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Mariam Ghaemi

Senior Reporter

Mariam Ghaemi is a senior reporter specialising in west Suffolk, including Bury St Edmunds.

She covers a wide range of topics and has a keen interest in family and education stories.

She lives in Bury St Edmunds with her husband and two children.

Bury St Edmunds protest march in October, 2021

NHS

Nearly 30% drop in Suffolk dentists taking NHS work

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Bury St Edmunds' last D-Day veteran James 'Gentleman Jim' Palfrey. Pictured in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds

Obituary

One of last D-Day veterans 'Gentleman Jim' dies aged 101

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Darren Old is trading for the last time on Bury St Edmunds market on Saturday, January 15

West Suffolk Council

Cancelling Christmas fair 'nail in the coffin' for established market stall

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Gusto Pronto pub company, which runs the One Bull in Bury St Edmunds, has launched its own Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

Pubs

Pub firm starts own Eat Out to Help Out to avoid 'brutal' downturn in trade

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Marie McCleary, director of resources, and Angela Treagust, assistant director of finance at Havebury Housing Partnership

Housing News

Suffolk-based housing provider secures multi-million pound funding deal

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There was a great turnout for the New Year's Day walk at Felixstowe to start Suffolk Mind's 100 miles challenge

Charity News | Gallery

Presenter's prom stroll kicks off 100 miles in 100 day challenge

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Tom Williams, with his baby Spencer., who shortly after his birth was diagnosed with an infection ca

West Suffolk Hospital

Dad's relief after baby recovers from potentially-fatal illness

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Police and Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Suffolk Constabulary

Plea to 'think of others' after hundreds of New Year's Eve police calls

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Some of the Suffolk recipients of the 2022 New Year Honours

Charity News

Our Suffolk heroes in the 2022 New Year's Honours list

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Kirsty Clarke, 40, from Suffolk, who underwent an organ transplant operation in January 2021 that saved her life

NHS

'Organ transplant saved my life' - back to being Kirsty

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