Latest news from Bury St Edmunds
It’s a Bury Knockout is back with a bang
It’s a Bury Knockout is back with a bang in Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 24th July. Returning to Hardwick Heath for the fifth year, the popular fundraising event will see local businesses and hospital departments compete against each other to be the Knockout Kings!...
Age UK Golden Ticket Event – Date wrong
Apologies to our readers for this months advert regarding Age UKs Golden Ticket Event which is advertised for July 20th, this actually is an error on our part and will not be held this month at Moreton Hall Church as stated. Sorry for any incovenience caused....
CROSSWORD crossed wires..
We apologise to all our readers for the error this month with Julys Crossword competition, you may have noticed the clues don’t match up to the crossword, a print error, which we really are sorry about, if you would like to still enter this months competition to win...
Notification of Forthcoming Roadworks and Road Closures in Mount Road and Lady Miriam Way, Great Barton/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Taylor Wimpey East Anglia will shortly be undertaking works in Mount Road (to the east of Lady Miriam Way) and Lady Miriam Way, Bury St Edmunds to install new highway drainage, a new footpath/cycleway, carriageway surfacing and traffic calming measures as part of...
New name but same ethos as My WiSH Charity is launched to support hospital
A charity set up to further enhance the care and support offered to patients at West Suffolk Hospital has undergone a rename and rebrand. The My WiSH Charity has today been launched to support fundraising and donations for every aspect of the Hospital. Formerly West...
Ireland national team signs up to go head to head with England at Bury St Edmunds RUFC for Greene King IPA Sevens
The Ireland national 7s team has signed up to compete in this year’s Greene King IPA Rugby Sevens tournament, pitting them head to head against the confirmed England squad. The IRFU (Ireland) are now investing in a full Rugby 7s development programme with...
Hospice Girls Night Out is back for its eighth year
A charity is appealing for women to support its biggest annual fundraising event. St Nicholas Hospice Care is holding its Girls Night Out sponsored walk, in Bury St Edmunds, on Saturday 10 September. Since it started in 2009 the fundraising walk has raised more than...
‘Flight of Peace’
Mount Road/Lady Miriam Way roundabout, Bury St Edmunds The ‘Flight of Peace’ sculpture is a symbolic remembrance of the gallant American servicemen based at, the adjacent, Rougham airfield during World War II. These men prepared, maintained and flew B17 Flying...
Headteacher’s delight at strong staff appointments for new school
The man at the helm of Bury St Edmunds’ newest secondary school has hailed the calibre of his teaching staff after making several key appointments. Six months before Sybil Andrews Academy opens its doors to students, Andy Prestoe has expressed his delight at how the...
A Marathon Task
Why is it that so many ideas seem so very plausible when a glass of wine or pint of ale has been consumed and why oh why at that point too, does your mind suddenly think your body is 20 years younger than it actually is? This thought has gone through my mind on...