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All About Hearing opens new clinic in Woolpit, between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

17 hours 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.
Misdiagnosis claims at NHS trusts which run West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, and Ipswich Hospital, revealed

19 hours 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.
As Netflix’s Adolescence drives debate around teenage boys’ mental health, Culford School, near Bury St Edmunds, wins wellbeing award

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.
Bury St Edmunds barber and West Suffolk College lecturer Ryan Hathaway scoops national award for teaching

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.
Suffolk still aiming to reach NCCA Trophy quarter-finals despite 35-run defeat to Herefordshire at Sudbury Cricket Club

1 day ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Nick Garnham

Suffolk can still qualify for the quarter-finals of this season’s NCCA Trophy despite Sunday’s 35-run loss to Herefordshire. They were dismissed for 257 in reply to the visitors’ 292 all out in their Group 2 game at Sudbury. The result leaves them second in the table with their final group game to come this Sunday versus Shropshire at Mildenhall CC.
Teachers at Westbourne Academy in Ipswich to strike over ‘failure’ to manage students’ bad behaviour

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Ash Jones

Teachers at an Ipswich secondary school are set to go on strike over bad student behaviour. Staff at Westbourne Academy who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) will stage a walkout tomorrow and Wednesday morning. Paul McLaughlin, regional secretary for the NEU, said the strikes came following a ‘long standing failure’ by the school to ensure that poor behaviour was managed effectively. A picket line will gather outside the school from 7.30am to 9.30am.
Cyclists finish 300 mile bike ride at Sizewell C, near Leiston, in drive to highlight suicide in the construction sector

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Ash Jones

More than £22,000 has been raised as part of a mammoth 300 mile bike ride between two British nuclear sites. A team of 15 cyclists rode from Hinkley Point C, in Somerset, to Sizewell C, near Leiston, over four days to raise awareness of suicide in the construction sector. The cyclists hoped to proactively encourage people to open up and break down stigma in what is one of the sectors with the highest suicide rate in Britain.
Joseph Jay charged after Ipswich attack in Hawthorn Drive left victim with serious injuries

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Ash Jones

A man has been charged after an assault on an Ipswich estate over the weekend. Joseph Jay, 39, of no fixed address, stands accused of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and affray after an incident in Hawthorn Drive, Chantry, on Friday. It was reported that two men were involved in a fight outside the East of England Co-op between 9.15pm and 9.30pm. The victim, a man aged in his 40s, suffered broken ribs and a serious head injury before being taken to hospital.
Application submitted to West Suffolk Council for new hair salon in Newmarket with alcohol licence

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Joao Santos |João D. Santos

Plans have been submitted for a new hair salon in a town which could serve alcohol. Hair Artistry (Newmarket) Limited has submitted a bid to West Suffolk Council to open a new salon with a small beauty room in Fred Archer Way, Newmarket, Monday to Sunday, between 9am and 9pm. The licence application was submitted alongside a bid to allow the supply of alcohol with haircuts and other services within the premises between 9am and 9pm, Monday to Saturday, and 11am and 5pm on Sundays.
Plans lodged to install digital binoculars for augmented reality trails outside Paul’s silo at Ipswich waterfront

2 days ago | suffolknews.co.uk | Ash Jones

More plans have been lodged to install ‘digital binoculars’ for use in augmented reality trails set to come to Ipswich later this year. Ipswich Borough Council is hoping to place the installations outside Paul’s silo, in St Peter’s Wharf, at the waterfront. If approved, they would be available for use by passers-by and would provide content relating to the town’s rich maritime history. This follows a separate application last month, where plans for four more binoculars were submitted.