A pub in the heart of a market town is set to reopen under a new landlord. The Bear and Bells in the Old Market, Beccles, will be opening its doors once again after it closed last month. The pub is ...

A 59-year-old Suffolk man who had online chats about sex with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old has been jailed for 30 months. Daryl Dawes asked the girl what she wore in bed and ...

The 32-year-old from Beccles rarely left the house and struggled to do everyday things like play with her children and walk up the stairs. She joined her local Slimming World group after a ...

A man accused of grooming and raping a 13-year-old girl told her he wanted to marry her, a court has heard. Kris Edmonds, 30, faces five charges including meeting a girl he had groomed and engaging in ...

Auction House East Anglia held its first auction of 2025 this week, selling 60 lots and raising over £12 million.

A LIDO in the UK has confirmed they will be closing by the end of next month – and reopening in time for the summer holidays.

Further afield, yet another Stonegate pub, The Bear and Bells in Old Market in Beccles, closed earlier this month. Stonegate has also been facing issues with its chain. In August, the Sun Inn ...

Beccles Lido, which first opened in 1959 ... At the time, Matt said the old awning was "temperamental" and "couldn't be relied on to offer shade or shelter." The canopy has since provided more ...

Ageing copper cables may have been keeping the UK connected for over 100 years but its days are numbered. A vast amount of UK homes have already made the jump to faster fibre and now it seems a ...

Last month, two sheds at homes in Beccles were targeted in separate raids on the same ... an electric drill and some garden furniture cushions were stolen. A shed at a home on Old Mill Terrace was ...

The inspection determined that the flagpole was old, its overall condition was poor ... As a result of last year's inspection, the council has advised Beccles Town Council that no flag should be run ...