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East Suffolk Photo Competition is back!

1 November 2019

A popular photo competition celebrating the beauty of East Suffolk is returning for a third year.

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Navigating Brexit - an East Suffolk Perspective

24 October 2019

Local businesses are invited to a breakfast event taking place this month to learn more about how they can prepare for Brexit.

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Changes to carton recycling

16 October 2019

Earlier this year, the Suffolk Waste Partnership - which comprises Suffolk County Council and the district and borough councils - took the difficult decision to remove cartons and Tetra-paks from the list of materials that could be placed in household recycling bins. New industry regulations require cartons to be sorted separately from cardboard and it has been decided this is not a viable option. 

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Latest Neighbourhood Watch Update

7 October 2019

Please click here for the latest Neighbourhood Watch update.

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Celebrating Saxtead Photo Links

25 September 2019

Phil Jones has kindly offered to share his photos from the Celebrating Saxtead Festival.

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Social prescribing initiative expanded across East Suffolk

5 September 2019

A new social prescribing initiative that has been helping to improve the health and wellbeing of Ipswich residents is to be rolled out across East Suffolk during September and October.

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County and District Councillors' Reports

5 September 2019

Please click here for August's monthly report from our District Councillors and September's report from County Councillor Stephen Burroughes. 

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Celebrating Saxtead Festival Fast Approaching...

3 September 2019

Our September Festival, will feature the diverse skills and talents of our creative residents to a wider audience. A little over a year ago, two of us were chatting as we cleaned the church, bemoaning the lack of activities to occupy children during services, but mainly expressing our surprise and delight at the range of talented people in the village. From this snatched conversation the idea of a celebratory festival was born; an honest attempt to discover and celebrate not the talents of the gifted few, but all those skills which make everyday life so pleasant.

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The Post Mill has Sails Once Again

23 August 2019

Historic Suffolk windmill saved by English Heritage

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* Change of Parish Council Meeting Date*

23 August 2019

Saxtead Parish Council's next meeting date has been changed to THURSDAY 5th SEPTEMBER.

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