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Suffolk County Council has been awarded almost £9,000 National Lottery funding for a programme of activities during the school summer holidays aimed at addressing the triple inequalities of holiday hunger, isolation and inactivity. The programme will provide a range...

Members of the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service will be making a splash at Suffolk's biggest open water swimming event next Saturday as part of their charity fundraising efforts. Fourteen team members are taking on the Great East Swim on Saturday 23 June...

Four people who have been chosen to join a team to go from beginner runners to completing the Simplyhealth Great East Run met with a GB international runner to kickstart their training. British marathon runner Lily Partridge, who finished 8th as the first...

Some of Suffolk’s supporting partners, guests and councillors have had the chance to ride a section of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, ahead of the Grand Depart next month. Around 25 riders joined TV presenter, journalist and author Rebecca Charlton and...

The 2018 West Suffolk Sports Awards will be held at Tattersalls in Newmarket, it has been announced. Tattersalls, the oldest bloodstock auctioneers in the world and the largest in Europe, offering 10,000 thoroughbred horses each year, will provide the...

The second Special Olympics Eastern Region Badminton Tournament was held recently in Ipswich and has been hailed as a great success by players and coaches alike. The tournament, which was organised by Special Olympics Suffolk with the support of ActivLives...

Special Olympics badminton is coming to Suffolk this month for the second consecutive year. The Special Olympics Eastern Region Badminton Tournament, which is being organised by Special Olympics Suffolk with the support of ActivLives and the Suffolk County...

With 40 days to go until the world’s top cyclists get the OVO Energy Women’s Tour underway in Suffolk, the locations for the two intermediate Eisberg Sprints for the opening stage on Wednesday 13 June have been announced. Sponsored the second year running...

The Simplyhealth Great East Run has reached its capacity with five months still remaining until the half marathon takes place. This is the second year that the 13.1-mile event, which takes place on Sunday 16 September in Ipswich, Suffolk, has seen a huge...