Lifesaving fire equipment to help efforts in Ukraine

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has pledged its support for Ukraine by providing much-needed fire engines and kitfor those on the frontline. This forms part of the ongoing National Fire Chiefs Council and Fire Aid initiative, which will...

Suffolk appoints new Armed Forces Commissioner

Suffolk’s Armed Forces Covenant and Board welcomes Lee Holloway as the new leader, taking over as Armed Forces Commissioner from Colonel (Retired) John Ogden.  The role of Armed Forces Commissioner is to provide a politically independent volunteer who chairs the...

‘Magic’: Felixstowe Triathlon awarded national recognition by sport’s governing body

Organisers of Felixstowe Triathlon are celebrating an ‘incredible’ national recognition for the endurance event – in only its first year. Felixstowe Triathlon was named Large Event of the Year at the 2022 HUUB Triathlon England Awards – after already having received...

Hospice Art Trail Reunion is a Big Success!

From familiar snouts and trunks, as well as one or two new feathered friends, there was plenty to enjoy for fans of St Elizabeth Hospice’s Wild in Art sculpture trails over the weekend of 12th and 13th March. As part of the Welcome Back Ipswich weekend, St Elizabeth...

Port of Felixstowe achieves new volume benchmark

Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has broken its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship for the third time in two months. The latest benchmark was set when a total of 27,961 TEU (standard containers) were handled on the MSC AMELIA which sailed...