Plans have been lodged with Mid Suffolk District Council for a 60-bedroom care home on undeveloped land behind Hartismere Hospital in Eye.
The proposals, on behalf of Care UK, also include a separate community well-being centre which the developers say will provide 25 day care places for local elderly people, many of whom will be dementia sufferers. Read more →
The proposed £200 million gas-fired power station to be built at Eye airfield has been backed in principle by the Suffolk County Council cabinet.
The cabinet, although supporting the plans in a cabinet meeting yesterday, still have concerns regarding the proposed station, earmarked for a 2018 opening. Read more →
Motorists are being advised of delays along roads in Eye on Remembrance Sunday.
Delays are expected along Lambseth Street, Broad Street and Church Street, with motorists likely to encounter delays between 10.30am and 11.15am and between 12 noon and 12.15pm. Read more →
Suffolk County councillors are to consider supporting plans for the proposed £200 million gas-fired power station to be built at Eye airfield.
At the council’s next cabinet meeting on Tuesday, senior councillors will be asked to consider a recommendation to support the proposals, which are to be completed by Progress Power. Read more →
An exhibition of the best of East Anglian antiques has opened in Eye.
Hosted by English and Continental Antiques in Broad Street, the event runs until October 31 and is open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10am to 5pm. Read more →
Suffolk Police are issuing an e-fit of a person they want to trace in relation to an incident in Eye, where a girl was grabbed on a footpath.The incident happened in Ash Drive at approximately 9am on Tuesday 8 October. Read more →
A nine-day celebration of food and drink produced in the Waveney Valley kicks off this weekend with a series of events designed to tingle your tastebuds.
The Waveney Valley Food and Drink Festival features 22 events across the area with fairs, farmers’ markets, open farms, special menus and real ale trails stretching down the river valley from Diss, Eye and Harleston to Beccles. Read more →
The crowds went quackers as they lined the banks of the River Dove on Saturday to cheer on a flotilla of 729 ducks taking part in Eye’s annual duck race.
The fun race, now a firm fixture on the town’s calendar, also included stalls, games and competitions which were set up by the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers and other local organisations. Read more →
