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Support available for vulnerable residents as heating oil prices soar
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (432+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Bury St Edmunds " News " Article Support is available for Suffolk's most vulnerable residents as heating oil prices continue to soar. Residents across the county have seen their…...
Defiant smokers ‘puff away as usual’ in our 1986 No Smoking Day pictures
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (290+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Bury St Edmunds " News " Article With today being annual No Smoking Day, we looked back through the Bury Free Press archives " 40 years into the past to be…...
New footbridge set to make riverside routes safer and more accessible
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (370+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Thetford " Article A new pedestrian bridge is set to be built in Thetford to improve access to the town's riverside paths and address road safety concerns. Breckland…...
'Suffolk is a very special place': Top councillor to retire at election after 15 years
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (623+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Southwold " Article A top councillor has announced his retirement from politics after more than 15 years in public service. Richard Smith, 69, who has spent the best part of…...
See pictures from World Book Day 2026
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (91+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Bury St Edmunds " News " Article World Book Day 2026 has captured the imaginations of children and adults alike. The day, on March 5, is a celebration of reading, and…...
Rovers striker enjoying a ‘breakthrough season’
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (572+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Haverhill " Sport " Article Tom Stoker is enjoying a "breakthrough season" in senior men"s football. Before the start of the current campaign, the 23-year-old had struggled to…...
New city proposal described as ‘desperately damaging’ to the region
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (787+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Haverhill " News " Article The people behind a proposed new city of more than one million people near Haverhill were told they "were not wanted here" as they…...
‘It’s all about reclaiming our history’: Museum to celebrate saint ‘like never before’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (660+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Bury St Edmunds " News " Article A project to reclaim the "lost history" of a town has been awarded funding. This summer, Moyse"s Hall Museum, in Bury…...
Rallying call to ‘bring DIY store back to our town’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (454+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Sudbury " News " Article Pressure is mounting to bring a DIY store back to Sudbury as a retail unit is set to become available. Cllr Adrian Stohr, deputy…...
370,000-home Forest City is ‘damaging and inappropriate’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (329+ words) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Home " Newmarket " News " Article Newmarket would be "destroyed" if a new city for more than a million people proposed for land on its borders goes ahead, it has…...