The Buttermarket has reopened from 15:00 today, Friday, 2 October, after a tempered glass panel failure in the north mall forced the shopping centre to shut on Tuesday, 22 September 2026.

Private counselling rooms, a café, an arcade machine and a cosy snug are among the features of 4YP's new home at Regatta Quay, which supports children and young people aged seven to 25.

Children receiving care at The Treehouse in Ipswich took centre stage at a western-themed evening of music and laughter, with organisers saying their performances "stole the show."

A new weekly performing arts session run by Little Voices Suffolk is giving children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and the parents and carers who support them, a place to sing, act and make music together.

A 26-year-old from Freston has raised more than £4,000 for Breast Cancer Now by organising a rounders fun day just months after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

With 45 businesses already on board, organisers of the FutureSkills Fair are appealing for more local companies to join them in front of over 3,000 young people on 22 October.

Suffolk County Council’s Scrutiny Committee will examine how the authority decided to take the Government to court over reorganisation. The Chair’s casting vote sent just one question to a cross-party task and finish group, which will take place in February.

Professor Jenny Higham, vice chancellor of the University of Suffolk, has taken over as chair of the Wolsey 550 project from former East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt as it prepares for its second phase.

Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk reveals that fewer than 20 littering fines have been issued in Ipswich in any of the past six years. The council insists it has not stopped enforcing, but its own evidence suggests it never started.

Foxhall Stadium will stage two nights of FIM Speedway World Championship action next August, as Ipswich Witches confirm the biggest event in the club's 75-year history.

October is well and truly here. The evenings may be getting darker and the temperatures cooler, but Ipswich’s arts calendar is giving us plenty of reasons not to stay at home, writes Ipswich.co.uk Arts Columnist Zelly Lisanework.

The Walk's street market is launching a new stamp trail this Sunday, 4 October, giving visitors the chance to win £100 as this month's market takes on a Fantasy & Gamers theme.

Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to find Elsie-Belle, 13, who was last seen in Ipswich at approximately 23:00 on Tuesday, 29 September.

Data obtained by Ipswich.co.uk shows that less than a quarter of unpaid parking fines in Ipswich are ever recovered. As the number of fines issued keeps rising, the average money collected per fine keeps declining – but the council insists its enforcement is effective.

A menopause specialist, lived-experience speakers and industry leaders will share real stories and practical strategies at an evening hosted by Let's Talk Women's Health in Ipswich on Thursday, 8 October.

Nearly two years after more than 350 Suffolk businesses set out what a lack of investment in the A14 was costing them, the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce is asking again. This time the answers will land while the business case is still being written.

Suffolk County Council has written to the Education Secretary demanding a funding overhaul, arguing the county is short-changed compared with neighbouring areas on both children's social care and education spending.

Ipswich School has completed a series of improvements across its estate, with the centrepiece an extensive refresh of the historic Senior School frontage on Henley Road.

An after-school youth cafe at St Peter's Stoke Church in Ipswich has grown from just two members to more than 15 children, who come every Thursday for crafts, football, Lego and the volunteers' popular cheese toasties.

A fashion show, live music and a £259,832 award from The National Lottery Community Fund will headline Future Female Society's 10th anniversary party at The Hold on Saturday, 3 October.

Suffolk's rate of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is above national and regional averages, and has risen over four years. The council says the government is shortchanging it, but a local teenager's account reminded councillors what those numbers represent.

Suffolk Police are asking for the public's help to trace Reece Baker, 36, who was last seen leaving Sproughton this morning, Monday, 28 September.

A new work celebrating "the full spectrum of femininity" will begin its UK tour at DanceEast in Ipswich on Friday, 9 October, before heading to Canterbury and London.

From April 2027, employees will be entitled to two weeks' bereavement leave covering a wider range of relationships and pregnancy loss. Here is what is changing, and what it means for you.

Chris Bruce joined Barnes Construction as a teenage trainee in 1979 and rose to the boardroom. Nearly five decades later, he posed alongside the firm's newest recruits as it marked the appointment of its 100th management trainee.

Gary Keogh has resigned as Suffolk County Councillor for Bosmere, less than five months after winning the seat, citing changes to his personal and family circumstances alongside a demanding career.

The family of three-year-old Noah Woods, whose body was sadly found in Decoy Pond, Brantham, on Wednesday, 16 September, have paid tribute to a "happy, cheeky, playful" little boy who "brought joy wherever he went."

Roads across Ipswich will start closing from as early as 04:00 on Sunday as the town hosts its fifth Half Marathon, with diversions and parking suspensions running into the afternoon.

A 54-year-old Ipswich man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a string of child sex offences, including making indecent images of a child and attempting to incite a child into sexual activity.

Suffolk Constabulary is appealing for help to trace Vinnie Whittred, 23, who officers believe may be in the Newmarket, Thetford or Ipswich area.

Reform UK has lodged a formal complaint after Labour councillors used their majority to amend a motion thanking Suffolk County Council leader Cllr Michael Hadwen, replacing it with thanks for three borough councillors instead.

Live updates from Suffolk County Council's Education and Children's Services Scrutiny Committee at Endeavour House, where councillors are examining support for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the Healthy Child Services consultation.

Suffolk County Council's cabinet will decide on 15 October whether to proceed with devolution. Its leader is warming to the idea, but nothing is settled, and not consenting remains on the table.

A motion asking East Suffolk Council's Cabinet to consider a council tax rebate over the Better Recycling rollout was defeated at Full Council on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, after a tied vote was broken by the chair's casting vote.

East Suffolk voted to disestablish Planning Committee North, Planning Committee South and the Strategic Planning Committee on Wednesday, 23 September, replacing them with a single planning committee to comply with new government rules.

A motion calling for Essex & Suffolk Water and Anglian Water to be made statutory consultees on planning applications was withdrawn at East Suffolk Full Council on Wednesday, 23 September, after councillors from across the chamber said they would not support it.

Suffolk-based software company Halo is sponsoring Hub Sport, a programme giving 250 young athletes across Ipswich access to specialist strength and conditioning, nutrition, mental skills and wellbeing support.

We're reporting live from Riverside in Lowestoft this evening, at what is expected to be a lively Full Council meeting at East Suffolk Council.

Boundary changes, a single authority, one clear vision – Ipswich came close to the power it needs to act decisively on its future. Then the politics changed hands again, and the dream died with it, argues Ipswich.co.uk Green columnist David Plowman.

Adults in Ipswich can now drop in for free mental wellbeing support from experienced professionals at Suffolk's first REST Hub, which has opened in the town centre at 22 Carr Street.

The Buttermarket is still closed on Wednesday, 24 hours after a glass panel failure forced the shopping centre to shut, though several shops and facilities remain accessible.

From gas lights and all-male bars to a smoking ban and a warmer welcome, the California Social Club's oldest members have watched their club – and their town – change. As the club turns 130 this year, they are reflecting on everything they have witnessed from behind the bar.

Cancer Support Suffolk and Riverhills Health Club are launching Suffolk's first Robe-a-thon on Monday, 12 October 2026 — a 5km walk in spa robes to raise money for people living with cancer in the county.

The Buttermarket has temporarily closed after a tempered glass panel failed in the north mall, less than three weeks after reopening from a burst water main.

The Mix Coffee Shop at the University of Suffolk's Waterfront building has closed after 127 Trading Ltd, the charity's café arm, began voluntary liquidation proceedings.

A decade of research led by two organisations in Suffolk has found that survivors of child sexual abuse wait an average of 15 years before they access support.

Volunteers picked more than 30 bags of rubbish from Ipswich town centre on Monday 21 September, as Ipswich Central's Big Clean week got under way.

Ipswich band AFTERDRIVE played a special gig at One Sixth Form College this week, following a hometown show at The Baths and ahead of their first ever headline tour.

Arts columnist Zelly Lisanework has a coffee and conversation with Ipswich Book Festival organisers Andrew Marsh and Emma Lightfoot about how a four-person team is growing a festival that reaches far beyond the page.

Over 100 runners will take to Ipswich's streets on Sunday, 27 September, as Team Combat2Coffee returns to the half marathon in its largest turnout yet, aiming to raise funds for the veterans' mental health organisation – and, as is now tradition, one of them will be dressed as a giant coffee cup.