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Palacio’s book talk

BESTSELLING American author RJ Palacio will visit Bury St Edmunds next month.

The 2012 Thurston fun run, starting from the New Green Community Centre.

Runners make light of rain for charity event

AN ACTIVE community braved the weather for fun and fund-raising at a charity event.

Classic car run ends at The White Horse in Beyton, raising money for the Sarah Aplin charity.    The girls with the collection buckets.   Left to right -  Lauren Godfrey, Steph Lee, Sophie Goodwin, Amanda Cooper, Beth Noble and Danielle Ashford.

Boost for funds set up in memory of Thurston mum killed by Swine Flu

Classic cars from across Suffolk helped boost a charity fund in memory of a Thurston mum who died from swine flu.

Still room for more classic cars

CLASSIC vehicle owners looking for a day out will be welcome at Great Whelnetham on June 24.

200 Clinton Card stores to close from next week

Administrators for Clinton Cards Plc have announced that around 350 of its 784 stores trading as Clintons Cards and Birthdays are to close next week.

Sport rss

TALENT SCOUTED: Oscar Cutting.

Oscar’s a cut above rest

SUFFOLK junior tennis player Oscar Cutting was put through his paces in the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) national Talent ID Finals at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, London.

LUCKY SEVEN: Travis Manning

Travis is the British champion

WORLD champion kickboxer Travis Manning, aged 12 from Bury St Edmunds and a student at Westley Middle School, has just bagged his seventh title belt by winning the 2012 British Kickboxing Championships.

Suffolk secure quarter-final place but Bury held to draw

TOM RASH hit a four off the last ball as Suffolk secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Minor Counties Knockout Trophy with a dramatic two-wicket win over Shropshire.

Bartons bidding to crown four-some season

BARTONS will be aiming to complete a magnificent quadruple when they take to the pitch at Portman Road for the first time in their history on Tuesday (7pm).

LUCKY SEVEN: Travis Manning

Cato’s quick to catch the eye

IF ENGLAND swallow-diving winger Chris Ashton was the first big name to have caught the eye at Bury’s ULR Sevens festival, Noah Cato may be the next to watch out for.

Lifestyle rss

Veteran Shaun’s charity exhibition

A GULF War veteran, whose new found love of painting brought him back from the brink of suicide, is selling his artwork to raise money for the Royal British Legion.

Art event in Lavenham.    Bronte Manning and Sapphire Raffle (correct) painting the Guildhall panorama.

Three day festival to inspire

LAVENHAM staged its first Arts Festival over the weekend and despite the poor weather put on a fascinating range of art works.

Gardens opening

TWO new gardens open near under the National Gardens Scheme in Suffolk on Sunday.

The Gardening Group of the Abbey Gardens Friends want to promote what they do in the gardens

Friends show how they help gardens

THE year-old Abbey Gardens Friends will be showcasing their activities and holding a plant sale on Sunday.

Chickens on show at Harvey's Garden Plants in Great Green, Thurston.

It was a day for feathered flock to go on show

IT was a day when the chickens were definitely the stars when Harvey’s Garden Plants staged its annual chicken day.

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Community rss

Charities fair at Stonham Barns

SUFFOLK Owl Sanctuary is hosting its first ever charities fair – inviting charitable groups to set up free stands to meet the visiting public.

Family fun day held in memory of little Aimee

THE family of Aimee Sigley, who died last year from a brain tumour, have raised nearly £500 by staging a family fun day.

BFP competition winner Mike Woodhouse receives his prize from Michele Hare, Branch Manager at Fred Olsen Travel in Bury.

Competition winner gets a £100 voucher

A BURY St Edmunds man is counting his lucky stars after winning £100 in a promotion featured in the Bury Free Press.

Judith Gamble, 32, is taking on a moonlit cycle ride from London to Brighton to raise money for British Heat Foundation.  Her husband David, 38, was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy (severe heart failure) two years ago and now had a implanted defibrilator and a pacemaker fitted.

Judith’s midnight ride for husband

A WOMAN from Stowmarket, whose 38-year-old husband suffers from heart failure, is taking on a 60-mile midnight cycle ride to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Win for widow over ‘dangerous’ laybys

A WIDOW, whose husband died at a layby on the A14 in Stowupland, has won her battle to bring significant safety improvements to Suffolk’s highways.

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