Anglia Suffolk News

Bell ringers at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds will celebrate the arrival of a 13th bell for the Norman Tower today.

The tower, which stands alongside the Cathedral and was once the gateway to the great Abbey of St Edmund, currently houses 12 bells.

This is the final bell of three which have been made at Taylor's Foundry in Loughborough.

In 2012, the original ring of 10 bells was augmented with two additional bells, which means that there is greater versatility for the ringers, especially as the older bells are very heavy.

This final bell will be installed in the Tower following a brief ceremony at 1.00 pm outside the Norman Tower.

"We are delighted that the final bell - the flat 6th - is ready to be installed,"comments Rowan Wilson, Tower Captain who oversees bell ringing at the Cathedral.

"Thanks to the fund-raising efforts of the local ringers we are now able to complete our bell augmentation project." The 13th bell is dedicated to Neil Collings, former Dean of St Edmundsbury, who died in June 2010.

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• Bury St Edmunds
• Suffolk

Police have charged ten football fans from our region with violent disorder following a Premier League match between Sunderland and West Ham in January.

Northumbria Police said the fans are all aged between 18 and 28 and come from Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire. They will appear before Sunderland Magistrates' later this month.

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• Essex
• Suffolk

A row over plans to build a solar power farm in the heart of Suffolk countryside is being backed by comedian Griff Rhys Jones who lives nearby.

A renewable energy company has submitted plans to build the farm near Alton Water reservoir.

A final decision on the plans has been put back to next month. Residents at Tattingstone say it will ruin the beauty spot.

• UK
• Suffolk
• Tattingstone

Controversial plans to build a solar farm close to a beauty spot at Tattingstone in Suffolk have been delayed for a month.

Comedian Griff Rhys Jones is against the plans to develope an area close to Alton Water resevoir near Ipswich. If approved, the renewable energy plant would provide power to more than five thousand homes, but campaigners say it will ruin the countryside.

• UK
• Suffolk
• Tattingstone

Willow Marsh Lane near the A12 London Road is closed due to an earlier house fire.

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• darsham
• Suffolk

Disruption on Greater Anglia between Ipswich and Lowestoft due to earlier lineside fire at Darsham.Trains are now able to run after a house fire near the railway line in Darsham was put out, but delays of 15 minutes are expected until around 19:30

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• Suffolk
• travel

A woman has been rescued from a fire in a flat above a shopping complex in Bury St Edmunds. Part of the town centre had to be closed off while fire crews tackled the blaze last night.

The 55-year-old woman has suffered burns and is currently in hospital. She is said to be in a stable condition.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is now carrying out an investigation to establish the cause the fire.

• UK
• Bury St Edmunds
• Suffolk

Reports that Station Road is blocked in both directions due to a level crossing failure between Wangford Road and Cowle's Drove.

• UK
• Suffolk
• Lakenheath