News and Events

Road Closure

Road closure location: C439 Combs Lane, Great Finborough/Combs/Stowmarket

Date/Time: 1 March 2024 (9.30am – 3.30pm)

Work type: Road repairs  

Diversion route: Combs Lane, Combs Ford, Needham Road, A1308, B1115 and vice versa.

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New Telephone Contact Number for the District Council

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are committed to transforming how they work with their customers.

Their focus is on moving all of their processes on-line to make them easier, quicker and more accessible for customers to use. This means that they will be trying to minimise the need for face-to-face and telephone contacts in favour of web and digital services wherever possible.

If you do need to speak directly to a member of staff they will offer you an appointment at a mutually convenient time and place.

Contact 0300 1234000 to be connected to any council service.

Mid Suffolk District Council

131 High Street
Needham Market
Ipswich IP6 8DL

www.midsuffolk.gov.uk

MOBILE LIBRARY - Use it or lose it!!

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Suffolk Libraries could face a £230,000 reduction to their budget from Suffolk County Council (SCC) in 2017/18. Its current budget of £6.14million has already fallen from £8.9m in 2010/11.

Suffolk Library bosses have committed to not closing any of the 44 libraries in Suffolk or reducing opening hours. But they have admitted they would need more of the public's “extraordinary” support to retain services.
SCC have said there will be no “detrimental impact on the service to the public” and “services to vulnerable people would not be affected”. It said there are no plans to close libraries.

However the larger sums required will almost certainly mean the library service can not continue to be provided in the same way.

Under the proposals, the library budget would fall to £5.91m - a 34% fall since 2010/11. This could mean less staff, less opening hours, less books and films and music to borrow, less events, less outreach to our children and older people - the mobile service could be the first to suffer.