Jon Wright

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Pupils design candleholder for Holocaust survivorJon WrightJon Wright/BBCStudents from Northgate High School designed the three-tiered candleholder to represent the past, present and futureStudents have designed a candleholder in memory of a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to education. Frank Bright, who was spared the gas chambers in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz as a teenager, worked regularly with Northgate High School in Ipswich until his death in 2023.

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Community crackdown on sunflower seed litterbugsJon WrightIRCIRC founder Romeo Mustata during the clean-up in IpswichMembers of the Romanian community are calling on people to stop creating litter with sunflower seed husks. The Ipswich Romanian Community group held a clean-up of Maple Park, with volunteers working alongside councillors and the police. Sunflower seeds are popular in many cultures, including with people from eastern European countries.

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High Sheriff sets sights on youth reoffending ratesJon WrightSarah LilleyLuke TomlinsonGulshan Kayembe said she chose her formal court dress to reflect her Indian heritageA new county high sheriff says she wants to support work to stop young people reoffending "because we can't just keep building more prisons". Gulshan Kayembe, from Felixstowe, has been made the High Sheriff of Suffolk for 2025/26. The role is a 12-month independent, non-political royal appointment.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Jon Wright

Image source, Jon Wright/BBCImage caption, Charlotte Parry and Ben Elder play a couple whose first child's birth coincides with a potentially promotion-winning match for Ipswich TownA new play inspired by a football club's promotion to the Premier League is being staged as relegation back to the Championship is all but certain. Flying Start is the story of Harry, who has an extravagant stunt lined up for Ipswich Town's final match of the season, but his wife is going into labour.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jon Wright

Premier League promotion part of writing festival Jon WrightJon Wright/BBCCharlotte Parry and Ben Elder play a couple whose first child's birth coincides with a potentially promotion-winning match for Ipswich TownA new play inspired by a football club's promotion to the Premier League is being staged as relegation back to the Championship is all but certain.