Diss

A 72-year-old north Suffolk resident proved age is not an obstacle last month when he became the first person to win both of the competitions at an annual dancing event in the Worlingworth Swan.

Diss district councillor Tony Palmer says a planning application to link Nelson Road to Diss train station would open up “some exciting possibilities” should it be given the green light.

The longstanding owners of a Diss pub do not believe the potential arrival of J D Wetherspoon in the town would affect other public houses.

The Laxfield Co-operative Food store will close while a £350,000 transformation takes place.

An agricultural baler burst into flames in Mendlesham yesterday.

Musicians from each corner of the United Kingdom have formed a boy band — a social media experiment which is the brainchild of a young Yaxley music promoter.

The longstanding owners of a Diss pub will pull their final pints from the bar they have occupied for more than 26 years when they leave later this month.

Harleston’s traders will once again take to the Market Square for the third Grand Sale tomorrow.

The living environment of a collection of homes would be ‘totally destroyed’ should planning permission be granted for new houses in Wortham, according to concerned residents.

The executive headteacher of a federation of north Suffolk schools believes collaborations are “the only way forward” to provide the best possible education.

A charity fundraiser organiser says it “feels fantastic” to have helped raise about £5,500 for good causes, following another successful 26-mile cycle ride from Redgrave on Saturday.

A crew from Diss was called to tackle a grass fire in the town last night.

A revised plan for 44 homes in Stradbroke has been narrowly backed by the village’s parish council.

An Attleborough couple have helped raise more than £1,200 for charity after completing a gruelling 100-mile cycle ride.

Suffolk County Councillor for Eye Guy McGregor believes “the interest of residents were presented properly” in the wake of a £200 million gas-fired power station being given the green light last month.

A 16-mile charity trek to give an Attleborough toddler with an incurable illness a dream holiday to Disneyland is set to take place later this month.

A Hoxne mother has been forced to travel between five to ten miles to receive phone signal as tree growth has affected the Vodafone mast in the village.

Roadworks to improve High Green and Frith Way in Great Moulton are due to start on Thursday.

A woman has been hospitalised after an allergic reaction to a wasp sting in Starston this morning.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance was called to Fressingfield last Thursday after a man in his 60s suffered a medical incident.