• Lib Dems nationwide election struggle felt in Bury St Edmunds results

  By NickRichards at 15:53 on 06/05/11

  

  Liberal Democats were the big losers in Thursday's elections nationally and the same is true in Bury St Edmunds. The counting in the district, town and parish elections took place today and while the full picture has yet to emerge, it looks so far like the Lib Dems are struggling in the area around Bury St Edmunds. The Bury Free Press has reported that Bury St Edmunds town council has been won by Labour. Of the 17 seats Labour are...

• Voting underway in Local Elections in Bury St Edmunds

  By NickRichards at 08:34 on 05/05/11

  

  Polling stations are open in Bury St Edmunds for the local elections and the referendum on switching to the Alternative Vote (AV). It's the first UK wide referendum since 1975. It is widely expected that the nation will vote against the Alternative Vote, which would see the first past the post system replaced with a system of proportional representation. Bookie Victor Chandler goes 1/100 against AV happening, while it's 14/1 that...

• MP David Ruffley to speak at Bury St Edmunds Community meeting

  By NickRichards at 14:11 on 03/05/11

  

  Bury St Edmunds MP David Ruffley will be the guest speaker at Eastgate Ward's Community Association meeting on May 12. Mr Ruffley will open the meeting, which takes place at the Baptist Church at Garland Street and will talk about, among other things, the River Lark.

• School crossing patrols axed as Suffolk saves £40m in budget cuts

  By NickRichards at 09:56 on 18/02/11

  

  Council tax will stay the same in Bury St Edmunds – yet last night Suffolk County Council voted through a raft of cuts to save the authority upwards of £40million. After a six-hour meeting in Ipswich yesterday the council voted to operate with a reduced budget – this was approved by 43 votes to 18 with no abstentions. The reduced operating budget will see the end of school crossing patrols. The budget for the...

• Is finding affordable housing in Bury St Edmunds a headache?

  By SuziLD at 15:37 on 23/11/10

  

  IN THESE difficult financial times finding affordable housing is often very tough. Luckily for those living in Suffolk there are building projects under way that could help give you the much needed step onto the housing ladder in Bury St Edmunds. As you will see in our Howard Estate Redevelopment group the building on the old Merry Go Round site is on track for completion in March 2011 and will provide eight new homes. St...

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