FIREFIGHTERS were called to a chimney fire at a thatched cottage in Boxted.

THE board set up to run Suffolk’s libraries has been finalised.

IF you have ever wanted to know more about the Sudbury area’s rural heritage, now is your chance.

A FREE one-day course to improve job interview skills is on offer for people who are unemployed in Sudbury and the surrounding villages.

A new bus service has been launched to help people get to Halstead, Broomfield and Braintree Community Hospitals.

AMENDMENTS to plans to build nearly 100 homes in Great Waldingfield are set to be agreed.

A LORRY skidded on ice on a Sudbury road and damaged a resident’s wall last week.

PLANS for 21 new homes in Boxford will go before councillors next week.

POTENTIAL blood donors are needed for sessions in Sudbury and Long Melford.

TWO Hadleigh charities received a welcome boost thanks to a successful coffee morning.

SUDBURY Town Council has appointed a new representative to the Friends of St Peter group.

HEALTH checks for people aged 40 to 74 are being offered in Sudbury.

FIREFIGHTERS battled a chimney fire in Great Cornard for nearly three hours.

CAMPAIGNERS have put forward plans to remove the need for a new electricity sub-station to be built near Sudbury.

BUDDING detectives are being hunted for a treasure trail centred around four villages near Sudbury.

PHOTOGRAPHERS are being urged to brave the cold weather and take stunning snaps for a competition.

A management team that will oversee the running of two councils and help save more than £1million has been finalised.

LAVENHAM’s village hall will be rocking to the strains of pop, Motown, gospel and chart songs next month.

MORE than 50 charities have benefited from money raised by the community group that puts on The Big Night Out fireworks show every year in Long Melford.

THE life of Sudbury’s oldest resident Kathleen Grimwood, who died last month aged 110, will be celebrated at a service in the town’s St Gregory’s Church on Tuesday February 14.