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An American airman has been praised for the way he went to the aid of a woman having a seizure.

Six USAF airmen, including four from RAF Lakenheath, have been awarded the Spanish Cross of Aeronautical Merit for their actions after a fatal crash during a NATO exercise.

Britain’s bittern population is booming and more than half of them are in East Anglia.

Police are appealing for witnesses after linking five West Suffolk burglaries.

Fancy going out for a bite to eat in the Forest Heath area this week? Then first check the FSA’s food hygiene rating below.

A man accused of making indecent images of children will have his case heard in the crown court.

The Red Arrows will perform at a public Independence Day display hosted by the USAF at RAF Feltwell on Saturday July 4.

A soon-to-be-father has spent five days in hospital after helping to rescue a man from a burning van in Fornham St Genevieve, north of Bury St Edmunds.

There’s already a swinging and fetish club, a giant beer warehouse and now plans are in place to open a sex shop - is this Britain’s most liberal village?

Christian Gather claimed he had not realised an air rifle was loaded when he shot a friend in the leg.

Detectives investigating a burglary in West Row have released CCTV images of a car they would like to trace.

Outline planning permission is being sought for 60 homes on a site in Beck Row.

Two planning applications for neighbouring gypsy sites have been considered by councillors with one refused and a decision on the other deferred.

The motorcyclist who died in a collision on the A1101 at Lackford on Saturday has been named as David Lister from Ely.

A plan to spend £750,000 on Mildenhall’s Jubilee Centre will make such ‘significant savings’ in running costs that the return on the cash will be will be better than investing it.

Volunteers are needed to help smarten up the flowerbeds in front of St Nicholas Hospice Care.

Police are appealing for witnesses after man from Bury St Edmunds died from his injuries following a collision in Kennett last week.

The Conservatives retained control of Forest Heath District Council after votes were counted today.They hold 21 of the 27 seats on the Mildenhall-based authority, two less than before the election. Two high profile Tory casualties were Newmarket mayor Rachel Hood and Warwick Hirst who lost out in Severals ward to West Suffolk Independents Ruth Allen and Andrew Appleby.UKIP took two seats both in the Brandon East ward at the expense of Tory stalwarts Tony Simmons and Eddie Stewart.Forest Heath’s only Labour councillor Michael Jefferys lost his seat, his second defeat in less than 24 hours after losing out in the Parliamentary election. The only Liberal Democrat on the council Tim Huggan also lost his seat.

Matthew Hancock retained his Suffolk West seat with a majority of nearly 15,000.

Council bosses have poured more than £1 million into fixing nearly 11,000 potholes in West Suffolk in the last two years, new figures have revealed.