THREE local authorities have saved more than £1million in their insurance costs after teaming up for an innovative partnership. Babergh, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney district councils have driven down their bills by a collective total of £1.

05 July 2008 18:32

KNIFE crime involving children in Suffolk has more than doubled in four years, new figures show. Offences involving the use of knives by under 18-year-olds have risen from an average of just over one a month in 2003/4 to about four a month in 2007/08.

05 July 2008 13:39

FARMERS in the region have rejected a report claiming biofuels have pushed up food prices by 75pc. A report by the World Bank says that production of crops like rapeseed and sugar beet for fuel had had a major impact on global food prices.

05 July 2008 10:50

NEXT Monday the Boundary Committee for England will finally reveal its preferred option for what looks certain to be a major shake-up of local government in Suffolk and Norfolk.

05 July 2008 10:38

THE world famous Avro Vulcan bomber has been given the thumbs up to fly just three weeks before it is due to appear at the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival.

05 July 2008 10:07

AROUND 25 firefighters tackled a spate of blazes in Lowestoft early on Saturday morning. Four crews from Lowestoft and the forward control vehicle from Beccles were all called to five separate fires in the Raglan Street and Granville Road area of town.