Tom Cann

5 days ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Tom Cann

Ipswich Borough Council received the plans for 77-79 Grimwade Street to convert into the flats. The building, which is Grade II listed, would be converted to a mixture of one and two-bedroom flats all with an open plan kitchen, living and dining area. Planning documents state that the existing level of employment at the site is low and the expansion of employment is heavily constrained.

5 days ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Tom Cann

Cosy Club in Buttermarket shopping centre took the "very difficult decision" to close on Saturday, May 31. Lucy Knowles, managing director of Cosy Club, said: "We're very disappointed that, after nine years trading, we have taken the very difficult decision to close Cosy Club Ipswich. "This is only the second Cosy Club we've ever closed but, unfortunately, it wasn't financially viable for us to continue trading there.

6 days ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Tom Cann

Bea Reid has been litter picking and keeping Holywells Park in the town clean for more than five years. The 77-year-old said: "It all started during the first lockdown. There was nowhere to go and everything was a bit ghastly. "I went for a walk in Holywells Park and it was so lovely there, but there was a lot of litter around and I just felt it was such a shame, so I got myself a litter picker. "Since then, I have done it every day.

1 week ago | eadt.co.uk | Tom Cann

The Ferry Boat Inn reopened on Saturday, May 24, for the first time since it closed in December 2024. There was great sadness when the pub closed after 20 years six months ago, with people hoping it would soon be taken over. Husband and wife, Philip and Cathryn Ashling, took over the pub after being made redundant from their roles at a Colchester-based health charity. Reopening over the weekend, Cathryn said: "It was magnificent.

1 week ago | ipswichstar.co.uk | Tom Cann

For the next boozer in our series, I took a trip with some friends to a pub I had never been to before, and soon after going - I was wondering why. On a Tuesday evening, some friends and I decided to have a couple of drinks in The Fat Cat pub in Spring Road, Ipswich. Considering I live just a 15 minute walk away from this pub, I was surprised I had never been before, particularly as I walked in and was immediately impressed by what I saw.