Sudbury

So it befalls myself, the newest member of the Free Press team, to write the final In My View of the year. And what a year it has been.

A campaigner has put forward a bid to reduce the speed limit of several roads to 20mph in an effort to reduce congestion.

A Long Melford woman was found dead by a neighbour who had been alerted by a smoke alarm sounding, an inquest heard.

A planning application to build 25 homes in Boxford has been approved – despite several objections to the scheme.

The annual carol concert by the Sudbury Choral Society brought around 200 visitors to enjoy songs and readings based around the 1914 Christmas Day truce.

A Sudbury care home has raised more than £2,000 to buy a revolutionary piece of equipment to improve the well-being of dementia patients.

Things may be looking up for independents as new figures reveal small businesses in south Suffolk have seen a six per cent increase in revenue.

Sales of a book on the history of Little Waldingfield from 1840 to 2014 have already made more than £5,000 for the village’s St Lawrence Church.

Babergh District Council will be hit with a 2.5 per cent funding cut next year, according to figures released by the Government.

A man in his 70s was flown to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday.

A burglar who broke into a house in Chaucer Road, Sudbury, stole a purse, cards and car keys before fleeing in the vehicle parked on the driveway.

This year’s Santa’s grotto at Kersey Mill proved to be another sell-out success for organisers.

An artist has transformed her village into a giant advent calendar by unveiling a new painting every day before Christmas.

Babergh District Council has been named in the top 50 best places to live in the UK in a recent quality of life survey.

A historic church with links to Simon of Sudbury has been transformed thanks to a £230,000 refit funded by supporters’ legacies.

The headteacher of a school labelled as the third worst in Suffolk has said the results were as expected and has vowed to keep improving.

A recent vote among Liston residents has confirmed that 76 per cent are in favour of splitting from the village of Foxearth.

A dangerous 20-foot drop could lead to a pedestrian being badly injured after vandals knocked down fencing by a public footpath.

A widow has paid tribute to her “superman” husband, a popular sporting figure and businessman, who died at home after a short illness.

The world rejoiced on July 22, 2013, when Prince George was born at St Mary’s Hospital in London.