than £200 for BBC Children in Need by selling handmade bracelets at Ixworth Primary School. She sold all 70 bracelets at a school stall last Friday, raising…
West Suffolk Council plans to build two covered padel courts at Mildenhall Hub in 2027, using its £3.5 million Leisure Investment Fund. The project still requires planning permission. If approved, the courts would add…
The US Air Force withdrew aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Monday and Tuesday, prompting renewed criticism of security at British airbases. Former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge said the move…
Christopher Cooke was jailed for 11 years at Ipswich Crown Court after being found guilty of dangerous driving in a fatal A14 collision near Beyton in March 2023. The HGV driver failed to stop as traffic slowed…
West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy said a defence minister confirmed that a security threat was directed at RAF Mildenhall, not the town or its civilian infrastructure. He said the threat was not imminent and that aircraft…
Eastern Education Group held its fourth annual Patient Forum in Bury St Edmunds to support people living with cancer. Around 150 patients, relatives, health experts and organisations attended the event at the University…
Bishop’s Stortford drew 1-1 away to Bury Town on Tuesday, November 10, as Aaron Greene scored his first goal of the season just before half-time. The point ended the Blues’ three-game losing run and lifted them out of…
Lin Mason, a phlebotomist at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, has marked 40 years of NHS service after starting work in healthcare at age 16. She began as a mental health junior support worker and later joined…
Bury St Edmunds has been nominated to represent the Anglian region in the Britain in Bloom competition in 2027. The nomination was announced at the Anglia in Bloom autumn seminar on Wednesday, following the town’s…
South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge said the US military presence in Britain is important for national security after more than 12 US Air Force aircraft left RAF Mildenhall. The aircraft departed weeks after US bombers…
Anchor Housing says it has restored heating in 83-year-old Georgina Pearson’s apartment at Hanover Close in Bury St Edmunds after SuffolkNews raised her concerns. Pearson had been relying on an oil heater and blankets…
Iran has issued a threatening warning suggesting that American military bases across Europe, including three specific airbases in the UK, could be targeted in potential retaliation. Major General Mohsen Rezaei stated…
Fire crews from Bury and Ipswich East were called to a wooden garden shed fire on Barons Road in Bury St Edmunds at 12:35pm. Firefighters tackled the blaze with a hose reel jet, and smoke was visible in the area. A fire…
Students and staff across Eastern Education Group marked Remembrance Day with services, assemblies, silences and wreath-laying events. Commemorations took place at West Suffolk College and Abbeygate Sixth Form College…
Wyken Vineyards near Bury St Edmunds will open the Red Cabin on November 23, offering overnight stays at the Suffolk estate for the first time. Set beside a lake in a private nature reserve, the cabin includes a…
