Dominic Bareham, East Anglian Daily Times Journalist Profile

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Coroner's warning over fire safety regulations following Suffolk fire death

6 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Ruth Pingree died in a fire at Happy Days Retro Vacations at Saxmundham in July 2022 (Image: Google Maps) A coroner has warned fire safety regulations create the potential for "shortcuts and misunderstandings" in a report into a woman's death in a fire at a Suffolk caravan park.
Sainsbury's opening in former Felixstowe Co-op on May 1

6 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

The outside of the Sainsbury's supermarket in Hamilton Road in Felixstowe (Image: Newsquest) A new Sainsbury's store will be opening in a Suffolk seaside town on Thursday, May 1. A spokesperson for the national retailer has confirmed that the supermarket will be opening in the former Co-op premises in Hamilton Road in Felixstowe over the May bank holiday weekend.
Last surviving gibbet in Suffolk recognised with plaque

6 days ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

The members of Wickham Market Area Archive Centre unveil the blue plaque on the gibbet at Potsford Woods (Image: Submitted) The peaceful setting of a Suffolk woodland might belie the horror that was once witnessed there. Less than 400 years ago, crowds would likely have gathered at Potsford Wood near Wickham Market to watch the hanging of a criminal from a gibbet constructed amidst the trees, the last surviving structure of this kind in Suffolk.
Teeth found on Suffolk beach could belong to Megalodon and date back 60 million years

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Brothers Emmit, left and Otto with their mother Kayleigh Groenewald and the shark teeth they discovered on Bawdsey beach (Image: Submitted) A shark expert believes teeth discovered by two brothers on a Suffolk beach could belong to the world-famous Megalodon and may date back 60 million years.
New cafe specialising in Indian street food set to open in June

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Urban Chai is set to open in the former Scribblers cafe on the corner of Cobbold Road and Crescent Road in Felixstowe (Image: Lucy Taylor) A new cafe in a Suffolk seaside town specialising in Indian street food and drink is set to open in June. Naeem Kazi, owner of the Felixstowe franchise of Urban Chai, said the business was due to open in Crescent Road, Felixstowe in May, but delays in the planning process meant the official opening had moved back a month.
Concerns thefts targeting Southwold church as plants and pots go missing

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Concerns have been raised thieves have been taking plants and pots from graves at St Edmund King & Martyr in Southwold (Image: Archant) Plants and pots have been reported missing from graves at a Suffolk church, amid suggestions that the memorial tributes may have been stolen.
Street trading ban over fish and chip van concern would be 'excessive'

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Street trading has been allowed in Golf Road in Felixstowe (Image: Google Maps) Councillors have approved a new street trading policy, despite calls for a ban in one town street because of concerns over a fish and chip van. Residents of Golf Road in Felixstowe were upset by diesel noise and fumes from the van, which they said would arrive early to secure a roadside spot and had therefore asked for no trading during a consultation by East Suffolk Council.
Historic landmark Suffolk building can have repairs to its windows

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Funding has been provided for repairs to the light leaded windows at Moot Hall in Aldeburgh (Image: Rob Atherton) An historic landmark Suffolk building will be able to have repairs to its leaded light windows following the grant of £5,000 towards the work. Aldeburgh Town Council applied to East Suffolk Council for an historic building grant for the Grade I-listed Moot Hall in Market Cross Place.
Brothers' seaside visit proves particularly memorable following tooth discovery

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Trips to the seaside are often memorable experiences, but a Suffolk family's visit was truly historic when they discovered teeth believed to date back millions of years. Brothers Otto, eight and Emmit, seven, were visiting Bawdsey beach with their mother Kayleigh Groenewald on Sunday (April 13) when they found the fossils, possibly belonging to sharks, near the mouth of the River Deben opposite Felixstowe Ferry.
Council to consider ACV status amid fears woods and playing fields could be developed

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Dominic Bareham

Concerns have been raised the North Felixstowe Garden Neighbourhood could encroach on The Grove and Eastward Ho! (Image: Google Maps) Campaigners are calling for Suffolk woods and playing fields to be given Asset of Community Value (ACV) status to prevent the area from being developed.