Fury over rude sign in seaside town in Suffolk warning: ‘if you don’t live around here f*** off’

Fury over sign in celebrity’s favourite seaside town in Suffolk that is a hotspot for second homes warning: ‘If you don’t live around here f*** off’ The sign appeared on a lamppost warning people to stay away from Southwold  The beauty spot in Suffolk is popular with second home owners and celebrities It triggered fury, … Read more

Suffolk vicar wins court battle after removal of gravestone trinkets

Vicar wins court battle against parishioners after tensions ‘boiled over’ when he removed unauthorised toys and trinkets from graves The row over mementoes involved St Edmund’s Church in Kessingland, Suffolk  Removed items would be destroyed if not collected during lockdown last May  Church judge said the removals were in line with churchyard regulations One parishioner said … Read more

Suffolk vicar wins court battle against parishioners after tensions ‘boiled over’

Vicar wins court battle against parishioners after tensions ‘boiled over’ when he removed unauthorised toys and trinkets from graves The row over mementoes involved St Edmund’s Church in Kessingland, Suffolk  Removed items would be destroyed if not collected during lockdown last May  Church judge said the removals were in line with churchyard regulations One parishioner said … Read more

Almost 70 Albanians arrested on board fishing boat off Suffolk coast bound for Britain

Almost 70 Albanians are arrested on board fishing boat to Britain as border chiefs smash massive people-trafficking ring Officers from cutters HMC Searcher and HMC Vigilant boarded vessel Trawler was intercepted off Suffolk coast after intelligence gathered by NCA 69 Albanian men and women were found hiding in the trawler’s fish hold  By David Barrett, … Read more

Norfolk and Suffolk Police hunt ‘dine and dash’ couple who swindled up to a DOZEN hospitality venues

Police are hunting a ‘dine and dash’ couple who swindled up to a dozen pubs and restaurants by fleeing without paying for meals during a ten-month crime spree. The pair are thought to have claimed their card was declined during their brazen tricks on the beleaguered hospitality venues across East Anglia. They would then leave … Read more

Ed Sheeran’s Made In Suffolk Legacy auction raises more than £500,000

Ed Sheeran‘s Made In Suffolk charity auction has raised a grand total of more than £500,000. The singer, 29, donated hoards of personal items from his career to an auction helping to raise money for young people with disabilities and life-limiting illnesses in East Anglia.  Set up by the musician’s parents John and Imogen Sheeran for the … Read more

They shall not grow old: Moving display of 41 fallen soldiers’ silhouettes erected in Suffolk

A haunting display of silhouettes of fallen soldiers has been erected on a village green where men were enlisted in a poignant act of Remembrance. The black-painted 4ft tall plywood cut outs of 41 soldiers represent all the men from Haughley, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, who died in World War One and World War Two. The … Read more

Ed Sheeran donates rare painting to the Made In Suffolk Legacy auction for charity

Ed Sheeran has donated one of his paintings to his parents’ Made In Suffolk Legacy auction, it was revealed on Monday. The singer, 29, has decided to give a colourful abstract painting titled Dab 2 2020, which he made for his father John as he refers to him by the nickname Dab. According to the auction, … Read more

New nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk is set to be given the green light

New nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk is set to be given the green light after government talks with energy giant EDF Talks said to have stepped up between government and contractor on project Planning documents were lodged for the nuclear plant in Suffolk back in May Specifics on funding for the new reactors … Read more

Two pubs in village on the Essex and Suffolk border are split by Covid lockdown rules

Two pubs in the same village have been hit with different Covid rules – meaning locals are free to socialise with friends in one but banned in the other. A mere 350 yards separates the The Eight Bells and Three Horseshoes, both of which are in the small English village of Bures. However, despite being in … Read more