Abygail Fossett

3 days ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Abygail Fossett

Andrew Hardwicke was pulled over by ununiformed police officers as he drove along Alderlee Road on August 8 last year, Suffolk Magistrates’ Court was told. Officers found that Hardwicke, of Felixstowe Road, had only a provisional driving licence and was not driving with L plates. He also had no insurance and failed a roadside drug test, which later confirmed that he had 5.2 microgrammes of THC in his bloodstream per litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcg.

3 days ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Abygail Fossett

Nineteen-year-old Kailum Roper was letting off steam after having been spent the past few weeks working “all hours” at a Woodbridge restaurant when an incident occurred at Revolution at Ipswich's Old Cattle Market. Roper, of Brownrigg Walk, appeared in the dock at the town’s magistrates’ court on Tuesday, having already pleaded guilty to criminal damage and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

3 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Abygail Fossett

The kind, thoughtful nature of a Great Blakenham man who guided his family business through three generations will be greatly missed by the community that loved him. Kevin Bird, who died in May, oversaw many changes at his family business of Birds Tackle: Fishing Bait & Tackle in Gipping Road in Great Blakenham. In Kevin’s time, the business went from selling coal to gardening products to fishing equipment – but whatever the weather, Kevin would greet customers with a smile on his face.

4 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Abygail Fossett

A Suffolk woman living with endometriosis who works for the NHS has shared her battle to get the disease taken seriously. A woman living with endometriosis has shared how, even with the NHS as her employer, she battles to have her condition taken seriously. When you are living in a cycle of constant pain, the last thing on your mind should be convincing others of the validity of your suffering – especially if you work for the health service she says.

5 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Abygail Fossett

In September 1969, a batch of nervous 11-year-olds were nervously preparing to start the term at Newmarket Grammar School. In 1972, the school was converted into a comprehensive, meaning that the class of 1969 had just three years together before the year group, and the school, expanded. Now, several of these students are determined that after almost 50 years, the time is right for a reunion.