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Ambulance called to man in Sudbury

A man in his 40s was taken to West Suffolk Hospital on Tuesday morning after being taken ill in Sudbury.

Help save threatened Cox’s Park at picnic

Campaigners are planning a picnic at Hadleigh’s Cox’s Park to stave off plans for a development of executive homes.

BURN BABY BURN: Children from Long Melford Primary school watch a fire demonstration.

Teaching an exact science...

More than 350 primary school children enjoyed the sights and sounds of science at Thomas Gainsborough School’s 15th annual science fair on Tuesday.

STRETCHING THEIR LEGS: Sue Calvino and Year Eight pupils at Hadleigh High School are walking a total of 3,000 miles to raise money for a school in Ghana.

Pupils are Ghana go the distance to support school link

A group of 30 staff and pupils from Hadleigh High School took their first steps towards walking 3,000 miles to raise money for a Ghanaian school on Monday.

Fear new homes plan could destroy village

Debate over plans to build more affordable homes in Boxford are to continue amid concerns a new development would destroy what makes the village special.

Man appears in court to deny assault on woman

A Great Cornard man has denied assaulting a woman.

Sport rss

Ready for river season

Rushbrook Farm lake is fishing well especially for roach with several fish in the six to 10oz bracket, reports Sudbury and Melford District Angling Club.

STANDING OUT: Beautifully-primed horses and ponies vying for the judges attention amid the backdrop of Melford Hall on Saturday

New-look Lavenham show is proving to be a huge hit

Lavenham and District Equestrian Club hosted their first show of the year among the grand surroundings of Melford Hall on Saturday.

Halstead runners impress in events

Halstead Road Runner and multi-sport ace Rob Thacker completed the Braintree Triathlon in a respectable 17th position.

Football club dispute costs council £6,000

Legal discussions between Cornard United Football Club and the parish council over a pitch lease have cost taxpayers more than £6,000 to date.

Brace ready for pro debut while Moul misses cut

Stoke-by-Nayland Golf Club’s Scott Brace finished eighth in the Turkish Amateur at Antalya National Golf Club in Belek, Antalya, ahead of his professional debut this week.

FINALIST: Leon Thomas (blue helmet) in action during Eastgate Boxing Clubs show last month

Thomas has shot at gold

Sudbury’s Leon Thomas will fight for a gold medal in the Redditch Box Cup in Redditch, Worcestershire this weekend after winning his semi-final.

Lifestyle rss

Is your garden the best kept in town?

Green fingered residents are being urged to enter the Pride of Sudbury Competition.

Residents object to plan for care home

An application to turn a former nursing home in Great Cornard into 12 flats has been labelled “a development for the desperate” by residents.

NEW LOOK: The renovated Quaker Meeting House.

Meeting House reopened

Former hostage Terry Waite attended the grand reopening of the Sudbury Quakers Meeting House.

HOORAY: Maggie and Jo Chapman.

Family duo raise £1,100 for amputees

Inspired by the exploits of her father after he lost a limb fighting in the Second World War, a Bures woman has completed a gruelling 10,000-metre charity run.

Town gears up for open gardens event

A selection of the best gardens in Sudbury will be opening their gates to visitors in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care later this month.

It’s that time to start getting arty

Visions of Sudbury organisers want artists to get busy this summer.

Community rss

Canadians learn all about city’s namesake

A documentary about life in Sudbury has been broadcast to millions of Canadians after a reporter from the town’s namesake paid a visit.

Expectations high ahead of first food and drink festival

More than 50 exhibitors will converge on Sudbury this weekend for the town’s first food and drink festival.

AT LAST: Len Backhouse, ex-sailor on the wartime Arctic convoys, has just received his Arctic Star medal, after a long campaign for recognition.

Arctic Star for Long Melford veteran

Wartime seaman Len Backhouse who braved appalling conditions on one of the most dangerous missions of the Second World War has been awarded a special medal 70 years later.

Noisy neighbour who made ‘lives a misery’ fined £100

A noisy neighbour from Halstead has been fined following a series of complaints.

FINE FOUNTAIN Ted Filer, John Sayers and Neil Luxton with the design for the new fountain

New sculpture could mark dalmatian link

A six-foot tower marking Sudbury’s link with Dodi Smith’s 101 Dalmatians story could be made this year.

Fete raises £1,400

A variety of attractions guaranteed a fun-filled morning for pupils, parents and villagers who attended Nayland Primary School’s summer fete.

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