Spiralling costs have led to a festival, organised to raise money for charity and bring people together, being cancelled with just days to go.

Firefighters took more than a hour to bring a fire involving 60 bales of straw under control.

Oi! Could you please keep the noise down – does this story really warrant front-page news ?

Since last week’s report about the proposed development of 51 houses in the centre of Long Melford, Babergh planners have revealed a document from their “independent highways consultant” that was missing from the original report and have launched yet another 14-day consultation period – the fifth in the last seven months.

I did not vote in the council elections – the first time in my life that I have not voted.

Arger Fen in Assington is to become the centre of a research experiment in the fightback against a deadly disease affecting ash trees, it has been revealed.

A Great Cornard man who battled cancer for 13 years before his death in January inspired his granddaughter to hold a charity fundraiser on Saturday.

Five bobbies will set off on a mammoth cycling fundraiser on Sunday – riding 400 miles in four days.

Boxford Village Hall committee members Julian Fincham-Jacques and Veronica and Robert Hobbs raised nearly £2,000 for new hall lighting and flooring.

Military vehicles arrived at a specially camouflaged Great Cornard pub for three days of celebrations to mark VE Day over the weekend.

A parish council has applied for planning permission to build a new village hall.

The vicarage garden in Clare High Street is the place to go for tea, cakes and homemade produce on Saturday, May 25, when the Church of St Peter and St Paul stages its May fair from 2pm to 4.30pm.

The new mayor of Sudbury has said he will dedicate himself to keeping the town thriving.

Companies are getting more involved than ever in this year’s Sudbury in Bloom contest, with donations and sponsored displays.

A decision on controversial plans to build a food store outside a pub has been delayed while an environmental health report is compiled.

A housing support officer is coming to Sudbury’s Citizens Advice Bureau in Newton Road every third Wednesday of the month to help with issues such as dealing with rent or mortgage arrears.

Fundraising to save a church which was built in Anglo-Saxon times and is rumoured to be haunted has been stepped up.

Organisers of the Hadleigh Show, which takes place on Saturday, are reporting a significant rise in the number of livestock class entries this year.

The sound of popping wine bottle corks and ale-fuelled cheer will be heard next month in Sudbury at the annual beer, wine and cider festival.

Nearly £10,000 has been donated to charity by Sudbury mayor Jack Owen.