Bury St Edmunds

A headteacher who oversaw ‘outstanding’ standards and developed pupils’ creativity at a village primary school has retired after a 41 year career.

A headteacher has praised the ‘real team effort’ which saw her school soar to a ‘good’ Ofsted rating.

Fire crews tackled a blaze at a house in Beck Row earlier today (Saturday, December 19)

The Mayor of St Edmundsbury graced an ice rink for the first time in his life - taking ‘a little stroll’ in his shoes rather than donning skates.

An outline application for up to 1,250 homes between Sicklesmere Road and Rougham Road has been submitted to St Edmundsbury Borough Council by Hopkins Homes.

Christmas will be brighter for hundreds of people struggling to feed themselves and their families thanks to a £300 donation from Asda.

A 23-year-old man has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to the rape of a woman in her 20s in Bury St Edmunds.

The pupils of any school raising more than £7,000 should be proud of themselves, but it is doubly so for Horringer Court Middle School because it was all their own work.

The headteacher of Tollgate Primary School, in Bury St Edmunds, has resigned.

A date has been set for a new consultation to suggest alternative sites for a waste hub in West Suffolk following a public backlash to council bosses’ preferred option.

A mother of three who was convicted of £20,000 benefit fraud has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Villagers aiming to save their local pub face a double challenge after its owners appealed their successful bid to make it an Asset of Community Value.

A man from Stowmarket who admitted possessing indecent photographs and movies of children has been given a suspended prison sentence.

A new launderette has made it a clean sweep for a Bury St Edmunds shopping precinct after filling the last vacant unit.

Leaders of a Bury school which was rated ‘inadequate’ in a controversial Ofsted report say they feel ‘vindicated’ after an inspection found key improvements.

Bury said a sad farewell to its Early Learning Centre today as the store closed following the amalgamation of the Mothercare and ELC businesses.

An elderly couple fear their property will be flooded again if nearby roads and drains are not cleaned.

Menswear shop Dapper Fox in Bury St Edmunds has won the annual prize for the best dressed Christmas window in town.

Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill has called on the Government to consider the ‘desperate need for improvements’ when she grants the East Anglian Rail Franchise.

A Suffolk Bishop has said that festive commercial adverts by retailers can help us realise the true meaning of giving at Christmas.