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Published: 4:30 PM April 13, 2021    Ipswichs future could mean more homes in the town centre - but they would be smaller and more densely built, experts have said - Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown New homes at the heart of Ipswich town centres revival after the Covid crisis could be smaller and more densely built than housing in the towns suburbs, a conference has revealed. However, experts believe the smaller homes could be attractive to those looking for a simple urban lifestyle - and that retai...

Published: 7:00 PM April 13, 2021    Work to redevelop the former site of the Star and EADT in Lower Brook Street looks set to restart. - Credit: Charlotte Bond Plans to build new retirement homes on the former newspaper office site in Lower Brook Street in Ipswich are set to be revived - eight months after McCarthy & Stone pulled out of the deal. The site was home to Archant, previously Eastern Counties Newspapers, for 49 years - from where the Ipswich (formerly Evening) Star and East Anglia...

Retirement homes giant McCarthy & Stone set to build on Ipswich news site - just months after walking away from deal.

Published: 4:30 PM April 13, 2021    Ipswichs future could mean more homes in the town centre - but they would be smaller and more densely built, experts have said - Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown New homes at the heart of Ipswich town centres revival after the Covid crisis could be smaller and more densely built than housing in the towns suburbs, a conference has revealed. However, experts believe the smaller homes could be attractive to those looking for a simple urban lifestyle - and that retai...

Terry Baxter Terry Baxter, chair of Ipswich Central - Credit: Ipswich Central Ipswich Central chair Terry Baxter offers  an open invitation to join the Reviving Ipswich Town Centre conference and find out more about  ideas to renew the town centre. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating for our high streets and urban centres, and there is now extra pressure to create radical solutions and strategies to transform our town and city centres to meet the new needs of reside...

Published: 6:30 PM April 12, 2021    Shoppers have been thanked for their support in helping businesses on the first day of restrictions easing - Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND Ipswich Central has thanked shoppers for the support they have shown businesses on their first day of opening following the easing of lockdown restrictions.  The town was abuzz with activity on Monday morning as shoppers returned to the high street eager to step back into shops.   Shortly after the opening of Primark, shopp...

Premium Content Subscriber only A STAUNCH anti-dump campaigner says alarming statistics related to the life expectancy and the rates of lung cancer for residents in Ipswich suburbs near waste facilities should be a huge red flag for the state government and needs to be investigated further. Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Environments secretary Geoff Yarham said the waste industry has already had a “significant effect on people’s amenity and health”. With a proposed incinerator for Swanba...

Terry Baxter Published: 10:00 AM April 6, 2021    Updated: 10:36 AM April 6, 2021 Steve Walker from Allies & Morrison is one of the speakers at the Reviving Ipswich Town Centre conference - Credit: Ipswich Central Ipswich Central chair Terry Baxter introduces  Steve Walker, architect and director at Allies & Morrison, who will be speaking at the Reviving Ipswich Town Centre conference. The concept of a ‘15-minute neighbourhood’ is by no means new, but it is certainly one that can benefi...

Ipswich has unveiled its plan to become the UK’s first “15-minute” town as part of a post-pandemic push to revitalise its town centre.It wants to use the crisis as an opportunity to reshape its high

Hadleigh Richard Shepherd receiving his Pfizer vaccination at Hadleigh Group Practice - Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown One in every two residents over 16 in Suffolk and north Essex have received their first life-saving shot in the arm against coronavirus, it can be revealed. NHS figures published Thursday show that 50% of the areas eligible population had been inoculated with their first dose of the jab as of Sunday, March 7. It means our region is in the top five nationally for the fourth week run...