Steve Barton

2 weeks ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Steve Barton

In a world-first collaboration, a custom-designed firepit created to promote a computer game has launched at the Chelsea Flower Show. Known for its handcrafted steel firepits and sculptural garden pieces, The Firepit Company, in Helions Bumpstead, on the Suffolk border has collaborated on the project with Bethesda Softworks, the creator of the DOOM series of gamesDOOM: The Dark Ages, is a 900mm steel sphere inspired by the iconic game’s intense visuals.

2 weeks ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Steve Barton

A large number of people enjoyed a party vibe on Saturday when the biggest name in UK Scouting visited Haverhill to open a long-awaited new building. The new building at the Haverhill Scout and Guide Headquarters in Colne Valley Road had taken years to fund-raise for and then complete. And Saturday saw the UK’s Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields, pay a visit to officially open it. Speaking from the opening ceremony, Mr Fields said it was great to be there and be a part of it.

2 weeks ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Steve Barton

A challenge in which participants team up to run 1,000 miles in 48 hours for charity is returning to Haverhill Rugby Club tomorrow. The challenge was first held in 2022, in a slightly different format, to raise money for a research programme being run at King’s College London to find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The event was set up in memory of Haverhill resident, football and running coach, Neil Mustoe, who died in 2022 of MND. He was 52.

2 weeks ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Steve Barton

A number of events and workshops are being hosted by a garden centre as part of its campaign to ‘Get Kids Growing’ and help them discover the magic of gardening. Tomorrow heralds both the start of National Children’s Gardening Week and the campaign by Sturmer Garden Centre, near Haverhill. To mark the two things, the garden centre’s director, Angela J Andrea, will be officially launching her book, the Chromatic Gardening Book, from 10am to midday.

2 weeks ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Steve Barton

Calendar Girls, by Centre Stage Company at Haverhill Arts CentreThis production of the Gary Barlow and Tim Firth musical, based on the smash hit 2003 film - about which surely nobody needs an explainer - was an absolute triumph from start to finish. From the moment the ill-fated John Clarke (Gareth Barton) stepped onto the stage and began to sing, Sunflower of Yorkshire, a wave of brilliantly-performed songs, accompanied by an immaculate band, just kept on coming.