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13 hours ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Chris Morris

A college group is looking to engineer a bright future for the manufacturing industry thanks to the creation of a new training centre. West Suffolk College and the Eastern Education Group have announced the centre will be located inside the University Professional Development Centre, based in Western Way, Bury St Edmunds. It has been made possible thanks to a £550,000 investment from the California-based, Gene Haas Foundation.

1 day ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Chris Morris

An original issue of the Magna Carta, which auctioneers mistakenly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s and sold for a ‘fairly derisory price’, has been identified. Harvard Law School Library in America bought the document from a London book dealers in 1946 for $27.50 (then about £7) before it was known that it was an original, reports PA. By contrast, a Magna Carta that was sold at auction in 2007 fetched more than 21 million dollars – around £10 million at the time – at Sotheby’s in New York.

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Suzanne Day

A new hearing care clinic opening in a Suffolk village next month aims to help patients struggling to access NHS earwax removal services. The clinic in Woolpit will be the fifth All About Hearing clinic in the county and will be located at Woolpit Clinics, on the Brickfields Business Park. Mother and Son, Karen Finch and Matthew Coward, who live in Suffolk, currently run All About Hearing Clinics in Woodbridge, Framlingham and two in Ipswich.

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Suzanne Day

New data has revealed that patients treated by hospitals in Suffolk and Essex have been paid £13m in misdiagnosis claims since 2019. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which runs Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital, had 67 claims made against it during this period, 45 of which have been settled. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed the trust paid more than £12 in damages between 2019 and 2024.

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Chris Morris

Staff and customers at a leading power tools company have been helping to celebrate its centenary. Festool UK, based in Anglo Saxon Way, Rougham, held a special event on Saturday for industry professionals and enthusiasts. More than 270 people attended for Festool Connect, which was an opportunity for the Festool community to network, try out the latest tools at the headquarters on Suffolk Business Park.