SuffolkNews Podcast: Councillors anger and disgust over lack of Newmarket grass cutting and weeds

In today’s podcast, disgruntled Newmarket Town councillors, frustrated by overgrown grass verges, and weeds, across the town have formed their own group in a bid to try and get some action to improve the situation.

At a meeting on Monday, Cllr Lisa Crissall called on the authority to ditch West Suffolk Council’s service and take back control of keeping the town tidy.

Residents throughout the town have been complaining that parts of it are now jungle-like.

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A long-standing air quality control zone in Sudbury could be removed within the next two years, after road layout changes led to significant improvements.

Babergh District Council confirmed that nitrogen dioxide levels in the air in Cross Street have now dropped sufficiently to meet the national health standard, having exceeded it for many years.

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Tributes have been paid to a ‘colourful’ and ‘lovely’ woman who ‘always had a smile on her face’ following her death.

Well-loved by many in her area, Valerie Talbott, from Bury St Edmunds, died age 65 on May 5.

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