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Steve Barton is the senior reporter on the Haverhill Echo and works across Suffolk News, too. Steve has worked on the Echo for well over a decade.

Squalid sleeping area uncovered and undocumented worker arrested in town enforcement operation

12 November 2025
Squalid sleeping area uncovered and undocumented worker arrested in town enforcement operation

Squalid sleeping area uncovered and undocumented worker arrested in town enforcement operation

12 November 2025

An illegal worker was arrested, thousands of cigarettes confiscated and a squalid sleeping area found during a multi-agency operation in Suffolk.


How resort’s new owners are making their mark

08 November 2025
How resort’s new owners are making their mark

How resort’s new owners are making their mark

08 November 2025

Quirky forms of accommodation now stand alongside the more traditional at a glamping and fishing resort that is under new ownership.


‘We see a bright future for the site’: How business’s new owners are targeting growth

04 November 2025
‘We see a bright future for the site’: How business’s new owners are targeting growth

‘We see a bright future for the site’: How business’s new owners are targeting growth

04 November 2025

The new owners of a long-established pharmaceutical and biotech firm in Suffolk aim to grow business further and provide more jobs at the facility.


‘We are so proud’: School grows together towards a better future

03 November 2025
‘We are so proud’: School grows together towards a better future

‘We are so proud’: School grows together towards a better future

03 November 2025

A raft of new initiatives at a school including growing and selling its own produce is making it a leader in community-driven sustainability.


‘Amazing’ support key to dancer earning sought-after academy place

02 November 2025
‘Amazing’ support key to dancer earning sought-after academy place

‘Amazing’ support key to dancer earning sought-after academy place

02 November 2025

The mum of a Suffolk teenager who has won a place at a dance academy believes it would not have happened were it not for her performing arts teacher.


Mum faces race against time to achieve £100,000 fund-raising goal in memory of daughter

02 November 2025
Mum faces race against time to achieve £100,000 fund-raising goal in memory of daughter

Mum faces race against time to achieve £100,000 fund-raising goal in memory of daughter

02 November 2025

A mum who began fund-raising for charities after her daughter died of a rare condition faces a race against time to pass £100,000 before she turns 80.


Suffolk towns win gold at annual ‘in Bloom’ awards

01 November 2025
Suffolk towns win gold at annual ‘in Bloom’ awards

Suffolk towns win gold at annual ‘in Bloom’ awards

01 November 2025

Two Suffolk towns have struck gold at the Britain in Bloom Awards 2025.


‘These are crimes done by the absolute worst in society’: Conmen defraud woman in her 80s out of more than £5,000

01 November 2025
‘These are crimes done by the absolute worst in society’: Conmen defraud woman in her 80s out of more than £5,000

‘These are crimes done by the absolute worst in society’: Conmen defraud woman in her 80s out of more than £5,000

01 November 2025

Police in Suffolk are asking people to discuss courier fraud with elderly relatives or friends after a woman lost more than £5,000 to fraudsters.


Annual pyrotechnics show will provide a boost for many schools

31 October 2025
Annual pyrotechnics show will provide a boost for many schools

Annual pyrotechnics show will provide a boost for many schools

31 October 2025

An annual fireworks display that raises funds for four village schools near the Suffolk border returns on Saturday, November 8.


‘This crossing is unsafe for pedestrians’: How estate developer is helping to improve road safety

31 October 2025
‘This crossing is unsafe for pedestrians’: How estate developer is helping to improve road safety

‘This crossing is unsafe for pedestrians’: How estate developer is helping to improve road safety

31 October 2025

A proposal to introduce a traffic calming measure on an increasingly-busy road has been welcomed as it goes out to public consultation.


Hoax caller claimed someone had been stabbed

30 October 2025
Hoax caller claimed someone had been stabbed

Hoax caller claimed someone had been stabbed

30 October 2025

A 19-year-old was arrested this morning in a town after a number of hoax calls were made to emergency services.


‘It was an awesome experience’: Stroke survivor hits the fast lane for charity

30 October 2025
‘It was an awesome experience’: Stroke survivor hits the fast lane for charity

‘It was an awesome experience’: Stroke survivor hits the fast lane for charity

30 October 2025

A Suffolk woman defied her disabilities to race two sports cars round a track for charity.


‘We’re showing what real change looks like’: Support for ‘Lift the Curfew’ campaign

29 October 2025
‘We’re showing what real change looks like’: Support for ‘Lift the Curfew’ campaign

‘We’re showing what real change looks like’: Support for ‘Lift the Curfew’ campaign

29 October 2025

A Suffolk running club is backing a campaign highlighting the curfew many women face during winter as they look to be active outdoors after dark.


Callum helps to serve up a new sporting option for town

29 October 2025
Callum helps to serve up a new sporting option for town

Callum helps to serve up a new sporting option for town

29 October 2025

A Suffolk town can look forward to having its first padel tennis club after a proposal to create three covered courts for the sport was approved.


Hundreds of homes without water after mains burst

29 October 2025
Hundreds of homes without water after mains burst

Hundreds of homes without water after mains burst

29 October 2025

A burst water main in the early hours of this morning has left hundreds of homes in one Suffolk town without any water.


Charity’s founder ‘awed’ by support as it hits 20 years

27 October 2025
Charity’s founder ‘awed’ by support as it hits 20 years

Charity’s founder ‘awed’ by support as it hits 20 years

27 October 2025

The founder of a charity that has hit the 20-year milestone says he is ‘humbled’ by the community support over the decades.


Cashpoint delay is ‘hitting residents and businesses’

25 October 2025
Cashpoint delay is ‘hitting residents and businesses’

Cashpoint delay is ‘hitting residents and businesses’

25 October 2025

A councillor has criticised the failure by the company that runs a banking hub to install a cash machine, months after the move was agreed.


Quartet defy stormy weather to hit new heights for charity

24 October 2025
Quartet defy stormy weather to hit new heights for charity

Quartet defy stormy weather to hit new heights for charity

24 October 2025

Four colleagues from a Suffolk garage went that extra mile for charity by climbing to the top of the UK’s second highest mountain in 40mph winds.


Art brings wildlife to town centre streets

24 October 2025
Art brings wildlife to town centre streets

Art brings wildlife to town centre streets

24 October 2025

New murals and other smaller artworks inspired by wildlife have recently appeared in a Suffolk town centre.


Man denies committing three breaches of stalking order

23 October 2025
Man denies committing three breaches of stalking order

Man denies committing three breaches of stalking order

23 October 2025

A Suffolk man has been charged with committing three breaches of a stalking protection order.