A seven-year-old girl drowned at her best friend’s birthday pool party while there was no lifeguard on duty, an inquest heard.

A 51-year-old man who defrauded a Lowestoft charity out of more than £200,000 has been jailed for four-and-a-half-years.

A man accused of raping a woman after a night out in Lowestoft has claimed she told him she wanted a “threesome”, a court has heard.

New parents from across the region are being urged to look after their own mental health for the welfare of their baby.

Two men who were involved in a £47,000 armed robbery at a Beccles jewellers have been jailed for a total of more than 17 years.

The trial of a 70-year-old Suffolk man accused of indecently assaulting a schoolgirl more than 40 years ago will take place in December.

Three teenagers were taken to hospital with cuts, bruises and head injuries after a car was in collision with a bus near Beccles.

A lack of rainfall in Suffolk last month saw a drop of almost 70% in comparison to last year – causing devastating effects to wildlife and increasing the chances of fires catching and spreading.

Further consultation will take place before the Government reaches a final decision on whether to allow two Suffolk councils to merge to create a “super district” along the east coast.

A Bramford motorcyclist has been charged with causing the death of his pillion passenger through dangerous driving by having a defective rear tyre.

Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park has raised £2,646 for the East Anglian Children’s Hospice (EACH) through the sale of a giant fibreglass rattlesnake.

A Lowestoft man who lost his temper when he saw his partner texting a friend and threw her to the floor causing a fractured wrist has been given a suspended prison sentence.

As some of you may or may not know, today we celebrate National ‘Random Act of Kindness Day’.

Almost 100,000 children in the region are living in families battling to cope with problem debt, new research has revealed.