Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk communities are being urged to keep an eye on their local churches as surrounding counties suffer a rise in lead thefts.

A group of ‘tractor boys’ visited West Suffolk Hospital’s Rainbow Ward and St Nicholas Hospice Care, in Bury St Edmunds, to bring some early festive cheer.

An unusual bird hide has been opened at Lackford Lakes nature reserve thanks to generous volunteers.

Probation officers fear the privatisation of Suffolk and Norfolk’s community rehabilitation service has been done without checking the system works.

A Bury St Edmunds company has been digging deep to raise vital funds for children’s charity KidsOut this year - by selling toys to its delegates.

Squash classes will be moving out of Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre after a new partnership with a local sports club.

Bury St Edmunds’ Howard and Mildenhall Estates rang to the sound of Christmas carols thanks to a joint effort by their churches.

A group of young entrepreneurs have turned their love of fashion into a business venture by launching their own clothing line.

Hotel chain Travelodge has written to St Edmundsbury Borough Council asking whether it would like to join forces to build a new hotel in Bury St Edmunds.

The principal of the Diamond Academy in Thetford has announced he will be stepping down at the end of the school year.

Police are linking five incidents of girls being followed in Stowmarket.

Council bosses in West Suffolk say they are well prepared to deal with major cuts in Government funding.

Detectives from Thetford CID are appealing for witnesses to an assault which took place in the town at the weekend.

A homeless man is accused of harassing three women in Bury St Edmunds and Pakenham between December 1 -3.

This week we have poems from D Meeings and Aland Claxton.

This week’s winner of See it, Snap it, Send is Linda Diver with this picture of a dancer.

A man threw a knife at his partner while she was six months pregnant, a court has heard.

A Barrow nursery’s nativity ended on a high note when pupils revealed they had received an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted.

Teachers at Barrow Primary School have brought a wealth of family fun to their village after staging a pantomime this week.

Ben is a four-year-old chocolate labrador who would be happy with a family and likes getting lots of attention.