It should be no surprised that people are twice as likely to die from corona virus in the poorest areas and those living in more affluent places. It has always been so, certainly since the plagues of the Elizabethan period. During an outbreak of plague in 1579 nearly 5,000 people […]
Village Life
A blog about life in a Suffolk villageWhy the new site
Earlier this year when Debenham Parish Council moved its meeting to the Leisure Centre to accommodate everyone who wanted to have their say about Taylor Wimpey’s free go, renewed application to build 300 houses there was only real topic of interest. Yet before we got to the main topic we […]
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Suffolk news from the BBC
- 'Historic gem' Walpole Old Chapel handed £54,000 for urgent work
- Norfolk and Suffolk residents turn to social shops and pawnbrokers
- Beccles attempts to make world's longest bunting line
- Man jailed for killing woman in Suffolk car crash
- Suffolk torch relay celebrates Queen's Platinum Jubilee
- River Stour: Man found unresponsive in Sudbury river dies
- RAF Lakenheath: Protesters oppose possible nuclear arms return
- Suffolk protesters demand River Waveney clean up
- Woodbridge: Plans for Dutch-style cycle network to be explored
- Charlotte Edwards Cup: Wins for Central Sparks, Southern Vipers, South East Stars and Lightning