Waveney, England News

Raised in Lowestoft and a oeretiringa to Southwold, Gill Booth was a brilliant nurse and counsellor who also travelled the world as a diplomat's wife.

Jeld Wen - which is set to close. Workers at one of Lowestoft's biggest employers are facing a bleak Christmas after being told that their factory will close in the New Year.

NEW signs could be unveiled in forthcoming weeks to improve the much-discussed a oemerge in turna operation on the approach to Lowestoft's bascule bridge.

Lowestoft Victim Care Centre have commissioned a poster campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence Christmas cards will be delivered to persistent repeat offenders of domestic abuse in Waveney warning them against violence as the festive season approaches.

Waveney Stardust II vessel. A charity is appealing for help to raise vital funds needed to get a new craft commissioned to take the disabled and elderly on trips out on the water.

MPs in Suffolk and north Essex last year claimed more than a quarter of a million pounds for second homes as the spotlight once again fell on the discredited expenses and allowances at Westminster.

Changes in farming methods have been blamed for the low rate of survival among barn owls in Suffolk.

A SHOCKING catalogue of attacks against frontline 999 emergency staff can be revealed today.

A SOUTHWOLD opticians has been personally recognised by a world class fashion queen after making a spectacle of her designer frames.

A HEARTBROKEN mother has warned of the dangers of teenage depression after her daughter took her own life.

COLD, clear skies added to the festive atmosphere across the Waveney Valley as two town centres were bathed in Christmas lights on Fiday.

Plans to switch more than a dozen moorings for holidaymakers on the Broads in Beccles over to private use would damage tourism in the town, councillors have warned.

A CAMPAIGNER fighting to protect his coastal property is today calling for new funding to be invested in the future.

Halesworth councillors have warned that a projected a oeplummeta in the number of primary school pupils could be an early signal of the town falling into deprivation.

Another step has been taken towards handing back Southwold harbour to the town after a long-running dispute over its ownership.

They have battled for three years to save Beccles' outdoor swimming pool from closure and now volunteers have finally been able to start work on the site.

A last-ditch call for help to avert a financial crisis was issued by Waveney council today amid increasing fears of a A 9m black hole in its budget and its impact on key projects across the district.

Local organisations are being given the opportunity to step into the spotlight and have their community messages transmitted on 10 plasma screens located across Lowestoft.

Waveney residents are being invited to an information market in Lowestoft, where a range of local support agencies will be on hand to offer advice.

Ship-to-ship oil transfers off the north Suffolk coast, which have raised fears of pollution, could be banned before Christmas.