TEENAGERS from the Deep South of the United States joined Suffolk students this week for a game of rugby and a cultural exchange.

A HISTORY roadshow being run by the BBC is to hold its east of England event at an historic west Suffolk country house.

SCORES of fundraising walkers today donned bright pink clothing to raise money for charity.

HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds have been set aside to bring empty homes across west Suffolk back into use for those in need of housing.

A PROJECT designed to cut energy bills and carbon emissions at West Suffolk Hospital has won a regional environmental award.

ONE of the nation’s leading brewers is expecting a record turnout at its annual festival of food and beer.

YELLOW lanes which were placed in a leafy road as an emergency safety measure may be removed after disgruntled residents felt they spoiled the setting.

UNSCRUPULOUS doorstep sellers will be in the spotlight this month as Trading Standards begins a six-month long ‘Scampaign’.

SENIOR councillors at St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Suffolk County Council have taken action to see that yellow lines in Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, are removed.

PARTS of a proposed site for a major housing development were left under water after recent downpours sparking fears about building on the land.

POLICE are still appealing for information following an attempted sexual assault on a woman in Bury St Edmunds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A RETIRED couple who have lost two “very special friends” to brain tumours are set to cycle 900 miles in a bid to raise £10,000 to support research into this type of cancer.

A BEQUEST left by Suffolk police’s first woman sergeant is to be used to support a scheme offering support to those in need during nights on the town.

COLLEGE students will have their nerves put to the test during a Dragons’ Den-style event at the Apex venue in Bury St Edmunds today.

PUPILS from Bury St Edmunds have returned from a visit to CERN – the famous centre for particle physics.

SPEED reading and time-management courses are on the cards for councillors who say the amount of material they have to plough through to perform their roles properly has spiralled.

A TOWN-wide petition is to be set up calling on a council to halt controversial housing plans, which would see the number of homes in Bury St Edmunds rocket by 31% in the next 20 years.

A MOTHER-of-one has told of her shock at getting a parking fine - even though she had the correct ticket.

ALE-lovers flocked yesterday to a landmark building in west Suffolk for a festival celebrating the best brews from across the region.

FANS of the Mini took to the roads at the weekend as 90 of the pint-sized vehicles headed for the coast.