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2 days ago | 
bbc.com | Sarah Lilley |Alice Cunningham
Dogs threatening nature reserve birds - rangerSarah Lilley & Alice CunninghamShaun Whitmore/BBCRinged plovers are among the birds disturbed by wandering dogs. Dogs roaming off their leads have been threatening ground-nesting birds at a nature reserve, a ranger has said. Leonie Washington, is a ranger at Landguard Nature Reserve in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where birds such as ringed plover nest.
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3 days ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Wayne Bavin
'Student nursing placements should be paid'Alice Cunningham & Wayne BavinContributedAlex Lawrence said he was unaware of student nurses' unpaid placements until his daughter started her nursing degreeThe father of a student nurse said he was "blissfully ignorant" trainees were not paid for their NHS placements and has launched a petition.
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5 days ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Kelly McCormack
Work on bridge to cost £6m - National HighwaysAlice Cunningham & Kelly McCormackMartin Giles/BBCMr Amor stressed while workers may not always be visible at the bridge, they would be there behind the scenesWork to replace two joints on a major bridge is set to cost £6m, a National Highways boss said. Two expansion joints on the westbound carriageway of Orwell Bridge, on the A14 near Ipswich, will be replaced from 16 June until August.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Wayne Bavin
Work to reopen swimming pool still not startedAlice Cunningham & Wayne BavinKLH ArchitectsA project to restore a 1930s lido that has been shut for decades has still not started. The Grade II listed Broomhill Pool in Ipswich, Suffolk, closed in 2002, and plans to renovate it were repeatedly stalled due to a lack of funding.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Zoie O'Brien
Horse rider thrown into ditch backs car campaignAlice Cunningham & Zoie O'BrienJohn Fairhall/BBCAlyson Lock has urged drivers to be more considerate towards other road users after a speeding car spooked her horse into a ditchA horse rider has urged drivers to be more considerate after her horse fell into a ditch when a car sped past them. Alyson Lock, from Rumburgh in Suffolk, was riding her Mylo two years ago along a narrow country lane when a speeding car spooked him.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Sarah Lilley |Alice Cunningham
Dock workers' stories wanted to inspire new playSarah Lilley & Alice CunninghamKaren GoddardFelixstowe dock workers could help inspire a new play by sharing their storiesA producer and playwright is looking for stories of dock workers to help bring a new theatre show to life. Karen Goddard is working to find anyone who has worked at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk over the decades for a play called Don't Knock The Dock.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Wayne Bavin
Soul festival 'shocked' by Ed Sheeran gig clashAlice Cunningham & Wayne BavinPA MediaOne of Ed Sheeran's Portman Road shows clashes with a soul music festivalOrganisers of a soul music festival said they were shocked when Ed Sheeran announced shows on the same dates just miles away. Venue 16 in Ipswich will host its annual Summer Soul Vibes festival on 12 July, one of the dates Sheeran will play the town's Portman Road stadium.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Sarah Lilley
'I woke up in a bath two days after VE Day'Alice Cunningham & Sarah LilleySarah Lilley/BBCDouglas Cracknell, 99, from Suffolk remembered the celebrations that took place on VE Day in 1945A veteran said he drank so much when celebrating the end of World War Two that he woke up two days later in a bath in Belgium. Douglas Cracknell from Cransford in Suffolk, was 19 years old on VE Day on 8 May 1945, which marked the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in Europe.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Zoie O'Brien |Alice Cunningham
'Safeguard thatching or areas risk losing character'Zoie O'Brien & Alice CunninghamJamie Niblock/BBCMaster thatcher Nick Walker from Suffolk wants to see traditional thatching safeguardedA master thatcher said it was important to "safeguard" the industry or otherwise villages risked "losing character". Poor harvests of long straw over the last two years, aging machinery and shortages of trainees have caused some thatchers to leave the industry and lay off staff.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Cunningham |Wayne Bavin
Widow running London Marathon after snapping neckAlice Cunningham & Wayne BavinContributedLiza Putwain broke her neck six months after losing her husband IanA woman who broke her neck on an obstacle while raising money in memory of her husband is taking on her first London Marathon. Liza Putwain, 44, who lives near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, lost her husband Ian unexpectedly from an illness in 2023.
