Between 5pm and 8pm officers carrying out anniversary checks in the Ancaster Road area of Ipswich handed out appeal leaflets relating to the attack on Dean Stansby. Mr Stansby, aged 41 and of Trimley St Mary, died of a stab wound to the abdomen in Ipswich Hospital, where he had been taken after the incident on February 8. A month on from the stabbing, officers stopped and spoke to around 635 motorists who were travelling through the area and identified more than 35 people who may have relevant information to the investigation.
Category: Ipswich, England
Want to know where to pay less on fuel? Here are the cheapest prices…
Want to know where to pay less on fuel? Here are the cheapest prices for petrol and diesel in Ipswich today Morrisons in Sproughton Road, and the ASDA supermarkets in Stoke Park Drive and Goddard Road have the best price on unleaded petrol in Ipswich today at 1.167 per litre. If you are thinking of filling up today, here’s a list of the best prices in the Ipswich area according to online price index Petrol Prices.
How should the growing school places crisis in Ipswich be solved?
As council chiefs step up plans to build two new schools in Ipswich amid soaring demand for places, we are asking our readers for your thoughts on how the growing school places crisis should be solved. This newspaper exclusively revealed last week that just under 300 parents were denied a place at their preferred secondary school for their child this September.
Neighbours express concern after man is stabbed near Wherstead Road in Ipswich
Two men have been arrested in connection with the attack and police say they are not looking for any other suspects at this stage. Suffolk Constabulary attended the scene and arrested a man in his early 30s and another man in his early 40s.
Ed Sheeran tickets sell out in minutes, leaving unlucky fans disappointed
Ed Sheeran performs at East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices gala dinner, at the Natural History Museum, London. Photo: John Stillwell/PA Wire Tickets for Ed Sheeran’s tour of the UK and Ireland sold out in a matter of minutes – with thousands of fans clamouring to secure a place at one of the Suffolk singer’s live shows in April and May. Many Ed Sheeran fans were initially met with a black screen while trying to buy tickets for his new tour The rush was so great that many online buyers were directed to a holding page, advising that ticket staff were dealing with the “maximum possible number of bookings”.
Glimpse of spring as first snowdrops of 2017 bloom across Suffolk
Spring has arrived near St Joseph’s College in Ipswich with the first snowdrops in bloom. By Sarah Lucy Brown The arrival of February has brought with it the first snowdrop blooms of the season across Suffolk with the flowers spotted in Ipswich, Ickworth Park and Kentwell Hall.
What you need to know when buying tickets for Ed Sheeran’s UK and European tour
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Call for more music venues and cultural spaces for young people in Ipswich
Ipswich has been dubbed a “cultural wasteland” that needs to improve its music scene and offer more for young people. Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition launched by Suffolk Young Labour Party calling for new, modern venues in the town that can fill the void left by the closure of Pump & Grind.
Call for more music venues and cultural spaces for young people in Ipswich
Ipswich has been dubbed a “cultural wasteland” that needs to improve its music scene and offer more for young people. Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition launched by Suffolk Young Labour Party calling for new, modern venues in the town that can fill the void left by the closure of Pump & Grind.
Child abduction scare in Hawthorn Drive prompts fresh advice at Oaks Community Primary School
An apparent child abduction attempt in Ipswich has prompted a primary school to renew its ‘stranger danger’ advice to pupils today. Students at The Oaks Community Primary School in Aster Road will be given fresh guidance about what action to take when confronted by strangers.
Severe flood warnings downgraded in Suffolk and Essex
Five severe flood warnings – which warn of a danger to life – remain in place for coastal areas towards the north of Suffolk tonight and in the early hours of tomorrow morning. But other severe flood warnings issued yesterday for further south down the coast -such as Ipswich and Felixstowe – have been downgraded to flood warnings, in which there is no danger to life but “immediate action” is still required.
‘Danger to life flood’ warnings issued as homes in Jaywick,…
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