Haverhill

Police are appealing for information after a 14-year-old girl was followed on her way to school.

The humour, warmth and wisdom of the late Haverhill town and borough councillor Paul McManus was paid tribute to during his funeral service in the town last Thursday (16).

A Haverhill pre-school has beaten the odds and seen its rating by a national education watchdog improve from a ‘good’ rating to ‘outstanding.’

Pupils at Linton Heights Junior School have been flexing their sporting muscles to impressive effect by winning two inter-school competitions in just five days.

A charity won the biggest prize of £25,000 in a national funding competition and is now looking for partners to help expand its befriending scheme between schools and care homes.

Echo, July 14, 2005

A man who burgled a Haverhill home has been ordered by a judge to hand over his remaining assets.

Echo, July 12, 1990

A reader spotted this archive photo when it appeared in the Echoes of the Past in the July 2 edition and got in touch to provide us with some details.

The team that runs the Greyhound pub in Wickhambrook has stepped in to save the village music festival from folding.

Grants have been awarded to community groups and organisations that needed funding towards projects which improve the quality of life for people in the town.

A woman is hoping to raise funds for a local charity with a sponsored cycle ride.

A school has paid tribute to an ‘outstanding’ former head teacher who died suddenly after a horse riding accident.

An 84-year-old woman died in a fire when an extension lead overheated in her bedroom, an inquest has heard.

Three West Suffolk companies have appeared in court charged with failing to protect people from health and safety risks.

Almost six months to the day after suffering a cardiac arrest, George Key fulfilled a 75-year dream by climbing inside a WWII Spitfire.

Haverhill’s Summer Bash takes place on the Recreation Ground on Sunday (19), with the first ever Haver5 fun run signalling the start of the day’s fun at 10am.

The funeral takes place today (Thursday) of the late Haverhill town and St Edmundsbury Borough councillor Paul McManus - a man who was ‘passionate’ about his adopted town.

While the fire he’d lit took hold all around him, Pawel Rozanski calmly smoked a cigarette as police rushed in to subdue him.

Some gleaming examples of custom and classic cars and scooters were on show in Haverhill town centre on Saturday (11).