Get Active Day is being held in Eye next month following the town being named as runner-up in the Most Active Town in Suffolk competition.

Starting at 10am and running till 4pm on Sunday, April 13 at Eye Community Centre, of Magdalen Street, a range of sporting activities will be available for people to try in a bid to get people active. Traditional sports, such as football and cricket, will be on offer, as well as less well-known forms of exercise, such as rush hockey, karate, orienteering, street and freestyle dancing, ballet, zumba, for both sexes and all ages, as well as guided walks and cycles, and bell ringing. Read more →

Members of the Eye campaign ‘20’s Plenty’, to establish a 20mph within the town, have said if police prosecuted every motorist speeding through its streets, the fines could amount to over £1 million per week. Read more →

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 →