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Galloway Launch New Local Sunday Service

On 3rd April Galloway will be launching their new Sunday and Bank Holiday bus service between Stowmarket and Ipswich. In the face of severe reductions in the funding of public transport throughout the county, the current Sunday services will cease at the end of March. Running frequently from 0920...

Budget 2011 – Target Accountance

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...

Happy Easter from Cedars Church

You’re warmly invited to join us for our Easter Celebrations on Sunday 24th April at 10.30am. We are a growing church meeting each Sunday at 10.30 in Cedars Park Community Primary School, Pintail Road. All ages are welcome; a crèche and children’s activities are held during each service. Refreshments...

MS Society South Suffolk Branch

Are you or someone close to you affected by MS? The MS Society South Suffolk Branch can provide support, assistance and information about Multiple Sclerosis. We also offer a range of meetings and events on a monthly based around our area, which includes Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Ipswich, Stowmarket & Hadleigh....

CELEBRATING 40 Years of Inner Wheel

On 24th May this year the Inner Wheel Club of Stowmarket celebrates 40 years since its inaugural meeting when twelve founder members met. As the club grew so the place for meeting monthly on Tuesdays changed. Various locations in the Community have been used but for the last 10...

Mike Norris & Wendy Marchent Reporting Back 6th April

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION Most people say “What’s that?” Well it is creating energy from organic matter, like food waste, or sewerage waste. Wendy attended a Conference at Newmarket organised by Suffolk County Council on behalf of the East of England. With the price of petrol going up, and the dangers...

Business Spotlight

Weekly illustrated talks exploring 700 years of Western art presented by John Sheeran. Series 1: The Early Renaissance 3 May – 8 July 2011 WOODBRIDGE TUESDAYs 3 May – 5 July 2011 10.30am – 12 Noon Riverside Theatre, Quayside, Woodbridge IP12 1BH SUDBURY WEDNESDAYs 4 May – 6 July...

Suffolk Sunrise 100 Bike Ride

One of Action Medical Research’s most popular rides, this event attracts over 700 cyclists so you’ll always have company! The lowlands of Suffolk provide a wonderful cycling terrain which will offer up an ascent now and again, if you don’t like hills, this is for you! You’ll get to...

The Regal Stowmarket is 50

We’re really proud to be celebrating the Regal’s 75th Birthday. In February 2011 we had over 5,500 admissions, so that means that almost a third of the people who live in Stowmarket used the Regal that month, it’s fantastic that after 75 years of entertaining the town, that the...

From 1 to 50 years…

April sees the first anniversary of the highly recommended  Stowmarket-based Traditional Window  Cleaner 8CW. Setup following redundancy from the IT Industry in London, owner Simon Burton, passionately believes the service he offers is something that little bit different from the average Window Cleaner. “I approached Window Cleaning from a...