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‘Cara-Lea School Of Dance – A Royal Engagement‘

The day after The Royal Wedding the ‘Cara-Lea school of dance’ had another royal engagement to make, neraly 60 students from the school performed at ‘The Royal Albert Hall’ London in a show called ‘Stars in the round’, this is a show put together from over 30 dance and...

Stowmarket Carnival

Stowmarket’s premier family event The Stowmarket Carnival enters its 51st year this year and there is still time for you to get involved. The Carnival will be run over the weekend of the 15th -17th July with a host of attractions and activities to keep everyone happy. The theme...

Chernobyl Childrens Lifeline Mid Suffolk Link

Can you help? In only a matter of weeks the Children from Chernobyl will be with us in Needham Market for their health recuperation visit. This year we have 16 children aged 7 and 8 years old, 4 boys and 12 girls all coming form the Village of Cherikov...

Flower Festival & Concert

Stowmarket United Reformed Church in Ipswich Street is looking forward to an exciting two weeks at the end of June. Our Flower Festival to be held on the 25th 26th and 27th will be followed by an Organ Concert at 7-30pm on Friday July 1st. This years Flower Festival...

Raising Money for Alzheimers Society

Training hard to complete a 4 Peak challenge over 3 days at the end of June 2011 50 miles of treking uphill, 3 consecutive days… so tough mentally and physically ! But Sandie needs to raise £750 in order join the challenge Why is she doing it? She’s a...

Art in the Heart of Suffolk

Stowmarket Art Club are holding their Annual Exhibition a week earlier this year. Normally running for the Bank Holiday week at the end of May, this year it will run from Tuesday 24th May until Saturday 28th May, 10am until 4pm An exhibition of over 200 paintings by local...

Budget 2011 – Target Accountants

George Osborne recently delivered his second budget which included limited but welcome good news such as the increase in personal allowance and a reduction in fuel duty. Personal allowances Personal allowance will increase to £7,475 from April 2011 and from 6 April 2012 the personal allowance will rise to...

Optuas Big Splash

Disability charity Optua is looking for people in the Stowmarket area to take part in the weekly ‘Big Splash’ swimming sessions for people with disabilities. The sessions run every Monday at Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre from 3pm to 4pm and are supported by Suffolk County Council’s Activities Unlimited project....

Mike Norris & Wendy Marchent Reporting Back 4th May

NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE Wendy has had a reply to her email to the Chief Executive of NHS Suffolk about the difficulty of getting a doctor’s appointment, and the inadequacy of the car park which gets so full cars are forced to park on the narrow busy road outside...

Business Spotlight

PJ’s Barber Shop opened in March this year and the business has been growing from strength to strength. The shop is managed by experienced barber Paula Jones who has been cutting hair in Suffolk for the last 21 years. Paula graduated from West Suffolk College in 1990 with a...