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Discover the best Women’s Tour vantage points

A group of female cyclists racing on a country road

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Adam Pescod

With the prestigious cycle race returning to Suffolk and north Essex on June 6, where can you go to catch a glimpse of the action?

Anthony Stammer has been missing for ten years

Essex Police

'You never move on' - heartbroken family appeal as son missing for 10 years

Tom Swindles

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ESNEFT are the first in the UK to offer new glaucoma surgery to help stop people going blind

Suffolk Live News

Revealed: New rules for maternity patients at Suffolk hospital

Johnny Amos

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Female cyclists crossing the finish line at a Women on Wheels event

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Get back on your bike ahead of the Women’s Tour

Adam Pescod

School children outside a bus station in Hadleigh

Education News

'It's ridiculous': bus cancellation could leave schoolchildren stranded

Toby Lown

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Kirkley Pantry was launched on December 1, 2020 to support families in need Picture: Getty

Suffolk County Council

Working families hit by high fuel bills turn to foodbanks

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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Orchard Terrace

Wedding bookings boom at popular resort as £500k transformation continues

Michael Steward

Ipswich Hospital will also receive government cash

Coronavirus

Nearly 150 people being treated for Covid in counties' hospitals

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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Jamie Steele, a second-year University of Suffolk nursing student

University of Suffolk

Nursing student numbers 'rise': Jamie inspired by NHS workers saving lives

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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ESNEFT and Greater Anglia bosses are asking people to keep wearing masks despite the end of Plan B restrictions

Coronavirus

Masks still to be worn on trains and in hospitals as Plan B ends

Angus Williams

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Ipswich Hospital/Colchester Hospital/West Suffolk Hospital. Picture: Archant

NHS

Number of patients waiting for treatment in Suffolk and Essex reaches...

Abygail Fossett

Ipswich hospital sign, and inset Neill Moloney, acting chief executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Coronavirus

Private hospitals to help NHS find extra beds if Omicron surge hits Suffolk

Angus Williams

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The latest government data on levels of Covid-19 in Suffolk and north Essex has been released.

Coronavirus

Mapped: The latest Covid cases and infection rates in your neighbourhood

Angus Williams

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A man has been arrested after footage emerged of a fox being attacked in Essex

Essex Police | Video

Undercover footage captures Bures man 'attacking fox with garden fork'

Michael Steward

A second case of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been confirmed in Suffolk.

Coronavirus

Mapped: The Covid cases and infection rates in your neighbourhood

Angus Williams

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Ipswich and Colchester hospitals are due to merge in July. Picture: ARCHANT

Restricted visiting to be reintroduced at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals

Johnny Amos

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Firefighters were called to a thatched roof fire in Great Horkesley at the weekend

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

13 fire crews called to thatched cottage blaze in north Essex

Johnny Amos

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Sudbury is getting behind their local team as they enter the FA Cup on Friday. Picture: Sarah Lucy

FA Cup

Football fever grips Sudbury ahead of 'massive' FA Cup clash

Michael Steward

An F15 fighter jet landing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk similar to the one flown by US airman Kenneth

Suffolk Live News

US jets to practice flypast over Suffolk this morning

Timothy Bradford

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Routine blood tests have been cancelled at Ipswich Hospital, Colchester Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital as a result of...

NHS

Fears 'stressed and burnt out' staff are quitting jobs at Suffolk hospitals

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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The White Hart pub in Nayland, on the Suffolk and Essex border, will be converted into a home

Nayland pub formerly part-owned by Michel Roux to be converted into home

Matthew Earth

Practise Nurse April Pearson administering the pfizer vaccination Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Coronavirus

Vaccines to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds in Suffolk by next week

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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A happy bunch at Colchester Carnival in July 1988

Colourful carnivals - are you in these photos from the 1970s to 1990s?

Judy Rimmer

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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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Covid cases 'rising really quickly', public health leader warns

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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Nikki and Richard Bowdidge from the Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation, collect Â£10,000 from (lef

Bank donates £20k to help cancer patients pay mortgage and rent

Johnny Amos

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Theresa Higgins and mayor Robert Davidson cut the ribbon on Colchester's Northern Gateway Sports Park

'State of the art' £28.8m Colchester sports complex officially opens

Matthew Earth

All districts in Suffolk have seen a rise in the number of long-term empty homes

Why are 3,500 homes stood empty in Suffolk?

Mariam Ghaemi

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Stevie White was sentenced to seven years in prison

Burglar jailed for 7 years after confessing to string of raids

Katy Sandalls

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Runners and walkers taking part in Ipswich Race For Life at Trinity Park in 2019

Race for Life events postponed - but you can join virtual run

Judy Rimmer

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An Openreach engineer at work Picture: BILLYPIX

£5bn fund will take broadband from 'riding a bike' to 'driving a F1 car'

Angus Williams

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