Police are again urging people to be vigilant after a pensioner was conned out of thousands of pounds while another had a ‘lucky escape’ by men posing a police officers.

On Monday 20 October, an 81-year-old woman from the Bury St Edmunds area was contacted by phone by a man claiming that he was a police officer. He said that someone had tried to access her bank account and she would therefore need to withdraw the cash so that it could be checked. Read more →

The Town Council hosted a meeting on the Future of Eye Post Office on the 8^th of September at the Town Hall.

The Mayor opened the meeting by explaining how important the Post Office was to the neighbourhood of Eye. The 61 members of the public who attended the daytime meeting demonstrated the strong community support for the Post Office. Gary Herbert the Senior External Stakeholder Manager East of England represented Post Office Ltd at the meeting.

Gary Herbert assured everyone present that Post Office Ltd was totally committed to a Post Office in Eye. He also stated that the Seeley’s had done an excellent job in running the Post Office in Eye however Mr Seeley had tended his resignation due to recent events. Read more →

BT Openreach vans have been swarming about Eye lately – and it’s all been for a good cause!

Earlier than expected, BT’s Fibre Optic ‘Infinity’ Broadband is now available to order, providing speeds of up to 78-80 Mb – over ten times faster than before.
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In order to further our campaign to improve the historic Eye Town Centre, county Councillor Guy McGregor attended a meeting today at Suffolk CC HQ @ Endeavour House.

We are pleased to report that the Policy Development has accepted our representation and will be recommending that a 20 mph maximum Speed Limit  Zone be set up. The Zone will cover most of the Conservation Area of the Town Centre.

Guy McGregor said “ This is a part of the Campaign to make Eye Town Centre and even more attractive place to shop and to do business. Many of our excellent shops deserve a higher footfall. Other improvements to the built environment will follow”.