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Budget 2021: Suffolk business leaders react as Sunak shells out

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the Ho

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Business leaders from around Suffolk have welcomed the chancellor's Budget – with some scoring it "eight out of ten" while another said it even had "the cherry on top".

Jason Bradley, from Stanway in Colchester, has been reported missing

Family concerned for welfare of missing 52-year-old man

Matthew Earth

The burglary happened at a home in Windermere Road, Sudbury

Bank cards stolen in home break-in

Matthew Earth

Stay Home Save Lives advert at an Ipswich bus stop. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

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Covid 'R rate' falls further below 1.0 as virus spread slows

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Cody Keithley aged seven, from Ipswich, wearing a Where's Wally? costume

Are your children taking part in World Book Day virtual fun?

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School transport in Suffolk could be used to help provide services in rural communities between drop

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Extra vehicles on standby for school bus routes from March 8

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Book Week at Holbrook School in October 1986

Are you in our school book week photos from 1980s-90s?

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Covid-19 rapid testing centres targeting people who unwittingly have the virus are to open in Haverhill and Lowestoft

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School Covid-19 testing: What you need to know

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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, walks from the Treasury to No 11 Downing Street, London, t

Furlough scheme to be extended until September

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Police receive nearly 140 calls about Covid breaches during sunny weekend

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There are fears Essex will go into Tier three restrictions Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Ipswich case rate rises, other Suffolk districts among lowest in England

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Students wearing face masks in a lesson.

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High schools make face masks in class compulsory

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Michelle Pollard of Ipswich recruitment firm Spider

More than 30 of county’s firms sign gender balance pledge

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The main road through Coddenham has been closed due to "severe flooding" as forecasters predict furt

Flooding

Soaring flood problems on Suffolk roads could take 10 years to fix

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Mark Barrow, headteacher of Ixworth Free School. Picture: GREGG BROWN

High schools 'feeling confident' as students mass tested for coronavirus

Matthew Earth

Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a PCP Covid-19 test kit during a visit to SureScreen Diagnostics

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All homes with school-aged children to get two Covid tests per week

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Simon Martin, Headteacher at Debenham High School. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Why these high schools are staggering pupils' return next week

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Criminals jailed in Suffolk in February 2021

Jailed in February 2021: Why these criminals were locked up in Suffolk

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Colin Hawkins with his daughter Jill Sainsbury after their 50th walk

Blind great-grandfather's Captain Tom-style challenge in aid of veterans

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Secondary school children were more likely to repeatedly miss classes than primary school pupils Pic

Almost 93% of Suffolk pupils get preferred secondary school place

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An advert thanking the NHS in a bus shelter in Tacket Street. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Covid case rates rising in Ipswich and Colchester

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Giant puppets and schoolchildren parading on Angel Hill to launch Bury St Edmunds Festival in 2002

Nostalgia | Gallery

That's entertainment - Bury St Edmunds Festival memories

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Education News

University of Suffolk to mix online and face-to-face learning post-Covid

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Greyfriars in Dunwich is on the market with Strutt & Parker.

The four most viewed houses on the market in Suffolk this month

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Cov

Ipswich, Babergh and Colchester see slight rise in Covid cases

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The burglary happened at a home in Windermere Road, Sudbury

Bank cards stolen in home break-in

Matthew Earth

Criminals jailed in Suffolk in February 2021

Jailed in February 2021: Why these criminals were locked up in Suffolk

Michael Steward

Students wearing face masks in a lesson.

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High schools make face masks in class compulsory

Judy Rimmer

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Book Week at Holbrook School in October 1986

Are you in our school book week photos from 1980s-90s?

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Greyfriars in Dunwich is on the market with Strutt & Parker.

The four most viewed houses on the market in Suffolk this month

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The chancellor is reportedly going to extend the the stamp duty holiday in the budget next week

Estate agents hail idea of extension to stamp duty cut as 'shot in the arm'

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The site of the homes in Cockfield

Plan for 28 homes in village gets go-ahead

Matthew Earth

The River Stour at Bures has been reprofiled to promote wildlife

Fish and wildlife set to flourish following River Stour revamp

Matthew Earth

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Family concerned for welfare of missing 52-year-old man

Jason Bradley, from Stanway in Colchester, has been reported missing

Matthew Earth

Police have issued an appeal after a 52-year-old man from Stanway, near Colchester, was reported missing from his home.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the Ho

Budget 2021: Suffolk business leaders react as Sunak shells out

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The burglary happened at a home in Windermere Road, Sudbury

Bank cards stolen in home break-in

Matthew Earth

Cody Keithley aged seven, from Ipswich, wearing a Where's Wally? costume

Are your children taking part in World Book Day virtual fun?

Judy Rimmer

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Stay Home Save Lives advert at an Ipswich bus stop. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Coronavirus

Covid 'R rate' falls further below 1.0 as virus spread slows

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Things to do

Are your children taking part in World Book Day virtual fun?

Cody Keithley aged seven, from Ipswich, wearing a Where's Wally? costume

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Are your children all set to celebrate World Book Day in lockdown? Send in your photos for a chance to be in our gallery.

Can you spot a robin on yoru November walk? Picture: JULIE KEMP

9 things to look for on a nature walk with children in November

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An exhibition of silk panels have gone on display in the window of 2 Market Hill in Sudbury. Pictur

Take a selfie in front of Sudbury silk exhibition while on daily exercise

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Stir-Up Sunday will fall during lockdown - making the Christmas pudding is one of our ideas for thin

9 things to try during lockdown 2.0

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Sadly, organised firework displays can't go ahead this year - but families are being urged to try so

Alternative things to do for Bonfire Night 2020

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Sport

Non-league football season at Steps 3-6 is curtailed

The non-league seasons at Steps 3-7 is now null and void

Non-League Football

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The 2020/21 non-league season at Steps 3-6 has been curtailed with immediate effect.

Flying from the start at Foxhall. It's been a strange decade for the Witches. Starting on a low and

Ipswich Witches | Quiz

Can you spot these Ipswich Witches riders?

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Tristan Nydam featured in the second half of the pre-season game against Paderborn Picture: ROSS HAL

Football

Dobra's the man on the spot for Dyer's Blues, as Nydam returns to action

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A general view of Hull City graffiti during the FA Cup fourth round match at the KCOM Stadium, Hull.

Football

Meet Town's opposition: Injury-hit Hull are starting to feel the heat...

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The new non-league season starts this weekend: Picture: Steve Waller

Non-League Football | Your Posts

'It makes more sense to prepare for a new season' - Views on the road...

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Lifestyle

Are you in our school book week photos from 1980s-90s?

Book Week at Holbrook School in October 1986

Judy Rimmer

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Can you spot yourself or a family member in these photos of past book weeks at Suffolk schools?

Giant puppets and schoolchildren parading on Angel Hill to launch Bury St Edmunds Festival in 2002

Nostalgia | Gallery

That's entertainment - Bury St Edmunds Festival memories

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Visitors and engines at Woolpit Steam rally in 2003

Nostalgia

Full steam ahead - did you see traction engines at these rallies?

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The Ambassador Lanes was the first ten pin bowling centre to open in Ipswich in 1961. It was built o

Do you remember ten-pin bowling at the Ambassador Lanes, in Ipswich?

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The Wombles were at the St Benedict's School fete in Bury St Edmunds in June 1974

Nostalgia

Did Wombles inspire you to get litter picking in 1970s?

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