Solar carport for charging electric cars planned for Sudbury after pilot project gains £800,000 funding boost 6th August 2020 A pilot scheme to help support and encourage the use of electric cars is on its way to Sudbury, after a programme of environmentally-friendly initiatives... Local News
MP for South Suffolk urges communities not to pause work on neighbourhood plans during coronavirus pandemic due to risk of speculative development 15th July 2020 Communities have been urged not to pause work to formally adopt blueprints for future local development, with an MP warning that the delays could be exploited... Local News
Welcome for jobs boost from Suffolk charity – but more help may be needed 8th July 2020 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... Local News
Delphi Diesel Systems completes sale of Sudbury factory site to Future Properties Industrial 2nd July 2020 Members of the South Suffolk Taskforce. The sale of one of Sudbury’s largest industrial site has at last been completed, renewing cautious optimism that it... Local News
‘Brilliant to see shops reopening’: MP visits carpet store to see how business is fighting back 19th June 2020 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... Local News
MPs from Suffolk ask for siblings to go to same schools on transport 7th May 2020 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... Local News
3,000 people tested at Copdock coronavirus centre 1st May 2020 Around 3,000 people are now said to have been tested for coronavirus at the Copdock drive-through centre. Around 3,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 at... Local News
A Sudbury couple stranded in India for more than a month after contracting coronavirus abroad are finally expected to return to the UK on Thursday. 15th April 2020 Steven Hancock, left, and partner Ann Williams from Sudbury had been left stranded in India when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Picture: STEVEN HANCOCK/ANN... Local News
South Suffolk MP says employment prospects for workers at soon-to-close Delphi and Philips sites 'more positive than many expected' 28th February 2020 Employment prospects for workers facing redundancy from two major manufacturing plants remain positive, according to the MP for South Suffolk, who said there... Local News