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1 week ago | burymercury.co.uk | Sarah Chambers

The Eurocell team at Bury St Edmunds (Image: Eurocell) A specialist builder's merchant has launched a new store in Suffolk bringing its branch network to more than 210. Eurocell - a retailer specialising in home improvement products such as doors and windows - has opened a new branch at Greyfriar's Road, Bury St Edmunds.

2 weeks ago | burymercury.co.uk | Ben Robinson

Firefighters were called to the fire at the Murfitts Industries site on Tuesday (Image: Brandon Fire Station) A tyre processing plant was back open on Wednesday after a blaze broke out in one of its machines. Firefighters were called to Murfitts Industries, in Lakenheath's Station Road, at about 5.35pm on Tuesday. The fire took hold within one of the machines, according to a spokesperson for the company.

2 months ago | burymercury.co.uk | Katie Drake

Queen Street, near Withersfield (Image: Google Maps) A car has collided with a telephone pole only five miles away from a similar crash hours before. Police responded to reports of a single car collision with the telephone pole on Queen Street, near Withersfield just after 8am. The crash happened between Withersfield and the Haverhill roundabout. On Thursday morning, another car hit a lamppost in Barnardiston, closing the road for nearly three hours.

2 months ago | burymercury.co.uk | Will King

Mid Suffolk District Council will consider plans for the new homes to the east of Ixworth Road in Thurston (Image: Google) Proposals to build 210 homes are being recommended for approval near a Suffolk village. On Wednesday, Mid Suffolk District Council will consider plans for the new homes to the east of Ixworth Road in Thurston, near Bury St Edmunds. Developers Barratt and David Wilson Homes (Anglia) launched a public consultation on the plans in July last year.

2 months ago | burymercury.co.uk | Jane Hunt

A 63-year-old man has denied indecently assaulting a schoolgirl in Bury St Edmunds more than four decades ago. Giving evidence during his trial at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday, March 6, Christopher Attard said: “It never happened."  He told the court he couldn’t think of any reason why the alleged victim would make up the allegations. Attard, of no fixed address, has denied three offences of indecent assault dating back to 1978.