Suffolk County, England News

Households in Waveney have proved their green credentials and helped the district to break into the nationwide top 10 for recycling.

A retired headmaster had an 80 parking fine slapped on his car because his disabled parking permit had faded in the sun.

A FISHERMAN has died after falling overboard from his vessel in stormy weather. James Grindy, 24, died when he fell from a fishing boat in "atrocious" weather while working in the English Channel about 20 miles off Hastings, East Sussex.

THREE more post offices are set to reopen in Essex in the coming weeks thanks to the county council's initiative to bolster the branch network.

Former BNP European election candidate David Lucas will appear at Ipswich Crown Court next year to face charges relating to the illegal possession of explosives and ammunition.

THE body of a woman aged in her forties has been recovered by a Harwich lifeboat crew this morning.

SATURDAY night went off with a bang for thousands of revellers enjoying firework displays across the region.

A SUFFOLK family have paid loving tribute to their a oeexceptionala son who died suddenly whilst on a training exercise in the army.

A TEENAGE motorist is due to appear in court after a road crash that killed an aspiring firefighter.

Remembrance Sunday service at Downham Market war memorial. Pictured: after the wreath laying the parade marched to the church for a service 09 November 2009 The region fell silent yesterday as thousands of people turned out onto the streets to remember those who fought died while serving their country in global conflicts.

FIREFIGHTERS have tackled a blaze that virtually destroyed a sports pavilion in a park.

BUS fares in Ipswich are to increase tomorrow and early next year as the recession takes its toll on the transport sector.

TWO brothers sparked a full-scale helicopter rescue when the dinghy they took as a drunken prank began to sink, a court heard.

Kurt Meadlarklan, 25, from Stowupland, was seriously injured when he collided with a parked Rover car on May 29 in Kittiwake Court, Stowmarket, just before 11pm.

COUNCIL chiefs who spent A 500,000 buying and converting a house for a new children's home only became aware the building was next door to a convicted rapist after the sex offender himself told police, it has emerged.

In a role reversal of sorts, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan needed to carry his father piggyback and trot across a vast field for a sequence in 'Paa'. To the relief of director R. Balki, Abhishek simply breezed through the difficult scene.

HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds was spent by council chiefs buying a detached village house for a children's home - only for the entire scheme to be scrapped once it emerged a convicted sex offender lived next door.

A POLICE officer has pleaded guilty to driving without a oedue care and attentiona following a crash while he was attending an emergency call.

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a dog which was trapped in a drainage pipe this afternoon. Fire crews were called to help the border terrier at 4.29pm after it became trapped in a pipe in Burton Hill, Withersfield, near Haverhill.

COUNCIL officers are working to make a road safer after a teenager was seriously hurt when a car crashed into a garage.