Bury St Edmunds

Work has now started on a new leisure complex in Bury St Edmunds which will soon be home to one of East Anglia’s biggest laser gaming arenas.

The new headteacher of an ‘outstanding’ rated village school has pledged to build on its ‘brilliant work’ to ensure every child flourishes.

As families across West Suffolk come together in a gift-giving, turkey-eating frenzy, let us spare a thought for those whose jobs keep them from their loves ones.

A young Thetford boy has been left heartbroken following the death of his pet cockerel which was at the centre of noise complaints.

An abandoned wildlife garden on a Bury St Edmunds estate has been given a £25,000 make-over by a housing association.

A couple from Bury St Edmunds have been left in shock after their washing machine exploded - just a few days after they brought their newborn son home from hospital.

More than 40 members of the Dayspring Community Choir raised £100 in aid of Suffolk Family Carers after performing carols in Bluebell Avenue on Moreton Hall and in The Moreton Hall pub.

Bury Leisure Centre gave out 50 donated presents from their Giving Tree Appeal to children at West Suffolk Hospital Children’s Ward and St Nicholas Hospice Care.

The One Bull has been voted Best Bar 2014 by Bury Free Press readers.

Suffolk and Norfolk Labour Euro MP Richard Howitt donned a Santa suit for a street collection in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care in Bury St Edmunds town centre.

Residents in a village near Bury St Edmunds have been treated to a special Christmas treat - the sound of their church bell chiming for the first time in decades.

A nostalgic painting of a landmark Bury St Edmunds town centre garage has now been published as a jigsaw.

Naturalist Jonny Rankin, of Bury St Edmunds, gave a of more than £3,000 to a research project on turtle doves, after walking 300 miles from RSPB Lakenheath Fen to Saltholme through the whole length of the threatened bird’s range in the ‘Dove Step’ initiative.

West Suffolk residents are being encouraged to make a 2015 pledge to donate some of their time to help other families.

A bishop is asking people across Suffolk to consider giving some of their time at Christmas to help the homeless, those short of food or on their own.

Breckland businesses are being urged to make the most of a special offer to gain valuable new skills in 2015.

Suffolk’s new Lord-Lieutenant is Clare, Countess of Euston, the Queen announced yesterday.

Pupils were given an early Christmas treat when Santa flew across their schools.

Two schools in the Bury St Edmunds Academy Trust have raised more than £21,000 for a number of charities from their end of year fund-raising.

Art students at St Benedict’s Catholic School, in Bury St Edmunds, have created a stunning gothic altarpiece.