Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivers a summer economic update watched by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his PPS South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge, top left. Picture: House of Commons/PA Wire

The sale of one of Sudbury’s largest industrial site has at last been completed, renewing cautious optimism that it could be retained as employment land in the future.

Sarah Tatum, of the Rug and Carpet Studio, with local MP James Cartlidge. Picture: JAMES CARTLIDGE

South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge has visited the Rug & Carpet Studio, in Long Melford, to meet the team and discuss the steps they have taken to reopen safely.

Six Suffolk MPs have urged the government to require education authorities to offer siblings places on the same school bus in a bid to change the county’s controversial pupil transport policy.

Around 3,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 at the Copdock testing centre in Ipswich, as the government looks to continue increasing national capacity.

Steven Hancock, left, and partner Ann Williams from Sudbury had been left stranded in India when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Picture: STEVEN HANCOCK/ANN WILLIAMS

A Sudbury couple have been left stranded in a poorly-maintained Indian hospital after one of their party tested positive for coronavirus.

But their family are campaigning for the Foreign Office and the Indian authorities to transfer them to more appropriate facilities.

Employment prospects for workers facing redundancy from two major manufacturing plants remain positive, according to the MP for South Suffolk, who said there has been promising interest from potential buyers for both sites.

Following an announcement in the middle of January that Chambers Buses were launching a consultation on a major reduction of bus services in villages near Sudbury, Cllr James Finch and local Parish Councils met with Jeremy Cooper, Managing Director at Chambers to raise their concerns.

Suffolk's seven MPs have signed the letter to Chancellor Sajid Javid. Back row: James Cartlidge, Dr Dan Poulter and Peter Aldous. Front row: Dr Therese Coffey, Tom Hunt, Matt Hancock and Jo Churchill. Picture: ELAINE BRYCE