Mariam Ghaemi

1 day ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Mariam Ghaemi

A school’s safe space initiative for teenage boys to support their wellbeing has attracted a national award. Called The Space, the project was launched by Culford School, an independent school near Bury St Edmunds, for its Lower Sixth boys. The weekly, staff-facilitated forum is a space where there can openly discuss identity, stress and relationships in small, confidential circles.

1 day ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Mariam Ghaemi

A barber from Bury St Edmunds is top of the teaching crops after winning a national award. Ryan Hathaway, 29, who owns Hathaway & Co based in the West Suffolk village of Timworth, was crowned Individual Outstanding Lecturer of The Year at the annual Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) learning and development awards.

5 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Mariam Ghaemi

The highway authority for Suffolk has explained why it can’t foot the total cost of a long-awaited HGV restriction on a town estate. There’s a proposal to stop lorries over 7.5 tonnes from using Orttewell Road, on Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds from 10pm-7am to improve residents’ quality of life. The proposed traffic regulation order (TRO) would also ban the HGVs (heavy goods vehicles) from using Mount Road between the Orttewell Road and Lady Miriam Way junctions between these hours.

6 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Mariam Ghaemi

There are hopes improvements to residents’ parking in a historic town centre will happen as quickly as possible now after years of delays. Community leader Vivien Gainsborough Foot wants the long-fought for changes to residents’ parking in Zone D, in central Bury St Edmunds, to be her ‘swan song’ as she is resigning as chairman of the Churchgate Area Association later this year.

6 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Mariam Ghaemi

A new production of the musical ‘9 to 5’ will be clocking in at a theatre in Bury St Edmunds next week. The show is being produced by Conservatoire EAST, the performing arts arm that is part of West Suffolk College, and runs from May 14 to 17. The show was originally a smash hit film that first aired in 1980 and helped make Dolly Parton a global superstar. This production will be a platform to hopefully help local talent from Suffolk do the same.