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An independent shop owner has defended his decision to decorate a town with flags after a council said it had been inundated with a "raft" of complaints from residents. 📲 Click the link in our bio to read more
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Lucy along with the support of her sister Liv Davies is coping with a stage four cancer diagnosis by making pouches for those going through chemotherapy 📲 Click the link in our bio to read more
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Africa Alive in Suffolk has welcomed three new males who travelled 140 miles from Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire on Tuesday to begin a new pride at the park in Kessingland, near Lowestoft 🦁❤️ Bertie, Will and Mak are settling into their new habitat, which had been empty since the death of lioness Kaya in March. Zoo director Ross Snipp said: “You don’t get to do this every day so these moments are sort of career highlights.” 📲Tap the link in the @bbc3cr bio for more.
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A renowned sculptor has created a brand new piece of work for an outdoor theatre built in a World War Two bomb crater. Suffolk-born Laurence Edwards is behind statues like the Walking Men on Lowestoft beach and the Yoxman, a 26ft (about 8m) bronze man that stands near the A12 in Yoxford near Saxmundham. Now he has created two similar sculptures, one of which has been installed at the entrance of the Thorington Theatre. 📲 Click the link in our bio to read more
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Two friends who cycled for four months across Africa said it had been the adventure of a lifetime. Robin Hutchinson, 24, and Cam Wheeler, 31, who live in Suffolk, set off from Ethiopia in early December heading for South Africa. They travelled south for more than 10,000km (6,200 miles) through eight other countries as they encountered herds of elephants, welcoming local people and beautiful scenery. 📲 Click the link in our bio to read more
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Pier owners' plans to install trampolines on a promenade have been approved. Charles and Amy Barwick, who bought Southwold Pier in 2024, had submitted proposals to put the apparatus on the prom in North Parade, the same place where a carousel was installed last year. 📲 Click the link in our bio to read more
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NHS ambulance staff have missed out on holidays, weddings and funerals because leave requests have been denied despite being made up to a year in advance, a union said. Click the link in our bio to read more 🔗 (📸 Getty Images)
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It's been cold recently but is it really that strange for May? 🥶🤔
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Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council after winning a majority of seats at last week's election, so what happens next? Click the link in our bio to read more 🔗
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A 126-year-old Cadbury chocolate bar issued during the Second Boer War in 1900 is expected to fetch hundreds of pounds at auction. 🍫 Tap the link in our bio to read more 🔗 (📸 Lockdales Auctioneers and Valuers)
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Villagers are facing an anxious wait to see if peregrine falcon eggs will hatch after a three-year project. 🪺 Click the link in our bio to read more 🔗 (📸 Peter French)
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An Essex PhD student is hoping to save the British swallowtail butterfly, famously found in the Norfolk Broads, with help from TV presenter and conservationist Jimmy Doherty. 🦋
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