Suffolk County, England News

COUNCIL tax-payers in three Suffolk districts will have to pay massive legal bills after hopes of an east/west split were blown away by the Court of Appeal in London in London.

DETECTIVES are hunting a thief who hit the jackpot when stealing a wealthy woman's jewellery and luggage valued at A 40,000. The opportunist theft occurred at Stowmarket shortly after a Liverpool Street to Norwich express train pulled into the railway station.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to the grounds of an Ipswich primary school to tackle a blaze involving gorse and trees.

Two men, one from Leicestershire, responsible for ensuring the safety of a fairground ride that collapsed and injured 10 people have been ordered to pay out more than A 15,000. Frederick Meakin, the managing director of Fairground Inspection Services, and the owner of the Hellraiser ride, Walter Shufflebottom, admitted safety breaches relating to ...

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Beccles church's green dream nears completion. DAN HAYNES 29 November 2009 Pioneering Christians in Bungay are nearing completion on a A 100,000 plan to make their church greener.

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A MOTORIST was killed today in a 3.20am car crash on a Suffolk road. The collision happened between two cars - a red Nissan Micra and a black Land Rover - on the A11 near Elveden.

A MAN has been jailed for 15 months after assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Ipswich before hauling her into his van and driving off.

IPSWICH: A man is to appear in court next week charged with sexually assaulting four young girls while they were at Crown Pools.

AN acting chief executive has been appointed to run West Suffolk Hospital when the current post-holder departs.

A last-ditch call for help to avert a financial crisis was issued by Waveney council today amid increasing fears of a A 9m black hole in its budget and its impact on key projects across the district.

A soldier from Suffolk has been nicknamed the "Herriot of Helmand" by his colleagues after setting up a veterinary clinic for Afghan farmers.

THE first day of a public enquiry into the dualling of the last stage of the A11 opened yesterday with statements from supporting parties.

A NORTH Suffolk brewery's plans to convert its waste into fuel for its delivery vehicles looks set to go ahead after planning officers recommended it be approved.

Marjorie Butcher, was "devastated" when social workers for Norfolk County Council removed her husband James who was suffering from dementia and lung cancer from their family home.

A mother and son who were both brain damaged when she nearly drowned while taking a bath to ease her labour pains at a Suffolk hospital have been awarded a compensation package set to run into millions.

The manager of rock star Pete Doherty has appeared in court charged over a hit-and-run crash in Suffolk in which a pedestrian was critically injured.

A public inquiry will open today to determine the fate of the last single carriageway stretch of the A11.

WEST Suffolk MP Richard Spring is to quit parliament at the next election. Mr Spring, 63, who has been a Suffolk MP since 1992, told his local party that he had made the decision a oewith very mixed feelings.a He added: a oeIt has been the greatest possible honour to have been the parliamentary representative for West Suffolk.