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SCC confirm "superfast" broadband for just half of Stradbroke by September 2015

In response to my previous blog post " When will Stradbroke get Superfast broadband " Suffolk County Council have sent the followi...

Did Dan Poulter really "succeed in the fight to keep open Stradbroke Post Office"?

As Tory MPs go I must admit to quite liking Dan Poulter (or Dr Dan as he likes to be known). I think I liked him more before he went on th...

When will Stradbroke get "superfast" broadband?

Anyone who attended the annual parish meeting last night might have ended up with a feeling of deja-vu. Stradbroke's County Councillor G...

Stradbroke Parish Council "divided against itself" on Grove Farm

The Diss Express report of Stradbroke Parish Council's vote on the proposed Grove Farm development makes interesting reading. A split ...

Stradbroke Parish Council needs change

Stradbroke Parish Council needs to change.  The elections on 7th May provide a rare opportunity to ensure that it does. The fact that w...

Why the new Tory "right to buy" policy could mean no affordable housing at Grove Farm

This artists impression might be the closest we get to affordable housing in Stradbroke Being old enough to remember the Thatcher govern...

Vote against Grove Farm and keep Stradbroke a village

People often say there is no point in voting and sometimes they have a point. But on May 7th this year there is every reason for Stra...

It takes a village to raise a child....

Back in 2007 a planning application for the former Stradbroke Garage site was submitted. The plan was to build houses and the letter asking...

Grove Farm and Co-op "elephants in the room" at neighbourhood planning feedback meeting

Around 40 Stradbroke residents were at the Community Centre last night to hear the results of market research carried out by David Spenser...

Grove Farm proposal shows failure of neighbourhood planning in Stradbroke

Grove Farm, Stradbroke © Copyright  Adrian Cable  and licensed for reuse under this  Creative Commons Licence Having pushed the Parish C...

Spar promise jam - and nice food - about next March in Stradbroke

A packed Stradbroke Community Centre The Community Centre in Stradbroke was packed this evening for an open meeting organised to discuss...

Stradbroke Library Expansion Plans as IPS Takes Control

Stradbroke Library with IPS banner Stradbroke Library marked its first day open under IPS control on Thursday as plans to expand the lib...

Stradbroke Post Office "temporarily closed"

As the  Diss Express report  Stradbroke Post Office is “temporarily” closed. It is still not clear exactly what happened but following a vi...

Suffolk's street light project - doing things differently can be good sometimes.

Image from Sheffield Tiger Recently after midnight it has become very dark down my street. This is because Suffolk County Council have ...