Bury St Edmunds

A man well versed in children’s literature has started a new chapter in his career after becoming a ‘reading champion’ for the Bury Schools Partnership.

From humble beginnings as a stable-hand more than 40 years ago, a Thetford stallion keeper has made it to the final three in a prestigious national equestrian competition.

Tributes have been paid to a well known ‘local character’ and charity fund-raiser in Bury St Edmunds who has died aged 65.

A cancer support centre in Bury St Edmunds is preparing to launch its latest course in a ‘life-changing’ self-management programme for patients post treatment.

Shoppers are being warned to remain vigilant after purse thieves struck in West Suffolk yesterday.

A group of budding entrepreneurs from a Mildenhall school have made it through to the finals of the National Enterprise Challenge.

Trainees at Workwise, in Bury St Edmunds, have made a rehabilitation wheel for an arthritic Bengal cat which has sparked a run of orders for the social enterprise.

Airmen from RAF Honington marched through Bury St Edmunds today to mark the end of their operations in Afghanistan.

Forest Heath District Council is to work with the USAF and other partners to gain a greater insight into the opportunities of RAF Lakenheath’s anticipated expansion.

Two entrepreneurs who took a ‘leap of faith’ to come off benefits and start their own company have achieved their goal in just one year.

The Friends of Stowmarket Middle School have gifted the pupils more than £2,000 before the school closes at the end of the year.

A Bury St Edmunds school which was judged to ‘require improvement’ by Ofsted in a controversial saga is making ‘progress’.

Councillors in Bury St Edmunds have released more detailed plans to plug a £1.5 million budget gap in 2015/16.

A much-loved stalwart of the Wyverstone community was thrown a special 90th birthday bash at the weekend.

A community project that was on the brink of collapse has been rescued by an enthusiastic group of students.

A 73-year-old man who pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a teenage girl 35 years ago could face jail.

Two West Suffolk leisure trusts are set to merge in April following approval from local councils.

Controversial plans to allow community woodland in Bury St Edmunds to be used for a five-pitch traveller site were refused today.

Firefighters have successfully tackled a house fire on the Howard estate in Bury St Edmunds.

A public consultation on the relocation of waste disposal services in Bury St Edmunds is to launch next month if councillors agree to proceed with the plans.